COMMERCIAL.
ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.
WaaMUBDAT. SmaU enteies of sheep and fairly large —rd____-Of cattle aad pigs for the day's market j' attendance of Duvets very moderate, e_Sd business dull. In the fat sheep market the demand wss almost nil, and notwithstanding the small entry a large proportion were passed unsold. Crossbred wethers sold at firm lis 6d to 14s 3d; ewes, from 7s 6d to 10s 3d; and merino wethers to 7a 3d. A small entry only of store Bheep, and a poor demand. Lines of lambs at 6a «, 7s, and 7s 7d; and lines of aged ewes at from 4s 3d to 8. 6d were the sale* effected. Pigs were in moderate supply, demand easier at slightly reduced values. A moderate entry of cattle was offered, vslnes about on a par with late rates. Steers sold _at. from £5 10s to £8 10s; Smrfera, £3 17b €d to £612 a 6d. Very little -doing in the store cattle market.
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Press, Volume XLI, Issue 6120, 30 April 1885, Page 2
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161COMMERCIAL. Press, Volume XLI, Issue 6120, 30 April 1885, Page 2
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