ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9315, 16 January 1896, Page 3

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Wednesday, January 15. There was again a large entry of stock in the yards to-day, but as harvest operations are now beginning to claim the attention of farmers there was not so large an attendance as usual. Fat Cattle—About 150 head of fat cattle were penned, including, some good j lines of steers of. handy weight. Values were about on a level, with those of last week, best quality ranging from 18s to 20a ' per 1001b, and secondary from 14s to 17s. Steers sold at £4 10a to £8 15i, heifers £4 7s 6d to £6 15s, aud cows £6 17s 6d. Dairy and Store Cattle—About the usual number of dairy cows were yarded, the quality being chiefly second rate. There was a slightly better tone in the market, and sales were effected up to £7 2s 6d. There was a fairly large entry of store cattle, including some useful lines of yearlings to three-year-olds. The demand was good for useful lines, and sales were effected at the following rates :—Yearlingd up to 325, 18----months-old up to £2 ss, 2-year-old steers up to £3, 2£-year-old do £4 ss, 3-year-old heifers £4, youug cows £4, aged do £3 10s. Pigs—The yarding of pigs was slightly above tho average, and the quality was good. There was an active demand for all classes and a consequent improvement in prices, baconera and porkers making up to 3£d per lb. The range of prices per head was—Baconers 26s 6d to 41a, porkers 17s to 265, and stores 6s 6d to 17s 6d. Store Sheep—Some-6000 store Bheep were yarded, and the prices obtained were about on a par with those of last week. Four-tooth wethers made 9a 9d to lis 3d for forward conditioned lines, mixed twotooths 7s 9d to 9s, crossbred ewes 5s lid to 8s 3d, crossbred ewes aud lambs 6s to 9s 2d, crossbred lambs up to 8s sd, merino ewes 2s Id, merino wethers 2s 9d. Fat Lambs—The entry of fat lambß was j again a very large one, but not quite up to the numbers of last week. The average quality was somewhat above that of last week's i yarding, but prices showed a decline of j about 9d per head. Freezing lambs made 9j to 13s 3d and butchers' sorts 6a 6d to 8s 6d. Fat Sheep.—There was an average entry of fat sheep, the bulk of which were crossbred ewes, with a few lines of freezers. There was an active demand for freezing sheep, and late rates were fully maintained, while butchers obtained their supplies of crossbred ewes at generally low values. Prime crossbred wethers made 13s to 15s 2d, freezers, mixed sexes, lis to 13s, crossbred ewes 7s 6d to 10s 9d, and merino] wethers 7s 8s lid.