ADDIGTON SALEYARDS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11110, 31 October 1901, Page 6

ADDIGTON SALEYARDS.

1 [BY OCR COMMERCIAL EDITOR.; On account of the holidays next- week, L there was a double market atAddingtonL and entries of stock were large in all depart--1 ments. The attendance was also larger than ' usual • In the store sheep pens there were 2214 '• offered, being mostly wethers . and ewes, and lambs. Up to a cer- ; tain .'limit' there was rather better - competition for ewes and lambs, and most of 1 the lots changed hands. The principal sales were:—4oo two and four-tooth shorn weth- • ers 12s 6d, 137 four-tooths lis 6d, 359 two > and four-tooths 8s 6d to 8s 9d, 104 ewes and lambs 9s id, smaller lots 7s to Bs. A line of 129 hoggets were passed at lis 6d. There were 500 fat lambs' offered, this be- • ing the largest entry o£ the season, and all • were bought by the trade at prices slightly below those of last week. Best sorts • made 14s to 16s 3d, and others, lis 6d to 15s 6d. Messrs Washbourne Bros.' pen of lambs that took first and special prizes at tht- Ellesmere Shiow, made 15s sd. There was a large mixed entry of fat sheep, principally crossbred .and merino ! wethers, a considerable proportibn of both classes being shorn. The- market opened at'last weeks rates, butchers being.the only buyers operating: The supply was somewhat beyond requirements,* and towards ■ the dose of the sals competition became slack and prices easier.. Shorn sheep sold better than those in the wool. There were i but' few special lots in, the market being j topped by halfbred *'wethers at 22s sd, I from Mr E. Herring, Alford" Estate, and the'same owner's merino wethers sold, up [to 21s 9d. Purebred Southdown shorn : wethers from.the flock of the late Mr ,«. Garforth made 17s 9d, and Mr J. Deans.s Southdown cross wethers 20s. 4d. Best wethers in the wool made 20s to 22s 6d, others 18s to 19s 6d, shorn crossbred wethers lis 6d to 17s lid, crossbred ewes in-the woo"! 14s 6d to 19s 6d, shorn,ewes 7s\lod.to 13s 6d, best merino wethers in ■.the.wool 16s to 31s 9d,- others 12s 6d to, i'sd 6d, shorn merino wethers 12s. 2d to 13s. The supply of beef numbered 272 head, and consisted principally of prime, heavy-weight-steers. Owing* to'the large entry, values were rather easier. Thirty North Island bullocks made £9 10s to £12, Mr A. . Chamberlain's prize steers at. the. Ellesmere Show £10 12s 6d to £11, and first prize heifer £10 12s 6d. Other steers brought £7 12s-to; £11 15s, heifers £5 10s-to' £10, and cows £5 Tto £9/ equal 'to 20s to 27s ! per 1001b: A line *of 46 head of cattle j from the Peninsula, • which had been deJ Jayed at Little Biver, came' in 'late, and ' one pen was" sold at £9 17s 6d, the balance ; being wjthdrawnl.'".-' i There was a.large'entry.of store cattle, most oT. which were, good sorts, from 15 I months to three years of age. " There was a I very - fair demand, and most of the lots | changed„ hands at the following rates: — ) 15 to 18-ma.ntks, £2 to £2 ss, 38 two-year steers £4 8s 6d, two-year heifers. £3 2s ,6d to £3" 6s, ihree-yeaf steers £Sl ss, three- " year heifers £4'"l3s 6d to £4,155, 26 mixed Is, diy cows £2 to H6 10s. There was a very poor sale-for dairy cows; which made £3 to £8. ■• There was a large entry of pigs of all classes. -Fats' were very irregular, but last week's values were on the whole about' , maintained. A, Southland buyer, who ! secured, a mob of .160, put some .life into the store market, and prices showed' a decided advance. Baconers made 35s to 52s 6d t equal to -3|d per lb? porkers, 20s to. 335, equal to 4d per,fb; stores, 12s 6d,to 20sj' and suckers and Veaners, 6s to lis; -