ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 21, 26 January 1911, Page 4

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

{BY TELEGEAPH — PBESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, 25th January. At Addington live stock market there were good entries of stock, and a fairly large attendance. Fat cattle were dull of, sale, and prices were easier. There was a good demand for store sheep, especially for rape lambs, and prices showed an advance. Fat wethers showed a rise in price, and fat ewes a decline. Prime fat lambs were firmer, and pigs met with a good sale. Store cattle were in poor demand, and good dairy cows sold well. The entries of store sheep were not quite equal to those of last week, and consisted chiefly of lambs, with a few pens of ewes and wethers. There was an improved demand for all classes, especially for young sheep. There was a good proportion of forward sorts, among the rape lambs, and for these there was an exceptionally good demand, and a ready sale was effected at an advance of 6d to 9d per head. Medium lambs also sold better than last week. Forward wethers were also well competed for. A pen of two-tooth ewes made 14s 6d; forward rape lambs made Us to lls 6d; extra forward, lls 9d to 12s Id ; medium sorts, 9s 3d to 10s 6d; small and low-conditioned, 8s to 8s 9d; and culls, 5s to 6s 6d. Forward sold up to 14s 6d; medium, 12s 9d to 13s 3d; mixed sexes, 10s Id to 10s lid; two-tooth ewes, 14s to 14s 6d; and aged ewes, 7s to '8s 6d. The number of fat lambs penned was 7448, and though there was a fair proportion of prime freezing lambs there were a number of inferior lotß offered. There was a good competition for prime lambs, and heavy lambs, were firmer, but medium and inferior sorts sold at about last week's rates. Badly drafted lots were, if anything, easier, and many of the low-conditioned lots would probably have sold better in the store pens. There were 5562 taken for freezing, at prices ranging from 13s to 17si 9d for best, and lls lOd to 12s 9d for others • 477 by butchers, at lls 9d to 16s lOd; 219 by graziers, at lls 9d to 12s Id; and 1190 were passed in at 10s 3d to 14s. There was a larger entry of fat sheep than of late, of which ewes formed the principal proportion. There was an active demand for wethers for export, and prices were firmer than last week by 6d to Is per head. Ewes opened at lower rates, and 'as the sale proceeded prices eased off still further. The range of prices was: — Prime wethers, 17s to 18s 7d ; lighter, 14s Id to 16s 6d ; prime ewes, 14s to 15s 7d; others, 8s lOd to 13s 6d ; hoggets, 13s to 15s lid ; merino wethers, 9s 3d. The supply of beeves comprised 316 head, mostly useful sorts. In spite of the good quality, however, there was a very poor demand, and a large proportion of the yarding was passed in, sales being effected at a, decline .of Is to is 6d per 1001b on last week's rates. Steers" made £6 17s 6d to £11; heifers, £5 12s 6d to £8; and cows, £5 2s 6d to £8 15s, equal, to 24s 6d to 28s 6d for prime, 22s 6d to 24s for medium, and 19s 6d to 22s for cow and inferior per 1001b. Veal calves made 4s 5d to £2 15s. There was a small entry of dairy cows, and for the better sorts only them was a good demand, prices ranging from £3 10s to £9 ss. There were but few store cattle i offered, and there was little enquiry, yearlings making 255 ; 15 to 18-months, 45s to £3 lls ; tivo-year steers, £3 16s ; three-year steers passed at £5 T» 6d; and dry cows, 35s to £4 ss. .There was a medium entry of pigs, and all classes met with an improved demand, which resulted 1 in a satisfactory clearance. Choppers sold up to 655; heavy baconers, 50s to 565; and smaller sorts, 40s to 47s 6d (equal to 4£d per lb) ; large porkers, 31s to 365; and lighter, 25s to 30s (equal to 4£d to 4£d per lb) ; large stores, 30s to 355 ; medium, 20s to 28s; small, 14b to 18e; and baconers, 5s to Bs.