ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 11, 12 July 1912, Page 11

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

[BT TELEGRAPH — PBESS ASSOCIATION.} ' ' -CHBISTCHURCH, 10th July. At Addington there were fairly large entries of stock, and the attendance vas only moderate on account of tie wet weather. Store sheep sold well, tbere being a rise in lambs. Fat cattle vpre easier by about Is per 1001b, and fat lambs barely maintained last week's rstes. Bacon pigs sold without change. F^rkers showed little improvement, and there was a good demand for stores. Fat vtihers 'were firm, and (ewes advanced 1& to 2s per head. The entry of store 6h.eep was a small one, the number being similar to the pre- '< vioub Week. The larger number were lambs, mostly of a better class than had been seen at Addington for home, time, I the balance being made up of a few pens of ewes, chiefly medium and aged sortu. and a small proportion of wethers, which were of & rather poorer quality than 'at recent saled. Competition' throughout was good, especially for lambs, which advanced 6d per head for medium sorts and 6d ■ to 9d for ewe lambs. Wethers were firm ! at the previous week's prices, and the same caja be said of ewes, of which, however, no good sorts were on offer. The quotations are: — Ewe lambs, 14b lid to 15b 6d, mostly 15s to 15s 6d; very forward wether lambs, to 14s 6d ; other good 1 lines, 13s to 13s lid; average classes, | 12s 6d to 13s; fair sorts, 11b 6d to 12s; and culls, 8s lid; wethers, 4 and 6-tooth 1 medium, 16s to 16s Bd ; 2 and 4-tooth, to 16s 4d; 2-tooth, 14s 7d; culls, 12b lOd; ewes, 2-tooth, 18s; very small sorts 13s 9d, 2, 4 and 6-tooth, to 16s Id ; full' and failing-mouth, 12s to 12s 6d; and aged sorts, 9s Bd. • . There was an entry of only 3483 fat lambs, a good proportion being of prune quality. There, was a good demand on the. jpart of the export buyers, and prices were abourCon & par with' those of the previous week, though in some cases sales were effected at slightly lower ' rates. Tegs made 17s 6d to 21b; a few' extra, to 24s 6d; ordinary weights, 14s 6d> to 176; and light. find unfinished, 12s 6d to 145. , There was a fairly large entry of fat sheep, the yarding being a very good one so far as quality was concerned, there being a number of lines of vary prime wethers. The proportion of ewes was the smallest for many months past, and while wethers of all classes were* firm at last week's rates, ewes advanced Is to 2s per, head, the rise being most; marked towards the end of the' sale, when the butchers found themselves short in their requirements. The range of prices waa : — Extra prime wethers, to 355; prime, 19s 6d to 22s 6d; others, 15s 10d ; to 19s; extra j prune ewes, to 22s 6d; prune, 16s 6d to 21s 6d; others, lls 6d to 16a; merino wethers, 12s lOd to 14s 6d; merino ewes, 14s. There was a good supply of fat cattle. The entry aggregated 300 head, compared with 310 at the previous sale and 258 on 26th June. The quality generally was good, although the yarding included no animals of outstanding merit, the bulk being of medium quality. Compared with several recent sales, the demand for beef showed an increasing tendency. The price of beef ranged from 24s to 30s per 1001b ; Bte«rs realised £8 to £11; extra, to £13 10s; heifers, £5 10s to £8 10s; and cows, £5 7s 6d to £8 10s. Thore was average entry of fat calves, and these met with an unchanged demand, prices ranging from 60s to 70s. There was a very small entry of storo cattle, . mostly old cows. A few 15 to 18-months mad© £3 10a; 2-year-old heifers, £4 to £4 2s ; and dry cows, 30s to £4 2b 6d. There was a fair number of dairy cows ou offer, including eomo useful sorts. There was a keen demand, the host class selling, up to £11 sb. and others, £5 10s , The yarding of pigs was a small one, but the demand for porkers and stores was good. Choppers made 60s to 85b; heavy baconors, 67s to 72b; and lighter sorts, 50s to 60s (equal to 5d to sid), the demand being better than on 3rd July. Heavy porkerß brought 43s to 475, and h? hte r forts, 35» to 40b (equal to s|d per i *o be6t olaßß °* J» to res made 30s to ttte, and smaller pigs, 16s to 255. Weaners realised 8s to 14s. '

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