ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 45, 21 August 1913, Page 2

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET

(by telegraph— press association.) CHRISTCHURCH, 20th August. At Addington live stock market to-<lay fairly large entries of Btock came forward, and there was & good attendance. Fat cattle sold at about 4a«t week's rates, while store sheep were in good demand, and ewes were rather firmer. The fat sheep market was very firm, as the butchers had run out of supplies. Fat pigs showed nb change. Store Sheep.— Best hoggets, 16s 5d to 17s 2d ; good, 16s 8d to 15s 9d ; medium, 13s 9d to 14s 9d ; culls, 10s 4d ; halfbred ewe hoggets, 18s 2d ; two, four, and sixtooth ewes, of a good class, 26s 6d to 26s 7d; six and eight-tooth (good), 25s 6d ; two, four, six, and eight-tooth (medium), 19b 3d; aged and inferior, 12s upwards ; merino ewes, 7s lOd to 8s lOd ; two and four-tooth wethers, very forward, 22s lid ; four and six-tooth halfbreds, 20s 9d ; four and six-tooths, medium, 19s 7d to 19s lOd. Fat sheep t Extra prime wethera, to 375 ; prime, 23« to 30s ; lighter, 19s 3d to 22s 6d ; prime ewes, 20s, to 28s ; others, 15s 4d to 19s 6d; hoggets, 16s 2d to 2k; merino wethers, 22s to 24s 3d ; merino ewes, 14s Id to 16s Bd. Fat Cattle,— -Steers, £7 5s to £11 10s ; extra/ to £22 10s ; heifers, £7 to £10 2s 6d ; cbws, £6 to £11 2s 6d. Store cattle : Fifteen to eighteen-months sorts realised £3 Is to £3" 58 ; two-year steerß, £4 15s ; two and a-half-year steers, £5 7s 6d; three-year steers, £6 5s to £6 8s ; threeyear heifers, £5 2s 6d ; and cows, £2 to £5 16s 6d ; dairy cows, £4 10s to. £lo. Fat Pigs.— Choppers, £4 to £5 17s 6d; heavy baconers, 62s 6d to 755; lighter sorts, 52s 6d to 60s ; or equal to 6d per lb. Heavy porkers made 47s to 50s ; smaller pigs, 38s to 455, "equivalent to 6d to &id per lb. Large stores made 38s to 41s ; medium, 28s to 37e ; and small sorts, 20s to 275. Weaners brought 14s for email pigs to 21s 6d for extra good sorts. Sows in pig brought £5 10s to £6. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows :— A good yarding of bullocks and a fair one of sheep came forward, and sold well at late rates. Prime heavy bullocks, £13 2b 6d to £13 10s ; prime bullocks, £12 to £12 12s 6d; lighter,. £10 17s 6d to £11 2a 6d ; extra prime heavy wethers, £1 10s 7d ; prime wethers, £1 7s Id; lighter, £1 4s Id to £1 ss.