ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 51, 28 August 1913, Page 4

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET

(Bt TELEGRAPH— PKESS ASSOCIATION.) I OHRISTCHURCH, 27th August. At £he Addington live stock market today there were fairly large entries of stook, though the break in tho weather prevented a number of consignments from coming forward. There was a fair attendance. Fat cattle sold more freely, though there was a change in prices, and Btpro c*,ttle sold well. Store tfheop were" very Hrm, as wcio also fat ghoep. There was no change in the of pigs. Stovo sheep: Four and six-tooth ewes (exceptionally good), 265; good sound, inottth ewes. 19s 6d to 20s 6d ; tyro, four, pis, and eight-tooth, 20b 6d : full and failing'mnuth (good), 16s 6d; aged, 12s Id to 15 1 ; ; fWo-tooth, four and six-tooth wethevß (very forward), to 23s 4d ; medium, 19s sd ; tv/o and four-tooth, 20s Id ; aix-tooth, 2la sd, owe hoggots (gnod ge-rte), 18s tc 18s lid : small ewes, 15s 2d ; mixed soxee (gootl, 16s 6d to 17s Id; othow, IBs to 15s 4d. Fat sheep . Extra prime wethers, to 33s 6d; prime, 23b 6d to 31s; lighter, 19s' 9d to 25s 7d i prime lines, 20s 6d to 24a 9(l} others, 15s lid to 20e; hoggets, 16s 6d to 19s 6d; merino wethers, 19s 4d to 22s Bd. Fat cattle: Steers, £6 15b to £11 10s; ektra good, to £21 ; heifers, £5 17b 6d to £9 ss ; extra, to £14 1O« ; cow«, £5 17s 6d to £11. Storo cattle; Yearlings, 44a; fifteen to eighteen-month, £3 l 8« to £4 ; two-year «teers, £4 10s Bd, £4 12s 6d; two-year heifers, £♦ lOe 8d to £4 lYs 6d ; three ydftr steers, £6 5s 9d, £8 B<J 6d ; threp-year heifers, £5 5b Bd, £5 17a 6d ; dry cows, 30s and £4 15a. Dairy cows made £4' to JSII 2s 6d. Fat pigs: Choppers, £2 15s to £6 13s 6d; heavy baconefs, 62a 6d to £3 12s 6d; lighter, £2 12s 6d to £3; extra heavy animals, to £4, These prices are equivalent to bd per lb. Heavy porkers, 46s to 50s; lighter, 403 to 455. These rates are equal to 6^d to 6£d per lb. Store pigs, 35s to 40s; medium, 26s to 30»; small pigs, 17s 6d to 255. Weaners sold freely, very small pigs making 13» 6d, whilst extra good sorts brought Up to 21».