ADDINGTON MARKET (BY TELEGRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, 25th March.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 72, 26 March 1914, Page 3

ADDINGTON MARKET (BY TELEGRAPH.-PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, 25th March.

At Addtngton live stock mark«t to-day ■there were again large entries of store i sheep and fat lambs, and an increased •entry of fat cheep. Store sheep were in keen demand, and said fafly up to late robes. The fat lamb sale opened easier, bat firmed up to last week's 'level. Prime fat sheep sold well, but a^ed ewes were ea«fir. Fat cattle sold without change, and, of- the fab pigs, porkers were a shade eawer. Sbxe Sbeep.— Best two-tooth ewes, 21s to±2As; enroll, 24s Id to 19s; four, six, and •eight-tooth, 15s to 225; best sound-mouth, 20s -to 22s 9d ; otbere, 12s to I7s 6d ; aged and calls, 7s 3d to Ils; aged merino ewes, *3e 3d to Us; over-weighl< ewes, mixed ages, Iss 3d to 19s Id; best rape iambs, 136 to 16s; others, 11s to I3s; 6malt da., 8e 6d to 9s 6d: ewe lambs, 15s 9d; stow? wethers, 15s 2d to 18s sd. Fat Lambs.— Tegs, 19s 6d to 21» 6d; -extra, to 2te; average weights, 17e to 19s; light aod unfinished, 15a to I6s 6d. Fat Sheep.— Prime wethers, 20s 6d to22e 3d ; others, 17s 2d to 20s ; merino vretbeis, 9sHo 16s 2d ; prime ewes, 17e 6d ! to 22» 4d ; extra to 24s 4d ; medium, 15s ! to 13s ; aged and light, 11s 6d- to 14s 6d. Pat Cattle.— Steers, £7 10s to £11; extra, to £13 ss; heifers, £5 10s to £9 15»; cows, £5 2s 6d to £11 ss. Store •cattle— Yearlings, 375; 15 to 18 months, £2 to £3 16s ; two-year steers, £4 2e 6d ; three-year heifers, £5; dry cows, 35s to £5 8s; dairy cows, £3 10s to £10 10s. Fat Pige.— Choppers, £3 10s to £5 10s ; extra heavy baconers, to £3" 16s; heavy baconers, £3 to £3 10s, lighter baconere, £2 10ft to £2 16e od. These prices were equivalent to 5d to s£d per lb. Heavy porkera, £2 5s to £2 7s 6d ; Ijghter porkera, £1 16s to £2 2s 6d; price, per lb., 6d to 6sd.