TELEGRAPHIC COMMERCIAL.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10627, 4 June 1897, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC COMMERCIAL.

ADDINGTON MARKET REPORT. (PBB TOUTED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Christchuhch, Thursday. Thero were medium entries and a g-o\ attendance at the Addington market yesterday. Fat Cattle.-Of 179 head of cattle whloh formed the week's supply of beef, S3 head were In the dealers' harnlfl. The best bei f averaged from l«s to Us 6d, and secondary and cow sorts from 10a to Ua per lUOlb. Per head steers brounht 65 I7a Bd lo flB 2a 6d. betters £1 to £5 S3, and cows £3 12s 0d to £5 17s 6di Dairy Cows. -Of a large entry of cowa and springers only a few could be described aa really useful, For these there was a good demand at up to 61, but the poorer classes were hard to quit. Btore Cattle. -The entry of etore oatt'e was very small and made up of a few aged cows and a pen or two of yearlings, for whloh there ■was llttlo or no demand, and practically no onnnesß was done at tho auotion. Fat Bhoepi-There was a large yarding, Avhloh consisted mostly of croßsbreds, owe mutton, and a sprinkling of merinos, with a few pens of freezers. Only one faotory was bidding for freezing sheep Althounh several ffopd sales were made through the competition of Ohe master butchers, ihe class showed a aeolino of Is per head on tho rntoa rullDg last week, Tho butchers' Bheep were also easier. The salesmen who csnio late in the day had hard work to quit consignments even at a reduction. The best heavy-weight wethers brought lfis to 16s, da ewes (la tn 12a 6d, freezers 12s to lla 6d, butohers 1 good ewes 8s <W to 10s 3d, medium do 6b to 7s, unfinished lialf-breds (mixed Boxes) 8s fid to 10s Ci. merino wethorg 6s to oa, and merino ewes 4s to 7b. Fat Lambs.— This clubb one forward (n much smaller numbors than of late, As thn Belfast works are shut down the competition for freezers was limited, and a slight drop reoulted. They brought from 10s to IU 8d ■ whilst) butchors' sorts, whioh wero not woll represented, brought from 8s to 03 Od, and those whloh should hare been in the store pons from 7s to 83. Btore BheeD.-The yarding of store shoep was under 1000, and was mostly mado up of mnatl lots of tumioers and ewes inhmb. There was a slightly improved domand owiDg to the late rains, and whore owners' resorvoa wore not exorbitant fadrbuKineßsw'S done. Plus.— A medium entry of plea oontalnod a few more fats than usual, and they were rather better. The sale rosulted in the bulk Of thebaconersandporhors being quitted at prices equal to Sid per lb.