MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12539, 28 June 1901, Page 7

MARKET REPORTS.

ADDINGTON. ; ; In consequence of the cessation q'f'|Q'ofis and stock traffic on the southern lints during the early part of the week, the market at Addington yesterday was the smallest on record. All business was concluded by two-o’clock. The entries tor the day were—3992 sheep, 189 cattle and 402 pigs. Fat Cattle, —Only 86 head were yarded,

vhich did not meet the demand, and prices tose proportionately. Some good sorts, chiefly of heifers, brought from, £5 5s to £9 10s, and steers from £7 2s to £8 17s 6d. Only one cow was offered. Best beef sold at from 20s to 24s per 1001 b, as a remit of the small supply. . Store Cattle. —Under 40 head of prlnaipally dry cows afforded ho criterion of the *tate of the market, which lacked any stir. A few nice'dairy cows sold -readily, anything in full profit -or approaching that •tage reaching good prices, Which ranged from £5 5s to £9 15s. Pat Sheep.— -The small market .did not cause any increased demand for fat ewes, which were dull of sale, and several lines were withdrawn, but, on. the other hand, the demand for freezing wethers was animated, several buyer’s for export competing with some spirit for the best lines, mated, several buyers for export vying against each other for . the best lines. While there was a decided drop'of Is a bead on ewes, the demand for freezing

wethers caused them to advance. in sympathy with the London market fully ls_ on fast week’s quotations!. An extra prime line-of half-bred wethers from the Valeria

Estate was sold by Messrs J- T. Ford and Co. at from, 19s 9d to 21s 3d. Other wethers brought from 15s 3d to 19s 3d, second-o.ass sorts 14s to 15s 9d, and cross-bred ewes from 12s 6d to 15s 9d. No merinoes were

♦ffered. Pat Lambs.—About sik hundred formed the total entry, and all sold readily at a slight advance on the - preceding week’s Tables. One bundled and.eighty-two good freezers brought 15s lid, 127 15s lOd and line of unfinished ■ sorts sold at 14s; : butchers’ lambs sold from 11s to 13s 6d. Stohjb Sheep.—ls 43 -were yarded, the entry consisting mainly of cross-bred wethers, for which there was an improved demand, and sales were effected as follow2ol at 12s 6d, 442 at 13s 6d, and 237 at 15s 2d. There were no big lines of ewes, but they all sold at prices ranging at from 7s 8d to 15s 9d, this latter being given for a very prime little lot. The ( demand for .store iambs was on a> par- withy last week’s, and every line sold at from ’9s 9d' to 10a lOd. Pius,—'About 400. were yarded, and as there were only three buyers operating, they created a ring,, with the result that •prices for baconers fell decidedly. Best quality, which last week sold up to 545, were slaughtered at from 38s to 455, a drop of more than a farthing per lb being sus- ) tained. Lighter Sorts and ‘ porkers were correspondingly dull cf sale. Being disposed of at from 18s to 27s 6d, equal to scarcely 3£d per Lb, while baconers ranged from 3d to 3|d. A few stores and weaners sold at the rath Obtained 1 last week, ers and siickefs from 5s 3d to 10s and young pigs up to 17s.

PROPERTY SALE AT RAHGIORA. Ife'Sterday, Mr A. P. Tutton Jsplcfi) by •uCtion at Rangiora, on instruction from Mr A. B. Blackett; a geven-rootae'd dwelling -with outbuildings, standing oh lac 2r 12p of land, ■ fronting on Blackett Street, for £3BO, the purchaser being Mr Adam Smith. He also sold a small cottage on a section in the thine street for £BO, to Mr S B. Good.