ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIII, Issue 234, 30 September 1909, Page 7

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

[PEESS ASSOCIATION.]

CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 29. At the Addington live stock mar-, ~keb to-day there were fairly large entries of stock and a good attendance. Store sheep were in good demand; fat lambs sold at an all-round advance in prices, but fat sheep were easier. Fat cattle also met with a ■weaker sale, as did also pigs. Store and dairy cattle sold well. There was an increase in the entry of store sheep, and it included several lines of ewes and lambs, the balance being hoggets and a few pens of wethers. There was an improved demand, and a good clearance was effected at satisfactory rates, _ al- i though not quite equal to the prices ruling during the past fortnight, medium'to good wethers made 14s to 14s 9d, extra to 15s 6d, and small 12s 9d to 13s 6d; ewe hoggets. 13s to 15s, wether hoggets 11s to 12s, smaller 9s 6d to 10s 6d; culls 7s upwards, and mixed sexes (good) lls to 12s. Crossbred ewes of mixed ages with lambs made Bs, and aged sorts 5s 6d to 7s 6d, all counted. There was an entry of 100 fat lambs, mostly of nice quality, and the total being about two-thirds of that of last week there was an, all-round advance in, prices. Best lambs sold at 16s to 19s 6d, and smaller at 13s 3d to 15s lid. The yarding of fat sheep was about equal to that of. last week in point of numbers, but there was a considerable improvement in quality, there being a number of good lines of wethers and hoggets. Included in the entry were consignments from South Canterbury and Otago. ITEe sale . opened at rather lower prices than ruled last week, and was somewhat irregular throughout, and on the average heavy sheep were Is and lighter ; I Is 6d.-per'head lower, .in Value. The ; range of prices was: Extra prime ] wethers to 255, prime 18s to 22s 6d, , lighter 15s to 17s 6d; prime ©wes 17s i to 21s 9d, others 14s to 16s ; hoggets j ' 13s 9d to 20s 3d; prime Merino , wethers 16s to 19s 9d, others 13s 6dto ] ,15s.' : ;'" . " ,;' " '.';.' ; ] The yarding of fat cattle totalled ( >231 head, and was of average good quality. The sale was a dragging one jail through, and prices showed a weaker tendency. Steers made £7 5s to £11 12s 6d, heifers £5. 17s 6d to £ip, and cows £5 to £8 7s 6d— equal to 20s 6d to 22s 6d for prime, 18s 6d to 20s for medium and 16s 6d to 18s for cow and inferior beef per 1001b. Veal calves sold at late rates, prices ranging from 4s 6d to 5s 4d, c according to size and quality. t There was a fairly large entry of t store cattle, including consignments fc from Southland, and there was a, good h clearance at following . rates:— Yearlings 38s, 6d, 15 to 18-months f, 35s to 395, two-year steers £3 to £3 fo 15s, two-year heifers £3 to £3 7s 6d, r two and a-half-year steers £4 17s 6d, o three-year steers £5 2s 6d, three-year heifers £4 18s, and dry cows 15s to £3 18s; Southland cattle made, for s j yearlings 38s 6d, 15 to 18 months £2 n 4s 6d to £2 9s two and a-half-year steers £4 7s 6d, two and a-half-year © : lieifers £3 8s 6d, and three-year steers ii £4 17s 6d. Dairy cows sold well, e l prices ranging from £3 to £9 2s 6d. <_: There was a fair entry of pigs, and w fats were easier, while the demand for SJ stores was good. Choppers sold up to .755,; heavy weaners 55s to 655, and s j lighter 47s 6d to 54s—equal to 4|d to tl 6d per lb; large porkers 39s to 445, hi arid lighter 34s to 38s—equal to 5d to se S_d per lb; large stores 30s to 36s 6d, m medium 22s to 295, small 18s to 21s, p ( and weaners 15s to 18s 6d.