ADDINGTON STOCK MARKETS

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 58, 9 March 1911, Page 2

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKETS

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] QBRISTOHURCH, March 8. At the Addington yards to-day there werei large entries of stock, and a good attendance of buyers. Fat cattle made a recovery in prices to the extent of about 2s 5d per 1001b. ; Store shrep,and fat lambs were much easier. Fat wetherssold about the same as last week, but^fat ewes were down about Is per head-. There was a better demand for store cattle, and pigs were dull of sale. Store sheep again formed a very heavy yarding, and in^ eluded a considerable number that had arrived by sea, these latter being of mixed ages and mostly in low condition Scarcity of fed affected the demand, esjiecially for sheep in low condition. There was only a small proportion of wethers offered, and they sold up to late rates. Good locally bred ewes and the best of the oversea lots were sold very well, but inferior sorts' were easier. Lambs, both local and those from a. distance, were weaker in price. Two-tooth ewes made 12s 6c 1. to 13s 6d, good, fourtooths 16s Id, sound-mouth 11s to 11s 6d, oversea two-to6th ewes lls to 12s, four and six-tooths lls, to ; 1.25. 6d. mixed sound-mouth lines 8s to 10s, others 6s C?d to 7s 6d, and aged and culls 2s to 5s Gd. Forward wethers 12s 6d to 13s lid, medium lls to 12s, others 9s to 10s 6d, small and inferior half-breds 7s Id upwards. Best rape lambs 10s 7d, others 8s 6d to 9s Id, medium 6s 6d to Bs, small and lowconditioned sorts 6s to 6s 6d, culls 2s 6d to 4s 6d. Station half-bred wether lambs 6s 4d to 8s 4d, ewe lambs to lls. The yarding of fat lambs showed an increase on the previous week, and a very largo proportion were not v/ellfinisbed, many of the lots being only in forward store condition. Export buyers were operating, as well as a couple of speculators. Prices were, how-evev, decidedly easier, the decline ranging from 6d to 9d, and in some oases up to Is per head. The export buyers were opeiiating on a basis of 4fd up to 421bs, and 4§d for over and second quality. There was a decline of Is to Is 3d'per head, tegs; making 15s to 16s, and ordinary weights 10s 3d to 14s 10d, Out of the 141 lots bought by the exporters 66 wero sold under 13s, 55 under 14, and 20 at 14s and over. Butchers' lots made lls 3d to 15s 3d. and passed in lots at lls lOd to 13s lOd. Some of the passed in lots were afterwards purchased by exporters for less money than was bid at auction, and others, were sent to the factory on the owners' account.

There was a fairly large yarding of fat sheep, the bulk being ewes. There was a poor selection of wethers ■■•omparatively for lots being well finished, but they sold quite up to last week's prices Ewes, on the other hand, were decidedly easier, especially the agei and badly conditioned lots, the decline being fully Is per head, as compared with the previous week. The range of prices Avas: Prime wethers 16s to 18s, lighter 12s to 15s fid; prime ewes 13s to 15s 9d, medium 10s to 123 6d, aged and light 7s to 9s 6d; merino wethers 10s lid.

There were only 242 head of fat cattle penned, or 98 less than the previous, week. The quality was uneven,

"out in view of th« short supply there was a, more active competition j an<| values) improved to the extent or. about 2s per IMb. Steers made £6 15s to £I^lo^ jand ■'^1? ss; heifers £,s;'|.ss 'to £9 ss, send cows ,£5 to £11 7^!|d—<;qual to 27^ 6d to 31s 6d for grll'e,l i2ss. to 27s for medium, t-nd' 22s to 24ls' 6d' for cows a.nd inferior per 1001b. ■ Veai calves, made 45& 6d. to 525, according to size and quality. < ~ There.was a fair yarding of">tbi'e cattle, and though they were chiefly of poor quality there was a better demand, and most of the entry changed hands. Yearlings made 22s to 295, 15 to 18-months 40s to 525, two-year steers £3 8s to' £4 Ss, two-year heifers £3 10s. three-year heifers £4 to £4 •89, and dry cows 35s to £4 2s. Dairy eowsf sold at £3 10Wtd£8 2s 6d.

There was-Ja large; yarding of fat pigs, to which the .demand. was not equal, and prices for all sorts showed a decline.. Choppers made up to £4, large baconers 47s 6d "to 555, and smaller 37s to 45s>—equal per lb. Large porkers made 30s to 84s, and emaUev 22s to 27® —equal to 4|'3 V to •4'Jd per lb Large stores were in'demand, but other descriptions were neglected. Large stores made 27s to 30s 6d. me<lhini,2oft'*o;-2^s, smaller 10s to 18s, and 2s-6cT to 7s 6d.