ADLINGTON. MARKETS.

North Otago Times, 1 December 1910, Page 2

ADLINGTON. MARKETS.

Per Press Asaocintion, - Christchuroh, Nov2. 30. At Addington there were fairly large entries of 6tock-aiid a large attendance. Pat.cattle; showed a fur-, ther,-decline and fat lambs were also

caster. Fat sheep sold, well until towards 11k end '.of tlio sale, when, thoro ■ was-, a 'decline inj ewes, Pigs sold better tliaix last week, :and; store cattle ■ and stole ■ sheep' improved .in doinacd in] consequence of tlio late rains. - . Over, 2000 store sheep were penned, all classed 'being represented,' - including. woolly and shorn sheep. There i was. a, good attendance of buyers, and both demand and, prices showed an improvement in consequence of the late rain. Woolly wether hoggets soldi up to Ms, shorn wether hogg«t3 8s 5d to 10s Td, mixed sexes 9s, woolly ewe.hoggets, lGs 3d to lCa M, shorn, wethers to 13s sd, shorn ewes (with 'lamts) 76 Id to ,9s 9d, ■ aged woolly cWes (wijbh lambs) 9s (all counted), woolly merino wethers lis 9d,

The yardingi.of fat lambs totalled 2254, or about 400 less than last week. There was a good demand for export', but prices) showed 'of several pin'ce per head. lambs, of which 1674 were taken by expeiters, made lis Gd to 17s. There were 41)9 purchased'-by butchers, the lowest price being 5s Gd./ Bighty- . ; seven were bipugM; by a grazier , at ' 9s 2ii and 24' were passed, The entry of fat sheep was not quite so.large as last week. 'The market opened well for both wethers and ewes. The former maintained their values, which were, : excep.t in some cases, well up' to last week's level. Towards the end of the, sale, , when butchers' requirements had been filled, ewes fell away in prices, and were difficult to -dispose of even at low rates. The range of prices .. was: Shorn,wethers (prime) IGb Gd ■ to 21s, lighter Ms 3d. to 165,. woolly ewes 18s 9d to 235, prime shorn ewes 14s Cd to 17s 3d, others lis 4d to 14s, woolly hoggets 16s lOd t'o 17s Gd.

: There were 236 fat cattle* penned, of fair'average' quafity. Some leading butchers having secured supplies privately ' the demand was weaker, ami prices showed a decline. Steers made £7 5s to £lO 10s, and extra to £l2loa, heifers £5 llis to £8 ss, and cows £5 to £8 17s Gd (equal to 26s for prime, 22s to 25sfor medium, and 20s;to 21s Gd for. cow ani inferior per lOOfos). : An average yarding of vealers was chiefly composed of small animals, and prices ranged from 6s to 50s, according to size afaid quality. ' A medium entry of store cattle met with an improved demand, especially 15 to 18 months' sorts and dry coivs. Fifteen toi 18, months' sorts made 38s to 395, 2-year s.teers'j£3lss to £1,2-year heifers £3lss, and dry cows 30s. to £1 ss. \ Dairy cowsi made £3 10s to £9 ss. The yarding of pigs was smaller -than for the past few weeks, and tbe demand for fats was therefore 'better, and a goljd clearance was effected.- Choppers sold up to £3 10s, large baconets 50s to 575, and smaller 42s Gd to 48s Gd (equal to 4R to 4UI per lb), large porkers 30s to 38s, smaller 23s to 28s (equal to 4Jd to 4Jd. per lb), large stores 21s to 30s, medium 17s to 235, and small sorts 10s to 16s. and weaners sold better than at the two previous sales, making. 'ls 3d to 8s 6d.

dunedin MARKETS. Per Press Association. Dunedin, Nov. 30. Fat flattie.—l22| head were yarded. Practically all the prime cattle forward came from Canterbury and Southland, mist of .the local entry lieinj of medium weight and quality. There was a fair demand, and prices were fullyi as good as last week's rates. Prime bullocks £ll 10s to £l2 10b, extra £11! to £ls 10s,Vadium tflj good £9 5s to £ll, ; us to £8 15s, Lest cows and helMr-'" £9 to £ll 2s Gd, medium £7 to'£B ss, light £b 10s to £C 15s. Fat Sheep.—l92o were penned, more than half of which were shorn, with a'few exceptions. The quality, was not particularly good, and the proportion of old ewes was larger than of late. Sheep in the wool were not y in much request. There! was fair competition', .but prices generally showed a decline of about Is per head. Prime wethers (in) the wool) 23s to 255, extra to 27s 6d, medium 20s to 2'2s, prime wethers (shorn) 18s to 20s od, medium. 15s Gd to 17s,* prime ewes (in the wool) 22s to 27s 9d medium 18s to 20s, prime • ewes (shorn) 10s 6d to 18s Gd,, medium 14s 6d to 15s Gd. Fat Lambs.—4o3 were penned, all prime except a few pens, and including several pens of extra heavy . show scrts. The sale opened at about last week's rates, but in the absence of demand for export prices dropped hack at the finish. Prime 15s to 16s, extra heavy to ISs fid, medium to good) 13s to Ms fid, light 10s to. 12s. Pigs.-There was a large yarding of all classes, the total entry being 272. For young pigs thel demand was considerably weaker owing to the large number forward. Porkers and baconers also sold at reduced rates. Suckers (is lid to 9s, slips lis to ISb, stores 18s to- 235, porkers 28s to 345, light baconers 3Gs to 40s, heavy 42s to 4Gs. 1 ; I ii