ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13084, 25 January 1906, Page 6

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

C'HHiSTfHURCB, Wednesday. At the Addington live stork maikct to-day there were again fairly large entries of f-tock and it good attendance. Beef was much easier, and fat lambs were not so linn as the previous week. There was a good demand lor s'oie wethers and rape iambs, but ewes were dull of sale Pigs met with a slightly increased demand. Fat ewes fold mnoli better than la=t week, and wethers maintained their values. There was only modem ate inquiry for store cattle and dairy cows.

. Store sheep: There were over .30,000 store sheep yarded, and most of the lines of ewes were passed, but there was a good inquiry for wethers and forward lambs for finishing off. The principal sales were: 236 two-tooth ewes, 17s 6d: 91 aged. 7s 4d : 107 at 5s 9d : 207 four-tooth wethers. Ins lid; 171 two-tooths, 15? 4d : 305 two and four-tooths, 14* ; 100 lambs, 12s 6d; 139 at lis lid, 2;34 at lis 3d, 43 at lis, 114 at 10s sd, 570 at 7s to 9a Ed. 62 at'9s 2d, and SO at Bs 7d.

Fat lambs: There v.ere 2333 /at lambs penned, the qualify not being equal to that of last week's entry. The, butchers competed freely, but prices were not quite equal to last week's, the butchers' lots Belling rather better than freezing linesThere were 3893 bought (>y exporters at 12s lid to 15s sd, 413 by butchers at 123 3d to 15s <1, and 77 were passed. Fat sheep: The yarding of fat sheep was againa large one, ewes forming the bulk, the proportion of really prime wethers being small, and there were fewer merino' wether;. The sale opened at about the same level of prices as at the opening the previous week, and there was a better demand throughout for ewes until the last alley was reached, when prices Veil Is 6d tc 2s per head. Wethers showed r-o change in values. The range of prices was: Prime wethers, 13s to 20s 4d: others, 16s to 17s Dd; prime heavy ewes, 16s to 18s 2d; extra, to 295; medium, 13s to las 6d ; aged, 10< to 12* 6:1; merino v/ethers, 10s to lis 6d.

Fat cattle: The supply of beef comprised £B.i head, most- of which were bce'ers and cows, and generally the quality of the yarding was Dot up to the average. This fact, and the largeness ol the yarding, caused price to be much easier. Seven steers from Mi. W. 0. Rutherford (Montrose) made £7 12s Oil to £9 2« 6d, and other steers brought £5 17a 6d to £3 2s 6d ; heifers, £4 15s to £6 17a 6d; cows, £4 17s 6d to £6 10s, equal to 20s to 23s for prime and 16s to 1S« for infeiior to medium jter 1001b. Veal calves sold at 7s 6d to 40-.

Store cuttle: There was a large entry of store cattle, including a line of seveial hundred three and four-year-old steers from Kaikoura. all grown and a healthy lot of cattle, and one of the belt line? Been in the yard? lor a considerable time past. Then* was rather a dull sale, except (or biggest steer.-:, which met with some competition. Prices were : —Fifteen to 18 mouths local cattle. 39s to 495: two-year steers. £_, K's to £3; tlire*.'»r steers, £4 "'2h 0d 10 £5; fluee-year heifers, £4 Cis to £ ;.s : Kaikoura line 01 two-year steers, £5 17s 0(1 to £,1 12s od: 43 three and four-year steers. £o ]2-'. Dairy e-nvs were a moderate lot, and sold a! £4 to £" 17s !xl. Ptvff; Tiie entiy of pics was smaller than tlvs previous week, and there was sonic improvement in the demand. Itaconers made 303 to 42s (equal to .'id to 3 j( i per lb): p ••••Iters. 22* to 30s (equal to 4-]d>: large stores, 25s to olm : medium! store*. 14s to iOs: suekcts and weaner;", 4s 6d to 10s.