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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16259, 17 December 1914, Page 3

ADDINGTON STOCK MAKKET. (Pen United Pbess Association.) CHBISTCHUROH, December 16. At the Addiiigton live stock market today the feature of the fat stock yardings was the large entry of fat lambs and the high quality of some of the fat cattle. There wae an improved demand for beef, and fat lambs eold well. Store sheep of good quality eold at last week's rates, but inferior sorts were easier, and fat sheep were not so firm. Store • Sheep.—Woolly four-tooth wethers, to 19a 6d; good forward four-tooth wethers, 17s to 18e 9d; dry four and six-tooth ewes, 16s 8d; forward two-tooth wethers, to 16s 7d; fair two-tooth wethere, 14s to 15s 4d; inferior two-tooth wethers, 11s to 13s 6d; two-tooth ewce, 15s to 15s Id; good twotooth ewes, to 19e sd. Fat Lambs. —Best lambs, 17s to 20s 9d; lighter. 12s 8d to 16s 6d. Fnt Sheep.—Extra prime wethers, to 40s; prime wethers, 22s to 26s 3d; lighter wcthe-re. 16fl 9d to 21s 6d; prime ewes, 19s to 24s 3d; others, _ 15s 3d to 18s 6d; merino wethers. 19s; merino ewes. 10s 9d to 15k. Fat Cattle. — Extra steers, to £21 ss; average steore, £7 17s 6d to £12; extra heifers, to £14 17s 6d; average heifers, £6 to £8 17s 6d; extra cows, to £15; average cows, £5 7s 6rl to £9 (price of beef per 1001b. 32s 6d to 42s 6d, extra to 455). Store Cattle— Yearlings, 35e; 15 to IS months, £2 15s to £3 17s; two year steers, £4 10s; two year and α-half steers, £5 10s; two-year heifers. £4 5s to £4 10s: threeyear steers, £6 ss; three-year heifers, i.6 to £5 15s; dry cows, £1 9* to £4 15c. Dairy rows, £3 10s to £9. Pi£s.-~Choppers. 50s to 70s; extrn heavy biit'oners. to 695: heavy bneonprs, 57s 6d to 655: lighter baeoners, 47e to 55s (price per lb sjd) ; heavy porkers, 40a to 455; h'crhtor porkers. 32s to 38s (price per lb syd to sid); large stores, 28e to 335; medium, 20s to 275; emaller. 14e t-o 18s; wcaners, 5s to 18s; sows, in pig, 25s to 40a.