ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. (Per United Press Association.)

Otago Witness, Issue 2436, 21 November 1900, Page 34

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. (Per United Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, November 14. The entries at Addington -to-day comprised 4200 fat sheep, 470 lambs, 183 store sheep, 377 cattle, and 372 pigs. Fat Cattle. — There were 176 head yarded, mostly cows and heifers, and only 15 steers, which brought from £9 17s 6d to £11 ss. Best heifers realised £8 to £10 ss ; others, £5 17s 6d to £7 10s; best cows, £7 10s to £10; others, £4 17s Cd to £7. Per 1001b, good to prime beef brought from 22s to 24s 6d; other sorts, 19s to 21s. Store Cattle. — These sold well. Three-year-old steers fetched £6 8s; two-year-old mixed cattle, £3 lls; 18 months old do, £2 3s to £3 ss; dry cows, £2 10s to £4 Is. Fat Sheep. — This was composed of a mixed entry, including a number of freezing lines. Throughout, shorn sheep sold better in comparison than woollies. Freezers were well maintained at late rates, but "butchers' sheep by an over supply suffered a decline of from Is to 2s per head. Merinos were also cheaper. Good freezers in wool brought 20s to 245 ; shorn do, *17s Id to 21s 3d; unfinished (in wool), 18s to 19s 6d; shorn do, 15s to 16s; butchers' ewes (in wool), 15s to 21s; shorn do, lls 6d to 18s 6d; merino wethers, 12s to 18s 6d; ewes, 13s to 14s. Fat Lambs. — The fat lambs were a mixed yarding. Freezing buyers opened to-day and kept up prices for all good soifcs, which brought i 30s to 14s lOd; inferior, 10s to 12s 6d. Shorn sheep, mostly ewes, with lambs, brought 10s 5d to 10s fid, all counted. Good shorn wethers ,were withdrawn at 15s 8d and 15s 9d, and others sold at lls 2d to 13s 3d, while shorn hoggets realised 11s lOd. Pigs.— There was a fair supply and a better demand. * Baconers sold at 28s 6d to 45s— equal to 3d to 3jd; porkers, 21s to 30s — equal to 3£d to 4d ; stores, 12s to 20s ; suckers and weaners, 5s tc 7s Gd.