ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, November 21.

Otago Witness, Issue 2437, 28 November 1900, Page 34

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, November 21.

The entries at Addington comprised 4.056 fat sheep, 600 fat lambs, 1000 store sheep, 400 cattle, and 570 pigs. Fat Cattle. — 195 head yarded, mostly good to prime sorts. There was a very fair sale, but beef was about 6d per 1001b easier owing to the heavy supply. A show steer brought £14 los; prime sorts, £10 to £12 ss; others, £6 17s 6d to £8 10s ; best heifers, £8 to £9 12s ; others, £6 7s 6d to £7 10s; best cows, £8 10s to £10; others, £4 15s to £7. - Store Cattle. — Stores were a rough lot, but met with a good demand at from £5 7s 6d for three-year-old steers, £4 for mixed two-year-olds, £2 16s for 12 -to 15 months' cattle, and £2 10s to M for dry cows. Fat Sheep. — These were mostly shorn, and of good quality, but woollies were mostly unfinished. Freezers about held their own, but butchers' ewes were slightly easier. A few show sheep sold at high prices. Shorn show crossbred wethers brought 25s to 30s, and show merino wethers (out of wool), _,255 ; heavy wethers (in wool) up to 26s 6d ; freezers, 18s 6d to 245 ; shorn wethers, 15s 6d to 235 ; woolly ewes, 18s 3d to 235 ; shorn do, 12s 3d to 14s for fair, and up to 16s 9d for extra prime; woolly merino wethers, 18s 9d to 21s; and ewes, 12s 3d to 15s. Fat Lambs. — The fat lambs were mostly good sorts, and a rise of Is per head took place. Extra fine sold at up to 16s 3d ; (freezers, 13s to 15s lid; and others down to 12s. Store Sheep. — This class comprised mostly odd lots. Hoggets (in wool) sold well at from 15s 6d to 17s, and ewes and lambs (all counted) at 6s 3d to 8s 6d. Pigs. — Many pigs in the fat classes were not up to -.quality, but all sold well. Baconers biought 30s to 42s 3d, equal to 3|d per lb ; porkers, 20s to 295, equal to 3£d to 4d per lb ; stores, 12s 6d to 18s 6d; suckers and weaners, 5s 6d to 10s 6d.