ADDINGTON MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2504, 19 March 1902, Page 32

ADDINGTON MARKETS.

CHRISTCHURCH, March 12. At the Addin^ton market to-day only 146 fat cattle, mostly mixed sorts, were sold at auction. Prices were firmer by Is 6d per 1001b, reaching 17s 6d to 22s 6d. Steers, £6 5s to £9 7s 6d; heifers, £5 10s to £8 7s 6d ; cows, £5 15s to £8. Fat sheep totalled 3500, including some good Jines of North Island ewes and wethers. Sheep fit for export maintained the lato rates of 15s to 17s Id, and unfinished wethers 14s to 14s 9d. There was good demand for the best ewea at from 12s to 14s 9d, up to 15s 9d for extra ; secondary sorts were easier at 8s to lls, and towards the close inferior sorts were almost unsaleable at 4s 6d to 7s 6d. Fat Lambs. — 2400 were yarded, including many unfinished, and only the priraest upheld the late prices. Exporters took 1528 at 10s 6d to 13s Gd, the butchers 166 at 10s to 13s 9d, the graziers 270 at 8s 6d to 9s 4d, and 436 'were passed at 8s 3d to 12s 3d. Store Sheep. — 12,616 of all classes were yarded, and met with an improved demand owing to the improved feed prospects after the late rains. Forward wethers brought lls 9d to IBs Id; others, 7h 6J to lls 2d; good ewes, lla to 12s 6d; fu!l-mcuthecl, fis Jd to Ss lOd; aged, 2s lOd to 3s 6d; mixed wethers nnd ewes, 9s lOd to lls 2d; forward lambs, 8s 6d lo 9s lid ; others, 6s Id to 7s 3d; poor twos and wethers, 8- ; merino ewes, 6s 6d ; ni'cd =ort«, 2s 6d to 3s. I'i^s totalled 450, including a lot of urfini?hed sorij. i'ata rr-et with an irregular sale. Ncariy 100 large stores were bought for Dunedin. Baccnsrs brought 32s 6d to 465, or 3id ; porkers, 25b to 80s, or 3Jd ; large stores, 17s to 235; smaller, 8s to 12s; suckei-3, 4s to 7s. A line of 500 wethers and ewes from Weipukurau, North Island, made 15s 8d to lGs 7d for wethers, and lls 6d to 14s 9d for ev.-es.