ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH October 20.

Otago Witness, Issue 2902, 27 October 1909, Page 39

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH October 20.

At the Addington Stock niaikct there were good entries of stock and a large attendance. Fat cadle were easiei, as were also store <-heep. Fat lambs showed a marked ri=e in price and fat sheep sold at firmer iatet Store and dairy ca.t'e so.'d well, and pigs wore down several .shillings per head The c ltry of store sheep wa? somewhat larger than last week. Ewes and lambs formed a large portion of the yarding, tne balance being hoggets and medium tcT good v. ether*. Competition \,as not j=o keen as of late, forward wether^ being nn be=t demand, nnd pni'3 for the^e showed little or no change Euei and lambs ar.d hoggets (except ewe hogget*) vere easier, especially inferior »ort&, Thera were ssve-ra' pens ofshoin withers offer?.!, a-.d th&»e m forv.ard condition sold well. F -award wetkeis in the wool made 15-- Gd to 16s 10-l. nx-dn.m 14s 9d to 15s 4d, shorn wether* 83 Cd to 11s, good o\e hoggets 14s 6d to 15s, medium 13s to 14s, hogget 3 (mixed =exe3; 12s to 13s. smaller 10 3 to lls Gd, aged ewes with lambs 4s lOd to 6s. better ports to 7s 9d. all counted. There were 322 fat lambs penned, or o\er 120 le-s than last week, and the siipplv was smaller thai' c-ould have been dealt "with. r Theie was good competition, and pri'-es ro=e 2s Gd to U per h >ad, the rise at the close of the sale being It, better than at the opening. The range of prices was For prime sorts 15« 6d to ISs 2d. medium 13s Cd to 15=, and lighter lls 2d to 13^. Ths entry of fat sheep wa, not quite so large as last week but tl-e quality wa* generally gooo. and there were •■eveia! hues of shorn and meriiu wethers The sale opened at firmer rat^-s and prices remained = teadv throughout The ra ige of pnees WRs Prime wethers in the wool 19s to 235. lighter 15s 7c* to 18* Gd prime <.hc,rn v. ethers His f-d to 15s. lighter 11s lOd to 13= woolly c» E . 15s 7d to IK sd wco'lv lionet* Us to Us Yd mer.m wethers 1U to°i6oihri<= lo- Get tj 16, 6d. "' ' The va.di.iff of fat catt'e totalled 277 heid. 01 4'i ood more than la-t week There was a f,-o<xl proportion of pr , n]c qlla l i{v but 'he HePiand * as .W ,en atilW , and puce, were 01 tho who',. ljih(l , ca . H r pi£r P f VUitio per-. lh, ranj , e of llnces ' W3s ; Steer, £0 17. Cd >, £11 1,,,. hf wOr , £5 lfJt \ <t | t ,f' a - ;d , c } Ov "; s v I: " cd i" *- £s 'A-^vx\ ■ to -Is .<> 25s foi prime. I3 n to 20s (3d for rnehun, a-.rl 17 s to ]s, i j „„ ( ovv a ,. ( j * 4*T\ t\%, VOT I(yi|l> Yea! Calve= u'-d«u '- d « 'iW wa. a Lr*e xarrl,:,-. ~f .fie r^tlo, '' ln , l ':','"", » '» -if?' inei.t fr. .11 S'u-.hlv..d ' -fid ihe Ij-.ii: v , f . ; e J:i ] JV/ f , .•,,),,,,,„ The-/. ' v.cs a «f,il don-r.rd at fat- rat-- Ira' ' ratMo c O . d a . fo!'u«. ]-, t-> 18 n onlh-.' 37^ .0 _i .I=. „.-,., e> ltGers _ f. p< t £3 , two-iear ). f .,.- Of .. xj 5= . , p7ld '\* vat <tror- £4 I',, M. fhr<-- iP • -Wr= i J .= f.l dry m- 01 ;., i'J i,,,,!,),,,^ ra-lle pia'U- For 1■; to ]8 monfl,, ='>rt-,',' .T2- : • two miri thif" venr« i", !<<= {,s n o tl-'>- r.: -1 tv.o yeaie, ± > :o- . IS uo'iths !o iuo a' %) a- • h.tl; }C2r = . 32- r 1. ' j Dair'- coy = ".'l'! s 1 £3 ]i^ {r) £^ Thrro "a«- ln"/(< f>n<i .• 01 , .f. , t]ir> ' «-.:nnlv of f>t<- !i-pin<r In --y oa^ f 1^ -p .ifmer.t"=, and pr.ces =liowed a dechnt- Ch' .1- !)■»•.-- --old ua To £1 10s Ifea-v bnror-^rs ' msclo s'.s to 60s. li-^htor 45s to 51s — nqinl to 4}d to 4id per lb ; large norker- :!Gs <o lr_) tor 30s to 35 — equal f"> 51, d5 l ,d per lb .Si:iail "-tore p.gs \vc:e do;\u 4s (o o- per '■"pA lsr=-r> = >rT= makm-r 30= h 3C= lYiprimm 20s !o 28s wcar.crs 12a to 15s and e\tr?. good to IS= i 1