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Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11960, 13 June 1907, Page 4

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CANTERBURY LIVE STOCK . : MARKET. Per United Press Association. Christohuroh, June.l2. At A deling ton live stock mar Ket to-day there weiro large entries of fat sheep and lambs, also fat cattle. There were moderate yardings of other classes of .stock. Ther-a was a ood attendance. Fat cattle aoid afc about Inst week's rates Prime fat l-.m'os wore firmer. Pigs of all classes showed aa advance. There was ao improved demand for the few forward store shtep on ofler, and prime •fnt eheep sild well. Store cattle were almost unsaleable, but good dairy cows were in better request. The entry of store slurp consisted of a few lii;o.*j of wethers and lambs, and small lo!s of csc.l ewe:-!. Forward wethers and lambs improved to the extont of nb;:-i*t Is per bond, while other clr.sscs wore unchanged. Ti.e principle lot* sold were 210 two and four tooth wetheis, 16s id to IGs 5:1: 170. at 14s 4:J: 53 two tooths, 12. Gd : 103 Jam I s 9s lid ; 33 9s 7d; 140 at 9s ld : sound ewc-3,103 6cl to lis 11; aged 5? ihi lo Gs lid. T:.e entry of fat lambs was not sj lir.o hi tho previous week. A ll ahi ber oi lines beiog of prime quality, but the majority were not so well finished. Tegs fetched 18s 6d to 24s 9d ; standard weigh tF, 149 to 15..; lighter, lis to 13s Gd. There was a fairly large entry of fat sheep, including some prime lines of both ewes and wethers. The sale opened well, prime sheep being well competed for, and maintained their values throughout, but towards the close medium and inferior ewes were easier. The jange of prices was— Extra prime wethers, 32s to 40s ; prime, 20s to 25s 3d ; lighter, 16s lOd to 19s -Gd: prime ewes, 19s to 23s 9d ; medium, 15s to 18s Gd: aged, lis to lis Gd: merino wether***, 12s 8d to 13s IX3 ; extra goo:l. 18s 3d to 19s 6d. Tbe entry of f,.t .cattle totalled 278 hpad, tiie b.lk bein_ light, and net .v-'ll finis-Mid lots. Tbo salo was i 1 o-.jt eq/.i.-d to that of the previous •v. ok, prime stefir be_f making 23s to 2")'. and medium 20s to 22s Gd per noibs. A line of '21 steers from E. D. Giles (Monet Parnassus) topped ; ;a market at £9 15_ to .£ll 17s 6d ; oiher steers brousht £0 10s to .fill ; h ia'is. £1 12s Gd to .137; cows, £l 12s 3d io I'7 J2sGJ. A gocd yarding of veal calves sold i Js GI to 42s Gd, according to sizi d q lalifcy. S.ore and- dairy c.ttle, there was a * nail mixed entry cf store cattle, md there was h poorsde. Yearlings mde 7s: 2 aod 3 year steers p'asstd ..t £4 os; dry cows, 203 to 30s. There •.as a fair deimnd for good daiiy owg, which i old at £1 to £9 2s Gd ; i dinary sort*, £3 to £6. There was r. moderate yarding cf pigs, and a keen demand for all classes, and prices all round sboweC a. decided . advance. Baconers made 503 to 70s for heapy, and 44s to 49s for lighter, equal to 5d to sJ£d per Ih: porkers, 35s to 48s, equal to 6d to G,i£d : medium, stores, 20s to 2Gs; .■"•ttP.il. 12s to 19s; and weaners, Gs to Us Gd.