COMMERCIAL.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12403, 19 November 1908, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET. (.Uniteu Pkess Association.] Christuhurob, NOOB. At the AOtliugton yards to-cl;iy here were good entries in all departments, arid "a fairly large attendance of. the public. AH classes interested in agricultural and pastoral pursuits were well represented; -Of course, the result of yesterday's polling was an all-absorbing topio of coversa-. tion, but it did not materially affect business:' , ' Fat cattle: Thera was a large entry, the yarding totalling 360 head, which included a number of animals of very fair quality. The dennnd was ra'.ber weaver than at tue sale !ield previous to the carnival week. The ssle opened at prices 2s below recent, values, but improved as.tbe sale progressed. . Best stefer beof made 24s to 255; medium, 21s to/233 6d ; and cow beef 183 to 20a 6d per lOOlbs. Steers realised £6 17s Gd to £11 ss ; heifers. £5 10s tto £9 2s Gd ; and dry cows, £4 17d 6d to £8. "Vealers: A fair yarding of fat calves .came forward, including some useful animal 3. Representative prices rauged from 4s 6d to £2 153. Fat lambs: Entries were mostly of prime quality, and was fairly" large, although, there were some un-fir-fsbed lines. The expo it buyers competed for the best lines, but prices showed a decline •oa thosa previously paid by the butchers, and average quality made 14s to 15?, and a few heavier^ weights to 13s 4d ; lighter 11s 6tl to 13s 6d ; small lambs wore taken by the butchers from 8s 61 to 11s. The store sheep pecs had.a fauly large en try, of which ewes and lnmbs represented ■ much the larger proportion; These comprised sheap of various ages, but mostly full-inoutb. The balance of the entry were made up of two or three lines of shorn two and four-tooth wethers, and lines of mixed sexes. The dry sheep sold satisfactorily, but for ewes' and lambs the bidding was slack, especially . for aged sorts, and several lota were passed in. Four - tooth shore wethers made up to 12s; shorn twotooth wethers, to 11s <sd; aged ewes, in wool with Jambs, 8s 6d to 9s 6d, all counted ; and cull sorts 6s to Is. r\ lino; of 350 four, six, and eight tootii ewes were passed in at lls. Of pigs there was a large entry in all classes. Choppers, of which few were of good quality, realised up to £4 ss ; baconers were rather easier ; heavy sorts made 60s to 75s ;_ arid lighter made 48a to 58s, equal to'&id to 5%d per lb. Heavy porkera made 42s to 48s, and lighter, 32s to 38s, equal to Gd per lb. In stores jihere wr.s a large' entry, large making tv 40s, and smaller 24s to 235. Wean : ers realised 16s to 20s. • There was a large yarding of fat I sheep, and mostly shorn. They included a good proportion of prime quality. 'The butchers were the only buyers, and being short of supplies^ tnev bid- freely in the early part of the sale, though prices were not quite equal to tnose of the douole market a fortnight before. As the sals progressed, however, values declined till they were down to the level of the last, sale in October. The range of- prices was: Prime shorn wethers, 17s to 19a 6d; lighter. 14s 7dtol6s6d; woolly wethers, 18s to 23s 6d ; prime shorn ewes, 14s Gd to 17s 7d ; others, 10s to 14s. Woolly merino wethers, 12s to 15s 3d, and shorn 9s 6d. There was a poor sale for store cattle, and most of the lots were passed in. The dairy cows ware mostly of poor sorts, and sold at £3 10s to £7 15s.