ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12410, 27 November 1908, Page 4

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

■ [United Pbess Association.] . ' Christchurch, Novemher_ 25. . At^ the Addiugton live stock market - to-day there were fairly large entries of stock, and a good attendance. Fat - cattle were rather firmer, and r siore ■ sheep showed a rise. Fat lambs were ' considerably better/ in consequence : of "a small entry, and fat sheep were at about last week's rates. Pigs sold -well. Store and dairy, cattle were 'dull -of sale. ■'-■-■.- ■ • There was . an* average yarding ofstore sheep," though somewhat smaller than the previous week. The en- - try was made up principally of hoggets in the wool, forward shorn wethGrs, shorn' two-tooths, and Ihe balance _ Gwos and lambs. There was a firmer tone in the market, consequent upon .■4 ithe recent shower of rain, and the 'nib 'in..' the price of wool,:, though -prices .showed lititle change- from, the . previous' week. Tho'demand for ewes and : lambs was not quite so keen as for dry sheep, the ewes; being mostly aged. Small lots of ewe hoggets in the wool made 17s 6d; wether hoggets in the wool 14s -Jd,. shorn two-tooth ewes of medium quality. l2s 7d, shorn twb-todth wethers lls lOd, aged ewes in the wool with lariibs 9s to 13s 5d (all counted), shorn four-tooth ewes ; : los 6d, forward shorn wethers 13s to . ; 14s : 6d. There was a much smaller, . 'entry of fat: lambs than last week, and-they were practically all of prime quality. The butchers ouiJbid the export buyers, and a' sharp rise in values. t- took piace, .only;; one lot selling as low as 13s Id, and all others from ' 15s to-19s -6dU- ; - - •..■■• The yarding' of fat sheep ;was not so large as. last week, and included ..' ; some good lines of wethers and ewes and. shorn hoggeta.'. The sale opened ; '. at last -week's rates, and the opera- . "tions ofthe export buyers, who were : able' to get .a few suitable -lines, kept - Mhe market firm throughout. The range, of prices was: Prime wethers^ in he wool ; 17s 9d. to 24s 6d, prime shorn; wethers 16s to 20sj ; others 15s - 6d, woolly, ewes ,14s to 22s sd, prime shorn. ewes 13s 6d to 15s 2d, others : 10s 6d to 13s, shorn merino wethers 13s 2d to 13s 7d. ■•;.■■..,-'.- v • The -supply of beef consisted of 286 hoad, and -included a large proportion of^gopd quality. At. the opening , of the sale the demand was slack,

and a number of pens were" passed. When values had been fixed there was -a better tone, and prices finally improved aboub 5s per head compared with the previous week. The passedin cattle were afterwards sold at satisfactory prices. The range of prices was: Steers £6 2s 6d to £lo los, heifers £5 5s to £9, and cows £4 15s to £9, equal to 24s 6d to 27s 6d<for prime, 21s 6d to 24s for medium, arid 38s to 21s for cow and inferior per 100 lbs. Among the sales were t— For clients: 14 steers at £7 17s 6d"to £9 15s. one heifer at £8 12s 6d and two cows £6 12s 6d and £8. W. and G McHale (Little Akaloa) eight st.-ws at £7 2s 6d to £8, three cows £8 ss. W. F. Clinton (Darfield) : One steer at £9, and one cow at £6 17s 6d Cashmere Estate : Three cows at £6 17s 6d to £7 7s 6d: Struan Robertson (Hon Hay): Fourteen heifers at £5 5s to £6 15s, one cow £6 7s 6d. • , . . An average entry of veal calves sold at 4s 6d to 555, according to size and quality. , There was a good entry of all classes of pigs, aiid a fairly keen demand. Choppers sold at £3 12s 6d, heavy baconors 60s to 755,' smaller 50s to 555, equal to sid.to s|d per lb; porkers 35s to 455, equal to 5f per lb; large stores 24s to 28s, large weaners 18s to 22s 6d, smaller 10s to 14s, and a line of purebred Devons 255. " There "was a small entry of store cattle, mostly light and inferior sorts, arid they met with a dull sale at prices from 6s to 7s per head below the previous week's rates. Fifteen to 18 months sorts made 26s to 345, three-year steers £2 18s 6d, two-year ' heifers £2 15s, and dry cows 27s 6d to £3 2s. ■ A medium entry of dairy cows of a poorxlass were dull of sale at £3 15s to £7 15s. .'■■■-■ ■-■>-' -