ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12468, 18 February 1909, Page 4

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

[United Pbess Association.] .-,.-'■ Christchurch, Feb 17. . At the Addington yards to-day there was a very large entry of stock, and a good attendance of buyers, Fat steers and heifers 7 showed an improvement. Store sheep' were rather easier, and fat .lambs sold tully up to last week's rates. . Fat sheep declined. Is to 2s per head. Pigs were in better demand.. There was a fair demand for ■ store cattle and good dairy cows sold well. _ Ther6 was again "a very, larjge yarding of store sheep, showing an increase ov.er the previous Week's entry: The quality was, however, not so good .a .considerable proportion being of medium and inferior-classes. ; The de, mand was good, though lambs were; hot;:S6 keenly 'sought after.- Ewes were -in. request especially the yoiinger sorts;, and prices for -these showed no ehaiige. A line of ■' 7§o twb .toothed ewes changed hands at 19s 3d; other sorts made 17s- to 18s 6d. The best description of lambs made 12s to 13s, a few well forward reaching 13s 3d. Medium sorts sold at 12s .to 12s 3d, and small and inferior 9s to 10s 6d. TherS was a fair proportion of wethers on ; offer and: they were a shade; easier in price. Best sorts made 13s 9d to 14s 6d f medium 13s to 135. 6 d; and low conditioned and travel stainJed lines lls 9d to 12s 6d. The yarding' of. fat lambs totalled 4635, about two-thirds being of prime quality,' and on the^vhole the offering was the best seen in the yards for a long 'time past-. There was a good demand for export, antl the: primest lots sold if anything- a shade firmer than last weekjl while other . classes maintained their values. r There. were "2474 taken for freezing at 13s lOd to 16s; 506 by butishers at 12s" 3d to'l7s 7d; 77 by graziers at 13s 7d to 13s 8d : and 888 V were passed in. .' v '■ There was a fairly large" yarding of fat.' sheep and the , market opened rat abdut last/week's rates; ewes forming 'the greater proportion. The supply; exceeded the ..; Dut'chers' /requirements and there -was a decline of Is .6d in wethers., and Is to 2s in ewes. A few lines were' taken for freezing. The range of prices was : for prime wethers 16s to 18s ;. others 13s- to 15s 6d; prime ewes 14s to 16s : Id-; medium lls 6d to 13s 6d; aged and light 8s 7d to lls 7d. Merino wethers 9s 6d to 10s Bd. . ■••- There were 236 head of fat cattle penned, of which the largest "proportion was heifers and cows. There wat an improved demand in consequence ofthe weather now being cooler. Steers and 'heifers sold at fully £1 per head better -than last week. Steers made £7.256d- to" £10 7s;- heifers £5 to £8 12s 6d; and' cows £4 15s to £7 2s" 6d. Best beef sold equal to 22s 6d to 245 ; medium 19s to 225; and cow and inferior 16s to 18s 6d perlOOlbs. ; Veal calves made '4s 6d to 545, there being a medium entry. . -■■ A medium entry of store cattle was largely made up of a Southern consignment. • There was a fair sale for .useful sorts. Fifteen to 18 months' made 31s; two year steers £3 ss; two year heifers £2 5s to £2^ 13s ; two and a■: half year; steers £4 7s . 6d ; three year steers £4 18s to. £6; three year heifers £4 ss ; and dry cows £1 15s to £3 18s. - : - ' ■"■.■■'•: Dairy cows made £3 5s to £8 15s. The yarding of: pigs was a small on 6 and there' was consequently a better sale" than of late. Large baconers made 60s to 675.; slighter 52s to 59s 6d, equal to 5d per lb. Large'porkers 42s to 48s; lighter 32s to 40s, equal to &3 per lb. Large stores 40s to 43s 6d; medium 30s to 38s; and •weaners, which did not sell so well as the larger sorts, 12s-to 18s.