ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12474, 26 February 1909, Page 1

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

. Christchurch, Feb. 24. There wore good - entries of stock and a large attendance. Prices for fat cattle, store sheep and fat lambs were all -easier. Fat sheep showed a further sharp decline in prices. Fat pigs ; showed no change, but stores sold better. Store and dairy cattle sold well. The store sheep pens were again filled with a large entry, a good proportion being consignments from outside of Canterbury, and these were generally of a different class. There was a fair demand for all classes, a good clearance being effected, but prices were barely equal to those of the previous week. The strength of the demand was shown by the fact that the market was firmer at the close and the weakening of prices was in sympathy with the decline in the values of fats. One } of the principal sales of ewes was • of a draft of full mouthed sheep • from ■ the Cashmere estate, cressbreds making 17s 6d and halfbreds 17s lOd ; small two-tooths made 15s 9d and two and four tooth ewes 17s sd; medium lambs 11s 6d to 12s ; forward sorts 12s 3d to 12s 9d, and low conditioned and travelled stained 9s to 10s 6d. Forward wethers, of which there were some good lots offered made 13s 6d to 14s 9d; medium 12s to 13s 6d and low conditioned 9s to 11s 7d. There was an entry of 5409 fat lambs, the quality on the whole being excellent. The lambs were well grown and mostly well finished, . but a few lots would have been better for further topping off. The export buyers have reduced their limits for lambs between 361 b and 401 b, the rates over all at the works now being up to 361 b 4£d. 361 bto 421 b 4|d on, and for over -121 b and second quality 4d per lb. In consequence of the lower basis of pur- , chasing values there was a decline in prices and a number of lots were passed in, the growers declining to accept the reduction There were 3077 taken for freezing at 13s to 15s 7d; 381 by butchers a 13s 7d o 14s lOd and a few extrat 017 s ; 600 by graziers at 12s 7d to 13s 7d a,nd 1291 were passed in. The yarding of -fat she?p was about equal to last week in point of numbers, ewes again forming a considerable portion of the entry. There was a further fall in prices, ewes showing the most; decline, being lower by Is 6d to 2s per head. Wehers were cheaper by about lsper head and a large number of the lighter lots wore bought by grazers. There was a little bidding by exporters, but few were secured by buyers for the works. The range of prices was, prime wethers 15s 6d and 18s 3d, lighter 13s 2d to 15s, prime ewes 12s to 14s Id.extra to 16s,others 9s to 11s 6d, morino wethers 10s 3d to 10s 6d. Two hundred and seventy one fat cattle were entered, and there were ' mostly useful sorts. The competition .not so keen as last week and there was a falling off in prices from the rise of last-week. Steers made £7 5s to £11 2s 6d, heifers £5 to £9, and cows £4 10 to £0, equal to 22s to 23s 6d for prime, 19s to 21 6d for medium, 17s to 18s 6d for cow and inferior per 1001 b. An averags yarding of veal calves sold at 4s 6d to 60s, according to size and quality. There was a fair yarding of store cattle, including several lines from the south. The demand showed a marked improvement and a good clearance was effected, 15 to 18 months made 45s to 4756 d, two year steers.£3_.ta £3. 10s,. two year heifers r"3 17s 6d for good sorts.three year steers £5 10s," three year heifers £4 5s and dry cows 20s to £3 10s. Dairy cows were in good demand and sold at £3 15s to £8 15s. There was a good medium entry of fat pigs and. they sold at last weok prices and a fair j'arding of store showed a slight improvement. Choppers sold iip to £4 ss, heavy baconers 55s to 70s, lighter 48s to 54s ■ (equal to 5d per lb), large porkers 43s to 48s and smaller 35s to 40s (equal to 6d per lb), largo stores 35s to ,435, medinm. 28s to 345. good weaners 17s to '20s, and small 12s 6d to 15s.