ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13169, 27 July 1911, Page 1

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

[United Press Association.]

Christchuroh, July 26. At the Addington live stock market there were very small entries of stock in consequence of the wet weather, and the interruption of railway traffic on the northern lino, in consequence of the short supplies of fat stock there was a sharp rise in prices. Store ewes and hoggets wero in good demand. l''at lambs and sheep advanced several shillings per head, and there was little change in fat cattle, except that cows sold rather hotter. Pigs mot with an irregular sale. There was a fair yarding of store sheep, consisting principally of hoggets, with a few pens of ewes and wethers. The sheep were mostly of medium to inferior class, but met with a very good demand, especially for hoggets and young ewes. A Southland buyer was again operating. Wethers were unchanged. Several lots of aged owes failed to find buyers at the prices asked. An extra good line of six tooth ewes made 17s Id, medium 6 and 8 tooth ewes 12s lid, sound mouth halfbrods 11s 2d, aged and toothless 'Is to 6s Bd, best hoggets 11s Cd to 12s Id, average lines 10s 3d to 10s Gd, fair wether hoggets 10s 3d to 10s lOd, good owe hoggets 13s 3d, medium 10s lOd to 11s (jd, small and inferior 9s Id, fair conditioned wethers 12s lid to 13s 3d, small low conditioned halfbreds 10s 3d. The yarding of fat lambs was almost' entirely made up of one line, only a few more small lots being penned. There was a good demand ami a considerable rise in prices, which ranged from 13s 7d to ]9s Id. The entry of fat sheep was also n very small one, and consequently prices advanced several shillings per [ head. The principal .supplies of sheep ami lamb have been coming of lato from tlie northern district, and this source was cut off by thp interruption of railway traffic. The competition of butchers to fill their requirements was naturally keen, and accounted for such a marked rise in prices. The range of prices was, prime wethers 21s to 275, extra to 38s, others 15s 3d to 20s, prime ewes 18s to 255, extra to 335, medium 15s to 17s, wethers 12s Gd to 14s 9d. The yarding of fat cattle totalled 177, or little more than half an averago entry. The greater part of tho yarding was of medium quality, but; tho balance consisted of very prime I cattle. There was little change in prices, cows, however selling at improved rates. Prime beef made 27s Gd to 3^b, extra to 355, medium 25s to 275, and cows and inferior 23s to 24s Gd per lOOlbs. A small yarding of veal calves sold at 4s 6d to 555. There was a small yarding of store oattle of mostly poor quality; Fifteen to eighteen months sorts made £2 15s, 3 year steers £5 12s Gd, and dry con s 16s to £3 ss. There wero only three pens of dairy cows offered, and there was a keen domand for all useful sorts, prices ranging from £3 10s to £9 10s, tho general run making £7 10s to £9. There was a short entry of pigs, and tho market for fats opon&d at the previous week's rates, but fell away to tho extent of -Jd per lb. Choppers made 50s to 80s, heavy baconers 50s to 60s, and lighter 40s to 47s 6d, equal to 4d io 'lid per lb; largo porkers 32s 6d to 38s 6rl, lighter 25s to 30s, equal to 4Jd to 4ijd per lb. Tho operations of one largo buyer towards tho closo of the sale assisted to maintain prices from a further fall. There were only a very few stores penned, and for these there was a fair demand, though the quality was only medium. Prices ranged from 12s to lCs, and wcaneru made Gs to lls Cd.