ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET

Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13594, 8 October 1914, Page 8

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET

[United Pbess Association.]

Christchurch, Oct. 7

At the Addington yards to-day, there were larger entries of store and fat sheep and fat cattle. There was a good attendance of buyers. The entry of fat cattle showed much improvement m quality over last week's. Good competition prevailed. An export buyer was operating in prime cattle, but prices were hardly so firm. There was a better sale for fat** lambs, though prices were not quite eqiial to those of last week. Fat sheep were par to. Is Store sheep: Best hoggets 15s to 16s ■ 3d, fair to medium hoggets 14s to 14s 6d, very medium hoggets 12s to 12s 6d, small and inferior hoggets 10s, best ewe hoggets 18s 6d to 20s Id, fair ewe hoggets to 17s, small and inferior ewe hoggets 13s 7d, good-conditioned ewes with forward lambs 13s 6d (all counted), fairly good ewes with lambs 11s 9d (all counted), aged ewes with lambs 8s 9d (all counted), aged Merino ewes with lambs 5s 3d (all counted), forward fourtooth wethers 19s to 20s, forward two and four tooth wethers to 19s, four and six tooth wethers 18s sd, two-tooth wethers 17s 6d. Fat lambs made 18s Cd to 21s 9d, and lighter 16s 9d to 18s. ■ Fat sheep: Extra prime wethers to 39.5, prime wethers 27s to 34s 6d, others l2'?s to 26s 6d, prime ewes 25s to 34s 3d, others 19a 3d to 24s 6d, shorn ewes 24s to 26s 3d, hoggets 14s to 255, Merino wethers. 20s 10d to 27s 6d. Fat cattle: Steers £7 17s 6d to £12, extra steers to £20 ss, ordinary heifers £6 10s to £8 10s, extra heifers to £14, ordinary cows £6 to £8, extra cows to £14 17s 6d. Price of beef per 1001b 35s to 455. Store cattle: Yearlings 30s to £2.(the latter good), fifteen to eighteen month sorts £2 10s to £3, two-year steers £4 10s (good), two-year heifers £3 12s to £4, three-year heifers £4. 19s 6d, cows 35s to £6. Dairy cows £3 10s to £10. Fat pigs: Choppers 60s to 100s, extra heavy baconers 80s, heavy baconers 67s to 755, lighter baconers 52s 6d to 67s (price per lb 6d), heavy porkers 42s to

465, lighter porkers 3b's to 40s (price per lb 6d to GJd). Storo pigs: Largo stores 33s to 395, medium stores 25s to 325, small stores 18s-to 245, weaners 12s to 17s Gtl.