ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13979, 8 January 1916, Page 2

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET

Christchurch, Jan. 5. At the Addington stock market today comparatively small entries of ■stock canio Forward. There was a good attendance. Fat cuttle showed -an improvement. Store .sheep sold at advanced rates. Fat lambs were irregular, a^iul in some cases easier than at the previous sale. Fat sheep advanced an average, of 3s per head. Store cattle wcro dull oi' sale. Storo sheep were fairly good. Two-tooth wethers, 12s lid to 13s; ordinary two-tooth wethers, 11s; forward four and six-tooth wethers, 17s 3d lo .19s 6d; four and six-tooth half-bred wethers, 14s to 16s; good forward bmbs, 14s to 15s Gd ; ordinary lambs, 10s 4d to. 13s 6d; - cull .lambs," 5s to 7s" 9d; good two-tooth owes, 17s Id to 1.7s Sd; inferior two-tooth ewes, 10s 6d;' failing-mouthed ewes and lataibs, 10s 7d; sound-mouthed ewes, 10s 8d; -fair four, sis, and eight-tooth ewes, to 13« 6d. . , Fat lambs: Prime lambs, 20s to 235; medhiin, los to 19s 6d; unfinished, 12s Orl to 14s 6d. Fat sheep: Prime wethers, 23s to :295; others 17s 6d to 22s 6d; extra prime ewes, to 29s 9d; jn-ime ewes, 22s 6d to 26s 7d ; medium eaves, 17s 6d to 225; lighter, los to 17s; hoggets,' 14k Mto 18s, ' - : Fat cattJe: Extra prime steers, to i £19 ; ordinary steors, £7 10s to £12 10s; extra, prime heifers to £14; ordinary heifers, £5 12s'.6d to £8 10s;; extra prime cows, to £13; ordinary cows, £0 to £9 10s. : Store cattle: Yearlings, 235; 15 to 18 months, £2 4s to £3 2s; yearling st©ors, £4 4s to £4 ss; 2-year heifers, £3 6s; 2 and 21.- year .steers, £5 15s; 3-year steors, £6 10s to £6 18s 6d; 3-year I heifers, £5 : dry cows, £3 15s to £6; dairy cows, £3 to £11 ss. Pigs: Choppers, 40s to 120s ; extra heavy baconcrs, to 90s ; -heavy baconers, 70s to 765; light bacouers, 55s' to 655; price per lb., 6d; heavy porkei's, 42s !to 45s ; ordinary porkers. 33s _to 40s ; i price per lb., 6Jd to 6-' id; medium stoves, 22s to 28s; smaller" 18s to 21s; weaners, 4s 6d to 12s.