ADDINGTON MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14620, 26 January 1918, Page 3

ADDINGTON MARKET.

Christchurch, Jan. 23

At Addington Market the yarding:* of fat stock were smaller than last week, but the offerings of sheep werb the largest since last autumn. Fat cattle sold well, and were above export level of prices ,and the same may be said of fat lambs, butchers requiring almost all the lambs that were ottered. Store wethers and ewes maintained latt rates. Lambs, which formed the bulk of the yarding, opened easier, but lirmed as the sale went on and reached-iasi week's rates, light lambs being strongly in request. Fat sheep were firmer by Is to Is 6d per head, in consequence of the short supply. There was. a moderate demand for storo cattle, a. good many being passed; and there was no change in prices. Dairy cows and ah classes of pigs sold well. Store sheep: Two-tooth ewes, to 27s 9d; sound-mouth ewes to 25s lid; twu tooth wethers," 23s Id' to 24s 6d ;' foui tooth wethers. 23s lOd to 29s Id; four and six-tooth wethers, 33s 7d to 33s 8d: sound-mouth wethers, '20s; sounamouth woolly merino wethers, 29s 6d; rape lambs, 20s to 25s 8d; mixed-sex lambs, 14s 7d to 39s Gd; wether lambs ■16s 9d to 19s Id.

lat sheep: -J2stra jjiinie heavy wethers, to 42s 9d; prime wethers, 32s Gd to &7s 10d; iightcr wethers, 28s to 335; merino, 335; merino wethers, 225, prime ewes, 33s 6d to 37s'; medium ewes, 29s Gd to 335; lighter ewes, 26s to^'9s; merino ewes, 245. . l«'at lambs: Extra prime lambs, to 335: prime Jambs, 27s to 29s 2d: lighter lambs, 22s 8d to 26s 9d. Pat cattle: Prime steers, £18 to £20; ordinary steers, £15 10s to £17 15s; prime heifers £11 15s to £15 10s; prime cows, £13 to £16 7s od; ordinary cows, £30 12s 6d to £12 10s.

Store tattle: IVo-year heifers. £9 10s throe-yen i- heifers, £13 2s 6d';' threeyear . steers. £13; i! our-year steers, £lb ss; dry cows, £8 to £12 5s ; dairy cows, £10 to £20. ' ■ -

Pigs: Choppers, £4 10s ~to £6 10s; heavy baconers, .£S to £6 lls; medium baconevs, £4 15s to £5 10s; lighter baconers, £4 to £4 10s, "equal-to B^d to Ski por lb; liewy porkers, £3 8s to £3 365-; lighter'porkers, £2 Xos to £3 4s, oqiial to 9i-d per lb; large stores, £:•? iss to £3; medium stores, £2- 8s to £2 12s; small stores, 32s to £2 3s; lai'icp. weanprs.. 2Ss to 32s :'f?m»ll*»r, 20s to 27s 6d; breeding sows, to £5 ss; .