ADDINGTON .MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15000, 22 February 1919, Page 2

ADDINGTON .MARKET.

( United Pbjess Association, j

■■ «* *v a ! christchurch, Feb. 19. At the Addington market there was t-ne largest entry of store sheep this season, including North Island ewes. Best quality ewes sold well, and the market lor wethers remained steady at late rates, and there was a good demand for ronvard lambs. Prices:— Sheep.-Best t-wo-tooth ewes 32s to ?i * «^s°,°? 3Os t0 31s 8d > medium 28s 1l ? -?? 1* { ' P°orer from 235; four and six-tooth 2Gs to 275 ; six and eight-tooth 6d; .smaller ewes from 19s to 2»a ; two-tooth wethers 21s 63 to 25s tour and six-tooth 26s to 275; best rape lambs 23s Sd to 25s 6d 3 good 21s to 23s mecfnim 17s 6d to 20s, poorer 15s td Jys, nulls from 7s' 9d. The entry of fat lam hs totalled . 2851. The general qtiahtv was good. Exporters took most lots Extra prime to 35s 6d, prime 27s oq to n 3S%^^ 245,6 dto 275, light *ds 4d. .there was a large yarding of rat -.•ncen, mostly of good quality, oives and wethers "being almost equally .•cpTosonted. • Bange of prices: Extra primpwet-hsrs to 41s, prime 34s to 40s renter L>7s to 33s 3d,■'extra prime ewes '%*'£ nv cif 8 ™35s> medium 29£ to ; lighter 20s to 28s 7d. I .l^pro was a smaller entry of fat ;••- A, 010 o-;r;.a waller entry of fat ■vuclc. -Bidding.-waa a trifle slacker., r-P •,oV^ rf go .1 ua% Pr™e steers- to GAPP ir n £16 tp'^O, ordinary ,*-> /• JSJ° ,i° s; prime fieifers £I*2 3,-r,. (" -9. 1/ 17- s 6d >' oxtra Pi'imo cows I-}- A s i )f, 1' pTime cow« £12 17s 6d to Uj 2s Gil. ordinary £9 7s 6d to £12 'Os. V medium quality of vealers was .'jitoro:l. and there was good competitor, r.vnporf. ,C 4 14s to £5 15s; good v-Ipkj ,»s to S9s, fair 35s to *O S /smaU and in'onor 6s to 31s. x\ medium yard-

'Hg of Btore cattle came forward. -The quali fey - was rather indifferent. Twoyear heifers £7, two and a-haJf year sleojfs £8 25,-dry cows £6 to £10, threeyear steers £10 16s to £11 ss. There was a large entry of dairy cows. Tho quality was mixed. First calves made £7 to £15, second calves £10 to <£16, older oows £9 10s.

Pjgs.--A medium entry of fat pigs was received, and there was a good demano. Choppers £5 to £9 12s 6d/ extra heavy baeonors £7, baconcrs £6 to £7, medium £5 to £5 15s (equal to 9jjd oor lb.); best porkers 75s to 995, medium 60s to 70s (equal to 10id per lb). A small entry of stores was received, but 'the dpmmid was slacu. Best stores £3 to £3 IDs, medium 42s to 545, small-80s-to3&s. ■