ADDINGTON MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15027, 22 March 1919, Page 3

ADDINGTON MARKET.

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Ghrist&SiiH-ch, March 19. ! At Addington market there were fairly! large yardings in almost all classes of stock. There was a weaker tone throughout the whole market, and prices for both cattle and sheep were easier. The store sheop entry included consignments fioyi the North Island and Kaikoura. Good ewes showed little change, but rougher sorts were easier. The supplies of stock awaiting slaughter at freezing works have caused buyers to restrict their operations, and this has particular reference in the fat lamb market, where prices declined fully 3s per head, vendors having to accept the low rates offered rather than take the lambs home in the race of the present dry weather and scarcity of feed. Store lambs were also dull of sale, and prices decline?T2s to 3s 6d per head. Fat sheep, which were offered m larger numbers than for some time past, were easier by 3s to 5s per head, and fat cattle' showed a drop of 20s to 30s per head. NBtore cattle were .very-dulL of sale, but there was a fair demand-for dairy cows. Store-sheep.—Best two-tooth ewes, 28s to 36s 3d; medium..,,two-tooth ewes 23s to 265. 0d; lighter two-tooth ewes^ 19s to 225; good four-tooth ewes, 24s 9d • good six, and eight-tooth ewes, 20s to 245; good lambs, 16s to 18s 6d; medium : lambs 14s 6d to 15s 7d; lighter lambs, ills 9d to 13s; cull lamlbs, down to 7s;ttvo. and four-tooth wethers, 22s 3d to : 25s 9d. ! Fat sheep.—Extra prime wethers, to :38s 9d; prime wethers, ~3tfs to 38s; ! lighter wethers 25s 9d to 29s 6d; merino I wethers 18s 3d to 22s 6d-; prime ewes, 28s to 32s 2d; medium ewes, 24s to 27s bd; lighter ewes, 19s to 53s 6d. Fat lambs.—Prime, 24s to 28s 3; lneXT^ to 23s 6d i li&hter 16s to 19s 6d o<L at 9attle-—Extra prime steers, to &20; prime steers £14 2s 6d to £17 .5s • ordinary steers £11 2s 6d to £14; extra prime heifers £16 15s; prime heifers £9 vo £12; prime cows, £10 12s 6d to £12 • ordinary cows, £7 to £10. - ' btore Cattle.—Calves, 11s to £2 15s to £6 2s fid: best dry cows, £5 to £8 • to £14 10s ■ hgnter bulls, £5 to £9 : dan-y cows. £7 to £16 ss. ■■• , ' 1 '% S~Tc^ o PPers; £5 to £9 9s ; baconi^'s, io to £8, .equal to 93d per lb- nnrh ;;rs £2 Is to .£3 ss, equaf t^lOH her it best.stores £3 to. £3 16s; medium 42s Mto is J 32S t0 4°S; tri*ne"» 125