CHEISTCHUECH.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3701, 12 August 1886, Page 2

CHEISTCHUECH.

An*. 11. At the Addington livo stock market to-day there were fairly well filled yards. The attendanco of buyers was about an average one only. CATTLE. Fat.—Thoro was a medium entry of beef, the quality being varied. The demand was middling, late rates being maintained, viz., 20a to 22s por lOOlbs, as per quality. Steers sold at 15s to .£8 15s, heifera £t 2s 6d to £6 17a 6d. Store.—An improved ontry. Graziers were scarce, bnt fair clearances wero made. Four-year-old bullocks m forward condition fetched as high as .66 13s per head, a line of three-year-olds £1 7a Gd and M 12s 6d. Dairy stock had also an improved ontry. Business waa not very brisk at late rates. SHEEP. Fat.—A fairly largo supply, tho quality t on tho wholo, being hardly np to the avorage. Late values for prime mutton wero more than maintained, medium and inferior being tmaltored. Primo crossbred wethors sold at 12s to 16s per hoad, medium Borts 8a 6d to 10i 6d, crossbred ewes 7s 8d to 13s, medium wothors 8a to lls 3d, being Ijd to 2^d per lb, as per quality. No atoro sheep were yarded. PH3S. A fairly good number of piga were yarded, a fair proportion being baconera, for which a bottor demand was again ahown. Values for porkers and stores still remain very low. Baoonora sold at from 26s to 53a, one very heavy weight fetohing £3 12s 6d, porkera from lla to 20s, atoros 6a and 7s each.