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Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14364, 9 February 1911, Page 5

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ADDINGTON MARKET. Per l'rera Association, CHEIbTCHUUCH, Fob. 6. At Addiugtun 10-duy thore were good entries ol' kukU uud u tuiilj ]ar#o attendance. btoio sIRQp, ©apeciaUy good iu|j« lambs, sold well. lul cuULu *i*ow«<s lio change in price, Fat lamb* WW# linn, nn<l tlio l'at tljte)) market opci>wl >i pruviuiih week's iuUis. V*\ PHS> iold under guvd competition. The yarding of stoic sheep vrM «nud» in iter than Xaut week, about thrM< l'c tiUi.s of tho entry living l»mb», of ml classed from forward rape Umb* to culls from linger liniui. Rape lamba were well up to previous wook's rate* and in so mo ctuos over. There vtm [radically no chango ia ordinary sorts though the demand was sowowhofc cutier. The fow lots of wotlicw ulfeiod <Jd well at lata rate* us did a f«<w lctt of young cwos. Forwwtl rupe I,'tnbs mlido lis to 12s, extra 12* W to 12s lid; good ordinary stores, 10* to 10s 9d; medium, 9s to 9s 9d: halfbiod wcllior lambs, 8s to 10s 2d, add culls fis Od to 6s Odj forward wether*, 14s to lGs 6d; athors. 13s 6d to 18* 9dr low conditioned 12-iootlis, 6s S2dj 4-tooth cm, 16s sd; small halfbrPa ewes (good) to 14s lid; 8-tootli owoa l'.i low condition, ]os ad; and fined sorts 4s 3d to Cs (Id.

There wore G499 fat lambs penned, Or about 400 less than Inst week. There was a largo proportion of prime <INLI diaftod lambs, and these sold firmly under .good competition at nreviou* week s rates. The quality of the yard, uig as a whole was one of the boat of tho season. There wore 4607 taken W , export at prices ranging from lis 10d to 16s 8d; 408 by butchers at 12» ®*j J° 14* 1W; 74 by graziers at 13* 7<> to 13s 7d; and 410 were passed in a: 10s lOd to 13s 9d. There was n foirly large yarding of fit sheep, and tlio market opened firm--7 at the Drerious week's rates. The lvngo of prices was—Prime wetherg, 1/8 to IDs; extra to 19s 7d; lighter, 14s 8d to 10s 9d; prime ewes, 17s Bd to IBs 6dj extrii to 17sj others 7s 7d to J3s. i

Tlio supply of beef totalled 244 head is oompnrod with 168 tbo week before. J lie quality was very irregular. 03 Was also the tone of the market, but on tho whole values showed littJo change. Stores made £8 to £11; extra to £l2 12b od;\ heifers, £6 10s to £9 Ob 7d: 9 05 ™! 6^—equal to 24* Ga to 28s Od for prime steers, 228 Od to 24n for medium, and 19a Od to 22s for oow and inferior beef nor 1001b. V«j calves made 4s Od to Mb ncoordjnK to size and quality. ; Of store cattle there was a meditim 1 entry of average quality. Yenrlingl realised £1 13s to £1 18a, fiftoon to eighteen months sorts £2 14s to £2 10s, 2-yonr.old stoora £8 4s to £3 16h, 21 years old &-toers £5 (passed), 8-yeajv old steers £5 7 s (3d to £8 IBs, 3-yoar hoifens £4 ss, and dry 00 ws £1 to £4. A small yarding of daily oow# of sodium quality mot n good demand, Fuoos ranged from £8 10s to £0 B». Pigs.—Choppers sold up to 78», heavy bnconers COs to 555, extra to 00*. and lighter 40s to 46s 6d (equal to 4id per lb), large porkore 80s to 861, and smaller 24s to 28s (equal to 4} to 4H per lb. Store pigs were in good «uppiy, but the demand was very freak, large stores 18s to 24a Od.

BTJRNSIDB MARKET. DUNEDIN, Fob. 8. Atßurnsido to-day 183 hoad of oattla were yarded, oonsifeiing principally of medium weights. Tho demand 1 wa> fair, and prices much the same as last week. Best bullocks, £lO 10s to £ll 10s; medium, £9 to £9 10s| interior,' £7 5s to £8; best 00ws and heifer*, £7 to £8: medium, £5 16» to £6 10*| inferior, £4 to £4 16s. Fat Sheep.—27lo wore penned ,prlncipally owes, with a fow pons of extT* good wethers. Owing to tho J<U"g* yarding owes declined 2s per hefiu on last week's prioos. Best wethers. 18s to 10s, extra, 21s; medium, 15s Od to 10s Od; inferior, 18s Od 1 to 14s Od j b«rt ewes 18s to 16s, to 20a Od j medium, 10s to 12s; inferior, 6s to 8». Fat Lambs. —1028 wore penned. Prices wore easier, and the demand limited. Best 14s to IBs, extra lioavy, to 17s 3d; medium, 12s to 13s Od, inferior, 0s to lis.