ADDINGTON YARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5463, 15 January 1896, Page 3

ADDINGTON YARDS.

■ ( -■-'"-; -■• iTHisvixy i: ■"•■ ■■' _ :.. . . ' ■ -[Peb" Star's >K Pigeon Expbess.] ', . '■•< Entriea-in all classes' of dtocle were good at the Addington market to-day. The atten-. dance, of. buyers -was not quite so large as usual, the farmers - being now 1 busy -with harvest., \< V; . ♦ .-' • . ••• ' PAt Cattle.—^ome. .140 head of fat Cattle f onried'ttie, week's Bupply. The bulk of the yarding consisted ; of sorts, and a •very fair <JleSarance wasmadeat jvell/a.j».tj» late-ratosi. - Steers 1 M.Waio,, £$ 155,, heifers, £4>lia 6dto,JJ6 15s, ' and- "cojtb .frota J& 10s .to j£l6. 17s 6d. ■Prime steer beef br6ught'from 19s 21^ pert -1001b, and 'cowbeef- an'd secondary quality, f rqm- ; 14s 'to '18s,- ' , r : ■ •! j i .• ' ' \ "" ., .Daibj. ,<3AT/rjjE t — l)airy. tows were well y repres.e.nted,-iancl jnejfc a . rather : better de^ mand than'of late,,th,e best price obtain^ able being £T2bM. ' ' ;- .: Stoke- eATTLE.^Th'e '^tore' department was; well filled -with >. some ; ■nice' lines of yo.ung, cattle, buts the' saie.had not com* menced when our expresaJeft. • • „. . . r i•• f^AT . Sheep.— A "fair", yarding of . fat sheep was composed for the .most part ;of fair to ' good -.cross-bred- ewesj with a f^w nice, lines of freezing sheep, but'owirig |to Jihe' large number of -lanrbs >to •be got thrqugh.it will be late before the -sale 1 starts. ;■ ■ ' ■„'■;'' . ' ."' '. ; '.. ■ Stobe" Sheep.— The '^ entry ; of ; stcire sheep was ;*a very' good ' one, and included Borne yery nice lines froin Cheviot and. the -Peninsula; All- good sorts uiet a .ready .sale.- f Oood', forward four-tooth cross r bred wethers brought from fls 9d;tolls 6d, two-tooth 'mixed cross-breds. 7s 9d to 9s/cross-hred'eWes^Blid to 8s 3d, e\i(es •and lambs from 6s to 9s 2d per couple, and, cross-bred lambs, up 1 to 1 - 8s 6d, r merino .wethers, at 2s 9d, and ewes at»2s ld»>: ; V , Fat Lambs.— Lambs were .not present in such' force .as last week, and aithough theqiialify'all round was mbre even than at the' previous sale, still there were a greafetnany which shpuld have been^invthe'store-pens, and it would be -to. the interest of everybody, if „ arrangements, ; were -made. |to have the lambs, chissed.. Buyers, were not -very eager, and all classes experienced a decline, the poorer sorts suffering to the greatest extent. Good freezing' sorts brought, from 9s to lls lOdy and butchers' from 6a 6d to 8s 6d. ... . . : Pigs.— There was a large entry, iof pigs, the quality ' of the fat ones being an improvement on late' yardings. Best baconers and porkers rose quite aid per pound, and stores, also showed enhanced values. Baconers brought from 26s to 41s, porkers 17s to 265, and stores from 6s 6d to 17s 6d. Baconers and porkers were quite equal to 3£d V$ v : <