ADDINGTON YARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6553, 2 August 1899, Page 3

ADDINGTON YARDS.

♦ THIS DAY. [Peb the " Stab's " Pigeon Express.] Entries in all classes of stock were bakw the average, and the wet weather, besides militating against the attendance, left the yards, especially the unpaved ones, in a filthy condition, and the sheep suffered considerably in appearance. The 159 head of cattle which formed the beef supply included a very nice line of Herefords from the executors of the late W. Gerard, of Snowdon. The fifteen bollocks brought from £6 2s 6d to £10, and three cows £5 5s to £7. One of the best lines of fourteen North Island bullocks which has come down this season brought from £8 5s to £9 2s 6d. The entry of local cattle contained very little of prime quality, and although no actual drop can be recorded in prices, beef was slightly easier. Best local steers brought from £7 to £8 15s, others from £6 .to £6 10s ; heifers £3 17s 6d to £6 15s, and cows £3 ' 10s to £6 2s 6d.' Per 1001 b good to prime beef made '16s to 17s 6d, medium 14s to 15s 6d, and cow and inferior down to 11s 6d. The only line of store 'cattle was 120 head of three and four-year-old heifers and steers from the Pelorus Sound, but _the prices offered at auction were not sufficient to lead to business. The dairies were a mixed lot, and met a very poor demand. The yarding of store sheep is a fairly large and mixed one, and the market has opened at about, rates ruling last week. Fat hoggets were a small entry, the bulk being evidently culls Prices* were decidedly easier, and freezing quality brought from 13s 6d to 15s, others selling down to 10s. The yarding of store sheep was made up mostly of small lines, and a good many were turned out unsold. Wethers were not in demand, and the only line sold kf^Pnt, 12s lOd; mixed sexes selling at . 13s Id. Ewes in lamb met a fair sale, aged sorts selling at from 11s 9d to 13s 2d. and younger up to 14s 10d. Hoggets sold fairly well at from 10s to- lls 4d: There- was only a small entry of pigs, arid although fats were shortS prices Were oasief for bacon*" _which : averaged 3Jd per lb ; but porkers held their \ own at ,4£d, -Per head baconers f brought from 35s to 50s, porkers 30s to 38s, stores 28s to 30s for large sorts, and 15s to 21s 6d for small; sows in pig 60s to 70s.