ADDINGTON YARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7332, 19 February 1902, Page 3

ADDINGTON YARDS.

-. ■* . THIS DAY. [Per toe "Stab's" Pigeon Express.] -Fair entries were the rule in most classes of stock at the Aldington, stock market today, and the attendance was good. u Fat Caths;.— The yarding, -which* consisted of 202 'head, was a very mixed: one, made up mostly of 3ight-wei£ ! ht heifers and com. The sale dragged considerably, and prices were elightly easier-, without quotable change, foeef ruling at from 16s to 21s pea? 1001 b. Steers made from £6 ss" to £9 ss, heifers £5 5s to £7 2s 6d, and up to £8 12s 6d for extra good, cows £5 to £? 10s", and prime £8 to £9 10s. Store and dairy cattle .are both well represented, 'but it trill be late before the sale starts, - • FAt Shkep.-— -An average yarding of fat sheep is principally made up of ewes of indifferent .quality, there being very few good wethere on offer. Owing to the length of the store sheep and fat lamb sales, this department had not been reached) when our express left. Fat Lambs.— The entry of fat lambs, although, heavier than last week, wag certain' ly inferior in quality, there being a large proportion of unfinished sorts. Buyers for export were -operating for any suitable lines at well up to late rateis, but unfinished sorts were neglected, and many of th«m were taken by graziers. Store Sheep.— The yarding of 9295 was mostly made up of wethers and ewes, about ■x fourth of the entry being lambs. There ware very few good lines of stores, the majority being rough sorts from Blenheim and the North Island. The few really good sheep and lambs met fair competition, but other kinds were neglected, and nearly half the yarding was passed. • Forward two-tooth wethers made 12s 7d to 13a, and others 8s ♦o 10s, four-tooths sold at 10s lid to 12s 10d", and merino wethers at 4s 4d tec 4s 6d, p our-tooth ewes made 10* 7d to 12s 3d, inferior fcur and sii-tooths 9s, good two, four and sije-tooths 12s 7d, two. four, six and eight-tooths 9s 8d to 10s 6d. four, six and sight-tooths lls to 11s 4d, soundmoutced 9s 7d to 10s 3d, and a^ed sorts j it 5s 6d, wnile merino ewes brought 5s lOd, Forward lambsf made 9s 9d to 10s 3d, me.•'Hum sorts 7s lOd to 8s 6d, and weedy 4s '4d to 6s 6d. Pigs.— A medium) yarding of pigs included a number of unfinished sorts in tuie fftt pens, and this caused prices to be slightly higher - per lb," baconers ranging from 56s to 545, equal to 33d to 4d par lb, ' porkens 25s to 365, equal to 4d to 4^d per lb. There was a keen demand for good stor^js for stu'bbling, and 50 were taken for the Peninsula. Large stores brought 15s to 28s, smaller 10s. to 14s, and suckers and weavers 5s to 9s.