ADDINGTON YARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7680, 15 April 1903, Page 3

ADDINGTON YARDS.

THIS DAY.

[PRX THB "S__r;'s" Pigson ExPIIE-S.]

There was again a large yarding of sheep at the Addington Saleyards to-day, Bur the fat lamb pens were only sparsely rilled. The attendance of buyers was as usual. Fat Cattle. — ■One hundred and fifty-nine head were yarded, the quality being up to the usual standard. A i-ii demand existed at about last week's rates. Seven steers from Messrs H. _). and J. F. Buchanan's Kmloc-h Estate realised from £9 to £10 7s 6d, ordinary steers from. £6 to £10 17s 6d, heifers £5 17s 6d to £8 17s 6d, one- extra good £9 15s, cows £5 17s 6d to £8 10s, one extra good £9 2s. Calves.— _?he pens were filled, and calves sold at from 16s to £2 10s, and for large sorts to £2 17s 6d.

Pat Lamhs. — About 1320 were yarded, and of these a large proportion was ( not thoroughly prune. The market oil round was easier, -bough for be_b freeze-- it -ior - denedl -lightly towards the olose of the* sale. The range of prices was : — Tegs to 15s 3d, free_e_s 12s 'bo 14s 9d, butchers' 10s. 3d to i_3, graziers 10s Id to 10s 6d.

Store Sheep. — The entry was a. lairges one, andi ion wetlher- and sound-mouthed ewes a good deimarid existed, but lambwere somewhat neglected.

Fat Sheep. — 'The fat sheep jiens- were well filled, and the market opened firm at la-i we_k , _ prices. Pi_s.— The entry was smaller than usual, but tbe demand was correspondingly poor, in consequence of several of the larger buyers 'having a large shipment of North Island! pigs due to arrive the next day. The sale was a very dragging one in all classes, and several lots were passed. Baeoners brought from 39s to 635, equal to from 5d to 6_d per ib ; porkers from 30s to 38s, equal to from 5d to s_d per lb ; stores, 18s to 28s; slips, 10s to 15s ; •Vfceaners, 6s to lOs^