ADDINGTON YARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 9522, 21 April 1909, Page 3

ADDINGTON YARDS.

THIS DAY. [Per the "Stab's" Pigeon Express.] At the Addington market to-day, . there was an exceptionally large entry ; in the fat sheep pens, but stores were not so numerously represented as at the previous sale. The yarding of fat lambs . was a medium one, while the entries of all descriptions of cattle and pigs were about up to the average of recent markets. Again there was a numerous attendance of farmers, dealers and others, : and much interest was 6bown in all sec- - tions of the sale. • . Pat Cattle. — In the fat cattle section the yarding totalled 350 head, and included a number of very nice ahi- > mals. Thej demand throughout was weak, and sales were very difficult to effect} even at a lower basis of value than the previous week, and a. further drop iv prices has to be recorded. r Best steer beef made 18s 6d to 20s, the latter price being paid for only a small i proportion of the yarding: medium 16s to . 18s, and cow beef 14s to 16s per 1001 b. Steers realised £6 17s 6d to £11, heifers £4 7s 6d to £8 12s 6d, and . dry cows' £4 6s to £7. Among the prin- . cipal sales were the following^: — For St . Helens Estate (Hanmer), 26 steers at . £7 12s 6d to £11; Pratt Bros.. St t James's, (Hanmer), 11 heifers at £5 2s . 6d to £6; George Rutherf orcV (Dalethorpe), 11 steers at £8 10s to £10 12s , 6d, 4 heifers at £6 10s to £6 17s 6d; , George Gerard (Snowdon), 2 steers at . _c 10s, 2 ©owe at £6 12s 6d; clients ; 6 steers at £6 10s to £7 17s 6d, 3 heifers at £3 17s 6d to £4 15s, 1 steer at ; £7, 4 cows at £3 15s to £6 ; D. Angland (Albury), "o steers at £3 15s to £7 15s, 1 heifer at £7 2s 6d; T. Chapman ! (Mount Palm), 21 heifers 'at £6 17s 6d • to £8 12s 6d ; J. M'Bride (Temuka), 14 > steers at £6 2s 6d to £7; S. Sparks (Halswell), 4 steers at £8 12s 6d; J. > Gilbert (Hundalep), 1 cow at £5 2s 6d. Fat Lambs — The yarding of fat > lambs totalled 6780, and the eale was 1 a good one. Prices throughout were • firmer than at recent sales, and the i quality was superior to any yarding at ■ Addington daring the present season, i- and this, no doubt, was largely respont sible for the higher prices obtained. ' All the export buyers operated, and i- the sale was an unusually brisk one, > 113 lots being submitted in 115 mml- ' utes. As compared with the previous > sale, prices were better to the extent » of from 6d to 9d per head. Export buyers secured 6337 at. prices ranging > from lis 4d to 15s, butchers, purchased ■ 236 at 115.7 dto 15s 2d, and 207 were > taken by graziers. A line of shorn > lambs realised lis to 12g 9d. > Fat Sheep. — Fat sheep were very 1 numerously represented, the quality ; being above the average, and the sale 1 opened on a par with the previous ■ week. i .' ; Stobe Sheep —^ Although the yarding ; of store sheep was much smaller than > at the previous/ sale, the sheep were as ' a whole of a better class. Ewes again ' formed 'a large proportion of theyard- > ing, the balance being made up of ' lambs and wethers, the last-named k class including a line of about 350 > merinoes, There was. a good attend- *' ance of buyers, and the tone of the ' market showed an improvement, although prices remained substantially 1 unchanged. In ewes nearly all lines found purchasers at prices on a par ■ with those ruling at recent sales, while 1 for lambs there was improved inquiry. 1 One or two very forward lots of lambs 1 sold at lis 6d to 12s, these sales be--1 ing in sympathy with the improved > tone pf the fat lamb market. In 1 wethers there is no change in values > to report, and sheep. of this class could L only be placed at a low range of prices, forward kinds making 10s 6d • to 12s 4d, and low-conditioned lines 9» to 9s 6d, the former prices being paid ■ for lines nearly fit for the factory. - 1 Pros; — The yarding was somewhat ' above that of the previous sale. For ' choppers and baconers there, was a 1 good demand, choppers realising to £3 10s, large baconers 55s to 62s and • lighter 48s to 54q, equal to 4*d to 4^5? k per lb. Porkers were a little easier, " large kinds selling at 38s to 44s and lighter 32s to 375, equal to s|d per lb. Stores and weaners elicited good competition, and sold readily. Large stores made 40s to 445, medium 28s to 35s and ', small 18s to 225. Weaners brought 8s to 14a,