ADDINGTON YARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11267, 22 December 1914, Page 6

ADDINGTON YARDS.

♦ I THE METROPOLITAN MARKET, j TO-DAY'S SALE. j Per the "Stag's" Pigeon Express.] j Tr-dav's sale. s>.t the Addington Metropolitan \ Yard,; 'wo* wha* is tmncd a "doub:e , imuhat." inasmuch us tht-re will bo do *u..e [ next week on account of tha Christmas nu>. j New Yoa.r holidays. Tb:= week the sa.e 1 was hold a day eiirlier tl:a.u usual so ns U.- ! cnaM.- mircb-ers . to havo thcr purohaa:e ; slaughtered before the commencement ot the fs-i \"o --eas 'ii There was a somewhat smaller | attendance than at some recent sales, and | although there was b good' all-round entry , of nil classes of stock the yarding was not as large as might have been uiiticipu ed , under the drcumsttiw'tis, but neverthe.c-iS there was n.mple for requirements. FAT CATTLE. The Yarding of fat cattle totalled 328 head, comnafed with 323 at the previous sale, 31" on 'December 9. am* 270 on Deoeraber . Although the animal penned were generally cieakiii" of a -uirformlv srood class, theTC wn.« an"almost total abso-uce of thc-e, extra prime animals which were a. feature _of thpreviou* f=ak>. Competition was again ver brisk, a.nd the previous week's prices were fullv mainlined, indeed, in a tew cage.* there was a sludi: appreciate improvenien in value?, a'thou"h it cannot be said Hi a there was a ouotable advance. Stivers were undent for practically all lines offered.

Quotations are: PVra steers to £l6 os. Other s'eers, £B 5s <oj£lly Kytra heifers to £l2 o*. O'her heifers, 55 7 s Pd to £B. Ertra. cows to £'l2 7s 6d'. Other cows, £5 7a Pd to £8 5.=.. Pv'ce of beef per 1001b, 32s Cd to 42s 6d extra, to 455.

The pal"? included the underniPivtionef' li ne < ;—For G. "P. Greenwood' 'Tevlc'dale. Am bcrlev), 4 oows at £3 12* Pd 'o 510 17s Pd 11 s'eora a-+ £9 15s to 513 17b '.id: G. A M'Leau (Le ; thfioldl 1 cow at £S: clients, i s'eevs at £lB ,2s 6d to S.U 2s' M, \ C?" at £lO 7s Fd. 2 cows at £6 10b: T. H "W'ikinsou 'Cheviot). 6 "e.e.rs at £'6 12s <'-■' to £ls 2s Oct; 1 cow a> £'o 15s: C. Skinner 'lv-a!'). 1 cow at £1 10s: T. F. Fisher (■"TiitficF.fM. 1 cow a' 58 3a: J. Sex'en i "" r <"' VSicm). 1 hwfer at 513 2s fid: C. E Walke CTVe-=t Me 7 ton), 1 oow at £5 ss; E. Smart [Lincolnl. 1 cow at £lO 2s «d; S. Soar?" (HalswH) 9 cows at £8 2s 6d to JEU 2s 6d • E. Sm : th 2 ccw« at £5 and £" 17s f&; Bros. fF-rnside). 1 CO-"-a + £*-l0 2s Rd Rnncrinrn client. 4 cows e* £7 Ks to ='eer a* 17s Fd., 1 cow at £7 l 1?" lsd: v' Phen-t 'Bi?CPvt-on), 2 rows at £7 10s and £" 19s I'd: J. Knm--om 1 cow n* £7 12s Fd; Tj. at £5 sb. 1 cow at £8;. C. Ba ; lev (TernrjV tonh 2 steers at £ll 12<s Pd; W. Actor' fKaMn-rl. 2 steers a+ £ll -7s Gd: J. Renni". Inn. 8 tiietrrH at £ls lSs: D \V J>r'l"-'oci, CH'"."ard°n>. 1 cow at £lO Ppr\-. C w*- 1 -^ 11 'Brr>ni--=iripi. 1 heifer at W 10«; H. M'p.t'hews £r, 12c and fi" 2s Pd: A. -J. Arn'l»r o?"kd''a) 1 cow at £7 Ps: J. O. Cvv 'Lift'--B.ivot). 25 sheers s+. #l2 10 s +o #ls 10->. " hpifori* a t £9* to £l2 2s 6d: clients. 1 s'eer at £<f Ss. 1 »Vor at 510 3 pt i"9 1?8 P«' to J?10 17b 6d. 1 he ; fer at £<3. a st c er= at £9 15s. 1 cow pf. £7 15«; 1 r>e ; ?er ft f" lo s . 1 Wer at 58. 5 sWr? st £lO 7s (id to £ll 2p Pd 1 o'-w n> £lO 7s rd 1 ctr at 5 1 1 cow at £S 2s 6d, 1 »■'■ £7 7Sr 1 cow mt I' 7Ss fid'. 2 «>"•= a.t- 5 7 : J. T»vV r 'M'a--nnr»> B''fer< *t £'lS to t">s 10=: H. i heifer at £5 ss; client, 1 heifer at 58 12s- 6d. FAT LAMT?9. There was an e-ntrv of 1112 fat lambs. a« comnar«d with la=t week, were of fair average oua-lifv. A ffood propor'ion were prme p-nd n<-h"-" ' *""" "- The <«de opened a. little better than ipet. week. The pxrorjlv provd to b" of butchers* rpr-n'' v -eiii"r)''- »"''' "- f"" '" , " o.rir!tne>->d pr'ces imnrcved, and. towa.rds the end thev f u'lv "- "- We th'ni at *ho opening. were: Prim» If-mho. IPq" *-"■ °3s. Lighter, 13s to 18a fid. FAT SHE.FP. There wsre eight races full of fat. sheen t>nd quality was a,bout the same as las" woek. _ STORE SHF.EP The vardins of sheep was again a fab-lv lam-e one duo in a measure to th-•unfoV-urable weather" conditions prevaihn'Teoentlv hav'ng made sheep-ownerg not a li'tle Bprirel-sensire conrerniu? feed p-ur)pli«.s. Thfi yard ; ng consisted principally of twotooth ' wethers, with a few lines of ewes oi <he aame age, and'- a- few.mixed pen*, including wms. ewes wi'li lambs. At thopening, of the pb--o the demand d'sp aved some slackness, prices showins- no ruent on tjios- current the previous week, but as the market p-ogressed the demand bri'rh'ened con«iderablv. and taken all Twuud" p r ,Vc« were a shade better titan last week. Quotations -are;— ' ",« Ex+ra two-tooth wetho.TS to 16a m. Good r W o-tooth Fa'r two-'oo'h wethers 13s ->d to 14« 9d. Gull and inferior wethers, 8s Pel to 12s Cd ■Extra two-tooth ewes to 18s lid. Fair two-tooth ewes, 15s 8d to 16s. Cull ewes with lambs, 6s 7d. Cull dry ewes, 9s 9d. The sales inchided the. fo 1 loan's hnes: TTe'hers: 42 four and six tooth a* los Fd 248 four and at 14s 6d. 40 <ni l l a . hvo-t-oth at 15s ''<], 70 cn'ls. at 8s Pd 92 two-tooth at 9s 7d, 47 ♦wo-twth at 10s sd. 80 a.t 12s 13d 16 Bix-to-vtli at 18s 2d, IH° two-tooth »+ 10s °d. "2 four-too+h -"■ 16' Pd. 70 two-+oo J h at 10s Id. 76 half-breds at 1S« lid. 22:1 twetooths a.t 13s 4d. 100 +wo-to?ths at 9s 2d. Si two-+oo'li at 0s 2d. 158 two-too'h at Rd 80 fourand six-tooth- at 16s lOd. 121 four andi six-tooth at IP-- led P9 fow and r.xtoo'h at IPs lOd. 83 two-tooth at 13s. Ewes: 81 two-tooth at 18s lid. 45 fwofyv>(li .at i'tp. 'lid. 7« six and ei.<rht-tooth si 15s 9d, 187 two-tooth at 15s Bd, 34 culls at 9s 9d. Ewe's and we*hers: 57 two-tr>o-h at lis fid Ewes and lambs, all counted:-57 cnll ewes and 36 lambs at 6s "d. PIGS. Fat pigs were represented ty » medium entrv. prmc'pallv of a useful The market at the onening was slow, buvers not being keen, but later ther* wa,s an improvement, especially for porkers, beinT ra'her better than last week. Quo' atlorts sre: Choppers, 50s to 80s. Heavy porkers, 56s to '3os. Lichter' baeoners. 47s to 545. Price per lb, 5d to s}d. porkers. 40« to 445. Lighter porkers, 34s to 38*. Price per lb, 5Jd to Pd. Store pigs wer« represented by a, oompa'nt:ve!y small entey, but the ynrdin? wa« sufficient for remiirenients, and prices showed no material change. Sows m ..pig were a'most -unsaleable. Quo'ations are: B»pt stores. 82s to 88s. Medium stores. 22s to SOs. Small stores, 16s to 21s. "v7eaners, 5s to lis. Sows in pig, 35s to 655.