ADDINGTON YARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12408, 28 August 1918, Page 3

ADDINGTON YARDS.

j METROPOLITAN MARKET. TO-DAY’S SALE. (Per the “StRtV Pigeon 'Express.) Moderate entries came forward at the Addington metropolitan Market to-day, the sale being held under favourable weather conditions. In (’no fat sheep and cattle sections the entries showed decreases, but thera was, considering the season of the year, a go-ad representation of storo sheep, Slhte cattle wore in moderate supply. There was a good attendance. PAT CATTLE. The yarding of fat cattle was an abnormally small one, being limited to 117 head, compared with 22.1 at Iho previous sale. Quality was again excellently represented, seme of tho most prominent lines coming from Conne,mnra, Messrs A. H. Fleming, A. Henderson, J. ■ M’Grath and .Sir George Clifford. As a result of the short supply there was a sharp riro in values. The number of sales at prices over £29 was exceptionally large. The range‘of prices was: Extra prime' steers to £29, Prime steers, £l9 10s to £26. ' Ordinal y steers. £ll to £l9. Prime heifer?. £ls to £ls 15s. Ordinary heifers, £lO 12s fid to £ll 10s. •Extra prime, cows to £2O 10s. Prime cows, £l7 to £lB 15s. • Ordinary cows, £8 17s fid to £lO 17s Gd. The sales incbulecl the undermentioned lines;— For L>. Jones (Duntandcl), 7 qteero at £l'' to £23; J. 1 JtCoy tllakaia), 1 steer - at £i", 1 heifer at £l3 ss; client, 17 steers at £l6 10s to £25; Sir G rorge Clifford (Stonyhursf), fi ateera at £25 15s to . £2B 15s; A. Henderson (Oxford), 7 steers at £2O XSs to £22 10s; 9. -M'Gr-ath lTarn.asiv.is), 2 steers at £l9 and £25. 2s fid: E, 19. Giles (Parnassus). 2 fi'ce-s at. £2O 10r and £26, 1 cow at £lO Ins;' Hannah Bros. (Waikari), 1 cow at £2O 1Q5,.3 steers at'ill to £l7. '. , ” VEALEIiS. ■The yjrdiug of realm's was a mixed one of moderate diuieaGcns. including an finals of nil ‘descriptions. ' With a few exceptions tho quality was, tatiafcctcry, DAIRY COWS. Tho yarding of dairy cows was an average mu;, and the all-round finality shewed an improvement on • that of the previous sale. As war not surprisin', conirdorkg Iho severity of the plssl vvinler, no inconsiderable proportion' v.-ero in low condition. STORE CATTLE, The store cattle entry was composed largely o' younger. animals than at some recent gales, the balance being made up of lines of alcor.r rising three years, and the customary 'o-. .of cows. The average condition was- fair. STORE SHEEP. There was a fair entry of store sheep, including several lines from the .south. Th: yarding was made up largely of hoggets and wethers, tho number of owes being much r.mttllo: than, usual. The first linos of ewes with lambs mads their appearance at this sa’c. There was a decided advance in the price of wethers, which realised Is. Gd to 2s above recent values, while hoggets were Is to Is 6d higher. For ewes there was an improved demand at firmer values. Wether hoggets from tho Br.n-kundalc Estate realised up to 325, a southern line of 500 ewe hogget? changed hands at 2,5? 2d, and line of two-tooth wethers sene forward by MG. Hassell, Cla.vkvilie, realised -10s. The sales included the following lines: Ktvcs.—lo3 two and'four-loath at 37.s Ifid, •It sis and eight-tooth at 21= 3d. 34 failingmouthed at 20s 9d. 112 failing-mouthed at 21" fid, fit failing-mouthed at 255, 28 failingracuthed,. with land's (all. counted) at 17s 3d, Wcthe.ts.—l77 four, six , and eight-tooth al 35s fid. 151 four, sis and eight-tooth at 32s Id, 2!2 four, six and eight-tooth at 83s Id. .17 four and six-tooth at 235. -57 'aik-toclh at 375, 22 six-tooth at 35s 4d, 137 sdx-u*cth at 37'; fid, 56 two-tooth ot -KK .193 six-tooth at 37s Id, 152'. four-tooth at .32= fid. ■ Hoargels.—233 ewes at 255, 371 wethers at \;Fs Id. 30 wethers nt 28s, IT wot hors at 28s fid. s'" owes at 02s 7d, 14 wethers at 19s 3d, 72 owes at lifts fid. 10 at 21a lid, 139 ewe? at. 32*’ 9tl. MO at 20s fid. 163 wethers at 22? Id, 81 wethers a t 32?, 161 s,l 2-ts lOd, CO - a { 2is, 78 ewes at 31s fid, 20 ewes at. 19r- 9d, llfi owe? at 23s 3d, COO ewes at this 2d. , FAT SHEEP. . Tim yarding of fat sheep was rather smaller than that of last week, being limited to about eight rates. Tho all-round quality was up to (ho standard of the previous sale? htit there was an absence of super linfis such as made- the prc-Grand National sale a notable one. The demand at the opening of the snlo was very keen, prices being in advance, of those current last week.