LADY LIVERPOOL FUND. ADDINGTON YARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12569, 5 March 1919, Page 6

LADY LIVERPOOL FUND.

ADDINGTON YARDS.

- - *4 METROPOLITAN MARKET. TO-DAY'S SALE. (Per ' lie " Star s ’ Pigeon Exprr,;-!.) I The attenrlnnce at the Acldimrlon yard? to-day tvas well up to the average The cntnos m the various' sections were specially .loavy, the store sheep races and the tat cattle pons being tilled to their capac'’ lies. There was a decider! decline in the prices obtained tor fat cattle, (ho absence ot ircczuig buyers conlrilmtiug in no small degree to this. • FAT CATTLE. The lot. cattle sale opened with an ontrv ot about (00 he.a.l. a number far in excess O. the figure* lor many weeks past. tVoui the market opened bidding was'von- auiet and prices declined somewhat ■ on last week's quotations. Preening buyers did not operate very extensively owing to I lie accommodation at most of the works being mtv limited, brought about bv Urn fact that (hero has been a.- particularly pronounced shortage of shiopuist The quality of the animals penned wae very good, a number of exceptionally lino steers bring in evidence. Tlio following were represented by good lines Messrs Hcumer Atkinson (Woodhanki. It. M. Kao. G. liuthcrford tWa-itoi Psaksl. E. Hav (Pigeon Havi. A. C. A\illisras (Mill Top), and the- Peraki ami Gebbios estates. One well-known auctioneer gave it as hi? opinion that the fat cattle -.ah' was one tho worst that lie had attended for a. verv long time. The genera-! consensu- of opinion was that tho decrease amounted to about £'2 a head, all round. The eales includedC. C. Roberts (Oiuilii), 2 heiicra at AMI H)» to AIT 10s. i cow at £l2 It's. 1. steer at £lO Ts <kl; diem, 3 heifers at £lO 5s to API 10s. 1 cow at £9 ss; Crov (East Oxford!. 1 cow at Alois Gd; client, 1 steer at £ls 12s fid; J. Uddy (Lincoln), 1 ciw at All 17s fid; A. Wells (Cheviot}, 16 steers at £9 7a fid to All). 5 heifers .at £fi 2a fid; C. E. Mason (Woodgrove), 2 steers at £l2 17s fid, 1 heiferat £l3 2s Gd, 2 cows at £l-1 os; Gendings (Gcalgat-e), 2 steers at £3B t-> £l7 17s (id; 2 cows at- £l2 Ts fid to £K! ss; client. 11 stoC-TK a; £9 to £9 15=, 6 heifers ai £S 2s Gd to £l3 2s fid; S. Sparks fillaiswr-il), 11 cows at £l2 to £l3 5?, fi heifers r.i- £l2 2s Gd to £ll la?; rtamner Atkinson (Woodlmnfch 42 steers nt £l7 15s to £2O 2i fid; G. 'll. M'Jtne (Island Hills). Ifi steers at- AMI 5s to £ls 17s fid, heifers nt. AS to £lO 15s: George Humphries (Willcsdeug s s'eers at £l7 io Alii 2s fid, T hniicrs at ATI 7s fid io £ls 2s (VI, 1 cow at £l4 2- (.Vi, 'STORE .-KEEP. The entry oi str.r) sheep was large: than last week's, hut the gen or a I quality v.-as impreved. GfaVrnc and Xnpie.- districts again contributed largo dra-fl- of big inim-wi ewe-, and these were of 1«1W quality {him lE.?- | forward at tho last market or two. From the outset, however, bids came very slowly n.-ud values- tell away considerably.