ADDINGTON YARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12777, 22 October 1919, Page 8

ADDINGTON YARDS.

METROPOLITAN MARKET. TO-DAY’S SALE. (Per Pigeon Express.) at the' Metropolitan marthl n'L l t ddlll^ 11 to ‘^ ay Was ftbout U P to murK J 6 ' ontiy of fat catttle was Hf ti, Toqmremoata 1 b«ing less than hal the penning at the last sale. In wS there was a sharp rise in prices.' Fai, sheep were also in short supply only ajout four races being occupiod when tha sale commenced. • EAT CATTLE.. NtS h i,4 a i 0 t”^ 18 iho Riding totalled niout 100 head, as against 83-1 held at the preceding market. Ratuxally, with the ofansKZCh butcher « ! «qu^n?s. Lrt 1 t p f )CGS was experienced, an °f pounds per head beiS recorded, lie market rate for a good p ftr t r„ qaallt J of the offering was uneven. The T iad liafis f °rward ; — EI" Huy (lig'eon Bay), F. Leonardos (Le Bon’s’), John Chapman (Rotherham). R. W (Ml) G* Chiistone {bedgemere),. Will eß d<m Este-ti* T. J.. How fe on (b(Kig e mo r er and Poraki Estate Among the principal, sales were:—On ao(Tai Tapu)> 2 cows a t A2- as, chents 6 cows at £l2 5s to £ls 2s S^u^r^ 18 J- m 178 6d - 3 steers to V P f Estatc ’ 7 flte * rs at £ 27 F at m 108 to J229; -£* 7? 1 V 5 Akaloaj, 6 heifers at £24 V7s 6d to £23 12s &d, 2 cows at £H; T. Harrison (Hornby), 1 cow at £11; client, 4 b f 2 to * SI5 ’ 4 etoers R t £2l 15a to £2S 10s - }} sieera at £23 to £29 6s; client 4 (Eiffel ton), ! eteei IS \°nJ ?• S ay (I X eon Bay), 5 steers at £2B 10s to £27 7s 6d; T. B. Howaon (S.edgemere), , steers'at £26 15s to £3B 10s; John Cliapman (Rotherham), 5 steers al £l7; K. Coe (Irwell), 1 heifer at £lB 2s 6d, A cows at £l3 to £lB 7 s 6d; D. ■. EAwfll (Woodend), 2 heifers at £ll 16s; J. Templeton (Halswell), 1 heifer at £l2, 1 cow at £ls j savage (Halswell), 1 cow at £l3 1& 6d, 1 heifer at £lO 10s; clients, 6 heifers at £ls to £JS 10s, l r cow at £lB 5s 1 GHumphreys (Kaituna), 7 steers at £27 6s to £36. STORE CATTLE. An unusually large proportion of eighteen months to two-year-old cattle was included •in the store cattle section, box the choice was not a good one. One p.eu of two-yoar-old Hereford steers from Glen Wyo badly showed the effects of snow conditions,-There wore two or three pens of three-year-old steers, a lino of calves, and the balance oi a fairly large yarding was made up of odd boasts and dry cows end heifers.