ADDINGTON MARKET

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 39, 28 January 1898, Page 15

ADDINGTON MARKET

Entries of all classes of stock were below the average at Add ing-ton. The attendance was small, the bulk of farmers being busy harvesting, and business throughout lacked animation.

Fat Cattle — Of 157 head of fat cattle which formed the beef supply about a third were dealers' cattle. Those offered at auction included fair to good steers, but the heifers were all lightweights and the sows were very inferior. There was little or no competition, pen after pen being passed and only a small proportion changed hands. Steers brought L 4 15s to L 7 12s 6d ; heifers, L 3 10s to Lsss ; cows, L 2 10s to L 5. Prime beef (per 1001 b) ran from 15s to 17s ; fair to good, 13s to 14s 6d ; cow and inferior, 10s to 12s Gd.

Fat Sheep — A medium yarding of fat sheep contained a fair proportion of good wethers, but the majority were again ewes. If anything theiewa? slight improvement in the better c asses of BB 11B 1 eep for export, buyers competing for any suitable lines, while there was a better tone in the ewe market. Crossbred wethers brought from 9s 6d to 12s 3d ; maiden ewes, 9s to 9s lid ; good young ewes, 7s to 9s ; other sorts, 4s 9d to 6s ; merino ewes, 3s to 3a 6d.

Fac Lambs. — There was a considerable falling off in the yarding of fat lambs, only about 2000 against nearly 7000 last week. Again there were far too many unfinished lambs in the fat pens, and a noticeable feature of several lots, otherwise good sorts, was that they contained ram lambs, which spoiled their sale for export. Freezing buyers only operated sparingly, being particular in their selection, and even for best lines a decided decline was noticeable. Lambs, fit for factories, brought from 9s to lls 3d ; butchers' sorts, 7s to 8s 9d ; stores, 4s 9d to 6s Od.

Pigs — The heavier classes of pigs were rather better represented, but stores did not come forward in such large numbers. Baconers and porkers were slightly easier, the former selling at 3£d and the latter at 3Jd to 33d per lb. Per head baconers ran from 32s to 45s ; porkers, 22s 6d to 30s ; good stores, 14s to 22s 6d ; weaners, 7s 9d to 12s Gd.