LIVE STOCK. Addington Stock Markets. Christchurch, April 13.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 51, Issue 51, 22 April 1898, Page 13

LIVE STOCK. Addington Stock Markets. Christchurch, April 13.

Medium entries in mo-t classes of stock at the Addington market. The attendance was trood. Business, however, was anything but brisk. The entries for the day comprised 15.534 sheep and lambs, 298 cattle, and 384 p'gs. Fat Cattle— The 147 head yarded contained nothing of extra prime quality, and was more than sufficient for requirements. Although a little improvement was notice ible in the tone of the sale, prices showed no improvement. Best steers brought L 6 10s to L 7 10s ; others, down to L 4 ; good heifers, L 4 10s to L 5 7s (id ; others, down to L 3 ; cows, from L 2 10s to L 5 10s. Prices per 1001b— prime beef, 15s to His 6d ; medium to good, 12s to 14s ; cows and interior sorts, down to 7s. Fat Sheep — About 5000 on offer, including very fair lines of freezers, for which there was a good demand. Good young ewes quite held their own, and a few aged sorts were taken for preserving. Prices realised were : Best crossbred wethers, 12-> (id to 14s Id ; not so good, 9s 4d to 11s (id ; mixed wethers and maiden ewes, 1 Is to 12s 9d ; maiden ewes, 9s to 12s 6i ; good young ewes, (is to ( Js Gd ; aged sorts, 3s Gd to ss. Fat Lambs — A heavy entry included a fair proportion of freezing quality. Bettor classes sold well in spite of the fact that the factories are now almost blocked owin» to the scarcity of freights. One buyer (for export) secured over 2000. Good lambs ruled at 7s to 9s (id ; an extra prime lot, 10s 4d ; butchers,' sorts, 4s fid to 6s 6d ; backward, down to 2s 4d. Fat Pigs— The market was well supplied, and matters remained about the same as last week, baconers averaging 4d per lb and porkers a shade more. Baconers ran from 35s to 555, and up to Gls 0d for an extra prime line ; porkers, 18s to 32s Gd ; stores, 12s to 25s ; and suckers and weaners from 3s 6d to 9s Gd.