LIVE STOCK. Addington Stock Market.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 36, 7 September 1899, Page 15

LIVE STOCK. Addington Stock Market.

The entries at Addington comprised 6141 sheep and hoggets, 3600 store sheep, 491 cattle, and 265 pigs. FAT CATTLE — The 208 fat cattle included some very good bullocks, and prime beef quite held its own, heavy weights bringing from LBto L 9 15s. A line of 14 from the North Island brought L 7 7s 6d to L 8 15s ; lighter sorts (steers), L 5 to L 7 10s ; heifers, L 4 to L 7 ; and cows, L 3 17s 6d to L 5 17s 6d. Stobe Cattle -There was a good yarding of store cattle, and good inquiry for useful young cattle. Three to four-year-old steers brought L 4 to L 5 ; two or three-year-olds, L 3 to L 3 15s ; heifers, L 3 to L 4 ; younger sorts, 30s to L 2 10s. Fat Shebp — The fat sheep included some good lines of freezers and nice heavy-weight wethers, but butchers' ewes were scarce, and the trade had to fill up with second quality wethers and merinos. Some grand lines of merinos were taken for export, and anything fit to freeze more than held its own, while good fat ewes showed a decided advance. Prime wethers sold at 19s to 20s 6d ; freezers, 16s to 18s 6d ; unfinished and mixed sexes, 13s to 15s ; prime merino wethers, 15s to 17s 8d : good do, ISs to 14s 6d ; and others down to 7s. Fat Hoggets — The few fat hoggets met with fair demand, mostly for trade purposes, and realised 12b to 14s 9d. Stobe Sheep — Much better feeling was manifest in score sheep, and all sorts sold well. A nice line of 774 forward wethers from the south were taken at 15s per head ; others from 13s 3d to 14s 9d, according to condition. A few good wethers and maiden ewes brought 14s 9d| and ewes and lambs met a rather better demand at 13s 3d to 14s. 4d, but several lines were withdrawn. Good, wellgrown hoggets brought up to 13s 3d, and others 10s 3d to 12s ; inferior and weedy as low as 8s 6d. Pigs— There was a medium yarding of pigs, which about held their own. There was a little more life in the fat department,

baconers averaging 3Jd and porkers 4sd per lb. Per head, baconers ran from 37s 6d to 47b 6d ; porkers, 27s 6d to 35s ; stores, ISs to 24b 6d for small, and 31s 6d to 38s for larger sorts.