LIVE STOCK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3, 18 January 1900, Page 15

LIVE STOCK.

Addington Stock Market. The entries of stock at Addington were good, and satisfactory business was done in most classes. Cattle — In fat cattle the range of prices was : Steers, L 4 to LB7s 6d ; heifers, L4to L 7 ; cows, L 3 12s 6d to L 6 sa. Best beef realised 19s per cwt ; medium to good, 14s to 17« ; cow and inferior, 12s. Dairy cattle sold fairly well, the top price being L 6. Not much business was done in store cattle. Eighteen months old steers brought L 2 10s ; two-year-old, L 3 10s : eighteen months old heifers, L 2 4s. Fat Sheep — The entry of fat sheep was rather mixed, ewes predominating, and freezing lines being but poorly represented. Best crossbred wethers brought 13s 6d to 15s 3d ; best ewes, 12s to 13a 2d ; lighter sorts, 9s 6d to 11s 9d ; merino wethers, 10s 5d to lla 6d. Fat Lambs — These sold well, freezing lines bringing 12s to 13s lOd, and butchers" lots 10s 8d to lla 9i, and up to 14s for extra prime. Store Sheep — Store sheep met a good demand, four^ooth wethers making 13s to 13s lOd ; two-tooth, 12s 7d ; lambs, 9s to lls Id. Pios— Pigs brought the following prices : Baconers, 30s to 36s 6d, or 3d per lb ; porkers, 21s 6d to 325, or 3*d to 4d per lb ; stores 158 to 20s ; weaners, lls to 14s ; suckers, 8s to 10s.