Addington Stock Market.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9, 1 March 1900, Page 15

Addington Stock Market.

There were heavy yardings of all classes of stock at Addington, including 1300 fat sheep, 1700 fat lambs, 13,300 store sheep, 471 oattle, and 290 pigs. Fat Cattle — The 278 fat cattle were mostly heifers and cows of good quality. There were only a few steers, mostly prime, and bidding was slack, and there was a fall of Is per 1001 bon best beef, but secondary held its own. Ordinary to good steers sold at from Ls2s6d to L 7 ; prime, LBto L 9 ; heifers, LI ~m to L 7 ; cows, L 3 17s 6d toL6 12s 6d. Store Cattle— Stores of all descriptions sold well. Three-year-old steers fetched up to L 4 10s ; do heifers, to L 3 17s Od ; good dairy cows, L 6 to LB. Fat Sheep — These were very mixed, including coarse crossbred wethers and ewes from the North Island, and only a few really good freezers. A few prime heavy wethers brought 10s Id to 18s 4d ; freezing weights, 14s Cd to 16s ; lighter, down to 13s 6d. Butchers' ewes were in over-supply, and the trade had all their own way, except for good young sorts, which sold at 12s (id to 14s, and aged and inferior at 9s to 10s. Merino wethers, second quality, brought 8s Gd to 10s. Fat Lambs — Most of the fat lambs were only secondary. Best sorts sold well at from 14s to 14s 9d ; freezing quality, 11s 6d to 13s 6d ; and inferior down to 8s 9d. Stobe Sheep — All the Canterbury and southern sheep in the store pens sold well, but the coarse wethers and ewes from the north were easier. Forward turnip wethers sold at from 13s 4d to 13s lOd (a Marlborough line of over 2000 at 13s 2d and 13s 3d) ;

backward and North Island, 10s lOd to 12s 6d ; and Chatham Islands, 8s 9d to 10a 3d ; local mixed two- tooths, 12s 3d to 14s lid ; good young to sound-mouthed ewes, 13s to 15s ; aged, 10s to 12b ; and Chatham Islanders, 8s Id to 9s Id : merino ewes, 5s 6d. Pigs — There was a slight improvement in pigs. Heavy baconers realised 30s to 39s tid, or 3d to 3^d per Id ; porkers, 20s to 34s fid, or 3£d to 4d per lb ; stores, 14s to 21s ; weaners 11s to 13a Gd ; buckers, 6s to 10s 6d.