LIVE STOCK. Addington Stock Market.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 10, 8 March 1900, Page 15

LIVE STOCK. Addington Stock Market.

The entries at Addington comprised 2049 fat sheep, about 1000 fat lambs, 14,700 store sheep, 542 cattle, 229 pigs. Fat Cattle.— The 159 fat cattle were mostly cows and heifers, steers being very short. Bidding was slack, and there was a further decline in prices. Good to prime beef realised 16s to 18s per 1001 b, and secondary down to 13s. Beet steers brought L 7 10s to L 9 ; others, L 5 12s 6d to L 7 ; extra good heifers, L 6 10s to L 7 12s 6d ; others, down to L 4 ; cows, L 3 15s to L 6 12 6d.

Stock Cattle. — There was a very good entry of store cattle, including some nice lines of two and three-year-olds. Holders declined to take the prices offered, and very little business was done at auction.

Fat Sheep. — Theße were a very mixed entry, including some poor lots from the North of Canterbury. A few extra heavy wethers were taken by butchers at 16s to 17s 6d. Freezing qnality (scarce) sold at from 14s fid to V>s 9d ; lighter and inferior, 12s to IK Really good trade ewes covered the drop of last week, and sold at 13s 6d to 15s 6d, but there were too many aged and inferior, which were hard to quit at 10a to 13s. Merino wethers fetched 10s to 1 3s 9d ; ewes, os to Bs.

Fat Lambs. — There was a mixed yarding of fat lambs, which sold well, best bringing up to 14a 7d, Freezers cold at 12s to 13s 6A ; lighter and unfinished sorts 10s 7d to 11s 6d.

Store Sheep. — The heaviest yarding of the season, containing a lot of inferior sorts from the Chatham Islands, the North Island, and Marlborough. Canterbury sheep held their own well, but inferior sorts were rather neglected owing in a great measure to the dry weather experienced. Good Canterbury turnip wethers brought 13s Id to 13s 6d ; backward sorts, 11s lOd to 12s 7d, whilst 1500 from Marlborough brought 10s to 11s lOd, and 1000 from the Chatham Islands 9s 2d to 9s sd. Canterbury mixed two-tooths breeding ewes 12s Id to 12s 9d ; two, four, and, six-tooth do, 10s Id to 11s lid ; four, six. and eight-tooth do, 10s lOd to 12s ; good six and eight-tooth do, 13s 3d ; inferior and imported, 7s 6d to 0s 2d ; forward lambs, 10s to 10s lid : backward and weedy sorts, 7s 8d to 9s 9d.

Pigs. — There was a small yarding of pigs, and a rather better sale. Baconers fetched 30s to 355», or 3Jd to 3£d per lb; porkers, 28s to 32s 6d, or 3Jd to 4d ; stores, 16s to 2<>s ; suckers and weaners, 6s to 10s.