ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 2, 8 January 1903, Page 3

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

At the Addington market there were moderate entries, and an especially good sale for stores, but cattle and sheep were, if anything, easier. Pigs were extremely firm. Fat Cattle— llo yarded. Best steers, £10 to £11 17s 6d ; others, £8 17s 6d to £9 10s ; best heifers, £9 to £11 5s ; others, £5 17s 6d to £8 ; best cows, £8 to £10 15s , others, £5 to £7 10s. Store Cattle —Yearlings realised £1 10s to £2; 15 to 18-months 1 cattle, £2 12s 6d to £3 37s (id: 18 months to two-year-old steers. £4 18s 6d ; two-year-old heifers, £4 5s ; three and four-year-old steers, £7 ; three-year-old hieifers, £5 15s ; dry cows, £1 17s 6d to £5 4s ; dairy cows, £4 to £9 10s. Fat Sheep —About 3000 penned, the majority of which were unfinished. Competition was mostly in the hands of the/ local trade, and prices all round were easier, several lines being withdrawn. A few extra prime wethers fell to butchers at 20s to 255, and up to 31s 6d ; freezers, 15s to 18s lOd ; best ewes, 16s 6d to 18s 6d ; others, 13s to 15s. Fat Lambs.— lo92 penned, mostly unfinished, and prices were easier by about 6d per head ; 342 were passed : 1472 were taken for freezing at 13s 7d to 15s lOd ; 276 to butchers at 10s 6d to 13s for ordinary, and 13s 6d to 16s for extra good. Store Sheep — 2886 penned, mostly mixed two-tooths. Owing to the plentiful feed there was a keen demand for all on offer. Mixed two-tooths realised 13s to 15s 9d ; two-tooth ewes, 14s to 14s 3d ; ewes and lambs (all counted), 8s 5d to lls 9d ; lambs, 12s Id to 12s 6d. Pigs — 300 yarded, a keen demand for all sorts. Baconers, 45s to 58s, to 68s for extra, equal to 5d to s*d per lt> ; porkers, 30s to 40s, equal to s|d to 6d per Ib ; large stores, 23s to 30s ; smaller, 16s 6d to 20s ; suckers and weaners, 12s to 16s.