LIVE STOCK. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 6, 5 February 1903, Page 13

LIVE STOCK. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Fat Cattle. — 218 head yarded, a few being prime bullocks and steers, but the bulk were secondary sorts. Bidding was slack and values easier, except for really prime. Beef realised 22/- to 26/- per 100n> Prime bullocks sold at £13 to £13 3 5/; steers. £7 to £11 17/6 • heifers, £5 to £8 7/6 ; best cows, £7 10/- to £9 12/6 • others, £5 10/- to £7. Store Cattle.— A good entry of fresh conditioned young sorts, but a dull sale. Yearlings sold at 29/- to 33/-; 15 to 18 months. £2 10/- to £3 11/- ; two-year old steers. £5 11/- ; heifers. £4 12/- ; t'hree-year-okl' heifers, £6 9/- : dry cows, £2 10/- to £5 ; dairy cows £4 to £9 15/-. Fat Sheep. — About 4000 penned, principally ewes, with a few good lines of wethers. Exporters kept wethers at last week's rates, but were holding off ewes, which were consequently easier. Prime heavy wethers realised 20/- to 20/9 ; freezers, 16/- to 19/7 ; prime heavy ewes 17/- to 18/4 ; good, 14/6 to 16/- ; inferior, 12/- to 14/-. Fat Lambs. — 2800 penned, mostly prime, and a good sale resulted at 13/6 to 15/- and up to 15/7 for prime freezers, and down to 11/9 for inferior butchers' sorts. Store Sheep. — 7006 penned, mostly lambs and wethers, which, with good sound-mouthed breeding ewes, Were in keen demand at advanced rates. Two and four-tooth wethers realised 14/- to 15/5 ; two-tooth do., 11/9 to 13/1 ; mixed two-tooths, 16/6 ; four-tooth ewes, 16/3 ; two and four-tooth do., 13/4 ; sound mouthed 9/11 • lambs, 8/4 to 11/10. , ' Pigs.— 3so of all sorts were yarded. Prices were much easier. Baconers realised 36/- to 55/-, or equal to 4^d per IT> ; porkers. 24/- to 34/-, or equal to 4sd to 5d per lb ; lartre stores, 22/6 to 28/- ; smaller, 15/- to 20/- • suckers and weaners, 9/- to 12/-.