LIVE STOCK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 23, 4 June 1903, Page 13

LIVE STOCK.

THE ADDINGTON MARKET. There was a fair yarding and a good attendance of buyers at Addington market. Fat Cattle. — 230 head yarded, the bulk of which were of good quality. In consequence of the large supply the sale was rather dragging. A feature was a line of magnificent bullocks from Masterton, which sold at £14 15s to £18 5s ; ordinary steers, £6 7s 6d to £10 ; heifers r £5 17s 6d to £9 ; cows, £5 to £9 2s 6d. Beef, 25s to 27s per IOOFb.

Fat Sheep.— A large entry, which included a fair proportion of first-class ewes and wethers. Butchers again competed eagerly for the best ewes, giving beyond the limits of export buyers. Prices for wethers were unchanged, but ewes \Cere decidedly firmer. The range of prices was Wethers, extra heavy, 22s to 30s ; best freezing, 18s to 23 s 9d • lighter, 15s to 17s 6d ; merinos, 10s 6d to 13s 9d : ewes, extra heavy, 22s to 28s ; best butchers', 16s 6d to 19s ; lighter, 12s to 16s ; merinos, 6s 7d to 8s 3d.

Fat Lambs ■ — The entry of 2000 contained a fair proportion of first-class quality. Export buyers competed keenly, and last week's values were maintained. Tegs, 15s 3d to 17s 8d ; freezers, 12s 6d to 15s ; butchers', 11s to 14s Bd.

Pigs. — A large entry. and the qteality good, but curers having reduced limits the sale was dragging. Baconers, 45s to 695, equal to 4Jd per lt» ; porkers, 30s to 40s, equal to 4Jd to 5d per It) ; stores, 13s to 26s ; weaners, 7s Gd to 12s.

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs. Wright, Stephcnson and Co., report as follows :—: — For Saturday's sale the entry was a poor one. The few horses forward were a mixed lot, and the attendance of the public at the hour the sale commenced was meagre. It gradually increased, however, and a few sales were effected at excellent values considering the indifferent quality of the stock offered. The chief sales made were as follows ■ — Draughts : Chestnut gelding, eight years old, at £50 ; bay mare, nine years old, at £47 : bay mare, 10 or 12 years old, £37 ; bay mare, very old and stiff, £22. Light harness horses : Piebald gelding, young, for butcher's cart, £29 ; bay gelding, 6yrs., spring-carter, £27 ; brown cob gelding, 6yrs., for milkcart, £26 ; brown mare, aged, spring-carter, £23. We quote : Superior young draught geldings, £50 to £55 ; extra good, prize horses. £56 to £65 ; medium draught mares and geldings, £36 to £48 ; aged do, £25 to £35 ; upstanding carriage horses, £30 to £35 : cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £18 to £25 ; tram horses, £16 to £27 ; light hocks, £10 to £15 ; extra good hacks. £18 to £25 ; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £4 to £8.

(Owing to Wednesday being a postal holiday we have to go to press on Tuesday evening, and are therefore unable to give a report of the Burnside Stock Market.)