ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 42, 15 October 1903, Page 13

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

There was comparatively a small yarding at Addington to-day, and the attendance of buyers was less tban usual. Fat Cattle.— l 74 head was yarded, the bulk being steers. The sale opened dull, and though it improved later on the market as a whole was easier than for the previous week. Steers realised £7 15s to £12 ; heifers, £6 5s to £10 10s ; cows, £6 5s to £10 15s. Beef, 28s to 33s per 100 ft. Fat Sheep.— The entry was again limited, and included a large proportion of half fat wethers. Competition was exceptionally keen, and prices showed an advance on the previous week's rates. Wethers, extra prime, 27s to 28s 6d ; prime, 22s 6d to 26s 6d ; others, 19s 9d to 225; prime merino wethers 20s to 24s ; lighter, 16s to 19s 2d; ewes, 19s 9d to 245. Fat Lambs.— Bß yarded, and realised from 12s 6d to 21s 6d. Store Sheep.— Only 800 came forward, and every lot sold readily. Ewes and lambs, all counted, 10s 9d to lls ; wethers, 18s 3d to 20s 6d ; hoggets, 15s 9d to 18s 4d. Pigs.— A fair entry and keen inquiry. Baconers, 45s to 68s, equal to 5d to s£d per ft ; porkers, 36s to 435, equal to s£d to 6d per ft.