THE ADDING TON MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 51, 22 December 1904, Page 13

THE ADDING TON MARKET.

At A (id Hug ton Uiere were fair entires ito all departments, comprising 662.5 sheep, 572 cattle, and 611 pigs. The attendance was small. Fat Uattle.— Tlie yafdtng comprised 221 head, amd the large sUi,r\ply aausefcl a further drop of £1 a head in value ; \\»hiie a Large proportion we're withdrawn. Steers niajie trom £7/7/6 to £10/10/-, -one pen of bullbcks bevng withdrawn at £12/10/- ; heifers, £5/15/- to £8 ; amd (lows, £5/51/- ; to £7/l'B/~, being at the rate of 20/to 21/- per 11/ Orb £or medium tb prime beef. Fat Siheep.— TJheore wjas a fair entry, consiting cmief]y of ewe*} The sale olpetnesd with a qiuiet tone, and as it wont on aiWd blitcfoers' needs became satisfied a very sn'b-^ taint ial reduction haldf to be made in the prices of ewes,, weUieas a(ufferi|n(g Ucn a sirdaller extent owihg to the oompetiti'om of export buyers. Wetfriers may be quoted at 1/- bellow the \pre|viiq|us weekjs valMe, whiles ewes sold with great inreig(ui(arity, the decline on some pens being no mjore Uhain 1/- ati'd dn osiers as much as 3/~ or 1/-, a'rtd the average fall being fiully 2/-. A few oonsignmontis of or,dilnary merfnos buffered a similar decline. rllher Ilhe ra,nge of prices fior alheap was : Wethers, 19/7 to 23/5 ; ,prime 'heaivy ewes, 20/- to 23/3 ; other ewes, 16/- to in/6 ; merino wethers, 12/7 to 16/9 ; merino ewes, 10/-. Fat Lambs.—A flair rtumber were penned, 'but many were iof i^diifferent quality. Prices were irregular, and (<n the average from 6d lio 1/- lower than previous rates, duly the best /pens making last week's values. Good to prime lambs sloUd a-t ffom 17/6 to 20/-, a few extra equality at 21/- ; secorfdary, from 13/- to 17/-.

Stlore Sheep.— There was a small entry, and buyers wore few, but previous values were maintained. The pr.nclpal stales included 250 wet«hers at 17/9, 89 twotaot/h wetfters at 17/10, 64 two and £aur-tooth wethers at "16/2, 8 sownld mouth ewes at 17/8, and 208 small tw'o-tfoiot/h ewes at 15/11.

Pigs —Another large entiry met with moderate comipetitiictn, and prices all round were easier. Baooners c, o lld at 38i/- to 52/-, equal to 4d to 4^d per ft ; porkers, 25/- to 31/-, or 4£d to 4Jd per ft ; laKge stores, 22'/- t 0 30/- ; small, 12/6 to 18/- ; arid aucJkers, 8/- to 12/-.