ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1349, 23 September 1886, Page 3

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET

There was a good attendance at the yards yesterday, but business was not partlenlarly brisk. Cat’le —The supply of fat cattle was not above the average in point of numbers, bnt in quality has seldom, if over, been surpassed. The Manawatn consignment was quite up to last week’s splendid weight and quality, but Canterbury was equal to the occasion, and showed itself not to bo eclipsed as a cattle-rearing P.oviics by a draft of most wocderful ■tuck, sent in by Mr John Ferguson, and fed by him at Halswell. The bullocks of these realised the high average of £l4 10s per head, and a phenomenal heifer among them sold at £l2. Such quality and weight combined are rarely to bejfound Mr A. Thompson’s bullocks averaged £ll 10s -nearly £1 a head higher than last week, but the cattle were heavier. Some other lines in the market would have caused tome sensation under ordinary circumstances, and Bold at up to £lO for steers. The preponderance of heavy carcases csused a run hy the smaller butchers among lighter weights, with the result that ordinary beef sold at about the same price per 100 bas prime, name T y at 24s ; a few of the choicest animals bringing 255. Ordinary to good steers sold at £7 to £10; heifers, £6 to £B, and cows, £6 to £7 17 6d. Store cattle were a full market, but mostly In backward condition. There was an active demand, especially for good fresh three-year-olds, which sold up to £5 6* per head Dry and maiden cows also sold well. The usual number of dairy [cows came forward, moetly of indifferent sort ; the best fetched £5 to £7.

Sheep were in rather abort supply, bat' qhite sufficient for the demand. Cross-breds of ell grades, and especially the best, were scarce, and merinos mostly of Indifferent quality, formed the bulk of the day’s market. The Laghmor eroaa bred wethers were again, the pink of the pens, and brought last week’s values of 16s Sd and 15* 6d ; and among the merino* Messrs Gould and Cameron’s ware of their usual style, though they did not quite readlfelsst week’s average price, the top being 13* 64. The Corwar cross-bred and merino wethers were Tory prime mntton ; the latter topped the sale at 13 6d. Sheep were frequently a shade weaker than last week, as (he market, af>er opening well, closed very dull-. , Best cross-bred wethers sold at 14s to 16 3!, ordinary 10s to 13s; best merino wethers 13* to 13* 6d, ordinary 7s to o*. Mutton was equal to 2|d for best lines, and 2| to 2i for ordinary and ewes. 4g od many "store sheep were yarded, and met with good competition, but several lines had to be withdrawn -on «Modnt of owners’ high reserve*. Cross-bred hogte’a, sold at 8s Id to 'Ha. 6d; two-tooth balf-bred wethers, y/0t 61j tooth erras-breda ewes and Wethers 10s and wethers, 8s lOd ; old merino ®w s with cross-bred lambs. 3* 93.

Plgs were a »m%ll entry, and sold at Tate values Porkers realised 12s to 20s, heavier weights to 28a; stores, some Tales lines at 6s and 7s ; sows with pigs, ’Sis.