ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1370, 14 October 1886, Page 2

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

At the ‘ ddington Yards yesterday sheep and cat le were sent forward in large number*, and the attendance cf buyers was fairly represen-.tive Cattle —An average supply of fa' c-ttle Wes y*de l O mpet tion was not at all bn k, and prices shownl a downwad tend'’ cy, th >ngh little alteration cm be repotted »n late quotations. M -.etofihe cattle yarded were <mly of mediim. weight, nod t e qualit.' was, with f-w exceptions but second-rate. A consignment. from the North : sland again came to hand, but consisted of heifers only, (rood cat le sold at from £7 to £9 2s 6J, We report our Inst week’s quotation of from 20a to 24s per 1001 b. Trade was not bri-k aa at the past tio sales, as owing to the backward srate of feed, it Is rather ea-ly for much business to be done in this department There can, howevtr, be no nouH that in a short time, should the weather prove favorable, store c .ttle will sell readily, and at satisfactory prices. Go d three-ye ir old steers sold at from £4 10s to £5 10s ; heifers up to £4 5s ; t voyea--ilis fr< m £2 10s to £3; and y arlinga from 16s to 30sSheep—A fail ly large supply of fat sheep was panned. The quality, on the whole, was pretty good ; in fact, better than the.uverage markets for some time past. The temp rary closing of the fretz ng works having shut out export buyers from the market th- entry was left wholly to the local trade, who at the commencement of ’the s >le were somewhat apathetic in their biddings, and values showed a decided drop on those of last weak. As the auc ion progressed, however, competition became more general, and a noticeable Improvement took place, values rising to the extent of Is per head ; but even at the beat part of the sale last week’s rates were not reached. The best cross-bred we'hers sold at from 16s to 18s; second quality at from 13s to 15a. Good ewes from 13s 6d to 17s ; inferior ditto from 5s 3d upwards ; merinos brought from 10a 6d to 14s. No shorn sheep were on offer. We quote good mutton at ?|d per lb, though in several instances the price realised was equal to 3d er lb. An increased entry of fat lambfl was penned, and although the demand was not very good, most lot* wer i sold at prices rather lower than at last week's sale. Values ranged from 5 ■ to 10s. There was again a numerous entry of store sheep, but only the best Imes of young sheep met with anything Hk » an enquiry other sorts being extremely difficult to quit The most noticeable sal a weis hoggets at 10s. and four-tooth orosa-brei wethers at lls Ch

Pigo.—The number on offer was not barge, and consisted chiefly of porkers aud small stores. The demand was very dull, and a reduction on late rstes has to be reported.