ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1410, 18 November 1886, Page 2

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.

The supplies of both fat and a tor* sheep and cattle at Addington on Wednes day were exceedingly large. The attendance was fairly good. Sheep,—The entry of fat sheep was a very heavy one, and proved more than sufficient for buyers’ wants. ..The sale opened satisfactor.ly, thought .at prices hardly equal to those of a fortnight ago. For some time values were maintained, but towards the conclusion a reduction of from ta 6d to 2s per head took place, and soma few lines were withdrawn. Shorn sheep sold better . comparatively than those in the wool. For the former prices ranged from 11s to I4s for beet lots, and from 7s to 9. 6i for medium and second rate lines. Udshorn sheep, of which there wis but a dmail proportion, brought from 12a to 14s. J here were but few lots of merinos on offer, and the beat brought as much as 12s each. We quota mutton in the wool at from 2Jd t j per lb, and shorn -%t from to Ifd. The supply of fat lambs was the largest, so far, of the saaeon ; in fact, the market was glutted, and substantial reductions had to be accepted. Values ranged from 3a to Bs*: Oatue.—The supply of beef was very large ; in fact, the market Was oyercrowded. Shipments from, the North Island was again to hand The number on offer iccludad three or four very heavy bullocks of grand quality . These realised from £ls to £lB per head. The latter price was paid by Mr A. E. Tutton, of Victori-. street and Papanai, for the two best of some really splendid cattle. Good quality steers and heifers sold at from £7 10a to £lO each. We quote beef at an average of from 20a to 22s 6d per ICOib. The* store cat le market was heavily supplied, and a fair amount of business was done. A satisfactory demand exist* for heavy young stock, at prices equal to la*e rate?, but for old inferior stocic there is but little demand. No large lines on effer. Pigs.—Only a limited nnmber on offer. The demand was dull, and values showed a downward tendency.