ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1730, 8 December 1887, Page 3

ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET

At tho Addington yards yeßturday, thoro was a moderate attendance. Business was fairly brisk. | Oatile — There waa not a lar^o supply of fat cuttle, lines of Bteera from Lnn^boach, and Jiciferß from Kaltuna constituting the moat Important part of the supply. Both of these Hnea were cleared bat among the other o.Utlo yarded there were many withdrawals. A farther downward rnovo In prtcea niuet be rocorrlod. Best baef ia Belling at no moro than 17e Oi per lOOlba, whil'j the balk sold at 15 » to 169, and coarse bullooUs and inferior cowa aa low as 14., atoera £4 10j to £6 15j, heiforß £3 to £6, CjWB £3 to £7. Calveß sold at ex'remoly low prtoe3, boat voalora fetching' 103 to 15 1, others from 20a Gl upwards. A large nurabor of store cattle wbb yarded . Three-year olds and upwards Bold well at late pricoß, but there was no improvement m youagcr Borts. Dairy stock showed uo improvement on the low prices ruling lately. Good young oowa m milk or springing brought £4 to £5, dry and old oowa £2 to £3 10a. Sheep, — There waa a moderate entry of fat sheep, and the quality was very irregular. The market had a very haplthy tone. Freezing wetherß were particularly firm, and forwatd conditioned oroaabreds, of good quality, which could shortly be marketed for the freezing, were also In roquoßt. Fat ewes and merinos bjtrely maintained reoont values, though some of tho latter were very heavy ahte/i Prima croesbred wethers realised 10-i to 12 3d, and 143 were obtained for a vory heavy pen from J. W. Storey, R&kaia. Light wolahta of ahop quality sold at 8j Qi to 9i 6d, eweß 8j to 8a Gd, extra heavy to lOa 6d, crossbred wethers (threefourths fat) 8j to 10a. Good merino wethers bronght from 6b to 7a Id. A few good lines of store sheep were penned Fall r.ilea were realised for all U3oful descriptions. Fat were plentiful and of generally superior quality. Beat pens sold briskly at 64 to 8a 4d, .but anything not up to this standard was weaker m price. Fias,— With a very light market there was a farther ndvanoo m prices, competition being very brisk tor all classes. Weanera sold to 11s, stores 14s to 163 6d, porkers 18s to 265.