ADDINGTON LINE STOCK MARKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1790, 15 March 1888, Page 2

ADDINGTON LINE STOCK MARKET.

The "Press" reports on Wedneaday'a market aa follows :— Very heavy entriei of all kinds of etook, attendance oi buyers and others largo, and the weather extremely fine.

Fat Oattle.— A large entry, the quality varied, m few cases exceptionally good, mostly steers. The supply waa rather m excess of requirements, and the improvement m prices that oooarred hat week was not upheld, but a return made almost to the preceding low values. Steera sold as follows :— From £5 5s to £7 5s ; a pair of good well grazed working bnllooki at £8 ; heifers and fat cows at from £3 10a to £5 12s 6d, being at from 14s to 17e.6d per lOOlbs, acoording to quality. Stobb Cattle—A fairly large entry, a good number of young stock being on offer, together with a pen or two of grqwn steers, The demand Bhown waa got very first-rate, a though a good portion of the entry was sold, prices were low. Three* year-old steers sold at from £3 18a to £4 12a 6d, two-year-old heifers 333 to 50a, yearlings from 18a to 265.

Dairy Catilb -A large entry, mainly medium aorta. The enquiry was anything but active and business was dull, loir values still rnling, from £4 5a to £6 10« being ruling priaes for oqwb m full profit. Fat Shebp- t A large entry, quality varied; on the whole a very good lot. Market opened fairly firm, and throughout late values were fairly maintained, the best quality sheep holding their own better than second-rate quality. Orosg- ' bred wethers sold at from 8s 3d to 103 6d, lighter weights from Qj to 7a 9d; crossbred ewes -from 6a 6d io 8s 3d, and s» high as 10a per head ; marlao wether* from 4a 8d to 6s 2d, being at from If d to l|d per lb, according as the quality varied.

Fat Lambs — A good number yarded s quality varied $ r In a few cageq very excellent demand \ fairly active, bqyeri for export taking saleable lines, and materially aiding values. The best aorti sold at from 63 34 to 7s, and as high ai 83 ; Inferior to medium 4* to 5a Bd.

Store Sheep—A very large entry, the heaviest of the season. Among the entry were lines of good young aheep of both sexes, and for them a good demand wa& shown. Lambi also met with a good Inquiry.