ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET.
» On Wednoaday tbore waa tho heaviest market of stock there ?a3 been for aomo tlmo pBBt. Weather very fiiio. Attendance large. >at Oattlb — The entry made up of principally medium quality weights, a few penß of extra good steers* Demand not over brisk ; late .value* ruling. Stoera sold at from £5 5i (o £8 ; h»ifors, £3 to £b 10s ; or from 14 » 6d to 18s par 100' b. Store Cattle, —Very few yarded Beyond a few store cows at usual prioop, little 6lse was doing. Dilßi Oat?l°!.— A good entry, quality very varied ; good young cows sold wall, v'z , st from £ff to £9 ; ordinary soita at from £8 to £5 per head. Fat Shbkp. — A full market, principally good quality. Tha market opened well, •nd considering the large entry, boalneeß all through went very well, values about ton a pa? with last week's sale jricis. Prlmeat cross-bred wethers sold at from lla.to 15a 6d and 18s, lighter weights at from 9i 6d to lls, crossbred ewes at tt^tn 8i to 10a 6d | merino wethers at from 5s 2d to 7s sd, belog at from l*d to faliy 2d per lb, the very primest, 2jd per lb. STORE Shbip.— A veiy large entry, mainly good sheep The demand w>ie a very healthy one, nearly every lot ohanjjed bandi at quite la'e values. Pigs. — A very large entry of all sorts — stores, p irkeraaud bao >ners. The demand was again active, all lota aellinp at about late v»lue«, vis., from 3j to 3|d per lb. Bioonera sold at from 32a to 53s per head, porkers 21s to 30j, stores 83 to 19s 61 per head.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1863, 9 June 1888, Page 4
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278ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1863, 9 June 1888, Page 4
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