ADDINGTON MARKET

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3046, 5 April 1917, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKET

, • By Association. .%•.,■■.•.'• Ohrlstcfiurch, April 4. ; v ~r:'At Addington market to-day entries £enoralljr wero emaller than the .wees before; : Store sheep were better. Any ) good'lines oi ewes sold .'.well.--. Offerings •of fat lambs much smaller, and . very, firm. Eight races sufficed :■[ >to' hold'. tne yarding of fat sheep, a , , [tair proportion of which, was primo ,:quality. Prices wero very firm. Fat j.cattlo wero, also in smaller numbers, t.and sold at the previous week's rates. V'(Store battlo sold irregularly, and there' •rwas a good demand for dairy pigs, and runfinished. Fat pigs and stores were rrmucb.' easier. Store sheep—-Two-tooth ;.cwos, 265. to 365.; 4 and 6-tooth ones, j3Jls.-6d.y 345;; 2, 4, and 6-tooth en-es, :j2ls. 6d., 345.; 2, 4, and 6-tooth owes, ..21s. 3d., 355.; 6 and 84ooth owes, 295., -j345.; sound mouth owe'sj 14s. 6d. 305.; . *'full-mouth ewes, 125., 235. 9d.; 2, 4, ; y -a'nd 6-tooth wethors, 225. 6d., 275. 6d.; "wether lambs, 225. lid., 155.; mixod ~'sox. lambs, 13s. 2d., 18s.; owo lambs, . .31s. 7d. Fat lambs—Primo, 28s. 6d. to ■.-.::325: lOd. j medium, 245; Id., 285.; un,flainjfthed, 21s. 7d., ( 245. Fat sheep— wethers, 355. to 41s. 6d.; lighter, -••275:, 345. 6d.; merino wethors, 14s. "3d., 275. 6d.; extra prime oweSj, 4'Js.; *;'9d.; prime ewes, 345., SSe. 3d.; medium •XoS-es, 285., 335. 6d.; lighter, 205., 275. ,;6d>; merino owes, 165., 20s. Fat cattle ■V-i<—Extra" prime steers, to £21 los.; ;'-prime steers, £14, £19 10s.; ordinary : «;;steers, £11, £13-10s.; fat working:bul- ■ .'.''.docks,' £25; extra primo heifers, £15 il7b. 6d.; prime heifers, £10 10s. 2 £13 ,^lss.;;'ordinaryhoifers r £B:l7s. 6d., £10 „. 55.; extra prinio cows, £17 55.; primo. ,*i cows, £llj £16; ordinary cows, £7 155., .:. £10 15s. Store £2; " : 15 to 18 175., £5; 2to 2£v : ,! jear steers, £6 35., £7 55.; 2-year " heifers, £5 12s. 6d.; 3-year heifors, Tj £8 7s. 6d.; 3-year steers, £9 3s:; dry ..ri'cowß, £3, £9 155.; dairy cows, £8. &8 :«ss. Pigs—Clioppers, £3 10s. to £5 75.; X extra ; heavy baconers, £5;. heavy A bacouers, 855., 955.; lighter .baconersi ;: ; ,705., 80s. (equal to 7d.,7}d. per lb); "'heavy porkers, 475., 555.; lighter nork405., 455; (equal to 7d. per lb.); „ largo steres, 405., 485.; medium,. 335., ii 385.; smaller, 18s., 255.; weancrs, Bs., .V-.125.j-". , : "- : •">■'■■•.■.■'■