ADDINGTON MARKET

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 144, 13 March 1919, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKET

By -TeleßM-nli—VreßS Aasoctation. , ' phristchurch, Jlarch 12, At' Addington market there were smaller yardings of fat and store sheep and fat cattle, and increased entries ot fat lambs, store and. dairy cattle, and pigs. There 'was a largo attendance of those interested in store sheep. A heavy shower of rain camo "up from the south, 1 but it was too hot to have ; any effect upon the store sheep market, which is now -being seriously alfected through the long dry spell of weather and the shortage of feed on the j.la'ins. Store sheep of all -classes were easier. The same may bo said of unfinished lwubs in the ; fat'",pens. Pat cattle were also dow\ in price, and there was no - business done lor export until towards the end of tho , sale.;. Eat .sheep frold well, as. the yarding was'a short one. There was little demand for store rattle. Unfinished pigs in the fat pens -v-cre dull of sale, and there was not a very active domaud . for store pigs. ■ ' Stoire shoep: Best rape lambs,- to 24?.; good,' 19s'. 6d. to 20s. 5d.; medium, 15s. 7d. to 18s.; cull lambs, from Bs. 9d.; ewe litmbs, 21s. Id.; wether lambs, 195.; best two : tooth ewes, 28s. lid. to 30s. 6d.;, good, ,255. to 275.; medium, 225. to 2-ls. Gd.; :■ poorer sorts, 16s. sd. to 205.; best six ; and eighWooth ewes, 245. to 245. 7d.; , medium, 195. lfldl to 235. 6d.; good four aud six-tooth ewes, 27-s..'2d. to 295.; best | four,'six, and eight-tooth ewes, 335. 9d.; , medium, 18s. to 21s. Gd.; good two-tooth , wethers, 255, Gd. to 275, 7d. / • Pat'lambs:'Prime lambs, 28s. to 31s. J lid.; medium. 245. Gd. to 275. Gd.; i .lighter, 21s. Bd. to 245,. r ,Pat sheep: Extra prime wethers, to t 555.;' primo wethers, 355, Gd. to 425.; ligfiter;.wethers, 28s. to 355.; merino wethers, -l&i. to 205.;. prime ewes, 'lis. , Gd!,to 38s. Gd.; medium ewes, 30s. to 345.; j lighter ewes, 225. to 295. Gd. % Pat- cattle: Extra, prime etcers, JE2I; j prime steers, .£ls 15s. to <£19; ordinary steers,- ,£l3 to .£ls 10s.; extra primo heifers, .£l7; prime hc-ifers, ,£lO 17s. Gd. to 17s. Gd.; ordinary hoifers, £7 ss. ] 'to j!10 10s.; prime cows, .£l2 to .£l3 55.; 5 ordinary cows, 2s. Gd. to .£ll los. 8 Store cattle: Extra good calves, .£5 a lis.-; - eiehteen-month, iG 12s.^Gd.; dry ~ -cows, ,£4 to .£9 95.; bulls, ,£lO to <£19; j dairy cows, ,£7 to ; Pigs: Choppers, i's to ,i ! 9; extra heavy baconei's.;,£B; heavy baconers, jE6 10s. to j- .£7'ss.; lighter baconers, ,£5 to =£5 155.; I( unfinished pigs, .£3 ss. to .£4, equal to '-. 93d. per lb.: heavy. porkers, ,£3 ss. to o rff-8 55.; lighter 'porkers. JB2 15s. to =£3 i) 10s., equal to iGd. to 10id. per lb.; meo diuni stores; 38s, to 545.; smaller stores, J 235. to 35?.; wenners. !2s. to 285.; brced- . ing sows, £3 175." lid. 0 ■' ~~ 8 AITSTKALIAN WHEAT HAUVEST. 0 By TcleEraph-Presß Atiaw-iation-CoDj-rlKht. Melbourne, March 12. 11 The estimated yield of tho Commonwealth wheat harvest for 1918-19 is forty r million bushels short of the previous yield.