ADDINGTON MARKET

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 209, 29 May 1919, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKET

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) Christchurch, May 28. At Addington market there were moderate yardings of fat cattle and fat lainte. There was a .small yarding of sheep and fair entries in other departments except store cattle, and pigs, in which very few were offered.. Fat lambs and fat. sheep advanced n further Is. and Is. 6d. per head. Prime fat cnttle were also firmer, but much of the yarding was unfinished. There was little or no change in other classes of stock, except vealers, which were dearer.

Store sheep: Two-tooth ewes, to 225. 2d.; four, six, and eight-tooth ewes, 21s. 10d. to 255. IOd. ; sound-mouth ewes, 17.-?. 4d. to 17s. lid. j two and four-tooth wethers, 245.; four and eix-toofh wethers, 2ns. id.; Bound-mouth wethers, 215.; ewe lambs, 17s. 6d.; mixed spx lombs, 15s. 7d.; wether lambs, 13s. Id. to 15s. 2d.

Fat lambs: Extra prime, to 3Js.; prime, 293. to 325. fid.; medium lambs, 235. to 28s. Gd.; lighter lambs, 17s. 3d. to 225. Gd.

Fat sheep: Extra prime wethers, iis.; prime wethers, Bis. 6d. to 415.; medium wethers, 30s. to 3i3. 6d.; lighter wethers, 245. Cd. to 295. Gd.; extra prime ewes, 395.; prime ewes, 31s. to 31s. Gd.; medium ewes', 235. Gd. to 30s, Cd.; lighter ewes, 15s. to 238.

' Fat caf.tle: Extra prime stores, to «£25 7s.' 6d.; prime stores, £U 15s. to ,£1!) 55.; ordinary stores, £9 17s. Gd. to-,£l4;'extra prime heifers, to .£ls 7s. Gd.; prime heifers. ,£9 15s. to £ii 55.; ordinary heifers, -E5 lfle. to .69 155.; prime cows, .£lO ss. to 12s. 6d.; ordinary cows, £"> 10s. to JJIO Is.; vealers. runners, £o 9s. to £1 75.; good vealers, Bs. to £o; fair vealers," .£2 tn £1 195.; email and inferior sorts, £3 to £1 Ws.'; dairy cows, .£7 to JEI7 ss. Pigs: Chpßliers, to 25.; haconors, '■M ss. to £& 155., equal to 81d. per lb.; porkers, £2'ls. to £3 10s., equal to.l Old. per lb.