ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET

Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 31, 6 February 1913, Page 11

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET

(BY TEIiKGRAPH— TRESS ASSOCIATION.) % CHRISTCHURCH, sth February. At the Addington Live Stock Market there was again a heavy yarding of store sheep, but vety small entries of fat sheep and lambs. Other descriptions of stock came forward in average numbers, and there was a good attendance. Store Bheep were in good -demand, and fat lambs 6old at about last week's rates, but fat fiheep sold at considerable advance in consequence of very short yarding. There was an advance in fat cattle, as the yarding was barely equal to requirements. Bacon pigsi were easier, but porkers showed no change. Store sheep were again represented by a. large entry, but wethers were fewer in number, while ewes were mora numerous,, lambs forming approximately about the same percentage as last week. Forward rape lambs sold at prices on a par with those ruling a Week earlier, but wethers of various aged were, perhaps, 6d per head lower all round, whilst ewes were unchanged. A Southland buyer secured a number of lines of merino ewes for transport to Invercargill. The following wa* the range of prices :— Lambs, good rape sorts, 12s 9d to 13s 6d ; extra, to 14s Id j fair sorts, 13s to I3u 6d; average lines, 10s 6d to lla M ,• medium, 9s to 9b 6d j small and inferior, 7s 6d to 8s 6d ; ewes, two-tooth, 15s, 6d for email and medium classes, better sorts making 17s 6d to 19s sd; 2 and 4-tooth, small, 16s; 4, 6, and 8-tooth, 12s to lte 6d, according to class and condition; full and failingmouth (good class) 11s 6d to 12s 6d; 6 and 8-tooth (good sorts), to 16a 9d; sound-mouth, 14s to 15s 6d; aged and cull sorts, 3s for meruios, to Cs; for other deceptions, -wethers, 4 and 6-tooth, 14s to 14s. 9d ; 2-tooth (small), 12s to 13s. There weTe only 727 fat lambs penned, and they Vrere mostly f>i medium quality. The sale was not very brisk, ana prices were about the same as last week. Best lambs made 16s to 17<s Bd, and lighter, 136 Id to 15s 6d. The yarding of fat sheep totalled under 3000, and the supply was barely sufficient for butchers' requirements. The consequence was that prices advanced 2s per head for ewes, and Is 6d for wethers. The range of prices was :— Prime wethers, 20s to 22s lOd; lighter, 17s to 19s 6d ; prime ewes, 18s to 22s ; others, 15s to 17s 6d. One hundred and seventy-six head of fat cattle came forward, against 193 the previous week, and 227 on 22nd January. Tho yarding included some exceptionally good animals, and the demand, owing to short supply, was much keener than the previous week, beef showing an advance all round, equal to Is 6d per 1001b. Steers realised £7 17s 6d to £11 : extra, £13 ss, £14, and £14 15s ; heifers, £^ 17s 6d to £11 ; extra, to £12 ; and cows, £5 15s to £8 ss ; extra, £10 15s to £12. Beef brought 23s 6d to 31s 6d per 1001b, according to quality. The yarding of store cattle Was a medium one, and consisted principally of 15 to 18-months cattle. The market showed ilo improvement on recent sales, being, if anything, a shade weaker. Yearlings made £11 17s ; 15 to 18-months sorts, £3 15s to £4; 2-year steers, £4 8s; 2-year heifers (good), £5; 2i-year steers, £6 Is; and cows, £2 5s to £4 10s. Dairy cows made £4 10s to £10. Fat pigs were represented by a good entry, but the demand for baconers was easier. Porkers, on the otttbr hand,, were in fair demand, but showed no change in values since the previous week. No choppers came forward. Heavy baconers realised 60s to 65s j medium, 60s to 57s 6d ; and smaller sorts, 42s to 48s (equivalent to.4i'd to 4|d per lb). The best porkers made 38s to 445, , and lighter sorts, 33s to 37s (equal to s£d to s|d per lb). There was a fair entry of stores, and good demand. Large stores made 32s to 378, and 1 smaller sorts 22s to 28s ; weaners, of which there was a medium entry, sold well, prices ranging from 13s to 16s.