ADDINGTON MARKET.
[By Telegraph—Press Association.] Christchurch, last night. At the Addington Fair.the ontries, including a number of exhibition lines of fat sheep and a few prime cattle, were principally from the North Island. The attendance was large, including breeders from the North Island and Otago. 132 were yarded, mostly light weights, excepting a few lines of prime bullocks and ewes. Competition was keen for really good sorts, and there was a distinct advance, best beef ruling from 26s to 30s, and over in exceptional cases. Other sorts brought 20s to 265; best bullocks, £l2 to £l6 10s ; good steers, £9 to £ll 10s ; others, £6 to £8 10s ; heifers, £5 5s to £9 2s 6d ; extras good cows, £9 to £lO Is 6d ; others, £5 to £8 10s. Fat sheep : About 700 were yarded; including several exhibition consignments which took prizes at the Canterbury and Dunedin Winter Shows, and there was a keen demand for extra prime, both by local butchers and exporters to Sydney, and freezers also operated freely. The range of prices for exhibition consignments was 27s to 41s ; prime heavy wethers for Sydney, 19s 6d to 32s ; prime prizers, 18s to 21s ; lighter, 14s 9d to 17s fid ; prime heavy ewes, 16s lOd to 19s ; medium, 14s to 16s 6d ; others, 11s 6d to 15s 6d ; prime Merino wethers, 18s 3d to 19s 5d ; others, 12s to 13s 6d. Fat lambs : 250 were yarded. Spring lambs brought 11s 6d to 15s ; hoggets, 11s to 14s.
'Store sheep : 3774 were yarded, mostly hoggets. All classes sold well, and nearly the whole entry changed hands. Forward wethers brought 15s ; others, 13s 4d to 13s 9d ; good young half-bred ewes, 15s 3d ; fair, 10s 8d to 12s 8d ; inferior, 5s 9d ; hoggets, 7s 7d to 10s 7d. Pigs : About 350 were yarded. Fat ones were scarce, and commanded higher prices. A buyer for Sydney was unable to purchase, values being above his limit. Baconers brought 40s to 57s 6d, or to 4|d per lb. Porkers, 25s to 355, or to sd. Big stores brought 17s 6d to 25s ; smaller to 15s ; suckers, 7s, and weaners, 5s to 9s.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 501, 14 August 1902, Page 2
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358ADDINGTON MARKET. Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 501, 14 August 1902, Page 2
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