ADDINGTON MARKET

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1393, 2 March 1905, Page 3

ADDINGTON MARKET

(Per Press Association.) Christchurch, last night. There was a good attendance at the Addington yards, and fair entries in all sections. , , , Fat cattle : The entry was 179 head, mostly fair to prime steers. There was a slight improvement in the market, and most of the stookwas cleared. Steers soid at jcs 5s to JB9 15s 6d, heifers £5 15s to £1 10s, cows £5 5s to £1 55., Per lOOlbs beef was worth 16s to 21s. Fat calves : A fair entry sold at 7s od to £2 10s, the values being firm. Store cattle : The entry was' small, and the demand was no bettor than of. late. The values are shown by the following quotations : —Yearlings 20s, fifteen to eighteen months old 303 to 595, two year old steers £i 10s, do heifers £3 5s to £3 10s, three year old steers passed at £5 12a Sd, ’do heifers JE4 9s Od, dry oowb 30s to

£A 10s. Dairy cows : There was a largo yarding. Good soringing cows and heifers'met with fair enquiry, but aged and inferior auimals W ere difficult of sale. The prices ranged from J 64 5s to £B. Fat sheep : The entry was of moderate dimensions, and consisted mainly of wethers, including some station lines, which were keenly competed for by exporters. Butchers joined issue with exporters for the ordinary supply, with the >; result in a very buoyant sale at firm rates for wethers and an advance-of quite Is on good ewes. The absence of aged ewes is very noticeable at the season’s markets. The range -of prices was—For prime wethers 22s 6d to 25s 9d, lighter from 20s to 22s ; prime heavy ewes 21s to 23s 3d, good 18s to 20s 6d, aged 16s 6d to 17s 6d; prime merino wethers 19s 3d to 21s. e Fat lamb3—About 3000 were penned. The finest quality generally was good, but many of the primest lots now come into the •* teg” grade. There was good competition by both butcheis and exporters, and prices were ataady. Current values for tegs 18s 6d to 203 3d, freezers 16s to 18s 3d, lighter sorters. Store sheep and lambs—The entry was not so large as at the last two or three markets. Competition was extromely keen and prices made a further advance of r la. Ewes sold up to 25s 9d for a line of aix tooth crossbreds with about 25 per cent old sheep from Mr W. C. Fleming, Fort Levy. Good young ewes greatly ' commanded from 23s to 24s 6d, lines of moderate breeding and condition 21s to 22s 6d, good sound mouthed ewes 21b to 22s 9d, moderate 18s to 20s, aged 14s to 17s 6d, culls from 11s, good forward ■wethers made from 18s to 19s 7d, fair condition 17s to 18s 6d, backward and culls 15s to 16s" 9d; a line shorn lamhs very mixed in size and coniJt ' 4ition made 16s 7d, forWvja line 15s to jes, backward to . fair condition 13s to 15s. Igjlgf pi g 3 There was a good entry of fat I li'ih oi"B which met an activo demand, pricoß Sf advancing 33 to 4s a head. Best baconors 'r-M 80 13 the rate of 4d to 4id, heavy weights to 3}d, and porkers 5d to 5* per lb, and some pens even higher. Stores :gi were in small entry, and there was a dull , - eale. ' .