ADDINGTON MARKET

Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1417, 30 March 1905, Page 3

ADDINGTON MARKET

*• '? ,(D er ' Dress Association.) . Christchurch, last night. At the Addington market there was a large attendance, farmers particularly f being numerously represented. The en- \ . tries comprised 538 cattle, 22,07 S sheep,

and 809 pigs. Fat cattlo.—Tho entry consisted of 181 head, mostly stoors of fair quulity. The solo vva3 the worst that has taken place at Addington for many years, good to primo i beef selling at 18s to 20s, a few bead to 21s, and inferior sometimes as low ns 15s /par lOOlbs. Per head steers sold at £6 to *£9 15s, heifers £5 to £7 2s 6d,.cows £i .•Vios.to A 7. Fat calves sold at 63 to 453. cattle.—The yarding of store cattlo -‘cr.was.sraail and of very indifferont quality. was very poor, recent values not 'fSbeiag maintained. Yearlings sold at 18s tomb's; 15 to 18-raontbs 85s 00 50s, 2-year-old'.'heifors 55s to 625, 3-year-old heifers 7s and a pen of 4 year-old steers was passed at .£6. Dry cows sold at 30s to

70s. ' Dairy cows—There was a fair demand for springers, and fresh young milkors sold at j£6 to £S 10s, but inferior and old stock wero almost unsaleable, their pricos ranging from £3 15s to £5 . Fat sbeop—There was a good entry. The sale opened with a quiet tone, and before it had made much progress it became evident that a slump had arrived. Competition for wethers was extremely languid, and for ordinary ewss was nonexistent, and tho consequence wa3 that wethers were on au average Is lower than at previons sales, while ewes wore 2s to 3s lower. A groat decline was. marked towards the close of the sale, when it was

difficult to got bids for ordinary grades |of ; .owes, which were neglected aliko by and exporters. Tho prices cur* urerifi were as follows :—"Wethers, good to cacao, 203 9d to 25s 3d; ewes, prime heavy, 20a to ,23s 6d; medinm to good, IQs .6d to 19a 6d ; aged, 14s to 163 ; Ijberinp ewes, medium, 11s 6d to 12a. -*-FaS lambs—AbouS 3500 were permed, aha She general quality was good. There was no change in values, bat unfinished IOS3 were rather difficult to sell. Prices ranged from 18s to 22s 8d for togs, 17s to g?d to 183 6d for lamb weights, and 15s 6d So 17s for small and unfinished descrip* &iOQ9> * Sfcoro sheep and lambs—Tho yards were n „ a in filled, tho entries probably totalling 16 000 Farmors wero present in force, and competed well for all descriptions, while dealers gave little support to the sale. The demand for wethors was par--Mcnlaviv keeD, and forward lines made Is over too previous week’s values. For ewes and lambs previous rotes woro firmly maintained. Tho sale altogether was "htihbly satisfactory to vendors, and almost a complete clearance was effected. "Wethers: Foar-feoobhs mado 21s to 22s 6*>d two and four tooth 19s Id, two tootn 17b 6d to 183 sd, and backward lots 16s to Ewes : Four-tooth 20s to 21s 9d, *wo tooth 18s 10d to 22s 9d, and culls 16s •jo 17s. six and eight tooth 19s to 20s 4d, sound mouth 183 4d to 20s Bd, aged 16s 6d to 17s 6d, culls 13s 6d to 15s 6d. Pis3—Tbero were large entries of all classes of pigs, but tho sale was dull thoufehout and prices were weaker. All round prime baconors Bold at 40s to 48s, or 4Jd to‘4rJd par lb ; heavy weights oos to 545, or 4d per lb ; heavy wajgbts 50s to Sis, or 4d per lb ; porkers 303 to 38s, or 5d lb ; stores, large, 30s to o6s, medium aOs to 18s and 27s 6d, small 12s fid, wean’ers 63 9d fce 10s 6d.