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ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, January 26. At Addington stock sale yesterday lamb prices rose 2/6 a head when the new schedule influenced by the' higher exchange rate was in operation. The entry was a good one. Store lambs shared in the rise also, a la|rge yarding selling from 1/6 to 2/a head better.
The fat cattle sale was very irregular, but values were from 10/- to 15/a head better.
There was a medium yarding of beef. The quality was disappointing, there being a scarcity of prime heifers. All good quality steers and hei.ers showed an increase up to 15/- per head. Plain cows were hard to quit. Best bullocks sold to £lO/2/6; prime £B/2/6 to £9 5/-; handiweights £7/15/- to £B/12/6; medium £4/5/- to £5/10/-; light from £3/12/6. Best cows sold to £5/5/-, and one special to £7/7/6; heavy £4 to £4/12/6; medium £2/5/- to £3/5/«j light from 35/-
Best heifers made £B/12/6; prime £5/5/- to £6/2/6; medium £4/5/- to £4/12/6; light from £3/12/6. There was a good entry of lambs of excellent quality for which bidding was at first very keen. Among butchers competition was particularly keen, and in the eaely part of the sale up to 1/6 a head over schedule was paid for heavy sorts. Freezers took a large pro. portion of the entry at about s£d for firsts. This was a Tittle below the official schedule of s|d, but there was a general impression that the schedule would come back to s£d. Over £1 was paid, the highest price fdr some time, and the rise all over was 2/6 a head.
There was a smaller yarding of muton. mostly of ewes. Good wethers were in short supply. There was a rise of values of 2/6 per head on ewes,, and one of up to 3s per head on wethers.
There was a larger yarding of store sheep, owing to the recent rains, and higher values were ruling for fat lambs and mutton. All classes showed a rise in values..
There was a larger yarding of faft pigs. There were fodtr trucks from the West Coast-. Well finished lots sold freely. 'Others were dull of sale Choppers feched 33/6 to 58/6; porkers 18/- to 23/6; heavier 25/6 to 28/6; extra heavy to 30/-. Medium baconers sold from 31/6 to 38/6; heavy, 40/- to 46/6; best to 50/-.
(United A isociation—Rv Electn© Telegraph—Copyright.)
CHICAGO, January 25. Wheat quotations-are:—May, 475 cents; July 48 cents; September 48g cents. At New York, the cash quote is 56 J cents.
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