CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. CHRISTCHURCH, March 8.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 42, 11 March 1899, Page 2

CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. CHRISTCHURCH, March 8.

The ym dings at Aldington to fifty computed 1207 iac sheep. SOOO sloies, ISOO fat l.unhs, 351 head oi cattle, and 570 pigs, Cattle.- — With the exception of a few hea\y l'ul'n<kb fiom the Noith Island, the 193 heal cf fat cattle weie mostly light to handy weignts, and a iath.cn dnigging sale lesulttfd, Noiih I^and bullocks bi Ought i' 7 11* Gd to iS, local steers £4 10s to £7 2s Gd, heileis £3 12s Gd to £5 12s (sd, cows £,-} to £6 o». Per 1001b good to piime beef 15s to 17s fid, otheis down to 12s. Veiy tew store cattle cnjmged hands, but good dauics weie biisket, bunging up to US. Sheep— The fat sheep weie a yen mixed lot. Sonic good lines, of wetheis weie on offer, but in the crises of two oi thiee lines Ihe prices olteied dul not lead to business, and this class was sbghth easiei. Good youngr ewes sold well, <uid oldoi soits quite lifld thtu w>n J*i n*ie hca»,\ weight weiheis letched 14s (id to 14s 9d, liec^ing quality 13s ' IK .'ld. lij/htei soits lls fid to 12s Gd, good trade ewes 10? to l^s, medium Ss to 9' 6d, «nd lnlenoi down to (>s Anr lambs n't toi factoiy maintained last weeks puces, and butchers' sou, u'so sold well. Fieezeis brought 9s Gd to lls- 3d, butcheis 7s Sd to 9s. Vtie puueipal hues of stoics came iiom Nelson. iSeailv all the otheis weie small lots. Till nip ,heep sold fail h well, but ewes \.tsie easiei. Wetheis fetched 10s 2d to lls "2il, foui -year old uwes 10s 10J, nu\ed ngea *'d 9d, eight tooth 7s lOd to 9*. 10d, asred 4-1 3d to 6<< 2d, mixed two-tooths 10s lOd, lnmbb 7s to 9s -sd. Pigs.— lncluded in the pigs were 254 stoics fiom the N >ith K'and, which a.\eia"ed 36s a h ad. Fais weie easiei, a\eiaf;inK 4d pei lb |»3T head, Baconeis biought JJBs 1 to (!4s, p ukeis- Cos !o 40s, foiv/nid stoics o3b to 4Cs, and smallei clown to 255.