ADDINGTON MARKETS. Christchurch, August 29.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 40, 1 September 1900, Page 2

ADDINGTON MARKETS. Christchurch, August 29.

The entries at idcKngton were 3,700 fat 2200 store sheep, 435 head of cattle, and 354 pig 3. Tattle — Then* were 210 head of fat cattle, mostly h^ht weigbr, benfers and cows; only 25 steois, Fourteen fine bullocks fnm Amnri so!d : Rt£lo 10s to •CIS 2s 6<l ; best steeis, £8 to £9 17s 6'l ; othfis £0 5s to £7 10s ; heifeis £4 5s to £7 17s 6'l ; two extra piime cows, £10 17s 6d and £11 5s ; good cows, £7 to £7 12s 6'l ; otheis £4 5b to £'6 10s. The doajand. was not quite so keen as last week, owing to the full supply, and sonic butchers imposing carcases from the Noith" Island. In store and dairy cattle there war a good -yarding, and a better domand foi all sots. Best spi infers and milkers sold at £0 to £7 17s 6d ; others down to £2 10b ; four-yar-old htufeis, £4 8^ ; thiee year-old do., £3 5 , to £6 12s Gd ; two ypa. old steers, £4 10? ; IS rmnths mivol eaWo, £2 12s; yearling £1 17s 151 to £22;; nine months, ]"!> t> 23= jonng cows m forward < iV < • '- i 2' 3 6d to £4 5s • older soits — ' ;" o'. . J 10s. Hugo- -The yarding of fat sheep was oi nuxcd quality. Theie -were voiy few ewes, ,i large number ot light weigh'f wetheis aed ho^^ts FiefKinjj buyers took a fair proportion. Wetheis ond maide-i ewes sold at fmin 17s 6i to 20^; heavy wetheis up to 933 9d ; unfinished lintu of wethers, I'is Jd to 17s ; butoheis e'vea, 16s to 19s 6I ; beat meiino wetheia, 15s to 17s 4d ; others, 33s to 14s Cd ; hoggets. 13s to 15s 4'l. Fat la-aba of which there woie about 20, with the exception of a few, soM at 15s to 173 fid ; others at 11s 9d to 14a. In atoie bheep theie were no lines of any impcutance. All classes met a good denmnd, but in many cases holdeis idens of value weie too hi^h to allow business being done. Wethers sold at 15s 5d ; Rood young ewes, 16s to 16s 9d ; aged, 10s 7<l to 12s ]0d; merino ewes tind lambs, 9s 2d ; hoggets, 13s 2.1 to 15s 43. Pig?, — The pigs weie composed principally of Tat s.»rfcs, which sold at late rates ; baronpva at 32s to 41b 6rl ; pork°rg, 20s to 28& 'id ; stores 10s to 17s ; and suckers and woaners at Gs 6d to 9s. Wheat.— There is no change to report Quotations are— prime milling 2s GO. to 23 iy\ ; medium to good, 2a 2d to 2s 5d ; fowl feed whole, 2s to 2s Id ; broken, Is 9d to 1& lid ; sacks in. Oats.— A brisk demand has been expeiienced for all short piime good feed suitable for shipping Other sorts do not receive the attention, except in small quantities for feed purposes. Piime milling is quoted at lls 9^l to Is lOd ; good to best feed, Is 8d to Is B}d ; medium Is Rd to Is 7d ; .sacks extra.