Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 192, 22 August 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

o ADDINGTON LIVE STOCK MARKET [by telegraph.] Christchurch, August 21. There was a fair yarding of stock, and an average attendance. In the store sheep pens there wn« an en°ry of 2715, being nearly rll wethers and hoggets. There was a keen demand for fill clasess and alm-st every lot was disp sed of at the followiug rate*: — Sheep.—l2o two-tooth weth»re, 17'; 181 iour-tooihs, 16s 8d; 120 at 16a 7d, 155 at 16s to 16s (3d, 211 at 12s lOd, s-oaller lots 12a to 15s 6d; 127 hoggets at 14s 6rt, 229 at> 14s sd, 102 at 12d lid, 129 at 12s Id, s>nnll lota at 12s to 14s Id; 203 ewes in lamb, lis 9d There was a fair entry of f»t bheep, and tha market op ned at last week's ra es. Catde in the fat cattle pens 169 head were offered, the quality being good, and there was a briak sale. Four North Island bnl ooks made £lO 12* 61 to £ll 5a ; eight steers from Parnassus eta-ion, £9 5s to £ll 7s 6 I ; five heifers £8 10s to £9 12a 6d,; and turee steers and one heifer from Mr J. Deans, £loloa each. Ordinary steers brought £7 10d to £11; heifers £5 15s to £9 10s ; and cowp, £5 2b 6<l to £9 12a 6', eq«»l to 20* to 25s per 1001 b, ace rding to quality. Pigs were in good supply, baconers and porkers selling well, and there was a bftter demand for stores Baconers made 44 1 to 595, equal to 3|d per lb ; porkers, 22s to 325, equal to 4d per lb ; stores, 10s to 20^; suckers and weanere, 5a to 9s. ENGLISH MARKETS. Weli.txoton, August 19. The Agent-General, in hiß weekly cablegram to the Agricultural Department, dated 17th, says:—There is a better tone in the mutton market this week. The a erage i-rioes todav are : Canterbury, 3£d; Dunedin and South- j land, 3|d ; North Island. ZJd. Lamb is irregulHt Under 361 b, 5' to ssd; over 441 b, 3|d fci 4Jd- There is a better demand for beef, but prices are unaltered. Ihe he rap market is very firm; October shipments, £25."