LIVE STOCK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 10, 6 March 1902, Page 13

LIVE STOCK.

TTTE Ar>r>TNGTON MARKETS. At the Addington market there were \erv large entries of mostly secondary quality, with the exception of fcit sheep. Of fat cat tic 183, mostly lightweight cows and heifers, were yarded The prices were much the same as last week, 16s to 21s ; steers, £0 7s Od to £8 7s 6d ; heifers, £5 10s to £7 10s ; cows, £5 to £7 5s ; There was a large yarding of store cittlo and fair sales. Yearlings, 19s to 27s 6d ; 15-month to 18-month, -Cl 17s 6d to £2 19s 6d ; mixed two-year cattle, £3 2s 6d ; do steers £3 8s Id ; heifers, £3 3s ; threevear steers, £5 5s ; heifers, £4 16s; 'dry cows, £1 10s to £4. Fat sheep numbered 5000, mostly good lines of ewes and wethers. CJood business was done in freezing

wethers at 14s to 17s 3d,, and unfinished sorts down to 13s. Ewes were in over supply, and met with a dragging sale. Prices were* easier, and many lots were passed. Best sorts brought 12s to 14s 3d ; others 1 8a to lla 6d. Fat lambs totalled 4000, many of a secondary quality and several badly drafted lines. Prices were easier by 3d to 9d ; 2100 were taken for export at 10s lOd to 13s 3d and. up to 14s Id, and an extra 250 to the butchers at 10s 6d to 13s 3d ; 1700 were passed at 8s 6d to 12s 6d, the best going to the factory on owners* account. Store sheep totalled over 11,000, mostly rough sorts, including North Island and Marlborough sheep. Dry weather was responsible for a very weak demand, and over half the entry passed. Wethers made 12s to 14s Id for good sorts, and 9s 3d to 11s 6d for others ; mixed wethers and ewes, 10s 6d to lls lOd ; twotooth ewes, 9s 3d to 9s 7d ; fourtooths, 12s to 12s 9d ; four and six-tooth ewes, 10s 4d to 12s lOd ; four, six, and eight-tooths, 8s 6d ; aged, 3s Id to 5s ; boilers, 2s 6d to 2s lOd. Good merino ewes brought 6s ; lambs, 8s to 9s for fair, and 3s 7d to 7s 6d for inferior. Pigs numbered 400, including good. lines of fats ; baconers quite held their own at 355, 50s, and 555, or 3Jd to 4d per 1b ; but porkers were easier, 20s to 28s, or 3£d per Ib. For stores, all classes, there was a weaker demand, large fetching from 15s to 24s ; smaller, 10s to 15s ; suckers and weaners, 6s to Bs.

DUNEDTN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows :■ — On Thursday morning we held a special sale of horses, at which some harness horses, were offered. As usual, on an off day, buyers were not numerous, but still a fair number of horses changed hands. Two rabbit exporters were in the market, and they purchased a number of horses suitable for their work. Among those offered was a consignment of 25 from the North TslancT, and we succeeded in disposing of ai number at from £16 to £23.