LIVE STOCK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 12, 20 March 1902, Page 13

LIVE STOCK.

'LUX ADDINGTON MARKETS At the Addmgton market onl.\ 14(5 I.H enttle, mostly mixed soils 'wensold at auction." Prices weie In mci by Is 0d per 1001 b, reaching i7s (3d to 22s 6d , steers, £6 5s to £9 7s <nl , heifers, £5 10s to £8 7s (id cows, £5 15s to £8. I'.tt sheep totalled 3500, including some good lines of North Island owes and wethers. Sheep lit for export 17s Id, and unfinished welhei s, 11s maintained the late iates of 1 5s lo to 14s 9d. There was good demand for the best ewes at fi om 12s to 14s 9d, up to 15s 9d for e\M r.i ; secondary sorts were easier .it 8s to 11s, and towards the close inferior sorts were almost unsaleable at 4s (3d to 7s Gd. Fat Lambs. — 2400 were \ardud, including many unfinished," and onl\ the primest upheld the late prices Exporters took 1528 at 10s (id to 13s 6d, the butchers 166 at 10s to L3s Od, the graziers 270 at 8s Gd to 9s 4d, and 436 were passed at 8s 3d to L2s 3d. Store Sheep.— l2, GlG of all classes were >arded, and met with an unproved demand owing to the unpio\od feed prospects after the kite lain.s Forward wet hers brought 11s Od to 13s Id ; others, 7s (id to lls 2d ,| good ewes, Us to 12s (id ; full-mouthed, Gs Id to 9s ]od, aged, 2s lOri to 3s 6d ; mixed wethers and ewes, 9s lOd to lid 2d ; forward lambs, 8s Gd to 9s lid; others. 5s Id to 7s 3d ; poor ewes and wethers 3s ; merino ewes, (is (id ; aged sorts, 2s Gd to 3s. Pigs totalled 450, including a lot of unfinished sorts Fats met with an irregular sale Nearly 100 large stores were bought for Dunedin. B.icoiieis brought 32s Gd to 4 (is, or 3\d porkers, 25s to .sos, or 3J d . large stoics, 17s to 23s , smaller, Ss to 12s , suckers, 4s to 7s A line of 500 wethers and ewes from \\ a lpukur.iu. Noith Island, made 15s Sd to 1 (is 7d for wetheis, and lls Gd to 14s [)d for ewes.

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co report as follows — There was a large eniis of horses for this week's sale, draughts and useful harness horses being well represented. The sale was one of the best we ha\ c had for some time. Tlio sale commenced with Mr. E O'Fee's team of draught mares and geldings, and these were sold as follows: — Brown gelding, G\rs. at AMI , brown gelding, 7yrs,, at £50, bay gelding", syrs. at £49 10s , grey colt, 4yrs, £43 , and two aged horses at £31 10s and £40 lespeeinelv. Several other useful diuught horses were ottered, and sold at from. £23 to £37 On account of Mr. Hugh McNeil (of Uoodhead) we sold <l pan 1 of upstanding li.iv ( an i.ige horses (aged) at £07, and for a, northern client we offered and sold <i consignment of 120 light harness horses from Wnirarapn at from £11 to CUfi 10s. The last-named price was p. iid for an exceptionally wellbied gelding, a perfect lad\'s hack, and fit for any show ring The demand for useful harness horses is brisker than we hint; seen it for some time We quote • Superior young draught geldings, £45 to £51 , extra good prize horses, £52 to £55 , medium draught mares and geldings, £35 to £42 ; aged do, £22 to £80 ; upstanding carriage horses, £.30 to £35 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £(>0 to £00 strong spring-van horses, £30 to £35 , milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £18 to £25 ; train horses, £12 to £17 ;

light hacks, £10 to £15 ; extra good hacks, £18 to £25 ; weedy and Iged hacks and harness horses, £4 to £8