THE ADDINGTON MARKETS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 14, 3 April 1902, Page 13

THE ADDINGTON MARKETS.

Fat Cattle —The total yarded was 200. chiefly light-weights, and only a score of steers. Prices fell Is per 1001 b, or 16s to 21s (id Steers brought £7 13b to £'J 17s fid , heifers, £5 10s to £8 10s , cows, £4 12s (id to £8 lO.s. Fat Sheep.— About 3000 yarded, mostly secondary ewes A\ ethers were scarce, and freezing buyers were not operating strongly. Good wethers brought 15s to 17s ; lighter, 13s to 14s. There were too many ewos in for Ihe butchers, and the market drugged. A decided drop in values took place, the best only making 32s to 15s 6d , others, 7s 6d to lls ; a few merino wethers, 7s to 10s. Fat Lambs —The total brought forward was 1460 Few were of good quality, and export buyers holding, caused prices to ease. Seven hundred and thirty were taken for freezing at 10s 6d to 13s 4d, averaging lls 9d • 159 went to the butchers at 8s 7d' to 13s 5d ; 528 were passed at 10s to lls 7d ; and the rest went to the graziers. , Store Sheep. — The penning totalled 9800, mostly inferior wethers, with only a few good lines of ewes and

very few lambs. Considering the quality of the sheep, fair sales were made Forward wethers made 11s to 12s 2d ; others, 7s 7d to 10s • good, sound ewes, 10s to 13s 1 ' others, 5s to 8s 6d , lambs, 4s lOd to 7s 3d.