LIVE STOCK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 23, 5 June 1902, Page 13

LIVE STOCK.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. Fat Cattlq^— l,7s were, brought forward, mostly heavy weigihts. Thq prices were the same as last week, 19s to 245. Prime bullocks, £12 to £13 12s 6d ; good steers, £8 5s to £10 15s ; lighter, £6 to £8 ; heifers, £5 15s to £8 7s 6d ; cows, £5 to £9.

Fat Sheep,.— About 5000 were yarded, mostly ewes, with a few line^ of wethers of good quality. Competition was keen throughout, and anything fit to freeze rose Is per head. Freezing wethers, 16s 3d to 19s (kl ; heavyweights, li9s lid to 20s 5d ; light and uniinishod, 14s to 16s 3d ; crossbred ewes, best, 12s to 17s 6d ; medium, lls to 12s ; inferior, 8s to 10s ; most of the best ewes were taken for export. Fat Lambs .—Of these there were only 1200, including, many inferior lots. Theru was good cornpetitiou for well-nnißhed fots. Freezers, Us! 4d to i3s 6d ; tegs, 13s lid to 14s 4d ; unfinished, 7s 3d to 10s 6d. Store Sheep.— ssoo were brought forward, including some good lines of wethers. The competition for all sorts was irregular, and the fact that the buyers were not keen made matters easier, and several lines were passed in. Forward wethers, 10s 9d to 12s lOd ; backward, Bsi to 9s ; good KOiUnd ewes, 9s 4d to 9s 6d ; aged sorts, 4s ; good lambs, 6s 5d to 9a 7>d, down to 2s for culls.