LIVE STOCK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 16, 16 April 1903, Page 13

LIVE STOCK.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET

There was a full yarding at Addington Market — 20,000 sheep, 550 cattle, and 400 pigs being penned. There was a good attendance of buyers, but the sale was not finished till after dark, and the two last pens of sheep suffered in consequence.

Fat Cattle. — 194 head yarded, principally light heifers and cows. There was a good demand at late rates. Steers fetched £6 17s 6d to £9 10s ; heifers, £5 15s to £8 15s ; cows, £5 5s to £9 7s Gd ; boef, 24s to 27s per loorb.

Fat Sheep — The yarding included a good proportion of first-quality wethers and" ewes. Prime wethers were keenly competed for, and sold readily at recent rates ; but export buyers neglected ewes, and values eased in consequence. Towards the close of the sale the attendance of buyers was small, and as a result a number of good lines were passed unsold. The range of prices was : Best freezing wethers, 17s to 18s 6d ; heavy wethers, to ]9s lid ; light wethers, 14s to 16s 6d ; maiden ewes, 14s

5d to 16s lOd ; freezing ewes, lls to 14s 6d ; butchers' ewes. 9s 6d to 16s 7d ; extra heavy, to 19s 6d. , Fat Lambs —The 2839 entered included a large proportion of hardly prime, and for these the sale was drawging. For all fit for freezing there was good competition, though prices were a shade easier than at last week s sale. Freezers fetched 12s 6d to 14s lOd : ters, to 15s 7d ; butchers', lls to 13s 6d Pigs.— A good entry, which included a number of firstclass quality baconers and porkers. Competition was not particularly keen, and prices all round were inclined to be irregular. Choppers brought up to £4 7s 6d ; baconers, from 46s to 68s— equal to from 5d to 54 d per lh ; porkers, from 28s to 455-±equal to s*d to 6d per tt>. Stores were hard to sell, prices ranging from 18s to 80s, and for weaners from 6s to 10s.