LIVE STOCK. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 22, 28 May 1903, Page 13

LIVE STOCK. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Add?ng e Wn W market. r yar< "" KS and * *°°« attendance at Fat Cattle.— lßs were entered, the bulk beinjr heifers and cows, including a good proportion of prime quality S.TJT competition, and the market was firmer than last week, the price of beef ranging from 26s to i£; 2? i1??1^i 1 ?? 1^ t st^ s realised £7 to WS i?n& fers £5 17s i 6d to £10 ; cows, £5 15s to £9 ss. *at Sheep.— The entry was again somewhat limited, and, as butchers were appareirtiy short of stock and bid keenly, pSs "3-i-2 C !£ +o S 9 < mewhat< « • /^ eezin € wethers fetched 1/s 4d to 20s ; unfinished wethers, 14s 7d to 17s^ merino wethers. 10s to 16s ; wethers and ewes, 15s lOd IVs ß9^ SltS GWeS ' 11S 9d tO 18S lld : meri ™

J? at Lambs.— About 1900 were yarded, and met with a spirited demand on the part of export buyers for all pens suitable for freezing. Prices showed a distinct advance on those ruling the previous week. Freezers sold ?h«£rii a 6S d to to il. B<l 9£ 1 : tegs> 16s to 18s 4d ; but -

Pigs— l here was a larger entry than usual, and a satisfactory sale. Baconers fetched 37s 6d to 60s, equal to 4*d per 1b ; porkers, 30s to 425, equal to 5d per 1b • stores, 16s to 25s ; weaners, 5s to 10s '