ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 35, 31 August 1905, Page 15

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET.

At Aldington last Wednesday there were moderate ' JJ 1 ™ °Lii OCk ln S! most all .and onl 7 a fair attendance, The«> was an improved demand for beef, and prices were .firmer. Fat hoccets sold wel .l, bu-t the fat sheep sale was somewhat irregular while prime sheep were very firm.. The lines of store sheep offered met with a brisk sale. Fat pigs were dull 01 sale, biut there was an improvement in stores There was not much demand for store aad dairy cattle . Fa * Sheep.— There was a moderate entry, made ud principally of wethers, and included several liaes of meSSwL c £.c. c I c ll er€ a / ew ve r y prime llncs of halfbrcd wethers, but other lmes were light sheep, ana prices consequently were comparatively low. Though the sale was somewhat irregular, prime quality was very firm at late rates. Little business was done by exporttouvers. The few pens of ewes offered sold well. The range of prices Was : Prime wethers, 24s to 27s 6d ; medium 20s to 23s ; prime ewes, 21s to 23s lid ; medium, 18s \° a L*«JJ' issi 5s *° 17s 6d ; P"me merino wethers, 18s to 21s 9d ; others, 14s 6d to 17s 6d. Fat Cattle.—The entry totalled 164, and the quality was chiefly good to prime. Included in the yarding was a Ime of polled Angus steers from Otago There was an improvement both in bidding and -prices as compared with late sales. For Mr. W. J. Stoddart (Ashburton) a fi-rst-pme steer and heifer sold at £14 17s 6d and £9 10s respectively, and for Mr. P. Iverach (Waiau) 10 steers realised) from £7 17s 6d to £10 12s 6d Other steers brought from £7 15s to £10 2s 6a , heifers, £5 2s So ?£? X ? s ; and cows - £6 as 6d to £9-»qiual to from 22s to 24s for prime, 19s 6d to' 2ls for medium, ana 18s to 19s for cow ana inferior beef per 1001 b. A fair yarding of veal calves sold at from 7s 6d to £2 'l7s 6d «. PlgS ""^ T £ ore Was a fair entry ' and fats me t ' with rather a dull sale at easier rates, while there 'was a very good demand for stores. Light baconers made from 35s tb 40s .;i aieavier, 41s to 45s ; .and extra to 495--e(qu a l to 3^d to 3|d per ft ; porkers, 25s to 35sequal to 4d to 4Jd per ife ; medium to large stores 15s to 24s ; weaners, 6s to 10s.