ADDINGTON MARKETS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 64, 22 April 1914, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKETS.

A FAIRLY BIG SALE.

Though the entry of store sheep showed a large decline at Addington to-day, several of the other departments, notably fat sheep, were yarded in more than average numbers. The store sheep sale ladked the briskness that has characterised this branch of the market of late. Fat lambs sold very well, but beef was neglected. STOEE SHEEP. The yarding was much below even that of last week, when a little over 14,000 head were yarded. The quality for the most part was very poor indeed, a big proportion of the entry being drawn from outside/the province, chiefly from the North Island, and evidently the dealers have the north fairly well cleaned out of sheep, as the quality put forward of late from this quarter has been very indifferent. There was an absence of the buoyancy that has ruled lately, and though a good sale resulted, buyers were less inclined to pay the enhanced prices for poor quality sheep that they paid three weeks ago. Good class sheep sold quite as readily as they did three and four weeks ago. . The range of values was as follows: —

Good rape lambs, 12/6 to 13/9. Extra good rape lambs to 14/7. Medium rape lambs, 10/1 to 11/7. Smaller sorts, 9/- to 9/9. Cull lambs, 4/3 to 7/1. Ewe lambs, 13/2 to 17/7. "Wether lambs, 13/6. Good two-tooth ewes, 15/10 to 16/8. Extra to 24/-. Four and six-tooth ewes, 14/- to 17/1. Good two, four, six, and eight-tooth ewes, 15/3 to 17/1. Poorer sorts, 12/9 to 15/-. Good sound-mouth ewes, 14/9 to 16/6. Failing mouth ewes, 11/- to 13/6. Aged and cull ewes, 3/1 to 9/11. Aged merino ewes, 3/-. Two-tooth wethers, 15/- to 15/9. Two, fpur, six, and eight-tooth wethers, 15/1 Ho 17/1. F. Pyne and Co. sold: On account various clients, 20 f.m. ewes 11/-, 63 six and eight-tooth do 11/7, 79 lambs 11/7, 42 f.m. ewes 11/10; Gisborne client, 99 two-tootli ewes 16/8, 153 aged merino do 3/1, 100 two-tooth do 24/-, 75 aged do 7/9, 336 four, six, and eight-tooth do 15/-, 31 two and four-tooth do (in the wool) 16/3, 8 two-tooth -ewes 16/-, 161 six and eight-tooth wethers 17/1, 12 sixtooth do 15/3, 173 four, six, and eighttooth ewes 17/1, 224 six and eight tooth do 15/6, 181 four and six-tooth wethers 15/1, 52 aged ewes 7/6, 14.9 aged do 9/-, 45 four and six-tooth wethers 14/1, 23 lambs 10/1, 55 four, six, and eighttootli ewes 16/9; Mr John Macpherson (Cheviot), 127 lambs 13/7, 113 do 12/6, 100 do 12/6, 109 ewe lambs 17/7, 9 do 13/2, 111 lambs 13/10, 47 do 13/1, 51 two, four, six, and eight-tooth ewes 13/4, 66 rape lambs 13/5; Foster's Estate (Ellesmere), 41 rape lambs 14/-.

H. Matson and Co. sold: On account various clients, 87 lambs 12/10, 142 twotooth ewes 15/1, 70 ewe lambs 15/11, 102 ewe lambs do 14/-, 81 do 12/10, 57 four and sixtooth wethers 13/-, 30 aged ewes 8/3, 42 do 7/-, 21 two-tooth ewes 16/6, 45 four, six, and eight-tooth ewes 15/3, 36 two, four, six, and eight-tooth do 16/8. Dalgety and Co. sold: On account various clients, 67 f.m. ewes 9/3, 9 two-, tooth wethers 14/-, 71 lambs 4/3, 201 lambs 7/1, 76 ewe lambs. 17/5, 42 twotooth wethers 15/9, 322 lambs 9/8.

The New Zealand.Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. sold: On account various' clients, 32 four, six, and eight-tooth ewes 12/9, 24 lambs 9/11, 36 two, four, six, and eight-tooth ewes 12/3, 24 lambs 12/7, 23 ewe lambs 14/-, 14 wether do 12/9, 57 f.m. ewes 12/4, 138 six and eight-tooth ewes 16/8, 64 two, four, and six-tooth ewes 20/9; F. Coop (Little Haver), 64 lambs 12/3, 80 do 9/3.

The New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Association sold: On account various clients, 55 aged merino ewes 3/-, 53 lambs 14/4, 5& aged ewes 9/11, 330 lambs 15/1, 81 do 12/9. The National Mortgage and Agency Co. sold: On account various clients, 35 halfbred f.m. ewes 11/7, 23 lambs 14/2, 20 do 14/7, 60 four and six-tooth wethers 17/4. The number of store sheep submitted to auction was as follows: — Ewes, .. 3329 Lambs 3553 Wethers 976 7858 FAT LAMBS. With the cold weather setting in feed is becoming scarce, and the result is that growers have to quit their lambs. This fact was demonstrated to-day by an unusually big yarding of lambs, many of which were hardly up to export requirements, and were for the most part on the light side. Exporters were operating freely, and values were firm at about the same as last week. The axerage price per lb was as follows: — Prime, s|d. Light and second quality, sgd.

H. Matson and Co. sold: On account J. Cossar (Tai Tapu), 121 at 17/7; Stackhouse Bros. (Amberley), 152 at 18/3 to 19/7; D. W. Hunter (Culverden), 150 16/10 to 18/-; A. Rice (Clarkville), 103 17/9 to 18/5; T. Yarr (Greenpark), 61 from 17/1 to 18/8; L. Breitmever (Little River), 80 17/4 to 19/10; R. M'Lelland, 24 20/2; Jas. Ashworth (Sefton), 285 17/- to 17/7; D. Patterson (Scargill), 17 18/-; W. Bayley (Templeton), 283 17/3 to 18/8; D. Hampton (Culverden), 126 15/6 to 16/8; W. Anderson (Tai Tapu), 59 16/6 to 19/4; E. M'Carthy (Prebbleton), 206 18/- to 18/2; J. White (Swannanoa), 33 18/10; E. Yerral (Swanuananoa), 24 18/1; G. Hanniford (Southbridge), 22 17/11; T. Burgin (Swannanoa), 140 19/4; F. Townend (Swannanoa), 71 18/-; S. Stone (Woodend), 64 17/9; G. L. Rutherford (Springbank), 132 18/5 to 20/-. The National Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., sold: On account D. M'Millan (Dorie), 63 from 16/4 to 17/8; J. W. Smith (Higlibank), 20 from 17/2 to 18/9; Dunbar Bros. (Waiau), 49 16/7 to 17/5; C. White (Sandy Knolls), 41 16/11 to 17/6.

The New Zealand Farmers \ Co-opera-tive Association sold: On account R. Williams (Irwell), 31 at 20/-; C. Benjamin (Sumner), 240 17/-; A. W. King (Hororata), 48 from 17/9 to 18/2; R. Fleming (Scargill), 76 17/-; R. Kingsbury (Bennets), SO 17/8 to 18/9; Neave Chapman (Hororata), 6S 19/6; client, 69 16/7; G. D. Jobson (Hororata), 402 16/5; A. G. Harrison (Spotswood), 22.3 16/4 to 17/1; T. W. Johnson (Dunsandel) 10 14/1; G. D. Jobson (Hororata), 3 22/6. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., sold:— On account Strachan Bros. (Rakaia): 142, from 17/- to 17/1; A. Boulnois (Ariesbury), 130 15/4 to 17/-. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., sold: On account C. M'Lelland (Scargill), 44 at 17/9; F. Travers (Culverden), 35 16/3; Graham Bros. (Balmoral), 40 16/9; M. and C. D. Edward (Cheviot), 131 16/to 16/9; C. M'Donald (Balmoral), 308 16/- to 18/4; W. T. Rutherford (Waiau), 111 16/1; F.- Bull (Waddington), 20 21/1; J* M'Taggart (Cheviot), 39 16/to 17/6j I>. O'Connor (Cheviot), 70

16/-; John Deans (Kirkstyle), 152 16/5 to 16/8; client, 143 17/11 to 18/9; C. W. Reid (Balmoral), 80 16/9; S. Cromp-ton-Smith (Cheviot), 132 18/4, 272 15/6; E. Scarr (Cheviot), 55 16/1 to 17/9; L. R. Barnett (Southbridge), 5 16/3; G. T. Herd (Cheviot), 91 16/2; client, 119 17/1 to 18/-; W. Cole (Omihi), 42 16/5 to 19/9; J. Sagar (Omihi), 51 18/4; E. D. Giles (Mount Parnassus), 317 16/4 to 17/6. Pyne and Co. sold: On account M. F. Ryan (Springston), 89 from 18/4 to 19/-, 53 17/11 to 18/6; S. Haugliey (Cheviot), 40 19/3 to 19/11; H. Lunn (Waiau), 33 18/-, 117 17/4 to 17/6; H. J. M'Carthy (Tai Tapu), 40 17/7; J. Beatson (Burnham), 154 17/4 to 18/4; A. Binnie (Springfield), 110 16/10 to 18/2; T. Pearce (Rolleston), 77 17/- to 17/11; Godfrey Hall, 94 19/11 to 20/3, 130 18/9 to 19/9; C. Bridson (Woodgrove), 6 18/-; H. Butt (Cheviot), 12 15/11; J. F. Tipping (Sandy Knolls), 40 18/-; Mrs M. E. M'Bae (Kaituna), 110 17/3; R. H. Barker (Parnassus), 169 16/5; A. Love (Omihi), 136 17/10; E. Gibson (Cheviot), 42 17/4; Pearson Bros. (Lincoln), 56 17/10 to 18/2; Begg Bros. (Swannanoa), 59 17/11; J. H. Williams (Ellesmere), 105 15/9; Foster's Estate (Ellesmere), 77 18/9; A. Duthie (Aylesbury), 67 21/9; C. Eaves (Racecourse Hill), 75 17/6; Cuneen Bros. (Broadfields), 82 17/6. The total entry of lambs was 8070, making one of the largest sales of the season. FAT SHEEP. Quite a large entry of fat sheep came forward and the quality was rather # bet- ■ ter than has been the case of late. Notable among them was a couple of very fine pens of ewes sent forward by Mr F. Bull, of Waddington. F. C. May and Co. sold: On account A. Doig (Chertsey), 128 ewes 18/9 to 21/3. FAT CATTLE. Some extra quality beef was put forward to-day, but the sale lacked animation, and prices were hardly as good as last week. More especially was this so at the opening of the sale. ; When the last races were reached it livened up somewhat, but quite a lqt went out unsold.

The entry totalled 345 head, as against 271 at the previous sale. Generally beef was down fully 1/6 per head upon the prices ruling lately. The range of values was as follows: Steers, £7 5/- to £ll 10/-. Extra, to £l4 17/6. z Heifers, £6 2/6 to £9. Extra, to £ll 10/-. Cows, £5 12/6 to £lO 7/6. Average price, per 1001b, 26/- to 28/6. Poorer cow beef, 23/6.

The New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Association, Ltd., sold: On account E. Wifte (Tai Tapu), '3 cows £6 2/6 to £7; John Barr (Yaldhurst), 1 cow £8; client, 2 cows £7 to £7 15/-; client, 1 heifer £5 5/-; Coleman and Co. (Annat), 7 cows £7 to £lO 5/-; John Barr, 3 heifers £5 15/- to £6 5/-.

H. Matson and Co. sold: On account Waslibourne Bros. (Selwyn), 8 cows £6 to £9; clients, 3 cows £5 5/- to £6 7/6; T. E. Honeybone (Waikari), 2 cows £7 12/6 and £9 12/6; J. F. Buchanan (Little Biver), 7 steers £l4 to £ls 5/-; G. L. Butlierford (Connemara), 7 heifesrs £9 2/6 to £ll 17/6; client, 9 steers £lO to £ll 2/6, 3 heifers £7 12/6 to £8 7/6, Gebbie Bros. (Teddington), 6 steers £9 10/- to >£ll j. F. Drury, 1 cow £ll 5/-; Mrs Parkes, 1 cow £10; clients, 5 cows f£6 5/- to £8 7/6; client, 12 steers £ll to £ll 5/-; Thos. Morton (Styx), 2 cows £6 10/-; E. Thompson (Chaneys), 2 cows £5 12/6 to £6 5/-; O. M'Gough (Halswell), 3 steers £ll 12/6; 1 cow, £8 5/-.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., sold: On account J. Doig (Chertsey), 2 steers £8 17/6, 1 cow £8 17/6, 1 cow £lO 5/Messrs F. C. May and Co. sold: —On account A. Doig (Chertsey), 1 cow £B, 2 heifers £6 and £7, 2 steers £6.5/-, 1 steer £lO 10/-.

Messrs Pyne and Co. sold:—On account of clients, 4 steers £9 to £9 7/6, 9 heifers at £8 7/• to £9 17/6, 2 cows £9, 18 steers £9 17/6 to £ll, 4 cows £7 12/6 to £10; J. H. L. Hiatt (Cheviot), 4 steers £8 15/- to £9 7/6; J. C. Bailey (Fernside), 2 cows £7 5/- to £lO 15/-; S. Nutt (Ataahua), 8 cows £9 7/6; A. Fulton (Botheram), 9 steers £8 2/6 to £8 12/6, 5 heifers £7 to £7 15/-, 1 cow £7; T. Teschemaker (Middleton) , 3 steers £l2 5/-, 1 cow £5 15/-; G. Humphries (Willesden), 7 steers £ll 10/- to £l4 5/-; A. J. Birdling (Halswell), 9 steers £ll 2/6 to £l4 17/6; G. Sheat (Biccarton), 3 steers £8 5/-; F. Leonards (Le Bon's Bay), 9 steers £9 10/- to £lO 12/6, 9 heifers £7 7/6 to £9 15/-, 1 cow £6 15/-. VEALERS. The yarding of calves was about the usual, prices ranging from 8/- to 45/-. PIGS. * There was an over-supply of fat pigs. The quality was very fair indeed, but prices were hardly equal to late rates. The range of prices was as follows: — Choppers, 70/- to 83/-. Light baconers, 60/- to 65/-. Heavy baconers, 70/- to 83/Price per lb., 5d to s{d. Porkers, heavy, 44/- to 47/-. , Porkers, light, 38/- to 42/-. Price per lb., 6d to 6£d.