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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17393, 2 March 1922, Page 12

AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AND 00. ADDIXGTON MARKET. ADDINGTON MAE SET. H. MATSON' A'ST) CO. REPORT AS FOLLOWS H. MATSON AXD CO. REPORT AS FOLLOWS H. MATSON AND CO. REPORT AS FOLLOWS: FAT LAMBS. r| 'ills entry was quite a. medium one. and, in fact, for this time of the year, seemed to he ranch below the Mirage. If the yarding at Addington is any criterion of the amount of lambs that have been fattened in Canterbury, then the Factories and Expnrt Buyers must be very hard pushed to maintain their genera] averages ae compared to former ecasona. The beet heavy Limbs were koenly competed for by the butchering trade. The best freezing lambs, in our opinion, were- anil? eaual to the previous week's. The portion of the entry that showed a want of finish or signs of travel, wan for the mo?t. taken by the Exporters, anrl wh«n allowing for the ou.ility as compare 3 with the previous week, the prices were quite on a par with those ruling last Wednesday. STORE LAMBS. There were a few more Store Lambs penned than th« previous week, but many of the lots were backward in condition, diminutive in size, and showed no pretences to breeding or quality, and many were covered with biddy biddy and. showed sisns of travel. This class of lamb in our opinion was cheaper than it was a fortnight ago. On the other hand the very few pens of what might be classed as good rape lambs, well grown, with a proportion of fain through them, were keenly competed for. This latter cla«e realised' anywhere from 35s to 16g 6d. The next grade sold from 12? to 14s, and the grade below that, which were normally mils, were selling anywhere from 6s to lis. There were many lines of halfhreds and Corriedale Lambs in th« market, all shewing ■ igns of travel and the want of condition. If the Lambs that are vardetl in Addington are any criterion of the Canterbury flock*, then we can only eay that many of the floofts are run out or many of the vendors are overstocked. STORE WETHERS. There was a fair proportion of Store Wethers entered, and while well finished wethers sold at good price#, erven these values must be admitted to bo a drop on recent prices. A good many backward wethers and wethers showing signs of travel, while they changed hands, did so at lower prices than what have been current. BREEDING EWES. , The entry et Breeding Ewes was a very mixed onej and what amazed us most was the. prices that were bid for four five-year-old ewes, that must be considered light cuttera as 7egards, the next year's fleece, small ,in the frame and in the bono,-when compared with good standard lots, small ; lots of four-tooth and six-tooth '. ewes that were being sold at from 17s to 18s. JTsny lots were uncertain as regards mouths ' • and were mixed as regards the character of wool, and yesterday's heat, and draftinsr and remaining in the yards did not add to ' , . their'general appearance. ; One very nice line of. four and eix-tooth Romney Groea Ewes, v ; ; well "grown and in .great condition, sold for K ft -litue over 'lßs. A'nice line of Halfbreds, npthing oVer six-tooths and nothing und»r add at from 17a to 17» 6d, yet .travel attuned, and the claw of ewe we preferred' tat; above, were changing handa at v'v- lia'and 15a.; : Ewes of- mixed ages and not' moruth but with fully SO' . r t6 : :7S,: per' cent.. aound mouths were selling at "Mo*; week's prices.. ; , r .. S IN'REVIEWING THE STORE MARKET, r,*' l -'-' the Store 'Sheep Jnarket looks to .be full . ' of epprisee, and in this direction ia only compatible'with the extraordinary conditions that are' ruling the commodities in many . .. of the world's centres, spasmodic and irre- ■ , gular. In the early part of the spring when ' feed was plentiful,-,tho Fattener of the Plains attended markets; weekly with a view to v . acquiring stock. Thoso who had, stock also had lots of feed; and held it in anticipation s'. 'i ofhigher prices. The result was the buying • . publio was starved, and prices were unduly ■ for6ed to a limit ,in excess of where they ; shoolld .have been. Those luscious pastures ■ offspring have now disappeared, and the • vendor fix sheep that should have been sold durjng the month of Deoember and January • are now being - forced to the market, but 'the huyer of a few weeks ago is now non-ezustent. ' 'We do not anticipate any slump in stock, etfjiecially in respect to standard lines, but /'We^rfeefratire'-theyw and' Will be wanted, ' the 1 uncertain 'or the inferior consigns& «»nt. seam* ■ Mkely to realise a lowtr price ». »/ .> thMiwhathaa been-the order of the day.: •■l'.'Wiilo : thera -was ■, a good attendance of Jipyerai ajld-CL'bisf entry of ehoep, the greater •;'portion ofthe entry showed signs of travel .Imm again showed i great example cf(ft#way,the.flook» in thift Island must be h '.running out/both as regard* character, symjoetty,. and weight of fleece. The competiO was very dragging, and the bnsknsM thkt was pertaining the previous .-. weelk WBB Iwt forthcoming, and while we are :.«mite convinced that all lots that might be :uassed as • first gradi* -whether it was lambs f-*i . or.' fc 'gof>d lute of four-year-old Ewes, or >*.• Super;-Wethers, they found ready competi'.ar>al><mtlari week's puces. The. -other eorte. in oar opinion, wore decidedly •. ■ ewiier.in faotit would look as though prices % , Bad' .been ifowqd over treasonable limit in tj. th 6 past tyo creeks and the buyers of sheep f t .J- .^ere-sot prepared to respond, and yet on s J ? ; .i tlio it must he considered a wonderful with, the greater portion of it A">«bMDigiag' Bradij thovgii eome lots were r Jiisedf at: disappointing prises. . 'We am convinced that where eheep evenly - "claeeifteA'aeTegarda quality or wool and with. \ warramty of age, will find many buyers, there i[^i.W\ r «rojaW6 many buyere who will buy forward sf-£> -:r 'gijod' but from our ob!.wm)d look as if the Farmer ■ ,waa not goin? to Xuy for the mere sake •. of buying, witn the prospect- of waking up next year and undine himself in a - A woree position than he ia tonlay. s v , FAT SHEEP. s/. t ? r The effltry to-day showed a big increase; i- r', ' ajjd-'of course pnoen : glowed • a retrograde : The high pnee® ruling at the two j£-b .v familiarmarkey that have taken place during th<t J«t. two weeks opuld not be expeoted - to'be muntained. . Old ewes were getting I '/.v. back to export .prices and wethers and fat r ; ahero geaerally,' m our opinion, were show-< iV . '. ing - throughout the whole sale a drop of 2s :. - or ,'8«. . When the writer left the yards at ; , V 5.30 ®™- the.macket was still going nrtrrily ' an4.prioes were gradually going back to a •arte level. i 5" ). FAT CATTLE. maxket io-dAy for Fat Cattle was v&ry . cpito unexpectedly excellent values 1?- -: ,;VrpTw,te itWieed ior ieome consignment that had no claim; to recognition, and anticipated an excellent price bt-forthcoming, you were m likely to with >a price much below, your esti* ,a®-not# Tue Seel Market is unceitain and no iactor can be held ; lay.of fiusahine untal an export price ig/iottthoooung.; r . i ' > t STOBE CATTMS. ,-V-. ■' The leas aaid about the Store Cattle market -'.v the better. .The fe* nondeeenpt entriea.that » ~ . art. onto the market can form no" Eaaia. Wmle one or two are wanting to buy-two -andi tliree-yeta-old cattle none ia ji;.: . offering in the open markets, and thß prices §®H»!-va»kad"'per-.medium of private treaty are out feri'/i to' sales of fat stock. v" TRUCKS ax* likely to be wren harder to ncoeore thaA they have been ui the past. ti" 1 ,-, W«\ would »trongly recommend thoso conjk ! - :templating sending consignment to any daa> .least tan - dim ahead. - - SutHATSOCT and 00. will be pleased to reodn. eatnM. at' #ll Stock Salee, and we ho have ttock for Kolisation our aerneaa and box prompts personal and dicect attention. . v H*; MATSON; Md CO.