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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18952, 17 March 1927, Page 16

AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AND CO. MATSON and CO. REPORT ON L. ADDINGTON MARKET AS FOLItfWS:— STORE SHEEP. The entry occupied all available pens, and Included numerous North Island consignments, and re-offered lots from the recent Fairs, together with a good percentage of local sheep and Banks Peninsula consignments. LAMBS. —The sale opened with lambs, and for the most part they represented consignments of backward and indifferent sorts, but throughput the market there were numerous pent of lambs that had been se.*ed, and the ewos, wherever the English Leicester strain •was predominant, commanded the keenest of competition, and the best of last -week's price* were recorded. Wether lambs very forward and speedy fatteners sold irregularly at from lant week's prices fo a shade easier. AH other consignments, including mixed lots, where they lacked condition and uniformity ef Vfool or evenness cf carcase, sold at about 2« a head below .-cent markets. BREEDING EWES.—Two-tooth > North Island shipments, which were generally of Jiigh standard, at auction brought up to 30s 6d. These sheep r. month ago would have probably commanded 4s to 5s more than today. The enquiry seems to have changed, as those graziers who were looking for exhibition consignments are ajmost non-existent, and the few that were in the market have become very conservative with their competition. The writer saw ewes sold, such as ■Williams's top owes, at 30s 6d. The jnedinm-grown and even wool two-tooth ewes from North Island sold anywhere from about 26sto 295, smnll and inferior two-tooth ewes sold from 23s to 255, four-year-old breeding ewes with reliable mouths were selling from 16s to 19s, and one extraordinary good lot cf two, four, sis. and eight-tooths sold at 265. Any sheep sold below 35s was only regarded as a four-year-old or ss a sound-mouth by the vendors, and the public accepted the joke, j and the prices bid at auction represented the fullest value. Several lines of North Canterbury ewes, halfbreds. four-year-olds were sold round about 26s (one outstanding line making 295), but there were numerous pens cf re-offered halfbreds that sold from lis to '£l, and one had to stretch their imagination to convince themselves that they were four-year-old ewes. As a matter of fact, the bulk of the four-year-old ewes offered to-day Deemed to be seven and eight-year-old. The i writer would consider that fully 2000 to 4000 sheep were brought to go South, and if it had I not been for this competition, {he lower jgrades of ewes, that is from four-year-old and upwards, would have shown a decided eating. "While "it is well recognised that i it it was not for North Island sheep Can- j torbury would not be able to maintain her exports, it must not ho overlooked that numerous of our own sheep men are still banging on to the rag.tpg and hob-tail of their flocks, and a portion of their lambs. Vp to the present the Amberley, Hawarden, Culverden, and Waiau Ewe Fairs Bhow about 16,000 sheep less than 1926, and if it had Dot been for the adverse weather conditions Bnd the vagaries of the fat lamb market, it might have resulted almost in a panic had the normal weather conditions existed, but to-day the buying public is very apathetic, and it looks as though the farmer was going to ait down and allow someone else to Join the rams with the ewes, and take the *isk of feeding and wintering; unless conditions improve. Amongst the principal sales effected by ns Jvas a line of ewe lambs on behalf of Peraki Estate, which sold at 20s per head. POB BEST RESULTS CONSIGN TOUR BTOOK TO H. MATSON and CO., ADDINGTON. ' *

FAT LAMBS. There was a total yarding of 3350 fat lambs, of which H. Mntson and Co.'s quota was 660. The general appearance and totality of the yarding: was better than last ..Week, and prices were a little more uniform All prime freezing lambs were competed for keenly, and there was a gogd demand for iambs free of seconds. heavy butchers' lambs made i?Bs qd to 90s. 7d. Good average quality freezing lambs made from ?5s 4d to 26s 6d. Medium lambs made 22s ■4d to 24s 7d, light §;» 6d to 25b 10d, very light 19s 6d. .'■"■■(" best sales' were:—On behalf 3?eraki; HBtatei Little jtiyer, to 28s Jd,. '■ v^y--'.: ; ' FAT SSBSB. "Mtfph opmprißed mostly ewes. The quality *. few oxpeptipjw. was very irregular, ing to the small entry and the. opera- f q£ the exporters for fight wefjjers 'a,nd I P?4W , » swes,.we''oonßjdßr the market eU sound, showed an improvement of 'about la a iiead; onilast week"* prices; and"as the sale ;, progressedthe, jinarljpt apparently .became taora and competition more Spirited. 'ljut On the Whnl«. In r.r.r nrnninr, *V.« market closed on thq above basis of value. which in our opinion wm well »p to and in 'many case above sohedule: On account of A. CarroU (Sputhbridge), ewes" to ' Ut Id; Isaac Campion (Ladbrooks), ewes, to 15s Id; :G..;:T. Barker,(Woodgroye), owes to 3Js Id; Shears Estate (Dnnsandel), ewea to 16s Id; J. \R. Belcher (Kirwee), wethers to 87fl lOd; " E..'Cha'mbßrlain (Ellesmere), owe? to }6a ■.-fTdT" &"• Chamberlain (Ellesmere), ewes to* Ms 10d; A. Edwards (K*ia,yoi). : wethers to : 81s Tdf H. : Edward's (lUi"apoi),t wethers .to •81?.#l; mm} to: Sis iSi'T. A. Walker (DugsaudeJ), '«w««! tfl aifl IQd; &. Maoph>jl' (Waftm), tp 81sl0d,iiwei' ! tb 18s. Id, . to-day was eomewhere in ihe /vicinity pf. <QO hoadjvpf whkh H.' Mat'son ;J»nd-Co.'B entry was.o4 head. 'llie tptSl was- entailer than" recent •ales, but notwithstanding the smallnesa ol the' entry the market was irregular,' and ItSfLBWSii P*rt lacked spirited compete * o ßy We. Ufl4e«>tan4!&*> a number of-cows purohased fconj the. previous 9alp.si»d respld in the earlier -stages of today's: market, «h6w«4l* W reviewing the, ea> aa a, whole, attlp : alteration was ehown pn /tithe" '"■•' ' " '■■■■-■■— opepea at prices nrmer tnan the previous week, but' peon drifted back to * standard compatible with last Wednesday, and were : t^tWW'f^t:- the looj at the 'following rates s.—Extra, - heavy rijJßa steers, £13,55/tp £L4 x l?»/Bd, pripa ' 'ill. .to £l2 15s, medium #1 10s to £9 10s, - BglV &5s to £6 15s; ejtri heavy, prinie | ibeiiers, £9 to £ll and to £H 3s 6d, prime ;*Us|.to'£6 ss; ejcfcra Heavy, prime, owe, £9 :;iS4 : «i Uttsm, light jES to #4, ••'v!7-> -'s : o&uvm>-- : < ■■■; ■ Thers %»s mM *'»W*|l '?»t^«*,?»J veß ' topreaenting 166 he»4, pf wbwh H. Mawon . •nof'Co.'s quota was 70. The quality generally'was a shade better than tho.prevjpus : jiirdmjf, and -yet competition Jiras not keep. Butpjers: B,rß; v eiill hpidjing supplies, in; ti»e I repent r»tes. TSJlues Best.fUnnerii up 40 jA 6s, •Mp^umy« [ 2B 6d'to J8 lps,jbsstp»ly» .*2 entry of fat pigs was a small onfi. • '■;& ,th«:!Mle:. th? dWWBd w»s letter,than last week, bpt eased towafda the endV' and : pwef went : ba«k to list weejf s ;;! .level,; .-•'; -.•-''.'•■'",'' ■'■-.'■:, '■■-,'■ '. ~■' Tligb.t hMPBitM,- j63 10b to #3 15S{ heavy. *4 M& ssj «tbf feeavy, |p $i |Js s,average, • C»sto T 6id; ligbl perkers, eS> to p>} heavy, 65a to 66s;.average 7d to Bd. :;,.■...*:••;,:■.. /'prssE':P}ep. ■,,- t ---'-;,.:. !%re was, a p}edipn> TsWiflff <& »tore pigs, , janci was nPt » Wg attendance of buy!ns,7-. Prieea ..upre m i.:s, par with. Isstw^' 8 C rateji, but eased towards' the ond of tee 1 ■ale. JTp flows "i pig offered. -"' werf weanere, 18s to 21s 6d; mediiint weanere, 10a to 17s 6d; small , ■4p#; m tf ftoiWWmi ®H t«i?9s 64; ""—— x -"<7s:'-:, : "': JBWJCK TO };M. ap4 PC, vIUHJINaTON. - ' ■ ; ' T V PA?BY-CATTLE,: The entry was.a very email one, and all young opto «nd heifers close to calving, • -'"■• * * any; prptepeibns to being tge irypifn's ppint of comyeopJJect a year;-where the demand b>» re- .. taajjied #0 §rm as it has been throughont >lor good .'rows • and '.heifere. wpuldiibe »elj a4yie(l!d, in place (turjiiins mjUoAs out and holding them 4hroijgtt■■-■■fjie ; wjntpr, U) nuke their cows •nd>;£eift>fl» «j thai" tney opme into profit :Maxch : and -April, and if well done.'thspngh; the winter months, thje would produce. ».■' spuiSfe pt income of np small monjeni io such thonghtful grasdere. • TMues veret-r-Beet second, tWrd, and foufth eelyers, *8 10s itt'fitl IOs; medium, £k loi; tp <8; inferjOT, H to M', best .Kdtt»; yW. t<> other?, £5 10s to FOB -BBSTABESIJWrS CONSIGN TOUB BTOiPK TO 9: MiTSPN and CO,, ?-**ic^'^;v.:sTOßji: v (3AmE. • ■ ;•>•- "'^' *J» »t»«- total 31 cam-1 ■of Mr'.' Keld, Toddington, and «i»;on » pax wift hwt weok's eale. _ ' m QMk*± to'