ADDINGTON MARKET

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21802, 6 June 1936, Page 12

ADDINGTON MARKET

REVIEW OF WEDNESDAY’S SALE

There was little about Wednesday’s stock sale calling for comment. The store sheep section was weak, both in quality and in the demand—the one probably the result of the other. Lamb raiders did not appear arikious to compete much for the class of ewe forward. The frosts lately have taken ( the green off the pasture, and with ’the worst of the winter still to come buyers doubtless prefer to wait until the ewes are showing more in lamb. There were very few forward lambs offered, and the few pens of ewe lambs -did not contain much of more than very ordinary merit. Forward wethers were in demand, but average sorts -eased in sympathy with other .classes of stores. The following is a comparison of values with those ruling at the corresponding Stile last year:— June 5, June 6, 1935. 1936. s. s. s. s. Ewes— Ord. s. and f.rft. 11l to 121 15 to 17 . Good s.m. .. 171 to 20 to 221 Ord. s.m. .. Good 5-yr to 19 Wethers— Med. Ibd .. 162 to 18i 181 to 21 Good Jbd .. to 23 Lambs— Med. to good ibd ewe to 25i Ex. good ewe .. to 24 Ord. ewe .. 16J to 19J 21 to 231 Small and inf. ewe 10 to 13J 15J to 19 Best wether .. ,to 171 Ord. wether .. Fat Lambs For some reason there was quite a strong revival in the demand for fat lambs compared with the market last week. All the export firms competed, so that pdssibly there has been a slackening in the supplies going direct from the farms, or, alternatively, that the “rationed” firm is still within its ration- Farmers stcte that there are very few export lambs now to be seen about, and it is probable that the season will be shorter for them than usual. Wednesday’s sale was a very free one, and the schedule for export was frequently exceeded. Ex. prime heavy to 27 to 331 Prime heavy .. 22 to 24 25i to 271 Prime med. wght. 191 to 211 24 to 251 Ordinary .. 171 to 19 201 to 231 Light .. 141 to 171* 171 to 20 Fat Sheep Following on last week’s sound market for fat sheep, there was another good sale on Wednesday, there being a tendency to firmer values for light ewes and wethers. Quality was again good. There were some outstanding lines penned up from nearby parts of the province,. and there was spirited demand from butchers for them. Exporters were prominently ip the market. But for that the yarding would have been an excess one. The season for fat sheep has been a particularly good one in comparison with that of last year, as is illustrated by the appended table: — Wethers— Ex. prime heavy to 28 to 341 Prime heavy .. 22 to 24 27 to 29 Prime med. wght. 20 to 211 24 to 261 Ordinary .. 18 to 191 22 to 231 Light .. to 171 to 212 Ewes— Ex. prime heavy to 271 261 •Prime heavy 181 to 22 22 to 24 Prime med. wght. 16 to 18 181 to 212 Ordinary .. 13 to 15 152 to 18 Light .. 10 to 121 . to 151 Fat Cattle Notwithstanding the fact that the fat cattle entry numbereu 450 head, it was nearly all wanted by butchers, with possibly some odd pens by graziers. previous values held well until the concluding stages, when some pens did not meet the ideas of vendors and were passed. There is a general belief that values will hold well in the next few months. The heavy pennings at the moment are not necessarily indicative of heavy supplies on the stations and farms. The cold weather is causing cattle to be sent forward in larger numbers than would otherwise be the case. There will be another five months before the first of the spripg fattened cattle will be available, so that there may be some justification for the belief that values will hold well. The season has been a very satisfactory ie to date. The following table shows that values are practically the same as at the corresponding sale last year;— £ £ £ £ St66r&***~ Ex. prime heavy to 11 i to 14 Prime heavy .. 8i to 11 9 to 11 Prime med. wght. 72 to 9 72 to 9 Ordinary, .. 4i to 7 41 to 7 Light .. to 4 to 41 Heifers — Ex. prime heavy to 8j to 9 Prime .. 51 to 7 5 to 7 Medium ~ 3J to 5 3J to 42 Light to 31 to 31 Ex. prime .. to 81 to 10J Prime .. 42 to 6i 41 to 7 Medium .. 31 to 41 31 to 41 Light and aged .. to 3 to 3

BURNSIDE MARKET

The entry of fat cattle at Wednesday’s Burnside sale numbered 304. Prime heavy bullocks were in demand and sold at slightly improved values; graziers operated for unfinished steers and their competition had the effect of keeping the market firm at late rates for all medium cattle. Quotations were: —Extra prime heavy bullocks to £l3 17s 6d; prime heavy from £9 10s to £ll 7s 6d; medium quality from £7 10s to £8 17s 6d; light down to £5 17s 6d; extra prime cows and heifers to £7 17s 6d; prime from £5 10s to £6 7s 6d; medium quality from £4 2s 6d to £5 2s 6d; light down to £2 10s. The fat sheep sale opened with heavy wethers practically realising late parity, while prime heavy ewes were easier to the extent of from Is fcd to 2s. In the final race values for heavy ewes had a distinct firming tendency, the opening drop at this stage being fully recovered. Medium quality ewes were slow of sale throughout, these selling at from Is to Is 6d a head cheaper, while freezing descriptions made late rates. Quotations were:— Extra prime heavy wethers to 33s 6d; prime heavy from 26s to 29s 6d; medium quality from 23s to 255; light down to 20s. Extra prime heavy young ewes to 26s 3d; prime heavy from 21s to 23s 6d; medium quality from 17s to 19s 6d; light down to 14s.