ADDINGTON MARKET

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21808, 13 June 1936, Page 10

ADDINGTON MARKET

STRAGGLER

WEDNESDAY’S REVIEW Wednesday’s sale was a very satisfactory one for vendors. There is occasionally a spurt near the end of the freezing season for lambs and sheep, and there was a decided one on Wednesday for lambs. Some lambs brought quite Is 6d a head more than the schedule price for export, and it was not the butchers that extended their prices. Perhaps the primest bunch of lambs seen in the market this season were the top priced pens from Mr W. Hampton (Rotherham). Experts assessed their weights at 701 b, and the average wether looked small in comparison. The penning generally was better in quality than usual. The following is a range of prices compared with those ruling at the corresponding sale last year;—

Fat Sheep In the last fortnight approximately 10,000 head of fat sheep have been penned, a number at this stage of the year likely to "bend" the market. However, the export trade took up a big proportion of the ewes suited to the freezing trade, and butchers wanted all the remainder. They had to pay slightly less for heavy-weight wethers, but the demand was sustained right to the end of the sale, notwithstanding that the circle of buyers had diminished considerably. The representation of fat sheep from the nearer fattening districts was the best for some time, and indicates the plenteousness of fattening feed. Wethers—

Store Sheep The market for ewes and wethers, which had been slipping slightly this last fortnight, recovered quite definitely. There were very few attractive ewes in the entry, but all sorts sold freely at an advance of fully Is a head. Forward wethers were also in demand, and it was apparent that there is a good outlet for these. As was doubtless seen by the prices, the best of those forward were bringing within a few shillings of good fat prices, so that if the price of fats does not increase within the next month or so there would not appear to be much margin for fattening. However, if the reports of the scarcity of wethers in the province and further south are substantially correct it would seem that an advance in prices is inevitable. No comparison of prices with last year is possible on account of only a few pens being forward 12 months ago. Fat Cattle There were some excellent lines of fat cattle forward on Wednesday. One of 18 Herefords from the fattening country of Halswell was particularly outstanding. Some comment was made recently on this page on the productive capacity of Halswell county, and the line of cattle referred to certainly pointed to the richness of the pastures there, as the line, bought in the yards as stores some months ago, had nothing but pasture to fatten on. The “tail” of the entry was comparatively small, and the proportion of medium to good beef was quite pronounced.

BURNSIDE MARKET Quotations at Wednesday’s Burnside market for fat cattle were: —Extra prime heavy bullocks, to £l4 2s 6d; prime heavy, £lO 2s 6d to £l2 7s 6d; medium. £8 12s 6d to £9 17s 6d; light and unfinished. £6 17s 6d to £7 17s 6d; extra prime heavy heifers, to £9 2s 6d; prime heavy, £r> 2s 6d to £7 17s 6d: medium. £4 7s cd to £5 17s 6d; light and inferior. £2 7s 6d to £4 2s 6d. In the fat sheep section extra prime heavy wethers made to 34s 6d; prime heavies, 28s to 325; medium, 24s 6d to 275; light, 21s to 23s 9d. Extra prime heavy ew:es made to 28s; primes. 20s 6d to 255; medium, 16s 6d to 20s; light and unfinished, 12s 3d to 15s 6d.

June 12. June 10. 1935. 1936. s. s. s. s. Show — to 38J Ex prime heavy .. to 261 to 33J Prime heavy 22J to 2f 26J to 28i Prime med.-weight 20J to 22 25 to 26} Ordinary 174 to 20 21 to 24| Light 14* to 17 to 20i

Ex. prime heavy to 31J to 35 Prime heavy 24 to 26 262 to 282 Prime med-wght. 22 to 232 23i to 26 Ordinary 182 to 21J 212 to 232 Light to 18 to 212 Ewes— Ex. prime heavy to 27 to 27 Prime heavy 19 to 212 22 to 24 Prime med.-wght. 16 to 182 19 to 212 Ordinary 12J to 152 162 to 182 Light to 12 to 16

Steers— £ £ £ £ Ex. prime heavy to 12| to 134 Prime heavy .. 8 to 10* 9.1 to 114 Prime med.-wght. 7 to 8* 8 to 94 Ordinary 4i to 64 44 to 74 Light to 44 to 4 Heifers— Ex. prime to 9 to 94 Prime 54 to 7 54 to 74 Ordinary 34 to 5 34 to 5 Light to 3 to 34 Cows— Ex. prime to 9 to 94 Prime 44 to 6 44 to 7 Ordinary 34 to 4* 34 to 44 Light and aged .. to 34 to 3