ADDINGTON MARKET

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23661, 11 June 1942, Page 7

ADDINGTON MARKET

VALUES MAINTAINED BREEDING EWES DEARER Notwithstanding that entries generally were larger than usual at the weekly market at Addington yesterday, practically all sections maintained recent values and others improved. Breeding ewes, wether lambs, store wethers, fat wethers, the primest fat cattle, dairy cows, and pigs were all dearer, breeding ewes and fat wethers notably so, Entries were of normal size in most sections, fat cattle being the exception, but the best of the cattle improved In price. STORE SHEEP Store sheep numbered 2476 head, comprised of 1177 lambs. 1112 ewes and 187 wethers, compared with a total of 1862 last week. There was an interested attendance of buyers, especially from outside districts, and competition was very keen for all classes. A rise cf- up to 2s a head was apparent for ewes in lamb and forward wethers, and from Is to Is 6d for other classes. Bidding for lambs was very keen, one buyer taking eight lots. \ The best price in the section was 25s 8d for a line of 59 ewe lambs from the Little River district, The next best price was 23s for a line of 63, and other lines brought up to 17s Bd. The best price for wether lambs was 21s for a pen of 80, while quite a number of other pens sold at from 18s to 21s. Medium to good lambs brought from 15s 9d *to 17s 2d, while the lowest class of the yarding realised from 13s 3d to 15s. Of the penning of IH2 ewes, 679 were hill merino sheep not in lamb. These brought up to Bs 3d. and as they had firstclass mouths, and vnpre in good condition for merlncs looked good buying. One good line of two-tooth open-woolled ewes brought 32p 3d. and the best of the .tialfbred four and five-year-old ewes fetched from 2Gs Tel to 23s 6d. Medium to good sorts realised from 16s 3d to 18s 9d, and inferior to 9s 3d. There were no Intermediate lines between the tops and the culls offered. The best price in the wether section was 24s Od for a pen of four-tooths. Another truck lot of six and eight-tooths made 21s. The latter sheep were from high southern Marlborough country, but were In good condition. FAT LAMBS With the end of the lamb season at hand pennlngs yesterday were small and quality generally poor, although there was the usual small proportion of particularly prime pens. The penning approximated 1500 head, a few more than a week ago, The entry, however, Included many light lambs that would have been more suitably accommodated In the store pens. Some. of these lines sold at less than 20s, A line of outstanding lambs from Jas. Morton (EUesipere) made 36s lOd for the top pen and 35s 6d for the next, and another line from J. P. Coates (West Coast) up to 30s 3d for the best. Exporters operated generally at from 22s 6d to 265, butchers taking most of the heavier weights. FAT SHEEP The entry in the fat sheep section was slightly smaller than that of last week, comprising approximately 4700 head as against 8000. A substantial proportion was of very average quality, and as the sale commenced with this class, there was only moderate competition and prices showed little change, Later in the day, however, when several races of good sheep were offered, the market became more animated and prime wethers advanced in value by Is 8d to 2s a head. Ewes did not Improve in value on the good rates of a week ago, but there was a spirited sale for them. Very few ewes were bought by exporters, the market being above export values, No shipped sheep were yarded, but there were some good lines from the south. A pen of seven Corrledale wethers from W. Anderson (Walau) sold at 39s lOd. and iq ewes from the same vendor 32s lod, An exceptionally good line of 180 Romney two-tooth wethers from A. E. Williams (Port Levy) sold at an average of approximately 365. Values ranged as follows; Extra prime heavy wethers, to 39s lOd. Prime heavy wethers, 32s 6d to 365. Prime medium-weight wethers, 30s to ?2s. Ordinary wethers, 26s to 28s 6d. Light wethers, to 25s 6d. Extra prime ewes, to 32s lOd. Prime ewes, 25s to 28s 6d. Medium young ewes, 22s to 24s 6d. Ordinary ewes, 19s to 21 s 6d. Light ewes, to 18s 6d. FAT CATTLE There was again an overflow entry of fat cattle, the number comprising 707 head. This, following on a heavy entry last week of 650, rather saturated the market. A few truck lots of prime heavy cattle were forward from the Coast, and there was a showing, not numerically strong, of prime lines from North Canterbury and near-by fattening districts. Altogether, however, these prime lines formed a comparatively small'proportion of the total entry. The market improved for good cattle, the drop Of last week of 10s to 15s a head being practically recovered, but medium sorts showed only a minor change and the deluge of inferior no more than maintained prices. For good cows and heifers, however, there was a sound sale. There were some passings amongst the ordinary classes of cows. An outstanding line of 14 steers from R. and J. Little COmihi) averaged £l7 Bs a head, the best average of the day. Best prime beef made from 40s to 43s per 1001b, prime mediumweights a shade more, good 37s 6d to 39s 6d, ordinary 34s to, 36a 6d, secondary and light to 33s 6d. and poor grade cows to 27s per 1001b. In the last stages -of the sale there was a firming in values for best quality. Values were as under:— Extra prime heavy steers, to £l9 17s 6d. Prime heavy steers, £ls to £l7. Prime medium-weight steers. £l3 10s to £l6. • Ordinary steers,. £ll 5s to £l2 15s. Light and unfinished steers, to £ll. Extra prime heifers, to £l4 7s Bd. Prime heifers, £9 5s to £ll. Medium heifers. £6 10s to £8 10s. Light heifers, to £6 ss. Extra prime cows,, to £l3 12s 6d. Prime cows, £7 8s to £9 ss, Medium cows, £5 5s to £6 15s. Light and aged cows, to £5. VEALERB There was a full yarding of vealers, the entry Including a number of good quality station calves. Unfinished calves formed a small portion of the entry, large runners were not so numerous, and small calves were forward only in amall numbers. The sale was firm on last week’s rates. , Graziers operated for wellbred station calves. Values were:— Large runners, £4 16s to £7 IBs 6d. Others, £3 11s to £4 13s 6d. Extra good vealers, £4 18s 6d to £6 3s 6d. Good vealers, £3 13s 6d to £4 16s. Medium vealers, £2 13s 6d to -£3 11s. Large calves, 48s to 965; medium. 34s to 455; small, 6s to 28s. STORE CATTLE Several lines of stralght-coloured and well-bred cattle were penned In the store section and there was a free demand. A full pen of mixed colours of three to three and a half-year steers, in medium condition, sold at £9 11s. Another pen of average-conditioned Black Poll steers, similarly aged, made £8 16s. Suckers made to £4 Us. and the best of the empty cows to £5 16s; ordinary to medium sorts £3 15s to £4 10s. A line of rather attractive Hereford heifers was passed in at £5 16s. DAIRY CATTLE The entry in the dairy section was a large one, comprising about 103 head. The quality of the entry was very mixed, but cows and heifers showing good milking qualities met with a very keen sale, the market for the best sorts being the dearest for a long time past. Spring calving cows formed a fair proportion of the entry, and the market for these was not particularly keen. The top price of the day was £l9 for cows and £l9 10s for heifers. Values were:—Best second, third, and fourth calvers from £l3 to £l7; good, £ll to £l2 10s; average sorts. £8 to £lO 10s; aged and Inferior, Including spring calvers, £3 10s to £7 10s: good heifers, £l4 to £18; medium, £ll 13s: smaller and backward, £6 10s to £9 10s. FAT PIGS The yarding of porkers was larger than that of a week ago. and the sale, although a good one, was hardly up to last week’s values. Over the later part of the sale, for plain and unfinished sorts, the demand slackened considerably. Best quality sorts, however, met with keen competition throughout. The chopper yarding was the smallest for some time, and values all round were up by about £1 a head. The bacon entry was also a small one, and competition was brisk from the outset, and last week’s good prices were fully maintained. Values were:— Light porkers, 37s 6d to 44s 6d. Medium porkers, 48s 6d to 54s 6d. Heavy porkers, 57s 6d to £3 4s 6d. Average price per lb, 6Jd to 7Jd. Light baconers, £3 9s 6d to £3 16s 6d. Medium baconers, £3 19s 6d to £4 9s 6d. Heavy baconers, £4 11s 6d to £4 IDs 6d. Average price per lb, 7d to Bd. Choppers from £3 Is to £3 8s Bd. STORE PIGS There was a medium -entry of store pigs, comprising- mostly small and large stores. The market was a keen one, especially for larger lots. Last week’s rates were exceeded by from 3s to 6s a head. Good weaners sold well from 13s to 18s. Values were:— , , Small weaners, 5s to 10s; best, 12s to 18s. Slips, 12s to £l. Small stores, 22s to 245. Medium and large stores, 28s to 38s.

STUD SHEEP SALE

Interest In the sale yesterday was lent by the entry of Mr A. C. Campion's entire stud flock of Southdown and English Leicester* from his Highbank stud, Methven. There was a good attendance following the sale, but buyers were not plentiful. The Southdown ram hoggets, although an even lot, were small, and prices hovered round one guinea to a guinea and a hqlf. An occasional pen reached 2gns, and the highest price was 2lgns for a pen of six. The ewe section was comprised of one, two. and threeshear sheep, in lamb, and generally they were an attractive lot, but here again bidding was restricted, prices ranging from Ugns to I fgns, one pen of threeshear selling at l|gn. The English Leicester offering was comprised solely of ewes, and they elicited better competition than the Southdowns. Hoggets fetched from ligns to 2gns, oneshear from 1J to IJgns, two-shear to Ugns, three-shear Ugns to IJgns, and four-shear U to Ugns. BURNSIDE (P.A.) DUNEDIN. June 10. An exceptionally heavy entry of fat cattle at Burnside resulted in an easing in all classes, particularly In medium and ordinary grades. Fat sheep were easier, while lambs, which were of poor quality, sold at full schedule rates. Baconers and porkers, of which there was a good yarding, sold keenly throughout at full market rates. In.the fat cattle section there was an exceptionally heavy yarding, the number penned being about 500. The sals opened for prime ox at 10s to 15s a head below the last sale’s rates. Cows and heifers did not suffer to the same extent, but were probably 10s to Xss a head lower. Towards the end of the sale prices were decidedly easier. Quotations:—Extra prime heavy bullocks to £l9 7s 6d, prime £l6 7s 6d to £l7 12s 6d, medium £l2 17s 6d to £l4 7s 6d, light £9 2s 6d to £lO 7s, 6d. extra prime heufers to £lB 7s 6d, prime £lO 7s 6d to £l2 2s 6d. medium £8 7s 6d to £9 7s 6d, light £8 10s to £7 6s 6d. extra prime cows to £ll 7s fid, prime £7 12s fid to £8 12s fid, medium £6 2s 6d to £7 2s 6d. light from £4. The fat sheep entry numbered 2520 i Although the yarding was a large one and good prices were secured, they could not compare with the last sale’s extreme values and were easier by 3s to 4a a head for all classes. Quotations: Prime heavy-weight wethers, to 40s, prime 33s 6d to 355, medium 27s 6d to 30s. light 23s fid to 25s 6d, extra prime ewes to 31s 9d, prime 24s to 2Ss fld, medium 18s to 225, light 14s to 15s. The fat lamb yarding was similar to that of a fortnight ago. abofit 1700 being forward. Quality generally points to the end of the season and next week's sale will be the conclusion of the fat lamb sale. Quotations: Extra prime lambs to 29s 6d, prime 26s 9d to 28s 3d,’ medium 24s 6d to 25s Bd, light 21s to 225. There was again a fairly large yarding of pigs, 200 being penned. Quotations; Beat baconers to £6 Bs. medium £3 Bs to £3 18s. best porkers to £3 16s, medium £2 13s to £3 4s. light £* Is to' £2 3s 6d. There was a good entry of store pigs, and best weavers realised from 15s 6cf to 20s, medium lls to 13s 6d, and small from 7s 6d. Slips made 24s to 26s and stores ranged from 30s to 355. in the Store cattle section three-year-old steers made up to £B 6s, two and two and a half-year-old £7 2s W to £7 Ws, and yearlings £4 2s 6d to £4 17s 6d, For fresh cows there was inquiry from graziers, prices ranging from £3 10s to £4 7s 6d, The entry of dairy cow* was small. Best second and third calvers close to profit realised up to £lO 10s, while medium sorts made from £8 10* to £8 19s.