ADDINGTON MARKET

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23715, 13 August 1942, Page 7

ADDINGTON MARKET

FAT STOCK ENTRIES SMALLER

BEEF AND MUTTON DEARER

Comparatively few entries of fat stock from the south were penned for yesterday’s Addington market, due dcubticss to the belief that, this being Grand National week, no market would be held. As a result there was an advance in fat stock Values, and the market to an extent was inflated. Fat pigs, notably porkers, rose sharply in price. STORE SHEEP The yarding of store sheep totalled 1813, comprising 404 hoggets, 1192 ewes, and 217 wetners. There was a large attendance round the pens, but bidding generally was slack, and prices, particularly foi early lambing ewes, showed a decline. In the hogget section, a line of 296 wellwoolled halfbred ewes made 28s 9d. A pen of wether hoggets made 20s. The adult wether yarding was confined to two pens and they were both passed in a prices below the vendors’ ideas. The ewe offeirg was of fair quality, the top price being 29s 9d for a pen of 89 four-year-old halfbreds In lamb to Southdown rams. Another line of 323 four and five-year-old ewes in lamb to English Leicester rams realised 24s 6d. There were no twotooths offered. Medium ewes declined Is to Is 6d a head, and at the prices obtaining appeared to be reasonable buying A pen of 14 ewes with 14 lambs at foot met keen competition, and were sold at 14s 9d all counted. Best e\*es made from 24s 6d to 29s 9d, medium, to good from 17s to and inferior to 14s. SPRING LAMBS The entry of spring lambs was limited to 17, and each lot was keenly sought after. The top price was 44s 3d, and the best of the remainder ranged from 35s to 38s lOd. FAT SHEEP There was a reduced yarding of fat sheep, numbering approximately 3000, against 5000 at the previous two sales. With tire demand as keen as during the last few weeks, prices for the limited number of wethers offered were on a par with last week’s figures, while ewes advanced by up to 3s a head, and thus recovered last week’s drop. The quality of the wether yarding generally was below recent standards, but some choice lines neverthteless were penned. Most of these were southern, heavily-skinned sheep, and they met with spirited bidding. One line of 108 sold from 40s Id to 47s lOd, and averaged 46s Od. Another line of 51 were sold at from 45s lOd to 48s 4d, and averaged 475. The highest price for ewes was 35s 7d, a line of 96 making from 33s 7d to that figure, averaging 34s 6d. » Values were:— , . .. . . Extra prime heavy wethers, to 48s 4d. Extra prime wethers, 38s to 42s 6d. Prime medium -weight wethers, 3as .o 37s 6d. Light wethers, to 255. Extra good quality ewes, to 3js 7d. Prime ewes, 26s to 30s. Prime medium-weight ewes. 24s to 26s Light and ordinary ewes, 17s to 225. Prime hoggets, to 36s 9d. FAT CATTLE Due possibly to a belief that there was no market yesterday because of National Week, there was an almost complete absence of cattle from southein sources. This factor was a cause of a small entry, the total penned being 430 head, practically all from Canterbury districts. The display from a quality viewpoint was exceptionally good, a number of both steers and heifers penned being practically on a quality level with the show cattle of the preceding week, whilst the more rigid culling of old cows kept secondary and inferior sorts down to a minimum. The market opened strongly at an advance for all sorts of from ZOs to 25s 'a head. There was a disposition for prices to ease slightly in the final stages, but the sale was probably the best of the year. Some of the quality pens made good prices. A truck lot eight steers from C. ,B. Thacker (Okalns Bay) averaged £23 13s 6d, the top pen of two £26 7s 6d. They were mostly Shorthorn cross. A line of nine heifers from the same vendor averaged £ls 10 s 3d. An-outsize exceptionally prime heifer sold at £22 17s 6d, and others of show class at up to £2O. Best beef made to from 43s to 45s 6d per 1001b, good 40s to 42s 6d, medium quality 38s to 39s 6d. and secondary down to 34s per 1001b. Values were as under:— Extra prime quality heavy steers, £2to £26 7s 6d. ’ Prime heavy steers, £l7 15s to £l9 15s. Prime medium-weight steers, £lB to Ordinary, steers, £l3 5s to £l4 10s. Light steers to £l3. . ■ • Show heifers to £22 17s 6d. ■ Extra prime heifers to £l6 12s , 6d, Prime heifers, £ll 15s to £l3 10s. Medium heifers, £8 15s to £lO 15s. Light heifers to £8 10s. Extra prime cows, £l2 10s to £l4 2s 6d. Prime cows, £lO to £l2 ss. Medium cows, £8 to £9 10s. Light cows to £7 15s. STORE CATTLE There was a large entry of store cattle with a very keen demand. Buyers were present from southern districts, and prices were better than for some time One pen of good coloured three and four-year-old steers realised £l2 8s 6d. while a line of Black- Polled steers brought £ll 16s 6d. A pen of 20 months’ heifers made £6. and the demand tot empty cows was much better than in recent weeks. Best three and four-year-old steers brought from £ll to £l2 8s 6d, good £9 5s to £lO 10s, best 20 months to £6. medium to good £4 10s to £5 ss. best cows and heifers up to £6 8s 6d, good £4 10s to £5 10s. old and inferior 30s to £3. VBALERS The entry in the vealer section was similar to that of last week, the number being sufficient to fulfil butchers requirements. Good quality suckers and small calves met with very keen competition. The sale taken on a whole was on a par to a shade better than the values ruling last week. Large runners £3 16s to £9 Is, others £3 18s 6d to £5 11s, good vealers £4 8s 6d to £6 6s, medium £3 6s to £4 ss, large calves £2 16s to £3 10s, medium 38s to 525, small 12s to 365. DAIRY CATTLE There was a yarding of 95 head In the dairy section, the quality being a little better than last week. Although competition was slightly better, prices showed little variation. Towards the end all classes were a little harder to sell. Best second, third, and fourth calvers made from £ll 10s to £l4; good from £9 to £lO 10s, medium and Inferior £7 to £8 10s, low conditioned £3 to £5. The top price for heifers was £l3, good £9 to £ll, medium £6 to £8 10s. A large consignment of Friesian spring calvers averaged £7 17s 6d a head, the top price being £ls 10s for an extra good cow. FAT PIGS The entry of porkers was very small, and values from the outset -were better by 4s to 5s a head. As the sale progressed, values firmed and over the last two races a further advance from 3s to 4s was noticeable. Even at these advanced prices the demand was not satisfied. Choppers were also in small supply and all classes advanced by about £1 a head. Baconers were also limited and prices exceeded those of the excellent sale of last week. Values were;— Light porkers, 48s 6d to 55s 6d. Medium porkers, 57s ’6d to £3 4s 6d. Heavy porkers, £3 9s 6d to £3 19s 6d. Average price per lb, BJd to lOd. Light baconers. £4 2s 6d to £4 7s 6d. Medium baconers, £4 12s 6d to £4 17s Heavy baconers, £4 19s 6d to £5 14s 6d. Average price per lb, 7ijd to 810. Choppers from £3 15s to £7 6s. STORE PIGS The store pig entry was the smallest so far this season, only 26 pens being yarded. However, the attendance of buyers was also small, and all classes were easier excepting for best quality weaners and best large stores. Values W Small and rough weaners, 10s to 13s. Best from 19s to 245. Slips from 18s to 28s. Small stores from 32s to 355. Medium stores from 36s to 38s; large from £2 to £2 ss.

BURNSIDE (P.A.) DUNEDIN, August 12. At the weekly market at Burnside, prices for fat sheep and fat cattle were slightly easier than those of last week. Fat cattle were forward in fairly large numbers, the yarding being exceptionally good. Fat sheep were in over-supply, and showed a distinct easing in price of from 2s to 3s a head, particularly in ewes. The over-supply of porkers also brought an easing of prices by about 5s a head, and baconers showed a decline of from 4s to 5s a head. There was a yarding of 372 fat cattle, and prices could be quoted at an average of about 10s lower than last week's rates. Extra prime heavy bullocks made up to £23 7s 6d, prime £l7 12s 6d to £l9 17s 6d, medium £ls 7s 6d to £l6 2s 6d, and light £lO 2s 6d to £l2 2s 6d. Medium prime heifers brought up to £ls- 17s 6d, prime £lO 12s 6d to £l2 2s 6d. medium £9 2s 6d to £lO 7s 6d, and light £7 2s 6d to £8 2s 6d. Extra prime cows made up to £l3 7s 6d, prime £8 17s 6d to £lO 2s 6d. and medium £6 7s 6d to £7 17s 6d. About 2250 fat sheep, were penned. Good quality animals, ewes In particular, were easier

In price by 2s to 2s 6d a head, but wethers did not show the same depreciation. Prime heavy wethers brought up to 44s 9d, prime 37s 6d to 40s 6d, medium 33s 6d to 365, and light 28s 6d to 30s 6d. Prime heavy ewes sold at up to 325, prime 2fts to 28s, and medium 22s to 23s 9d. In the pig section entries of both porkers and baconers were larger than those of last week. Prices were easier by 4s to 5s a head, and in some cases porkers showed an even further decline. Best baconers made from £5 15s to £6 7s, medium £4 10s to £5 9s, and light £4 2s to £4 7s. Best porkers brought from £3 15s to £4 Is, medium £3 7s to £3 11s, and light £2 14s to £3 7s. There was a small entry of store cattle, one pen of three-year-old bullocks bringing £lO 7s. Vealers were In short supply, and there was a keen market. Good runners made up to £8 4s, while good suckers brought £4 7s to £5 17s,