ADDINGTON MARKET

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23751, 24 September 1942, Page 3

ADDINGTON MARKET

BEEF AND MUTTON CHEAPER HEAVY STORE CATTLE ENTRY Addington yesterday maw substantially in some of the tries |fJ; tlons - because of larger en- :™ e ?' a Fat e , we „ s were down by 3s 6d t 4s a bead from the high rates of if.A week, but fat wethers showed hj *®, c b'* n BS' Fat cattle were easier by about 20s a head, and a larger s P«ng lambs’ by 3s a held Store sheep were inclined to be a /? sier ’ store cattle sold well, an - fat . P>gs maintained the high rates of last week. . B STORE SHEEP 4. i „ entry in the store sheen section ewes e with 7oj iKi nC i lUdi K g 674 hoggets and 279 ewes with 361 lambs at foot. Probably °wjng to the wet morning there was a sma.l attendance of buyers. Four pens only of ewe hoggets were forward, and competition for these was not as keen as at last sale. The highest price was 30s 3d for a line of 130 Bomney-cross from tne south, and the remainder ranged from 21s to 26s 9d. There was fair competitlo?. i f, or wether hoggets, but prices were a little easier than last week, ranging from 17s 8d to 20s 6d. Of the ewes and ißmbs, two pens of exceptionally good quality sold at 20s and 16s id respectively, all counted. Prices for the balance were much on a par with those of last week. A pen of 61 ewes with 170 per cent, ot lambs arrived late from the south, and were passed in at 13s 9d, all counted. A pen of 45 two-tooth wethers realised 30s. There were no ewes in lamb offered.

SPRING LAMBS The entry of spring lambs totalled close on 200 against 55 last week. There were some good quality pens, but the yarding included a number of light and unfinished sorts. The big entry brought about a general decline of three shillings a head on last week's high values, the best quality selling at the rate of Is Id, a lb against Is 3d last week. The highest price was 39s lOd, and other good pens ranged from 30s to 365, while medium lambs fetched from 26s to 295. Light lots sold as low as 18s lOd. FAT SHEEP Another large yarding of fat sheep met with a ready sale, and there were very few passings in a total of approximately 4200 against 3200 last week. Prices generally showed a decline compared with the record figures reached last week, but these were still on a high level. The wether market was again animated, and there was keen competition amongst the trade for any lines showing quality. Ewes, however, although still realising sound figures, showed a pronounced drop in values, in some cases 3s 6d to 4s a head, especially for medium lines. The first of the season’s shorn sheep were forward, and these were keenly sought after, two lines of wethers each making 39s 7d, while there were several sales between 35s and 38s. Three small pens of strong-woolled wethers made from 51s Id to 55s Id, the top price of the sale, and a truck load of 58 realised from 42s lOd to 47s 4d. The best price for ewes was 45s 4d for a small pen of close woolled sheep, but the average range was from 33s to 395. for the best quality sheep. Values were Extra prime, heavy wethers, 50s to oas ld prime wethers, 43s to 475. Prime medium-weight wethers, 37s to 41s 6d. Light wethers to 375. Extra good quality ewes to 45s 6d. Prime ewes, 31s tp 35s 6d. Prime medium-weight ewes, 27s to zhs 6d Light and ordinary ewes to 265.

FAT CATTLE The entry In the lat cattle section was much larger than that of. a week-ago. comprising 520 head as against 385 last week. The small entry at last week's sale sent values up sharply, to the extent of about 25s a head, hut Ms advance was nearly all lost at yesterday’s market the average easing being about 20s a “ e au. Nevertheless the sale was a sound one throughout, and showed little variation until near the finish when values firmed The, best of the beef made from 48s to 50s per 1001b, in cases of pens tnat specially appealed to 52s 6d, and- most of the good medium-weight ■ quality: to 47s 6d. The quality of the entry was about the best of the season, exceptionally well finished lines coming from the Peninsula. North Canterbury, the West Coast, and the southern provinces. Outstanding pens of Shorthorn heifers were included in these drafts, and some pens of these made from £lB to £2l 12s 6d. On weight they were by no means the dearest cattle in the market. Best beef made from 48s to 50s. some pens to 52s 6d per 1001b, good 45s to 47s 6d, medium 41s to 445, ordinary down to 37s per 1001b, Values were as under;— ■ Extra prime heavy steers,-.t0«£25 173 Bd.Prime heavy steers, f 19 10s to £22 10s. Prime medium-weight steers, £l7 to £l9. Ordinary steers, £l4 10a, to £l6 ss. Light steers, to £l3 15s. Extra prime heifers, £lB to £2l 12s 6d. Prime heifers, £l3 to £ls. Medium heifers, £lO 5s to £l2 ss. Ordinary heifers, to £9 15s. Extra prime cows, to £l6 17s 6d. Prime cows, £ll 10s to £l3 10s. Medium cows, £9 10s to £ll. Ordinary cows, to £9. VEALEES The entry was a shade larger than that ol last week, comprising for the most

part ordinary and bucket fed calves. The sale was much on a par, except for large runners, which appreciated in value. The entry generally was of very average quality. Values were:— Large runners, £6 8s 6d to £lO 16s; others £4 3s 6d to £6 6s. Good vealcrs, £4 6s to £6 Is. medium £3 8s 6d to £4 3s 6d. Large calves, 52s to £3 10s; medium 35s to 50s, small 8s to 325. STORE CATTLE The entry of store cattle was the largest of the season, due to the penning of a shipment of just on 100 head from the Chathams, and also Marlborough and North Canterbury lines. The shipped cattle were a widely assorted mob, comprising mixed beef breeds, with quite a showing of dairy strains. Only in one or two respects was there a similarity—in the general lack of condition and the age, which was considerable. However, they were tremendously big framed animals and provided plenty of room for putting on weight if given the feed. They had a rough introduction to civilised life, having to be swum to the boat for loading and when they arrived at the yards some of them were decidedly ruffled. By the time they were offered, however, they had quietened down to a state of average placidity and sold under keen competition, though at an easier price than recent better shipments from the same source. These cattle are estimated to cost just oh £7 a head to offer at Addington, but in their home haunts their main value is to keep pastures in order for the sheep.

The top pen of the shipped bullocks, beef strains, with moderat# condition, sold at £l2 Is for a pen of eight. Seventy odd of the others sold at from £lO 8s 6d down to £7 8s 6d, according to breed and condition, the average being from £9 to £9 10s, and other pens at from £9 3s 6d to £lO 8s 6d for the beef sorts. A line of 55 steers and 23 cows from a Kaikoura coastal station, Shorthorns and Hereford cross for the most part, and in fair store condition, sold under keen competition. A pen of 10 made £l3 ss, another of 20 sold at £ll 6s, one of 13 at £lO Is, and 12 at £8 18s 6d. A pen of 12 cows realised £6 Is, and 12 others £6 3s 6d. Fresh conditioned cows for grazing sold at up to £7 3s 6d. A line of two-year steers sold keenly, t: pen of 13 making £9 13s 6d, whilst 13 heifers made £7 and 12 cows £4 18s 6d. DAIRY CATTLE The entry in the dairy section differed in size from that of last week to a small extent, 90 being entered. Quality, as usual, was very indifferent. The sale opened very sluggishly, and did not improve to any extent as it progressed. Values generally were slightly easier than those of last week. Jest second, third, and fourth calvers made from £ll to £l4, good £8 to £lO 10s, average sorts £5 10s to £7 15s, aged and inferior £2 10s to £5 ss. Best heifers sold at from £lO to £l3, good average sorts £7 to £9 10s, small and backward £4 to £6 ss. FAT PIGS The entry of porkers was considerably larger than that of last week, but the demand again was very keen, outside competition keeping values fully on a par with the good rates of a week ago. The chopper yarding was the largest for some time, but values showed little change. In the bacon section, the yarding was about double that of last week, and here again, through outside demand, values were higher all round by 3s to 4s a head. Values were:— Light porkers, 59s 6d to £3 9s 6d. Medium porkers, £3 14s 6d to £4 5s 6d. Heavy porkers, £4 9s 6d to £4 19s 6d. Average price per lb, lOd to lljd. Light baconers, £4 19s 6d to £5 9s 6d. Medium baconers, £5 10s 6d to £5 16s 6d. Heavy baconers, from £5 17s 6d to £6 9s 6d. Average price per lb, BJd to 9Jd. Choppers, from £3 10s to £6 18s 6d, STORE PIGS There was also a much larger entry in the store pig section, and also a very good attendance of buyers. Competition was exceptionally keen throughout, and values were 2s to . 3s a head in advance of the

good rates of a week ago. Values were:— Small weaners, from 22s to 275. . Best weaners, from 29s to 325. Slips, from 34s to 375. Small stores, "2 to £2 4s; medium, from £2 5s to £2 9s; large, £2 10s to £2 15s.

BURNSIDE (P.A.) DUNEDIN, September 23. A reduced entry was the principal cause of the marked rise in fat sheep values at to-day’s Burnside market. Beef met with a keen demand, and all classes had a ready sale at rates equal to last week’s. Prime light beef showed an improvement. Baconers were in short supply,' and sold readily at late rates. Porkers were rather in over-supply and were easier by 3s to 4s a head. In the fat cattle section about 310 head were forward. Quotations: Extra prime heavyweight bullocks, to £26 7s 6d; prime heavy-weight bullocks, £23 2s 6d to £24 17s 6d; prime, £l9 12s 6d to £2l 7s 6d; extra prime heifers, to £lB 7s 6d; prime, £ll 17s 6d to £l3 2s 6d; medium, £9 17s 6d to £lO 17s 6d; light, £8 7s 6d to £9 12s 6d; extra prime cows, to £l6 7s 6d; prime. £9 2s 8d to £lO 17s 6d; medium, £7 12s 6d to £8 17s 6d; light, £5 12s 6d to £6 17s 6d. The yarding of fat sheep was about 1500. Extra prime heavy wethers made up to 50s 6d, prime heavy 46s 9d to 48s 9d, prime 42s to 445, medium 37s 6d to 40s, light 33s 6d to 355, prime heavy young ewes 47s 9d, prime 38s 6d to 41s 6d. medium 33s to 36s 6d. light 27s 6d to 30s. The entry of fat pigs was larger than that of a week ago, and r rices for porkers were generally easier. Baconers were scarce and sold readily at last week’s high rates. Best baconers made from £5 16s to £6 4s, medium £4 10s to £5 7s, light £4 4s to £5 6s, best porkers £3 18s to £4 7s, medium £3 8s to £3 13s, and light £3 to £3 ss, and best weaners made from 28s 6d to 32s 6d, and medium 2Gs to 27s 6d. There was a small entry of ’ store cattle, with good competition for all descriptions. Two and a half to three-year-old steers made to £lO 7s, while cows realised from £4 5s to £5 6s.