ADDINGTON MARKET

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23817, 10 December 1942, Page 7

ADDINGTON MARKET

GOOD FAT LAMB SALE

IMPROVED BEEF VALUES Entries yesterday at the weekly stock market generally were smaller than at last week’s sale, and In the main sections of stock the tendency was for dearer stock. Fat lambs wore dearer by 2s a head, insufficient being forward for the local trade; fat sheep were }s 6d a head better, and fat cattle 20s a head. Store sheep sold soundly for the small offering, but in the fat pig section both porkers and baconers have come back to reasonable values after the loftv position they have occupied in the market throughout the winter and spring. SHORE SHEEP

There was a small yarding of store sheep, numbering 1268, comprising 586 wether hoggets, 657 wethers, and 35 ewes and lambs. The attendance of buyers was correspondingly small, but nevertheless all classes of sheep sold satisfactorily as compared with recent values. A line of 700 halfbred six-tooth wethers from Conway Hills station met with keen competition, a draft of 450 making 22s 7d and the balance IDs 9d. A truck of Romney cross wether hoggets reached the good figure of 27s 3d. and others of the same class made from 21s to 255. There wore no ewe hoggets forward. FAT LAMBS

Th.e yarding of fat lambs totalled about 700, and the sale was a good one. Freezing buyers were in evidence for the first time this season, but with the numbers offering only being sufficient to satisfy the trade, prices were above the freezing schedule, and only about 5 per cenj. of the yarding went to the works. A keen demand for all grades was maintained throughout. Prices showed a marked advance all round, there being a noticeable Improvement in the moderate and lightweight section, which at recent sales found a dragging market, and passings were common. On this occasion all pens were disposed of under the hammer, and on the average the price was considered to be about 2? a head over the schedule price of 81d per lb. There were no outstanding lambs on offer, and the highest price was 345, with the majority of pens ranging about tbe 30s mark.

FAT SHEEP The entry of fat sheep was 3300, against about 4000 last week, and with the restricted supply there was an all round advance in prices. Quality was well represented in both the wether and ewe section, the bulk of the former being young sheep. Once again ewes predominated in numbers, and many buyers had to look to them to fill their requirements. In consequence (here was a rise of up to Is 6d a head on all classes of ewes. The best grade wethers showed 8 similar advance, while prices for medium and light-weight sheep were on a par with those of a week ago One lino of 60 ex-shipped four-tooth wethers made from 32a 4d to 38s 7d, and 33 two-tooth wethers sold from 33s 7d to 37s 4d. One line of 63 ewes made from 27s 7d to 33s lOd, and another of 63 sold from 26s Id to 31s 10d. These figures are a good indication of the range of values for the best lines of sheep from both sections. Values were:— Extra prime wethers, to 30s 7d. Prime heavy wethers. 37s to 38s 7d. Prime medium-weight wethers. 33s to 36s Bd. Light wethers, to 33s 6d. Prime ewes. 32s to 33s 4ri. Prime medium-weight ewes, 28s 6d to 31s tnd. Light and ordinary ewes, to 26s Bd. FAT CATTLE The entry in the fat cattle section comprised 557 head, compared with 485 at last sale. Quality showed an improvement, there being a much better showing of prime medium to heavy-weight steers and also some outstanding pens of cows and heifers The demand was keen, and the drop of approximately 20s a head last week was fully recovered. The good demand was maintained throughout, and the whole entry was quitted under the hammer. Among some of the outstanding pens was one of two steers from J. U L. Hiatt (Domett), which made £24 7s fid, the same vendor selling five heifers at from £l7 7s Cd to £l4 7s fid. Host beef averaged from 4fis to 4!)s fid per looib, medium to good 43s to 43s lid, ordinary 38s to 41s, and inferior down to 335. Values were as under:— Extra prime heavy steers, £22 to £24 7s Bd, Prime heavy steers, £lB to £2O. Prime medium-weight steers. £IG to £lB. Ordinary steers, £l3 5s to £l3 3s. Light steers, to £l3. F.xtra prime heifers, to £l7 7s 6d. Prime heifers. £l2 to £l4. Medium heifers, £3 5s to £ll 13s. Light heifers, to £8 10s. Extra prime cows, to £la 7s fid. Prime cows, £9 13» to £l2. Medium cows, £7 13s to £9. Inferior cows, to £7 ss.

VEALERS The entry in tire vealor section was of normal size with fewer large runners being offered, Some good quality vealers were yarded and sold on last week's parity. Values wore:— Largo runners, £3 8s fid to £9 is; others, £3 IBs fid to £3 3s Bd, Good vealers, £3 16s to £3 13s 6d; others, £2 11s to £3 13s Bd, Large calves, 43s to 58s; medium, 30s to 425; small, 12s to 28s.

STORE CATTLE The few lines of straight coloured cattle In the store pens were not very attractfve but in the good feed conditions that are In prospect there was a brisk sale tor them. Passings, nevertheless, were frequent, due doubtless to the general belief that cattle for grazing and eventual fattening are scarce. A pen of 111 rising two-year Hereford steers, in backward condition, made £(1 (is, and la heifers of the same description £6 is. A line of 11 heifer calves sold at £1! fls (id, and single cows at from £4 Ids to £.j ss.

DAIRY CATTED The entry was slightly larger than that of last week. The quality was again of the ordinary class. Cows and heifers of good milking abilities met with a very keen sale with rates higher than those of last week. Best second and third calvers made from £ll to £l4, good from £8 10s to £lO 10s. the best of (ho others making from £5 10s to £B, with aged and inferior from 50s to £5. Best heifers sold from £l2 to £l6, good from £9 10s to £ll, medium £7" to £9, small and backward £4 10s to £6 ss. For heifers to calve shortly the market at present is much under-supplied.

FAT PIGS The entry in the porker .section was similar in size to that of a week ago. but no doubt owing to the warmer weather, competition was restricted, resulting in a very dull sale throughout. Values showed an casing all round of approximately 5s a head. Choppers were in much smaller supply than usual, but prices showed no change. In the bacon section there was a medium yarding and competition was not animated, values showing a further easing ol .'is to 4s a head. Values were:—

Light porkers, 42s 6d to 48s lid; mcdiiu)i, 49s 6d to 54s 6d: heavy, 59s fid to £3 9s Bd. Average price per lb, 7d to 83d. Choppers, £2 10s to £4 10s, Light baecners, £.' i 11s 6ci to £3 17s 6d; medium. £3 18s 6d to £4 2s fid; heavy, £4 3.s fid to £4 9s fid. Average price per lb, 6id to 7Jd.

STORK PIGS The store pig yarding was of medium size, and the attendance of buyers was t#e’ smallest for some lime. However, values showed very little change on last week’s rates. Values were:— Small weaners, 17s to 21s; medium. 22s to 255; host, un to 30s. Slips, 27s to 335. Small stores, 35s to 40s; medium, 41s to 455; large, 46s to 50s.

BURNSIDE (P.A.) DUNEDIN, December !). There was an average yarding of cattle at the weekly sale at Burnside to-day, but the quality was better titan at recent sales and prices showed ah improvement on last week's rates of from 20s to 25s a head. The market was a keen one throughout. Best bullocks brought up to £23 12s 6ri. while good quality cows made up to £l3 7s 6d and heifers to £l4 17s 6d. The yarding of fat sheep was a small one, competition again being good. Best shorn wethers realised up to 38s, best shorn ewes up to 21s fid, and medium from 25s to 2fis 6d. Lambs were in over-supply, the yarding including a number of poor quality, and the sale dragged. On the avierage the market could he quoted at from 3s lower than last week, Best quality lambs brought up to 34s (id, while medium and prime brought from 25s to 2fls fid. The yarding of pigs, comprised mostly of porkers, did not meet with the same competition as at former sales. Porkers were quoted at from 2s to 3s easier, while haconers remained at late rates. Best baconers realised up to £6 14s, and medium and good, from £5 2s to £5 14s. Best porkers brought from £4 5s to £4 14s, and medium from £3 10s to £3 13s. There was a small yarding of store cattle of mixed descriptions. Three-year-old bullocks made up to £lO 10s, while cows suitable for graziers’ requirements brought from £4 15s to £6 ss.