ADDINGTON MARKET

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25304, 2 October 1947, Page 5

ADDINGTON MARKET

FAT CATTLE- VALUES REMAIN HIGH

FAT SHEEP SEVERAL SHILLINGS LOWER throughout the day at the Addington-market yesterday were unpleasant, with heavy rain from the south-west. Fat sheep buyers were the most unfortunate as the sections of the sale they attended lasted fr-m 10.30 a.m. until 5 p.m. The fat cattle market was again good, with outside buyers stimulating competition. Prices on an average were £1 better than last week and several sales were made at 80s per 1001 b. Vealers retained last week’s values, as did store cattle, but the demand for dairy cattle was somewhat limited. All classes of fat pigs were either firm or well ahead of last week's high rates, particularly" baconers, which were up to 6s dearer. Top price in the bacon section was £lO 3s 6d. Competition from an outside buyer made the store pig sale difficult for locql buyers, many of whom were unable to fill requirements, even at values higher than last week.

The demand for store sheep was again keen and values were firmer than last week. The fat sheep sale was somewhat dragging in parts, but butchers took a keen interest when quality pens were on offer. Fat hoggets maintained recent good valued and spring lambs, which were in short supply were 6s to 7s dearer. STORE SHEEP The store sheep offering of 2400 included 1745 ewes and lambs, a handful of ewes in lamb, and about 600 hoggets. The total iast week was 1587. After two wet days the yarding was surprisingly large, but a big gallery followed the sale, and prices were even higher than the excellent rates of iast week. All classes of sheep were in demand. The offering of ewes and lambs was of good quality, though it contained no outstanding lines, and was.the biggest to be entered at Addington for many years. The best of the ewes and lambs made 29s 9d to 30s 6d all counted, medium to good made 28s to 28s 6d, and others 19s 4d to 265. A line of two-tooth ewes in lamb made 40s 6d. The best of the ewe hoggets made from 36s 6d tn 38s 4d. with medium to good 29s to 35s 6d. Two lines of shorn wether hoggets of moderate quality made 33s and 35s 2d, and two unattractive locs made 28s and 28s 6d. Mixed sex hoggets sold to 33s 9d.

SPRING LAMBS The spring lamb offering of 53, compared with 142 last week was inadequate for requirements. The quality was about the best of the season, and in the yarding only three or four light lambs were .on offer. Competition was keen throughout for all classes at values all round 6s to 7s higher than last week. Prime handy-weight spring lambs made 45s 7d to 52s Id, medium lambs, 39s 4d to 44s Id, others down to 30s Id

FAT HOGGETS The entry of fat hoggets which totalled 322, compared with 370 last week, was barely sufficient for requirepitns. In a good quality yarding some excellent lines of shorn hoggets were on offer. The good rates of the- last six jr eight sales for all classes were maintained throughout under keen competition from trade buyers. Top price for hoggets in the wool was 57s 7d.

Values were:—extra prime fat hoggets, 64s to 57s /d; prime fat hoggets, 46s to 535; good fat hoggets, 37s to 455; medium fat hoggets, 30s to 365; light fat hoggets, 27s to 29s 6d.

The sales included: on account of J. A. Madeley (Kaiapoi), 14 at 43s 7d to 57s 7d; A. M. Rutherford (Scargiil), 48 at 40s Id to 43s 7d; H. V. Inch (Te Pirita), 37 at 36s 7d to 40s 7d; E. A. Bland (Mount Hutt), 17 at 37s Id to 39s 7d; G. W. R. Stevens (Mount Hutt), 19 at 36s Id to 39s Id. FAT SHEEP The fat sheep entry of about 5000, compared with 4000 last week, was the biggest for several weeks and was drawn from a wide area. In addition' to offerings from the main Mid and North Canterbury fattening areas, there were several trucks forward from Marlborough and ’ South Canterbury. Although the quality of the offering was good, there were few really choice pens on offer. Ewes were forward in larger numbers than at any sale since the freezing works closed. With a wider selection from which to choose butchers were inclined to be particular, and anything plain and unfinished was hard to quit, even at values several shillings below recent rates. The better classes of ewes and wethers were about 4s cheaper, andextra heavy and plain ewes, for which there were only two or three buyers, were 6s to 8s lower. Shorn sheep, which comprised about two-thirds of the yarding, were about 8s cheaper than sheep in the wool The best price for wethers in the wool was 70s Id, and for ewes 53s Id. t Values were (shorn sheep).*— Extra prime heavy wethers, 51s to 55s 7d. Prime heavy wethers, 45s to 50s. Prime medium-weight wethers, 37s to 445. Ordinary wethers, 32s to 365. Light and unfinished wethers, down to 265. Prime heavy ewes, 38s to 44s 7d. Prime medium-weight ewes, 31s to 375. Ordinary ewes, 27s to 30s. Light and unfinished ewes, 18s to 265. The sales included (sheep shorn unless otherwise stated):—on account of J. C. Irwin (Rakaia), 51 woolly wethers at 57s 7 4 to 70s Id; H. Porter (Akaroa), 57 woolly wethers at 52s 4d to 62s Id; G. Morrin (Blenheim), 3 woolly wethers at b4s Id; J. Coe (Irwell), 6 woolly wethers at 59s Id, 1? woolly ewes at 37s 7d; Mrs Allan (Blenheim), 6 woolly wethers at 58s 7d; S. G. Holland, Ltd. (Greta Paddocks), 2 woolly wethers at 58s Id, 48 woolly ewes at 41s 7d to 47s 7d; F. R. Mclntosh (Poranui), 3 maiden woolly ewes at 58s Id, 16 woolly ewes at 40s Id; L. J. Grant (Clandeboye), 40 woolly wetners at 48s 7d to 56s Id, 40 woolly ewes at 37s 7d to 40s Id; estate W. J. Clinton (Darfield), 13 wethers at 50s Id to 55s 7d; Land and Survey Department (Winchmore), 57 woolly wethers at 41s Id to 55s 7d; Dr. I. C. Weston (Lincoln;, 21 woolly ewes at 48s 7d to 53s ld; z E. S. Johnstone (Winchmore), 142 wethers at 41s 7d to 54s 7d; N. G. Scott (Dunsandel), 40 wethers at 46s 7d to 526 7d; H. Heinisch (Cust) 9 woolly wethers at 52s 7d; J. C. Bisdee (Temuka), 106 wethers at 40s Id. to 51s Id, 46 6wes at 43s *ld to 44s 7d; R. N. Jarman (Hororata), 87 wethers at 42s 7d to 51s Id; E.. J. Smith (Prebbleton), 44 wethers at 45s Id to 50s Id; A. M. Rutherford (Scargill), 15 wethers a< 38s 7d to 50s Id; C. A. Crkythorne (Little River), 21 woolly ewes at 42s Id to 49s .7d; E. J. Francis (Riccarton), 58 wethers at 44s Id to 49s 7d; Potton and Nichols (Tai Tapu), 38 wethers at 49s Id; J. D. Anderson (Leeston), 18 woolly ewes at 31s Id to 48s Id; L. Gabble (Southbridge), 34 woolly ewes at 43s Id to 47s 7d; FanBros. (Bennetts), 24 wethers at 43s Id to 47s 7d; A. Pithie (Carew), 70 wethers at 36s 7d to 47s 7d; estate H. Miller (Lagmhor), 64 wethers at 37s 7d to 47s Id; J. Balfour (Blenheim), 48 wethers at 39s 7d to 47s Id, 10 ewes at 32s Id; H. E. Roberts (Blenheim). 9 wethers at 47s Id, *lli ewes at 31s Id to 31s 7d; J. R. Fleming (Winchmore), 21 -woolly ewes at 39s Id to 46s 7d; C. B. Thacker, jun. (Okain’s Bay), 27 woolly ewes at 39s 7d to 46s 7d; M. J. Chapman (Femside), 12 woolly ewes at 41s Id to 46s 7d; Fogarty and Pavelka, (Halkett), 35 wethers at-40s Id to 46s Id; A A Stott (Darfield), 44 wethers at 45s 7d; F. J. Farquhar and Son (Amberley), 30 wethers at 43s 7d to 45s Id; A. H. McKay (Halkett), 69 wethers at 37s Id to 45s Id; S W. Birdling (Birdling’s Flat), 18 woolly ewes at 39s 7d to 44s 7d; A. J. Blakely (Glasnevin), 67 wethers at 38s 7d to 44s 7d; W. W. Carruthers (Dorie), 17 woolly ewes at 39s Id to 44s Id: O. Hickman (Blenheim), 29 woolly ewes at 32s 7d to 44s Id, 37 wethers at 32s 7d to 34s Id; A Cameron (Blenheim), 21 wethers at 44s Id 7 woolly ewes at 41s 7d; estate F. J. Melton (Orari), 20 woolly wethers at 43s 7d; J. D. Madelev (Kaiapoi), 7 woolly ewes at 37s 7d to 43s Id; A. Beck (Oxford). 30 woolly hoggets at 36s 4d to 42s 4d; H.

Parkin (Bankside), 19.W0011y ewes at 30s 7d to 42s Id; M. Gee (Blenheim), 36 wethers at 37s Id to 42s Id, 2 ewes at| 27s 7d: J. S. Thompson (Kirwee), 39 wethers at 39s 7d to 42s Id: F. Higgins (Blenheim), 7 wethers it 3Ts 7d to 41s 7d; F. E. Amos (Lauriston), 22 ewes at 32s lOd to 40s Id; J. Cocks (Eiffelton). 39 ewes at 39s Id to 39s 74; E. J. Watson (Pendarves), 30 ewes at 30s Id to 39s 7d; E. H. F. Rands (Springbank), 7 woolly ewts at 39s 7d; S. Larsen (Swannanoa), 27 wethers at 28s Id to 39s 7d; E. D. Johnston (Doyleston), 62 wethers at 36s Id to 38s 7d; Watson and Topp (Amberley), 60’ ewes at 31s Id to ,38s 7d; W. J. C. Sheat (Dunsandel), 8 woolly ewes at 39s Id; T. Duncan (Rakaia), 5 woolly ewdS at 38s Id; E. A. Bland (Mount Hutt), 41 wethers at 34s 7d to 38s Id; Mehrtens Bros. (RangiGra), 24 ewes at 28s 7d to 37s Id; A. Schtnnell (Blenheim), 40 hoggets at 33s Id to 37s Id; R. A. Butler (Weedons), 12 ewes at 28s Id to 34s 7d; Mrs S. J. Williams (Ellesmere), 80 wethers at 35s Id; SM Sheat (Dunsandel), 7 wcolly«ewes 35s Id; Bain Bros. (Waipara). 40 ewes at 26s 7d to 33s 7d; C. A. Inch (Rakaia), 32 ewes at 33s Id; A. Loe (Blenheim), 21 wethers at 32s 7d; A\ R. Ormond (Culverden), 57 ewes at 28s Id to 32s Id; O. A. Wells (Amberley), 30 ewes at 25s Id to 32s 7d; J. R. Belcher (Kirwee), 12 ewes at 32s 7d; A. A. C. McPherson (SedgmA-e), 27 ewes at 30s to 31s Id; C Marfell (Blenheim), 9 ewes at 30s 7d; J. Beckett (Phoebe), 31 ewes at 25s 4d to 30s, Id; Miss E. Sloss (Omihi), 52 ewes at 25s 7d to 29s lOd; G. W. R. Osboine (Doyleston), 18 ewes at 24s Id to 27s 7d

FAT CATTLE The -fat cattle yarding was 475 head against 436 last week. This number should have been enough to satisfy local demand in the normal course, but as the market followed a short yarding last week, and as outside buyers were operating in strength, the supply was short. Values at the beginning of the sale we*e fully firm on the high prices of the previous week, but they climbed steadily as the sale progresred, and ended about 30s a head higher. On the average, prices for all classes were fully £1 a head higher than last week The yarding was of exceptionally good quality, and much more even than usual. Top steer price was £37 7s 6d, and s heifers made to the very high figure oi £3O 7s 6d. Best beef made 77s 6d per 1001 b, with a number of sales at 80s; good beef, 60s to 70s; medium beef, 50s to 57s 6d; best cow beef, to 555; secondary cow beef, to 40s. Values were:— Extra prime heavy steers, to £37 7s 6d. Prime heavy steers, £2B to £3O 10s. Prime medium-weight steers, £22 10s to £27 10s. Ordinary and light steers, £l6 to £2O Extra prime heifers to £3O 7s 6d. Prime heifers, £l6 10s to £2l. Ordinary and light. heifers, £ll to £l5 10s. Extra prime cows, to £2l 17s 6d; Prime cows, £l4* 10s to £l9.

Ordinary and light cows, £9 10s to £l3 10s The sales included:—on account of McBride Bros. (Winchester), 14 steers at £2B 17s 6d to £37 7s 6d (average £33 7s 6d), C. B Thacker (Okain’s Bay). 16 steers at £2B 7s 6d to £33 17s 6d; W. L. Leonardo (Hickoty), 22 steers at £2B 2s 6d to £33 12s 6d (average £3O 16s); 5 heifers at £24 7s 6d to £3O 7s 6d, 3 cows at £lB 17s 6d to £2l 2s 6d; A. O Rennie (Laghmor). 1 steer at £32 17s 6d; Sir R. Heaton Rhodes (Otahuna), 7 steers,at £27 17s 6a to £32 12s 6d; H. Banks (Coutts Island) 4 steers at £26 12s 6d to £32 7s 6d; A R. Mathers (Sefton), 8 steers at £2B 17s 6d to £3l 17s 6d; J. C. Jowers (Halkett). 2 steers at £23 12s 6d to £3l 12s 6d; T. S. Critchly (Kekerangu),' 8 steers at £27 2s 6d to £29 12s 6d; Estate R. L. Jamieson (Rotherham), 8 steers at £22 17s 6d to £29 2s 6d; D. O. Masefield (Gough’s Bay), 3 steers at £26 12s 6d to £2B 12s 6d, 1 heifer at £2l 2s 6d, 1 cow at £lb 17s 6d; A. T. M. Thacker (Okain’s Bay), 8 steers at £25 2s 6d to £2B £s 6d; J. Thacker (Okain’s Bay), 4 steers at £25 17s 6d to £27 17s 6d, 2 heifers at £2l 7s 6d, 3 cows at £l9 7s 6d to £2O 2s 6d; C, H. Sykes (Menzies Bay), 8 steers at £23 7s 6d to £27 12s 6d; R. C. Overton (Greta), 10 steers at £24 17s 6a to £27 7s 6d, 12 cows at £l5 7s 6d to £l9 7s 6d; W. S. Coop (Port Levy), 8 steers at £22 2s 6d to £27 2s 6d; C. B. Thacker, jun. (Okain’s Bay), 8 steers at £24 7s 6d to .£26 17s 6d; J. T. Corbett (Ashburton), 8 steers at £2l 17s 6d to £26 17s 6d. 1 heifer -at £l9 17s 6d; T. Masefield (Gough’s Bay), 4 steers at £25 17s 6d to £26 12s 6d, 4 heifers at £l7 17s 6d io £23 7s Cd, 2 cows at £lB 17s fld to £l9 12r 6d; A M. Davidson (Ward), 1 steer at £26 7s 6d, 8 heifers at £2O 12s 6d to £2l 17s 6d, 4 cows at £l5- 2s 6d to £l7 2s 6d; Henry Thacker (Okains Bajli), 3 steers at £2l 7s 6d to £25 17s 6d, 3 heifers at £2O 12s 6d, 3 cows at. £l3 17s 6d to £lB 7s 6d; G. C. Smith (Hororata) 2 heifers at £l9 17s 6d to £25 IZS 6d; F Coop (Kaituna). 8 heifers at £2l 12s 6d to £24 7s 6d (average £23 4s); Miss E. Hoskins (Doyleston), 3 steers at £2O 2s 6d to £24 7s 6d, 2 cows at £l4 7s 6a to £l6 17s (d: J. Ryan (Tai Tapu), 10 steers at £2l 17s 6d to £24 7s 6d; R. A. Mould (Wainui), 6 heifers at 4.19 17s 6d to £23 7s 6d, 12 cows at £l4 2s 6d to £2l 12s 6d; D. Marshall (Springston).. 1 .steer at £23 7s 6d. 1 heifer at £49 { 12s 6d; A R. Menzies (Menzies Bay), 7 heifers at £2o* 2s 6d to £22 12s 6d, 1 cow at £l9 12s 6d; A. D. Wyllie. (Omihi). 6 cows at £l6 7s 6d to £2l 17s 6d; J. W. Jowers (Greendale), 5 heifers at £l5 17s 6d to £2l 7s 6d; E. W. Gray (Teddington), 2 heifers at £2O 17s 6d to £2l 2s 6d, 2 cows at £lB 7s 6d to £l9 12s 6d; G. Reston (Hickory), 1 heifer at £2l 2s 6d, 6 cows at £l7 2s 6d to £l9 son (Springston). 1 cow at £2O 17s6d, W. Murphy (Halswell), 1 cow at £2O 7s 6d. R. C. Mason (Okains Bay), 2 cows at £l6 7s 6d to £2O 7s 6d; R. McLaughlin CMotukarara), 2 cows at £l7 7s 6d to £l9 2s 6d; J. Moore (BiH-rwopd), 2 cows at £lB 7s 6d.

VEALERS The entry in the veal section was again small, but was of fair quality. Prices continued good for all classes at fully up to last week’s levels. Values were:— Extra prirfie vealers, £l3 8s 6d to £l4 18s 6d;< prime vealers, £lO 18s 6d to £l2 13s 6d; good quality suckers, £8 Is to £9 18s 6d; medium suckers, £5 3s 6d to £7 16s; large calves, £3 18s to £5, medium calves, 48s to £3 10s; small and rough calves, down to 21s.

STORE CATTLE The entry of store cattle was small and consisted almost entirely of cows of varying descriptions. Buyers took only limited interest in the entry, but the sale was good, considering the quality of the offering. One pen of Friesian dairy heifers made the good price of £l4 3s 6d. Pens of cows made £7 Ils to £S 138 6d, with the best up to £lO 3e 6d. Cull cows made from £3 3s 6d to £5 16s. 1 DAIRY CATTLE The entry in the dairy cattle section comprised about 80 head, most of them oi indifferent quality. With the weather and limited competition, the sale was not as free as it has been recently, and values receded by up to £3 a head, and there were some passings. Best second, third, and fourth calvers made. £l4 10s to £l9 10s; good average sorts. £ll to £l4; aged and unattractive, £5 10s to £10; best heifers made £l5 10s to £lB 10s; good heifers. £ll 10s to £l5; and small and backward, down to £8 10s. a FAT PIGS The porker entry was the smallest for some time and the sale was the best for several years. Heavy porkers made prices fully up to light-weight bacon rates. Choppers were again in small supply, and the improved rates of last week were fully * maintained. The yarding in the bacon section was much larger, and included in the entry was a consignment of extra heavy pigs which made frdm £8 to £lO 3s 6d. The sale all round was 5s to 6s a head better than the good rates of last week. Values were:— Light porkers, £4 4s 6d to £4 14s 6d. Medium porkers. £4 17s 6d to £5 9s 6d. Heavy porkers. £5 14s' 6d to £6 4s 6d. Choppers. £6 18s 6d to £l4 Is. Light baconers, £6 Is 6d to £6 9s 6d. Medium baconers, £6 12s 6d to-£6 19s 6d. Heavy baconers, £7 3s 6d to £7 17s 6d. Extra heavy baconers, £8 4s 6d to £lO 3s 6d. Average price per lb, lOd to IOJd. STORE PIGS The erftry in the store pig section was smaller than that of last week, but the attendance of buyers was much larger. Values from the outset showed a distinct firming and the sale hardened as it went. One outside buyer took a good proportion of the yarding, and made it impossible for local buyers to fill their requirements. 1 Small weaners did not show the same improvement as other classes. Values were:— Small weaners, 28s .to 355. Best weaners. 42s to 48s. Slips, 53s to 58s. . Small stores, 60s to 655. Medium stores, £3 10s to £3 12s. Large stores, £3 15s to £3 18s.

BURNSIDE (P.A.) DUNEDIN, October 1. Prices of fat cattle showed a further improvement at Burnside to-day, prices . per 1001 b being the highest for many years. Most of the yarding was of medium description, with a limited amount of fine quality. Prime heivy bullocks made up to £39 12s 6d, prime £2B 17s 6d to £34 12s 6d, light f om £lB 17s 6d. prime heavy heifers to £25 12s 6d. prime £l6 17s 6d to £l9 17s 6d, light ana medium from £l3 2s Cd, prime heavy cows to £24 17s 6d. prime £l6 7s 6d to £l9 12s 6d, light and medium from, £ll 2s 6d. The offering of fat sheep was again small, approximately 1500 being offered. Prices were well above any recent sales and were probably the highest in the history of Burnside. Prime heavy wtthers made up to 87s, prime 75s to 78s, medium b2s tc 68s, light irom 475, prime shorn wetners 56s to 60s. medium 48s to 525, prime heavy ewes to 60s. prime 56s to 58s, light and medium from 40s. The offering of store cattle was large and competition was goo<f. Foilr-y ear-old steers made up to £l6 2s 6d, three-year-olds £l4 7s 6d to £l5 7s 6d. one and a half to two-year-olds from £l2 5s to £l3 ss. There was a larger yarding of baconers than in the previous week Snd prices barely reached last week’s level. Best baconets were up to £8 14sl prime £8 to £8 7s, medium £7 4s to £7s Bs, light from £6 ss. Best porkers were ’ from £5 to' £5 16s, and light and mediuin i from £3 18s. •