ADDINGTON MARKET

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27213, 3 December 1953, Page 6

ADDINGTON MARKET

SMALL ENTRY OF STORE SHEEP

Continued Easing In

Prices

FAT CATTLE VALUES DOWN

Though there was only a handful of store sheep yarded at Addington stock market yesterday prices continued to ease. Values for all except the best wether hoggets were back about 2s 6d a head. With freezing buyers out of the competition and butchers not competing with any zest prices for fat lambs decreased sharply by about 8s and passings were frequent. There was a slightly better market •for fat sheep. Good young prime butchers’ wethers were 2s to 3s dearer and medium-weight ewes of prime quality were firm to 2s better than last wek. Fat cattle were easier for the third week in succession. Medium-weight cattle showed a further easing of £2 a head and heavy-weight sorts were back up to £3.

STORE SHEEP After weeks of steadily increasing prices for store sheep values began to recede last week, and although there was one of the smallest yardings for montns yesterday, values went back still further. The entry totalled only 1249 head, including 825 hoggets and 424 older sheep, compared with 4328 (3328 hoggets and 1009 older sheep) last week. In comparison with recent weeks, little interest was taken in the sale. There was only a handful of buyers, and competition was at a low ebb. There is little doubt that most farmers feel that they have enough stock on hand at present with all the signs of a dry spell about them. Except for the very best sorts, which continued to sell at about late rates, wether hoggets looked to be about 2s 6d below last week’s falling prices. They made to 56s for 70 early-shorn halfbred wether hoggets in good condition; average to good lots made 46s to 50s, and others down to 41s. One hundred and fift> from D. R. M. Johnston (Clarkville),

which were passed at auction, were later sold at 525. Fourten mixed sex hoggets in the wool sold at 695, and 80 earlyshorn ewe hoggets from P. F. Ryan (Weedons) made to 80s. The yarding of older sheep was small, and of mixed sorts, and there was only a limited demand. A line of 27 shorn ewes of medium quality, with 28 very good lambs, fetched 44s 6d, all counted. They were from M. T. Titeman (Harewood). The only other lot of ewes and lambs sold for 38s. There were a few pens of shorn ewes in good condition. Thirty-one four-tooth Romneys from L. G. Skurr (Oxford) made 655; 66 four, six and eighttooths, from E. A. Foster (Amberley) sold at 59s after being passed at auction at that price, and 66 three-shears from Halswell sold at from 54s to 575. There were only a handful of wethers in the offering. FAT LAMBS The demand for fat lambs was very weak, and prices fell by as much as 8s a head on last week’s values. A large number of the entry of 432 were passed. With the premium payments on early lambs, freezing companies have sufficient supplies by taking a proportion of their clients’ lambs, and as a result, freezing buyers did not operate in the saleyards. Butchers’ requirements appeared to be small, and selling was still difficult. The top price was 69s 7d for the best of 10 from J. Griffiths (Halswell). Prime

lambs sold to 61s Id, medium to 57s Id, with light down to 50s Id. Representative sales were: — H. Matson and Company sold; on account of W. S. Womer (Southbridge), 9 at 53s Id to 54s 7d; E. G. and A. T. Wright (Dunsandel). 10 at 58s 7d; J. Griffiths (Ta: Tapu), 10 at 57s Id to 69s 7d. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company sold: on account of Messrs Campbell and Hart (Rakaia), 3 at 66s 7d. National Mortgage and Agency Company sold: on account of Glenalton Farm (Halswell), 23 at 59s Id to 59s 7d; A. S. Uren (Waipara), 80 at 57s Id to 65s la; H. S. Criglington (Sefton), 14 at 60s la; T. W. Smith (Prebbleton), 10 at 56s Id to 63s Id; J. R. Dugan (Southbridge), 13 at 55s Id. ~ Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd. sold, on account H. W. Hills (Mina), 41 at 51s Id j to 60s Id; W. Mulcock (Cheviot), 3 at

54s Id to 61s Id: H. Topp (Rotherham), 40 at 55s Id to 65s Id; A. D. Neill (Greenpark), 5 at 53s Id to 57s Id; A. E. Payne (Springston), 1 at 56s Id; Mrs H. Rodgeis (Springston), 3 at 57s Id; E. Phillips (Springston), 5 at 57s Id; Meadow Brothers (Springston), 17 at 65s Id to 68s 7d; Ngakuroa Estate (Oxford), 2 at 59s Id. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold; on account of F. McFall (Halswell), 5 at 56s Id to 64s Id; B. Galletly (Halswell road), 1 at 50s Id. FAT SHEEP With a smaller entry—3B3s head against 4618—the market for fat sheep was a little stronger than last week, when values for wethers in particular slumped badly. There was an improvement, particularly for good young prime butchers’ wethers, which were 2s to 3s dearer than a week ago. Plainer and older wethers were

nevertheless still very hard to cuit, but, ! if anything, they were slightly" firmer. , There was also not much demand for • extra heavy and over-fat wethers, and 1 satisfactory prices were hard to obtain for these, the demand being for sheep of prime medium-weight quality. Towards . the end of the sale it seemed as though ‘ prices might ease, but outside competition caused the market to end on a firm note. There was a sound sale for ewes, -which i came forward in only small numbers. Medium-weight ewes of prime quality i met with an excellent sale and were fully firm to 2s a head dearer than last week. Heavy ewes and over-fat ewes sold on about a par with last week. All classes of hoggets met a sound sale, particularly good prime butchers’ sorts. With outside ■ competition, values for hoggets also held fully firm throughout the sale.

Hoggets made to 87s Id for one from D Long (Harewood) and 75s Id for the tops of 18 from A. M. Cameron (Ladbrooks), which .sold from 71s Id. Wethers from C. C. Prebble (Winchmore) made to

67s 7d, and ewes from Mrs E. M. Popplewell (Waiau) sold to 55s Id. Values were:— Prime shorn wethers, to 67s 7d. Prime medium-weight, 54s to 625. Best shorn hoggets, to 75s Id. Best young ewes, to 55s id. Medium-weight, 38s to 465. Prime light-weight, 43s to 495. Ordinary, down to 30s. Sales included:— Dalgety and Company sold; on account of Mrs A. Wright (Woodend), 57 ewes at 36s Id to 46s Id; C. C. Douglas (Culverden), 64 ewes at 34s Id to 45s Id; Mrs E. M. Popplewell (Waiau), 78 ewes at 34s Id to 55s Id, 10 hoggets at 65s Id; C. C. Prebble (Winchmore), 32 wethers at 54s Id to 66s Id; M. P. Kay (Little Akaloa), 6 wethers at 62s Id; Waipuna Farming Company (Culverden), 70 hoggets at 61s Id to 66s Id; W. S. Wright (Woodend), 37

hoggets at 47s Id to 52s Id; M. S. Bower (Swannanoa), 64 wethers at 52s Id to 58s Id, io ewes at 46s Id. H. Matson and Company sold: on account of C. C. Prebble (Winchmore), 57 wethers at 59s 7d to 67s 7d; R. G. Dawson (Brookside), 5 ewes at 51s Id; W. J. Doyle (Leeston), 30 wethers at 55s Id to 58s Id, 5 ewes at 43s Id, 10 hoggets at 52s 7d; H. W. Beal (East Eyreton), 3 hoggets at 61s Id, 2 ewes at 43s 7d; G. Johnson, sen.

(Ohapuka), 3 ewes at 44s 7d, 10 hoggets at 65s Id to 66s 7d; A. J. Hall (Brookside), 4 ewes at 42s 7d; W. S. Womer (Southbridge), 29 hoggets at 51s 7d to 52s 7d; L. B. Scott (Woodend), 50 ewes at 35s Id to 43s 7d; P. Jarden (Heathcote), 5 maiden ewes at 56s 7d, 17 hoggets at 55s Id; L. G. Skurr (Oxford), 61 ewes at 39s 7d to 40s Id, 3 wethers at 50s to 56s Id; S. Redmond (Halswell), 19 wethers at 49s Id to 55s 7d; J. H. Meyer (Halswell). 21 hoggets at 60s 7d to 61s 7d: W. H. Dodge (Swannanoa), 5 ewes at 37s Id to 40s Id. 6 hoggets at 57s 7d, 12 wethers at 64s 7d to 66s Id: R. C. Buckenham (Dunsandel), 35 hoggets at 64s 7d to 67s 7d; W. A. B. Reed (Oxford), 18 wethers at 64s 7d to 65s 7d; E. G. and A. T. Wright (Dunsandel), 45 hoggets at 51s Id

to 62s 7d; D. Long (Harewood), 1 hogget at 87s Id: T. W. Brooks (Brookside), 28 hoggets at 62s Id to 66s Id; estate J. H. Ridge (Springston), 100 wethers at 51s Id to 56s Id, 2 hoggets at 56s Id. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Ltd., sold; on account of R. Anderson (Darfield), 12 ewes at 40s Id; J. I. O’Donnell (Killinchy), 12 ewes at 36s Id; R. S. Harrison (Domett), 12 ewes at 39s Id; D. J. Warwick (Hawarden), 25 ewes at 35s Id to 36s Id; W. P. Honeybone (Scargill), 10 ewes at 39s Id, 143 hoggets at 52s Id to 62s Id; L. Taylor (Oxford), 27 ewes at 40s Id to 49s Id; W. J. Murray (Spring Creek), 78 hoggets at 54s Id to 57s Id; F. Gainsford (Waipara), 60 hoggets at 57s Id to 64s Id: R. H. Maidens (Lauriston), 75 hoggets at 63s Id to 67s Id; J. H. Petrie (Woodend), 13 hoggets at 64s Id; J. McKenzie (Halswell), 41 hoggets at 59s Id to 63s Id; Waimairi Farm (Horrelville), 40 wethers at 56s Id

to 57s Id; L. Denton (Hawarden), 61 hoggets at 59s Id to 62s Id; Mrs E. M. Sloss (Omihi), 39 wethers at 57s Id to 60s Id; D. Milne (Fernside), 14 hoggets at 51s Id to 53s Id; G. A. Grigg (Scargill), 24 ewes at 39s Id to 41s Id, 13 hoggets at 52s Id to 56s Id; C. Ballagh (Fernside), 20 hoggets at 56s Id; D. and L. McLaughlan (Rakaia), 44 hoggets at 55s Id to 60s Id. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency sold: on account of L. Couper (Kaituna), 14 ewes at 35s 7d to 41s 7d; D. M. Campion (Rakaia), 17 ewes at 35s 7d to 45s Id; E. E. Upston (Dunsandel), 9 ewes at <4s 7d, 4 hoggets at 60s Id; R. C. H. Thompson (Rakaia), 34 ewes at 27s Id to 42s 7d; J. B. Ferguson (Winchmore). 23 ewes at 47s Id; J. T. Wright (Kaiapoi), 7 ewes at 41s Id to 44s 7d, 20 wethers at 62s Id to 65s Id, 32 hoggets al 55s 7d to 64s Id: R. E. Cairns (Rakaia) 30 ewes at 38s 7d to 48s Id: D. R. M Johnston (Clarkville), 4 wethers at 60s Id. 16 hoggets at 52s Id to 65s Id; J. H. Armstrong (Waikari), 2 wethers at 66s Id; G. C. Jowers (Kimberley), 2 wethers at 60s Id; S. Pearce (Rolleston), 2 maiden ewes at 39s Id; Mrs M. Woodfield (Horrelville), 6 wethers at 57s id; R. F. Lockhead (Springston), 40 hoggets at 56s 7d to 60s 7d. National Mortgage and Agency sold: on account of F. A. Donaldson (Seaview). 40 ewes at 43s Id to 45s Id, 47 wethers at 54s Id to 64s Id; G. J. Francis (Halswell), 92 wethers at 58s Id to 64s Id; A.

S. Uren (Waipara), 6 hoggets at 60s Id, 3 wethers at 59s Id: H. S. Criglington (Sefton), 7 ewes at 46s Id; W. J. Cromie (Te Pirita), 30 ewes at 39s Id to 43s Id; A. M. Cameron (Ladbrooks), 6 ewes at 42s Id, 4 wethers at 67s Id, 18 hoggets at 71s Id to 75s Id; S. E. Priest (St. Andrew's Hill), 24 wethers at 54s Id; J. Egan (Waiau), 18 wethers at 58s Id to 60s Id;

G. O. Burbery (Waiau), 74 hoggets at 455; Cheviot Agricultural and Pastoral Association, 30 hoggets at 63s Id to 69s I Id; J. J. Dugan (Leeston), 7 wethers at 59s Id, 3 hoggets at 57s Id; H. L. Scott ■ (Governor’s Bay), 18 wethers at 53s Id : to 58s Id; Miss Heather Scott (Governor’s Bay), 15 wethers at 57s 7d; E. Shirlow (East Eyreton), 8 hoggets at 55s Id; T. N. Bassett (Fernside), 6 ewes at 39s Id, 2 wethers at 59s Id; New Zealand and Australian Land Company (Kurow), 14 wethers at 58s Id.

Pyne. Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of Russell Bros. (Ashley), 18 wethers at 60s Id to 62s Id, 12 ewes at 35s Id to 44s Id; D. W. Gray (Darfield), 11 wethers at 60s Id to 61s Id; J. S. Hutton (Darfield), 22 wethers at 55s Id to 64s Id; C. A. Mowat (Cheviot), 37 wethers at 52s Id to 57s Id; R. A. Mould (Templeton), 31 wethers at 52s Id to 67s Id; D. J. Stewart (Rakaia), 20 wethers at 64s Id; G. K. Thompson (Greenpark), 7 ewes at 36s Id to 42s Id; Meadow Brothers (Springston), 6 ewes at 33s Id; W. T. R. Rowe (Hororata), 24 ewes at 30s Id to 44s Id; A. D. Neill (Greenpark), 8 ewes at 31s Id to 37s Id; Miss G. Gardiner (Purau), 3 ewes at 33s Id to 40s Id; A. S. Fronting (Darfield), 14 ewes at 35s Id to 38s Id; R. Fairburn (Halkett), 5 ewes at 35s Id, 1 wether at 53s Id; N. and M. Brown (Dunsandel), 16 ewes at 38s Id to 45s Id, .37 hoggets at 64s to 68s Id; A. and I. Gardiner (Purau), 2 ewes at 39s Id, 18 wethers at 58s Id to 65s Id; F. Upston (Cheviot), 7 ewes at 35s Id to 46s Id; J. Love (Omihi), 59 hoggets at 50s Id to 60s Id; A. S. Prouting (Darfield), 7 hoggets at 51s Id; G.- B. Giller (Rangiora), 59 hoggets at 53s Id to 58s Id; Jenkins Bros. (Darfield), 24 hoggets at 53s Id to 60s Id; W. E. Fitzpatrick (Cheviot), 13 wethers at 52s Id to 62s Id; D. Abbott (Cheviot), 5 wethers at 535. Id; J. Geddes (Greenpark), 5 wethers at 49s Id to 52s Id; D. B. Stevenson (Culverden), 10 wethers at 49s Id to 52s Id; G. H. Reid (Darfield), 47 wethers at 50s Id to 55s Id; Meadow Bros. (Springston), 5 hoggets at 53s Id; Hassell Bros. (Hawarden), 14 ewes at 46s Id; estate J. J. Fitzpatrick (Cheviot), 8 hoggets at 50s Id to 53s Id; W. J. H. Coop (Kaituna), 19 wethers at 48s Id to 58s Id; Jenkins Bros. (Darfield). 8 hoggets at 53s Id; R. K. Reid (Darfield), 9 wetheis at 56s Id to 57s Id; Wilson Bros. (Darfield), 16 wethers at 62s Id to 63s 7d; I. S. Douglas (Cheviot), 55 wethers at 59s Id to 63s Id; J. A. Elder (Amberley), 8 wethers at 50s Id.

FAT CATTLE There was a heavy yarding of fat cattle totalling 698 head, compared with 588 last week. The entry included a large number of good-quality steers, for which there was again a downward trend in values. Heifers were not yarded in such numbers as at recent sales, and the cow entry contained a large number of Jersey cross caws, which were difficult to sell. The steer entry was one of the best for some time, but for the third week in succession values eased by £2 a head, in spite of competition in the market by butchers from South Canterbury and North Otago.

Prime cows decreased in value by £2 to £2 10s a head on last week, but the Jersey cross cows were not wanted. Prices for these ranged from £l5 to £2O. The top price for steers was £52 7s 3d for one of four from O. A. Williams (Port Levy). T. S. Craw (Chorlton) sold one of five heifers for £42 12s 6d, and Mannings Brothers (Heathcote) topped the cow market with a single entry at £37 12s 6d. Choicest medium-weight beef sold to 122 s 6d per 1001 b, average prime mediumweight sold to 110 s, and heavy beef sold to 105 s. Best heifer beef sold to 122 s 6d per 1001 b, medium made to 110 s, and light down to 90s. Best oow beef made to 90s per 1001 b, medium to 80s, with boner beef down to 60s.

Values were:— Extra prime heavy steers, to £52 7s 6d. Prime heavy steers, to £46 12s 6d. Prime medium-weight, to £43 2s 6d. Light and plain, down to £3O. Best heifers, to £42 12s 6d. Prime, £32 2s 6d to £35 7s 6d. Best cows, to £37 12s 6d.

Prime, £27 7s 6d to £3l 2s 6d. Ordinary and light, down to £l5. Representative sales were:— Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of T. D. Barwick (Birdlings Flat), 8 steers at £47 7s 6d to £4B 12s 6d; F. R. Mclntosh (Birdlings Flat), 8 steers at £43 2s 6d to £49 2s 6d; G. Croft (Okuku), 9 steers at £45 17s 6d to £4B 2s 6d; G. H.

Dalglish (Le Bons Bay), 9 steers at £44 7s 6d to £47 17s 6d; J. F. Cracroft Wilson (Cashmere), 14 steers at £43 7s 6d to £46 12s 6d; A. M. Helps (Akaroa), 9 steers at £4O 17s 6d to £44 12s 6d; estate W. K. McAlpine (Spye), 9 steers at £43 2s 6d to £46 12s 6d; B. S. Trolove (Kekerangu), 24 steers at £4O 2s 6d to £44 17s 6d; A. L. Kennington (Seddon), 3 steers at £36 7s 6d to £3B 12s 6d. 7 heifers at £32 2s 6d to £34 12s 6d; Tirohanga Estate (Kekerangu), 15 steers at £4O 2s 6d to £45 12s 6d; H. J. Mclntosh (Kaiapoi >. 6 heifers at £35 17s 6d; N. C. Mowatt (Waipara), 2 steers at £36 12s 6d to £45 7s 6d, 1 heifer at £27 12s 6d. 1 cow at £33 2s 6d; N. Mclntosh (Kaiapoi), 2 heifers at £34 12s 6d to £36 7s 6d; I. Scott (Karangarua), 4 steers at £39 2s 6d to £42 17s 6d. 1 heifer at £36 12s 6d. 3 cows at £2B 7s 6d; W. O. B. Knox (Kaikoura), 4 steers at £3B 12s 6d to £4l 2s 6d, 8 heifers at £36 17s 6d; E. W. Gray (Teddington), 10 heifers at £35 12s 6d to £37 2s 6d; Island Paddock (Culverden). 20 heifers at £32 17s 6d to £36 2s 6d; G. D. Robertson (Balcairn), 2 steers at £35 7s 6d; Mrs S. J. Williams (Ellesmere), 1 cow at £32 17s 6d. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., sold: on account of estate N. Rutherford (Parnassus), 13 cows at £26 7s 6d to £33 12s 6d; G. Steele (Port Levy), 8 steers at £46 7s 6d to £49 7s 6d; C. S. Donald (Belfast), 15 steers at £43 12s 6d to £47 7s 6d; R. K. Dunbar (Waiau), 3 steers at £32 7s 6d to £3B 7s 6d; B. T. Quaife (Waiau), 1 steer at £3O 2s 6d; G. Elcock (Ross), 1 heifer at £24 12s 6d; H. Banks (Coutts Island), 5 cows at £3l 12s 6d to £33 12s 6d; C. Gainsford (Prebbleton), 1 cow at £25 17s 6d; H. J. Boustead (Fernside), 1 cow at £26 17s 6d. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of Mount Palm Estate (Rotherham), 8 steers at £44 12s 6d to £4B 7s 6d, 1 cow at £33 17s 6d, 6 heifers at £34 7s 6d to £3B 12s 6d; 'D. W. Smith (Cheviot), 2 steers at £3B 2s 6d; J. J. Allison (Ashley), 6 steers at £39 12s 6d; H. C. A* Sidey (Hawarden), 6 steers at £37 «12s 6d to £3B 12s 6d; D. B. Stevenson (Culverden), 8 steers at £43 2s 6d to £47 7s 6d; Cotswold Farm Account (Omihi), 10 steers at £42 2s 6d to £44 2s 6d; Blackford Estate (Rakaia), 7 steers at £3B 12s 6d to £44 12s 6d; W. Giddings (Ealing), 16 steers at £4l 12s 6d to £46 7s 6d; C. H. Sykes (Menzies Bay), 6 steers at £4l 12s 6d to £46 7s 6d, 1 cow at £35 2s 6d; Mrs W. F. Sykes, 1 steer at £43 17s 6d; T. F. Northcote (Waiau), 3<

steers at £4O 10s; estate F. J. D. Parsons (Waiau), 1 cow at £29 2s 6d, 1 steer at £35 12s 6d; E. M. Loughnan (Waiau), 1 cow at £29 2s 6d; lan Mackintosh (Waipara), 6 steers at £42 2s 6d; Waipuna Farming Company (Culverden), 8 heifers at £2B 2s 6d to '£34 17s 6d, 1 cow at £3O 17s 6d; estate W. B. Cunningham (Brookside), 5 steers at £42 2s 6d; A. R. Turnbull (Amberley), 5 steers at £39 17s 6d; W. Tissard (Rakaia), 1 steer at £42 7s 6d; A. S. Baxter (Rakaia), 1 cow at £27 2s 6d; K. M. Dysart (Seddon), 6 steers at £39 7s 6d to £45 2s 6d; R. Dysart, 2 steers at £45 7s 6d to £46 7s 6d; G. Roberts (Seddon), 9 steers at £42 7s 6d to £44 2s 6d; estate M. E. Gebbie (Teddington), 3 cows at £27 12s 6d; J. W. Graham and Sons (Tai Tapu), 4 cows at £3O 12s 6d; R. Parsons (Seddon), 5 cows at £27 2s 6d to £33 12s 6d. 2 heifers at £3O 7s 6d to £33 12s 6d; F. Conway (Seddon), 19 steers at £2B 12s 6d to £4l 12s 6d. H. Matson and Company sold: on account of J. Smith (Clarkville), 2 steers at £4l 12s 6d, 1 heifer at £36 17s 6d, 1 cow at £3O 12s 6d; Glenmore Farm Company (Halswell), 11 steers at £44 2s 6d to £4B 2s 6d; I. Mackintosh (Waipara), 5 steers at £39 17s 6d to £42 7s 6d; R. T. Masefield (Gough’s Bay), 7 cows

at £33 12s 6d to £36 2 S 6d, 3 heifers at £35 7s 6d to £36 2s 6d; T. S. Craw (Chorlton), 2 steers at £47 2s 6d to £49 12s 6d, 5 heifers at £34 7s 6d to £42 12s 6d, 2 cows at £3l 12s 6d to £35 2s 6d; G. H. Craw (Chorlton), 9 heifers at £36 17s 6d to £37 17s 6d; T. B. Morten (Hilltop), 4 cows at £2B 17s 6d to £32 7s 6d; J. L. Rutherford (Culverden), 6 cows at £24 17s 6d to £27 17s 6d; H. R. Scott (Ashburton), 5 steers at £39 12s 6d; H. B. Moir (Lincoln), 2 cows at £26 12s 6d to £29 12s 6d; R. Y. Rainey (Woodend), 1 cow at £2B 7s 6d; Munnings Brothers (Heathcote), 1 cow at £37 12s 6d, 1 heifer at £37 17s 6d; A. W. Hurford (Irwell), 1 heifer at £32 17s 6d, 1 cow at £3O 2s 6d. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Ltd., sold: on account of V. C. Brocherie (Port Levy), 8 steers at £43 7s 6d to £4B 17s 6d; estate D. McKay (Duvauchelle Bay), 8 steers at £4l 17s 6d to £42 7s 6d; R. A. Mould (Wainui), 5 heifers at £35 2s 6d to £39 17s 6d, 1 15 months old heifer at £33 12s

6d; O. A. Williams (Port Levy), 4 steers at £45 12s 6d to £52 7s 6d, 4 heifers at £37 7s 6d; estate E. Hay (Pigeon Bay), 16 steers at £45 7s 6d to £47 7s 6d; S. V. Birdling (Birdling’s Flat), 8 steers at £44 7s 6d to £4B 17s 6d; M. E. Leech (Rangiora), 4 steers at £42 7s 6d to £44 2s 6d; G. D. Kelly (Winchmore), 4 steers at £36 17s 6d to £47 12s 6d, 1 cow at £3l 7s 6d, 2 heifers at £32 2s 6d to £34 17s 6d; J. G. Lewthwaite (Little River), 2 heifers at £34 2s 6d, 1 cow at £2B 17s 6d; A. Banks (Coutts Island), 5 cows at £3l 17s 6d; Mrs M. E. E. rl (Hawarden), 2 steers at £4l 12s 6d; D. Gilmour (Courtenay), 1 steer at £35 12s 6d, 1 heifer at £34 17s 6d: C. W. Loffhagen (Rangiora), 2 steers at £34 17s *"d to £3B 17s 6d; T. A. McKellar 'Pigeon Bay), 1 steer at £39 7s 6d: Paparu i Prison Farm, 6 steers at £37 2s 6d; F. Barnes (Belfast), 1 cow at £3O 2s 6d; T, J. Sparks (Cashmere). 1 cow at £3l 7s 6d; B. K. Wagner (Brookside), 1 cow at £27 2s 6d; Miss S. M. Galletly (Hawarden), 1 cow at £29 12s 6d. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company sold: on account of J. R. Buckley (Parnassus), 4 steers at £4O 2s 6d; Miss J. W. and E. W. Sloss (Cheviot), 8 steers at £4O 17s 6d to £42 7s 6d: A. J. Wright (Little River), steer at £4B

7s 6d; Mrs D. A. Bagrie (Hinds), 3 cows at £26 2s 6d to £37 2s 6d; N. B. Carney (Methven), 1 heifer at £34 7s 6d; W G; Witte (Teddington), 8 cows at £33 7s 6d: A. E. Thompson (Halkett), 1 cow at £27 2s 6d; Miss E. M. Young (Ashburton), 1 cow at £22 12s 6d; G. F. Young (Ash- - burton), 2 cows at £2O 12s 6d to £22 2s 6d- J. A. Mackie (Ashburton), 1 cow at £25 12s 6d. . STORE CATTLE The store cattle entry was much smaller than last week, but consisted of a number of pens of steers in good condition and a large line of breeding cows from the Lands and Survey Department (Molesworth). No quotable lines of station yearling cattle came forward. Some excellent adult steers were yarded and prices were generally on a par with last week for the best. Others may have been £1 a head cheaper. The top price was obtained for 17 Aberdeen Angus steers from Ward, which made from £34 18s 6d to £37 Is. Hereford steers made up to £34 18s 6d for the best of a line of 16, which made from £33 Is to the top price. Twenty Hereford steers from Amberley made from £32 18s 6d to £34 Eighteen months old cattle made to £3l 13s 6d for seven Aberdeen Angus steers in excellent condition. Two pens of Hereford heifers, totalling 21 head were yarded. These made from £27 18s 6d to £3O 18s 6d. These prices were much better than values for breeding heifers last week. Fifty->six Aberdeen Angus and Hereford breeding cows from Molesworth station attracted a fair demand. They had come forward in very hard condition and had

been running with bulls since January. The top price was £24 13s 6d for seven Aberdeen Angus cows, and others of similar breeding made down to £2O 18s ! 6d. Another lot of 10 were passed. ■ Twenty-three Herefords were included in the line, and these made from £24 Is • to £24 8s 6d.

: DAIRY CATTLE i There were about 40 head of mixed- . quality cows in the dairy cattle section. ; With, farmers busy hay making, the at- , tendance of buyers was small. Except i for odd, good Friesian cows and heifers, values were about £1 to 30s below last ; week’s rates, and there were odd pass- > ings. Apart from a registered Friesian cow, ’ which sold for 51 guineas, values were: best second, third, and fourth calvers, t £3O to £36, with a few sales of Friesians to £47; and, others, £l6 to £2B. Best J heifers sold from £33 to £3B, with one . sale at £5O. Small and inferior sold | down to £l5 10s. FAT PIGS

The porker entry was one of the largest this season, and consisted mainly of good quality sorts. The sale opened with values on a par with last week, but over the latter half of the sale values eased by 5s to 7s a head. In the chopper section, the entry was a fairly heavy one, and contained a fair proportion of overweight, over-fat baconers. Choppers sold well at last week’s parity, but over-fat baconers were easier by about 30s to £2 a head. In the bacon section, with a medium entry, all good quality pigs commanded .'good competition. but the over-fat types were definitely not wanted.

Values were:— Light porkers, £5 15s 6d to £6 14s 6d. Medium porkers, £6 19s 6d to £7 14s 6d. Heavy porkers, £7 19s 6d to £8 7s 6d. Choppers, £8 8s 6d to £l6 18s 6d. Light baconers, £9 3s 6d to £lO 3s 6d.

Medium baconers, £lO 6s 6d to £ll 4s 6d. Heavy baconers, £ll 8s 6d to £l2 3s 6d. STORE PIGS The entry in the store pig section was much smaller than last week, and consisted largely of weaners and small stores. The attendance of buyers was also much smaller, but competition for best classes was very- good, last week’s rates being practically maintained. For other sorts the market was easier by 5s to 10s per head. Values were:— Small weaners, 54s to 60s. Best weaners, 65s to 755. Slips, 80s to 90s. Small stores, 91s to 100 s. Medium stores 105 s to 110 s. Large stores, 115 s to 120 s.