ADDINGTON MARKET

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27408, 22 July 1954, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKET

FAT CATTLE DROP SHARPLY

Small Store Sheep Entry ONLY SIX PENS OF HOGGETS Fat cattle prices dropped sharply at Addington stock market yesterday. On an average values were 30s to £2 under late rates. Fat hoggets were yarded in only very small numbers. The best were up to about 2s dearer and lighterweights were selling on a par with recent values. Best fat wethers continued to sell steadily with lighter-weights cheaper. Some outstanding sheep were included in the offering. They sold at up to £6 5s Id. Ewes were up to Is dearer. In the store sheep section there was one of the smallest yardings for very many weeks. Only six pens of store hoggets were forward. There was a sizeable entry of ewes but with the spell of wintry weather continuing the demand for them was inclined to be less keen. Values declined by up to 2s. STORE SHEEP As was to be expected with the continuation of the current wintry spell of weather, the store sheep market was not very active, and the very small number of sheep yarded were not looking their most attractive in the misty rain that fell during the sale. Altogether only 1363 head of store sheep came forward, compared with 2960 last week, making it the smallest yarding to date in the' winter store sheep sales. The entry was made up of only 196 hoggets, 1026 ewes, and 141 wethers. Except for odd lines of ewes quality was of very average description.

The hogget entry was made up of only about half a dozen pens, and they were not of outstanding quality. Wether hoggets sold from 54s to 62s 6d, and ewe hoggets from 65s 6d to 745, the top price being paid for 57 halfreds from T. W. Stephenson and Sons (Hornby). The entry of store ewes was fairly large for this time of the year, with nearly 400 sheep coming from one farmer who is clearing his stock. But with the present sort of weather farmers are generally not very keen to take on more stock at this stage and the demand was inclined to be easier. Values ranged from about par to 2s easier. The best of the ewes made to £5 Is, with good selling at 74s to 84s, medium 66s to 735, and others down to 565. A small pen of 22 in-lamb two-tooth Corriedales from R. J. McLaughlin (Lakeside) made £5 Is each, and H. R. Ffitch (Cheviot) sold the tops of his offering of 373 sheep at £5. The latter price was paid for 133 two-shear Romney cross ewes in lamb to South Suffolk rams. Mr Ffitch also sold 52 full-mouth halfbred ewes in lamb to South Suffolk rams at 665, 117 three-shear three-quarterbred ewes in lambs to South Suffolk rams, at 84s, and 71 four-year three-quarterbred ewes in lamb to South Suffolk rams at 70s. A. Banks (Coutts Island) disposed of 90 fail-ing-mouth Romney ewes in lamb to South Suffolk rams at 745, and C. Wroote (Southbridge) sold 61 full and failingmouth Romney ewes in lamb to Southdown rams at the same price. The small offering of wethers realised from 37s 6d to 675. D. Costello (Ofieviot) was paid 67s for 35 shorn two-tooths and E. G. Saunders (Oxford) realised 66s for 20 two-tooths. FAT HOGGETS A very limited selection of fat hoggets came before buyers and they were not of very attractive quality. The offering totalled 386 compared with 325 last week. For all classes there was again a good sale. The few good quality lambs were selling from fully firm to 2s to 3s dearer and lighter sorts continued to sell at

about late rates. , . _ Best hoggets made to 93s 7d. good from 80s Id to 89s Id, medium from 6/s Id to 78s Id, ’ and others down to 58s Id. The top price was 93s Id paid for six hoggets from C. G. Chamberlain (Lakeside). , The sales included:— nr^„ o „4ii o New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency sold: on account of S teele Brothers (Kimberley). 21 at 69s Id to 76s Id; Wilfred Adams (Greendale), 9 at 75s ld New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association, sold: on account of Mrs M. Allen (Killinchy), 1 at 58s Id: Allen Bros. (Killinchy), 2 at 60s Id; A. Gray den (Sheffield), 51 at 63s Id to 68s Id; B. Roper (Oxford). 1 at 63s Id; J- S. Ry« n (Tai Tapu), 14 shorn lambs at 75s Id to 81s Id; L. E. Cooper (Lakeside), 4 at 61s Id to 74s Id; G. A. Russell (Irwell), 10 at 62s Id to 65s Id. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd„ sold: on account of E. G. Amyes (Lakeside), 10 at 67s Id to 70s Id; T. S. and J. R. Donald (Darfield), 19 at 66s Id to 80s Id; D H. Evans (Rakaia), 12 at 74s Id to 78s Id; E. H. Simes (Hororata), 10 at 64s Id to 70s Id; S. J. Hunt (Hororata), 11 at n?Os Id. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of E. P. Honey bone (Cheviot), 8 at 71s Id to 89s Id; W. R. Oliver (Hororata), 7 at 71s Id to 73s Id; T. W. Stephenson and Sons (Hornby), 5 at 68s Id. National Mortgage and Agency sold: on account of W. Marshall (Lyttelton), 10 at 68s Id to 73s Id; G. C. Smith (Hororata). 35 at 74s Id to 85s Id; R. Sutherland (Fernside), 28 at 72s Id to 73s Id; C. H. Thompson (Oxford), 14 at 65s Id to 76s Id; W. N. Dunlop (Tai Tapu), 1 at 87s Id. H. Matson and Company sold: on account of C. G. Chamberlain (Lakeside), 6 at 93s Id; W. R. Ford (Ashburton), 28 at 69s Id to 73s Id; Mrs D. G. White (Robinson’s Bay), 3 at 75s Id; M. G. White (Robinson’s Bay), 6 at 66s Id to 81s Id; W. J. Patterson and Sons (Lakeside), 4 at 64s Id to 79s Id; M. C. O'Neill (Brookside), 12 at 67s Id; R. Chamberlain (Ellesmere), 9 at 79s Id: J. Brown (Winchmore), 8 at 80s Id; K. McKenzie (Oxford), 6 at 81s FAT SHEEP. The fat sheep entry included some wethers of outstanding quality which made up to £6 10s 4d. The entry was 2865, compared with 2783 last week. Wethers met a good market at the beginning of the sale, but later the demand appeared to become erratic and at the finish only the best quality were in good demand. In the offering were a few pens of weathers of quality superior to anything seen at Addington for some time, and the best of these sold to £6 10s Id for two from Mrs M. Watson (Wakanui). For 10 from R. Reith (Ealing) and six from R. J. Clarkson and Son (Mount Hutt) buyers paid £6 5s Id. Clarkson and Son sold 44 at an average of £5 18s 6d. M. and B. Petrie (Swannanoa) sold four shorn wethers at 99s Id.

Over the whole sale best quality wethers were about firm on late rates, with lighter sorts tending to be cheaper. Ewes were again in keen demand, and they showed a slight appreciation of about Is a head. The top price of the section was 81s Id for seven from J. Ryan (Tai Tapu). Values were:— Extra prime heavy weathers, £6 10s IdPrime. 85s 7d to 99s Id.

Prime medium-weight, 75s Id to 84s Id. Ordinary and light, down to 525. Extra prime ewes, to 81s Id. Prime, 56s 7d to 66s Id.

Light and plain, down to 325. Representative Sales were as fallows:— New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold: on account of Gartery Brothers (Rangiora), 31 ewes at 62s Id to 72s Id; Allen Brother (Killinchy), 17 ewes at 55s Id; Estate J. S. Jarman (Darfield). 17 ewes at 57s Id; I. Reid (Broadfields), 37 ewes at 63s Id to 71s Id; R. J. Lockhead (Broadfields), 26 ewes at 70s Id; R. Reith (Ealing). 10 ewes at 74s Id, 46 wethers at £5 10s Id to £6 5s Id; estate H. H. Wood (Ashburton), 1 wether at £5 6s Id; S. Reveley (Ashburton), 40 wethers at £5 7s Id to £6 0s Id; Patrick Clinton (Greendale), 71 wethers at 98s Id to £5 13s Id; Edward and H. E. Ensor (Okuku), 16 wethers at 90s Id to 93s Id; Le Leivre Bros (Akaroa), 17 wethers at 84s Id to 90s Id; K. Chambers (Leeston), 9 wethers at 86s Id; A. A. Russell (Irwell), 4 wethers at 71s Id; R. Lamb (Oxford), 5 wethers at 69s Id to 86s Id, 1 ewe at 60s Id; H. E. P. Feary (Oxford), 22 wethers at 92s Id to 96s Id.

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of E. P. Honeybone (Cheviot) 59 ewes <«t 50s id to 73s Id; B. G. Dalgety (Methven), 6 ewes at 69s Id, 23 wethers at 94s Id to £5 Is Id; Messrs Campbell and Hart (Rakaia), 7 ewes at 73s Id; Estate Ji A. Wells (Oxford), 15 wethers at 95s Id to 96s Id; H. Dalzell (Sefton), 13 wethers at £5 2s Id to £5 8s Id; W, R. Lock (Methven), 60 wethers at £5 2s Id; R. M. Irwin (Rakaia), 56 wethers at £5 os Id to £5 16s Id; F. A. Wells (West Melton), 9 wethers at £5 4s Id; C O. Redfern (Darfield), 19 wethers at £5 3s Id to £5 11s Id, 15 ewes at 70s Id: M. S. Bower (Swannanoa), 81 ewes at 60s Id to 69s Id; Alford Station, Ltd. (Ashburton), 8 ewes at 78s Id; .Glen Albyn Estate (Parnassus), 22 ewes at 75s Id to 77s Id; R. G. Redfern (Darfield), 19 wethers at £5 3s Id to 99s Id; C. L. Pope (Dunsandel), 22 wethers at 89s Id to 95s Id; M. F. McFarlane (Waikari), 33 wethers at 88s Id to 91s Id.

Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of C. T. and R. R. Wilson (Halkett), 16 ewes at 46s Id to 60s Id; R. B. Hunt (Glenavy), 128 ewes at 50s Id to 67s Id; S. J. Hunt (Hororata), 16 ewes at 60s Id to 62s Id; estate A. Gillanders (Cheviot), 11 ewes at 37s Id to 61s Id, 12 maiden ewes at 70s Id to 89s Id; Mrs M. A. Gartery (Cust), 25 ewes at 73s Id to 74s Id; F. M. Buttle (Hororata), 5 wethers at 98s Id; C. R. Ridgen (Greendale), 2 wethers at 96s Id; J. B. Patterson (Lakeside), 3 wethers at 76s Id; H. C. Barr (Prebbleton), 16 shorn wethers at 62s Id to 67s Id; G. S. and J. R. Donald (Darfield), 12 wethers at 97s Id to £5 6s Id; M. E. Jenkins (Courtenay), 65 ewes at 44s Id to 76s Id; R. A. Callaghan (Mount Hutt), 10 ewes at 68s la, 15 wethers at £5 2s Id to £5 10s Id; estate W. J. Halliday (Rakaia), 26 ewes at 69s Id to 73s Id; Alford Forest Station (Ashburton), 25 ewes at 60s Id to 71s Id, 7 maiden ewes at 80s Id, 10 wethers at 75s Id to £5 10s Id; Plummer’s Estate (Hororata), 78 ewes at 70s Id to 75s Id; R. J. Clarkson and Son (Mount Hutt), 8 maiden ewes at £5 Is Id to £5 7s Id, 44 wethers at £5 14s Id to £6 5s Id; J. Petrie (Swannanoa), 17 wethers at 89s Id to 93s Id; W. H. McCoy (Amberley), 7 wethers at 80s Id to 95s Id; F. B. Magson (Rakaia), 59 wethers at 92s Id to £5 5s Id; J. Irwin (Rakaia), 9 wethers at £5 Ils Id; G. H. Reid (Darfield), 7 wethers at 96s Id.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency sold: on account of J. E. Horrell (Horrelville), 24 ewes at 58s Id to 69s Id; estate of H. J. Harrison (Dorie), 59 ewes at 58s Id to 73s Id; Wilfred Adams (Greendale), 25 ewes at 65s Id to 69s Id; R. F. White (Hororata), 11 ewes at 68s Id to 74s Id, 7 maiden ewes at 80s Id; Oakley Brothers (Rakaia), 64 w’ethers at 84s Id to 97s Id: H. H. Petrie (Swannanoa). 3 shorn wethers at 68s Id. 1 ewe at 66s Id; M. and B. Petrie (Swannanoa). 8 shorn wethers at 69s Id to 99s Id.

H. Matson and Company sold: on account of W. J. Patterson and Sons (Lakeside). 38 W’ethers at 80s to £5 4s Id; R. Chamberlain (Ellesmere), 1 wether at £5 10s Id. 1 ewe at 65s Id; J. Brown (Winchmore), 3 two-tooth ewes at 91s Id; H. E. Harris (Sumner), 2 ewes at 59s Id, 6 twotooth ewes at 99s Id; N. W. Skurr (Oxford), 6 ewes at 54s Id, 16 wethers at 99s Id to £5 5s Id, 2 two-tooth ewes at 84s Id; W. A. B. Reed (Oxford), 2 ewes at 68s Id, 16 wethers at £5 5s Id to £5 8s Id; Mrs M. Watson (Wakanui), 2 ewes at 35s Id to 58s Id. 2 wethers at £6 10s Id; R. B. Pawsey (Wakanui), 12 ewes at 66s Id: M. Adams (Charing Cross). 3 ewes at 63s Id, 15 wethers at £5 7s Id to £5 15s Id; A. Ashworth (Sefton), 29 ewes at 64s Id to 69s Id. 9 wethers at 95s Id to £5 2 S Id: F. McHugh (Swannanoa), 21 shorn wethers at 58s Id.

National Mortgage and Agency sold: on account of W. Marshall (Lyttelton), 2 wethers at 91s Id: G. C. Smith (Hororata), 23 wethers at 94s Id, 22 two-tooth ewes at 87s Id to 97s Id; R. Sutherland (Fernside). 49 e*wes at 64s Id to 66s Id; F. A. Donaldson (Seaview), 43 ewes at 57s Id to 71s Id, 19 wethers at 85s Id to £5 7» Id; W. and F. Mcßride (Winchester), 54 ewes at 73s Id to 79s Id; J. M. Blackley (Rakaia), 19 eWes at 66s Id; G. Adamson (Cust), 50 ewes at 67s Id to 75s ld: z Mackenzie and Company (Happy Valley). 22 ewes at 79s Id. 69 wethers at 98s Id to £5 5s Id, 70 two tooth ewes at 82s Id to 98s Id; W. K. Wilson (Mount Hutt). 59 wethers at £5 8s Id to £5 18s Id; estate L. L. Richards (Mount Hutt), 37 wethers at 85s Id to £5 0s Id; C. H. Thompson (Oxford), 15 ewes at 37s Id; Crysell Farm (Cust), 46 ewes at 70s Id to 76s Id.

FAT CATTLE *nie fat cattle entry consisted of 475 head compared with 383 last week. For all classes there was a sharp drop in values which averaged from 30s to £2 over the whole market. The top price for steers was £54 2s 6d. paid for two from D. G. Holmes (Methven), who averaged £52 14s for a pen ci eight. W. K. Esson (Rotherham) sold 12 head at an average of £52 9s. A heifer from C. Puschel (Kaiapoi) made £42 2s 6d, and a cow from Spurtelton Downs (Omihi) sold at £39 17s 6d. Best beef made to 122 s 6d per 1001 b, medium to 108 s 6d; best heifer to 120 s, and medium to 107 s 6d; best cow to 355. secondary to 85s. Values were:— Extra prime heavy steers, to £54 2s 6d. Prime, £42 10s to £46. Prime medium-weight, £3B 10s to £43 10s. Plain and light, down to £32 10s. Extra prime heifers, to £42 2s 6d. Prime, £26 to £33 10s. Ordinary and plain, down to £22. Extra prime cows, to £39 17s 6d. Prime, £26 to £32 10s. Plain, down to £2O. Representative sales included the following:— New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold: on account of R. D. Sloss (Omihi). 5 steers at £46 7s 6d to £53 7s 6d; M. E. Leech (Rangiora), 18* steers at £36 17s 6d to £44 7s 6d, 1 heifer at £32 2s 6d: Spurtelton Downs (Omihi), 2 cows at £3l 2s 6d to £39 17s 6d; W. F. McArthur (Harewood), 4 cows at £29 7s 6d fc to £36 2s 6d; Wood Bros. (Tai Tapu), 2 Sows at £27 2s 6d; C. Puschel (Kaiapoi), 1 cow at £36 7s 6d, 1 heifer at £42 2s 6d; S. Birchfield (Ohoka), 1 cow at £25 7s 6d; G. Lancaster (Lincoln), 1 cow at £23 2s 6d; R. A. Hamilton (Cashmere), 5 cows at £25 2s 6d to £33 2s 6d; Mrs J. D. Glasson (Irwell), 1 heifer at £27 2s 6d.

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of Alford Station, Ltd. (Alford Forest), 1 steer at £46 17s 6d, 1 heifer at £39 12s 6d, 2 cows at £27 7s 6d to £39 7s 6d; E. A. Mangin (Methven), 1 steer at £42 2s 6d; J. D. Mangin (Rakaia), 1 cow at £27 2s 6d; F. J. Woods (Rakaia), 1 cow at' £2B 2s 6d; C. C. A. McLachlan (Rakaia), 5 steers at £35 12s 6d to £39 2s 6d. 3 heifers at £32 7s 6d to £36 12s 6d; M. S. Bower (Rangiora), 2 heifers at £26 12s 6d to £35 17s 6d; L. Harry (Karamea), 1 cow at £l6 17s 6d; N. Vowles (Hanmer), 1 heifer at £3O 17s 6d, 2 cows at £25 7s 6d to £25 17s 6d; J. W. Graham and Sons (Ahuriri), 8 heifers at £33 7s 6d to £36 2s 6d. H. Matson and Company sold: on account of T. Mason (Gough’s Bay), 8 steers at £4O 12s 6d to £45 17s 6d, 6 heifers at £33 7s 6d to £3B 12s 6d; D. O. Masefield (Gough’s Bay), 4 heifers at £3l 17s £34 17s 6d: Alforc i Station, Ltd. (Alford Forest), 4 steers at £42 17s 6d, 3 cows at £33 7s 6d to £35 17s 6d, 1 heifer at £32 2s 6d; N. R. A. Cox (Halswell), 5 steers at £34 17s 6d; H. V Wearing (Belfast), 10 cows at £2O 7s 6d to £27 12s 6d; estate J. G. Sutty (Ashburton), 1 steer at £52 17s 6d; E, B Goodwin (Pigeon Bay), 9 heifers at £32 7s 6d to £37 7s 6d; Murray Thacker (Okains), 3 steers at £53 7s 6d, 6 heifers at £4O 7s 6d to £4l 12s 6d; Mole Brothers (Duvauchelle), 18 heifers at £33 12s 6d to £4l 12s 6d; R. J. McLaughlin (Lakeside), 2 cows at £2O 7s 6d to £2B 12s 6d; Miss M. H. May (Southbridge), 1 cow at £35 2s 6d; Blank Brothers (Templeton), 1 steer at £42 7s 6d; J. C. Wakelin (Spencerville), 3 cows at £27 7s 6d to £27 12s 6d, 1 heifer at 17s 6d; estate A. Stalker (Rangiora), 1 cow at £3O 2s 6d; estate J. Evans (Fernside), 1 cow at £35 2s 6d; W. Taitua (Tuahiwi), 1 cow at £34 12s 6d; C E. Bain (Kaiapoi), 2 steers at £3B 7s 6d to £5O 2s 6d; L. H. Duffield (Kaiapoi). 3 cows at £23 7s 6d to £35 12s 6d; F. J Forrester (Hawarden), 21 heifers at £23 17s 6d to £33 12s 6d, 1 cow at £26 7s 6d; Mrs E. G. Watson (Loburn), 1 cow at £35 12s 6d; A. Shaw (Sefton), 1 cow at £24 2s 6d; I. Peters (Sefton), 1 heifer at £37 12s 6d, 2 cows at £32 7s 6d to £34 17s 6d: S. Moore (Bromley), 2 cows at £26 7s 6d to £27 2s 6d; H. E. Chamberlain (Ellesmere), 1 steer at £44 2s 6d; W. Polson (Waimate), 1 cow at £2B 2s 6d; T. Moore (Mairehau), 3 cows at £25 17s 6d to £32 17s 6d, 1 heifer at £25 12s 6d; W. A. Smith (Tinwald), 2 cows at £32 17s 6d to £33 17s 6d, 1 heifer at £2l 17s 6d.

National Mortgage and Agency sold: on account of S. H. Anderson (Lyndhurst), 1 cow at £34 17s 6d: T. F. Cron (Hari Hari), 8 steers at £45 17s 6d to £47 17s 6d; E. A. Gibb (Franz Josef), 4 steers at £3B 2s 6d, 5 heifers at £32 2s 6d; I. Hollobon (Parnassus), 4 steers at £43 17s 6d to £46 17s 6d, 1 heifer at £33 17s 6d; R. D. Parsons (Parnassus), 10 steers at £4O 12s 6d to £47 17s 6d, 1 heifer at £25 17s 6d; J. Egan (Waiau), 7 steers at £4l 17s 6d to £46 2s 6d; M. Donovan (Arowhenua), 8 steers at £4O 2s 6d to £46 17s 6d; A. A. Adams (Greendale), 1 cow at £23 12s 6d; W. B. Scott (Coldstream), 1 cow at £39 2s 6d; A. A. Leonard (Ashburton), 1 cow at £35 17s

6d: W. M. Thompson (Ross), 1 cow at £23 12s 6d; V. T. and H. E. Winter (Brookside), 1 cow at £23 2s 6d; F. J. Farquhar (Amberley), 1 cow at £3O IZB 6d.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency sold: on account of D. G. Holmes (Methven), 8 steers at £5O 12s 6d to £54 2s 6d, 1 cow at £33 12s 6d; W. K. Esson (Rotherham). 12 steers at £49 12s 6d to £53 17s 6d; Oakley Brothers (Rakaia), 1 heifer at £39 17s 6d. 1 steer at £44 17s 6d; Mrs D. M. Bennett (Cheviot), 1 cow at £23 12s 6d; G. T. Wolfe (Cust). 1 cow at £2O 2s 6d; Mrs John McQuilkin (Ashburton), 1 steer at £3l 17s 6d; John McQuilkin (Ashburton), 1 cow at £3l 2s 6d.

Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of N. R. Wilkinson (Spotswood), 16 steers at £45 17s 6d to £5O 2s 6d; estate R. Gould (Rotherham), 8 steers at £36 17s 6d to £44 17s 6d; J. Ward (Cust), 8 steers at £4O 17s 6d to £46 6s 6d; H. Fitzsimmons (Greta Vale), 10 heifers at £33 7s 6d tb £37 17s 6d; D. O. Masefield (Goughs Bay), 9 cows at £27 17s 6d to £35 2s 6d; Alford Station, Ltd. (Alford Forest), 2 cows at £3O 12s 6d to £3l 12s 6d, 2 heifers at £-28 12s 6d to £33 7s 6d; J. Petrie and Sons (Swannanoa), 7 steers at £34 17s 6d to £39 12s 6d, 5 heifers at £2B 2s 6d to £3O 17s 6d; E. A. Gibb (Franz Josef), 4 steers at £3B 2s 6d to £42 17s 6d, 5 heifers at £2B 12s 6d to £37 17s 6d; Mrs M. Stace (Amberley). 1 cow at £3l 2s 6d; A. M. Calder (Halkett), 1 cow at £29 2s 6d; L. B. Carr (Ellesmere), 2 cows at £26 12s 6d to £3l 12s 6d; Mrs A. Hayes (New Brighton), 2 cows at £23 7s 6d to £2l 12s 6d; Mrs A. Chilton (Ashburton), 1 heifer at £27 2s 6d; R. H. Magson (Rakaia), 1 cow at £29 7s 6d; Mrs M. K. Duncan (Rakaia), 1 cow at £35 17s 6d; L. J. Chilton (Ashburton), 2 cows at £29 2s 6d to £3l 7s 6d; H. Dunlea (Winchmore), 1 cow at £33 2s 6d; Pt R. McMillan (Winchmore), 1 cow at £25 17s 6d; S. Henderson and Son (Bankside), 3 cows at £23 2s 6d to £26 12s 6d; A. Smythe (Ashburton), 1 cow at £24 12s 6d; B. S. Trolove (Kekerengu), 24 heifers at £29 12s 6d to £33 7s 6d.

STORE CATTLE There was one of the smallest yardings for many weeks in the store cattle section. Apart from odd pens, the quality of the offering was not impressive, but for anything showing breeding, prices showed a firming tendency. Among quotable lines were the following:—seven 20-months Friesian steers at £27 3s 6d: 13 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £2l 18s 6d; 10 Aberdeen Angus and Hereford steer calves at £24 13s sd; 14 Aberdeen Angus and Hereford heifer calves at £23 18s 6d; a pen of Hereford heifer calves at £2l 3s 6d; and seven Friesian cows at £lB 3s 6d. VEALERS Vealers were yarded in similar numbers to. recent sales and the quality was reasonably good. Prices remained firm at late rates. Prime large runners made £3O 3s 6d, medium £l6 8s 6d to £2l 16s: best suckers to £24 13s 6d; medium, £l5 Us to £l9 Is; large calves. £8 18s 6d to £l5 Is; small, £3 18s 6d to £8 8s 6d. DAIRY CATTLE In the dairy cattle section, there was an entry of about 55 head. The cows were much below the quality of those yarded last week, a fair proportion of them being backward and of inferior quality. For those still a long way off calving the demand was not so keen Cows nearer u profit were still in demand, but they were a shade easier. The entry of heifers was small, but it was of rather good quality. Values were about late rates. Best second, third, and fourth calvers sold at £3l to £3B, medium £25 to £3O. and aged and inferior and backward sorts down to £ll. Best heifers realised from £35 to £45, with two Friesian sales at £53 and £54, and other classes sold down to £lB 10s. FAT PIGS The porker entry was a little smaller than last week, and contained mostly good quality pigs. Comjßetition was keener from the outset and values were better by 3s to 4s a head. Choppers were forward in medium numbers and the sale was again a good one at values fully up to last week’s rates. In the bacon section the entry was small and here again the sale was a good one, with values 3s to 4s a head better. Values were:— Light porkers, £5 12s 6d to £5 19s 6d. Medium porkers, £6 4s 6d to £7 14s 6d. Heavy porkers, £7 19s 6d to £8 12s 6d. Choppers, £ll Is to £l7 Us. Light baconers, £9 19s 6d to £ll 8s 6d. Medium baconers, £ll 12s 6d to £l2 7s 6d. Heavy baconers, £l2 12s 6d to £l3 14s 6d. STORE PIGS In the store pig section, the entry was much larger than last week, and included seven sows in pig. The attendance of buyers was much larger. Competition opened cautiously at values similar to last week, but weaners improved by 5s to 6s a head as the sale progressed. Sows in pig made from £l5 to £27. Values were:— Small weaners. 58s to 68s. Best weaners, 70s to 82s. Slips. 75s to 80s. Small and medium stores, 81s to 935. Large stores, 96s to 105 s.