ADDINGTON MARKET

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27639, 21 April 1955, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKET

Better Demand For Ewes WETHER LAMBS UP BY 4/- A HEAD Few parts of Canterbury are not now feeling the pinch with the continued dry weather, and there was not any great life in the markets at the Addington store stock sale yesterday. Buyers from the few districts that have plenty of feed were rather more liberal in their ideas than they have been recently, and for good store ewes and wether lambs there was some increase in price. Secondary sorts and ewe lambs showed no movement. The selection of store cattle was small for an autumn market, and generally of only ordinary quality. It was a dull sale, with prices about £1 a head back for all but the very best. STORE LAMBS The store lamb yarding was a typical end-of-season selection, with most lots small, and with quality very mixed. The ewe lambs met a fairly steady sale at about last week’s rates, but there was not much vigour in the bidding, even for the few good lots that came forward. Top price was 75s for an exceptionally good line of 79 Romneys from a southern client which looked good buying at the price. The best of the offering made to 755, with good lots 51s to 80s, and others down to 35s 6d. Representative sales of ewe lambs were: on account of B. Buckland (Glentunnel), 41 Romney at 50s, A. R. Turnbull (Bingley), 71 halfbred at 475, 78 at 35s 6d; Miss R. Bertoia (Poerua), 70 Romney at 60s; Heathstock Station, 70 halfbrCd at 37s 6d, R. W. F. Newton (Wainui), 97 Romney at 50s; L. K. Sloss (Omihi), 37 Corriedale at 60s. There was a fair sprinkling-of useful lots among the wether lambs. All sorts met an excellent demand at prices which were 3s to 4s a head above those of last week. Top price was 55s for a line of 87 Romney cross from a West Coast client. A notable sale was a line of 240 Corriedales from Miss E. Price (Poranui), which made 525.

The best of the yarding made 45s to 555, good lambs made 36s to 445, with backward and cull lots down to 20s.

Representative sales of wether lambs were:—on account of A. L. Bailey (Te Pirita), 43 Down cross at 41s 6d, 80 at 525; G. Steele (Port Levy), 54 Down cross at 51s; A. L. Frazer (Pigeon Bay), 61 Down cross at 49s 6d, 33 at 535; J. Wilson (Burnham), 48 Down cross at 38s; Gorton and Son (View Hill), 31 half bred at 41s; Miss C. Price (Poranui), 240 Corriedale at 525, 84 at 38s 6d; Brook Dawson Estate (Cheddar Valley), 77 halfbred at 33s 6d; estate I. L. M. Coop (Kaituna), 64 Romney cross at 43s 6d, 57 at 38s 6d; R. F. W. Newton (Wainui), 34 Romney at 39s 6d. TWO-TOOTHS The two-tooth offering was again small, but included several pens of useful Romneys which sold up to £5 2s and £5 for pens from an Ashburton client. Rates generally were from par to a shade better than last week. The best sold at up to £5 2s, good at up to 88s, medium at 50s to o6s, and others down to 41s. Sales included the following: on account of K. H. Parkinson (Rockwood), 61 Romneys at 50s; Brooke Dawson Estate (Cheddar Valley), 41 halfbreds at 50s, 32 at 435; Mrs F. Richards (Windwhistle), 21 Romney cross at 665; E. M. Loughn'an (Waiau), 30 at 495, 21 at 41s.

AGED EWES At 1864 the aged ewe offering was about 400 head fewer than last week, but it again included some pens of useful farmers’ sheep. The sale showed that there was a demand for all classes in moderately good condition and reliably tupped, and for these classes there was an appreciation of Is to 2s on late rates. The old ewe in low condition was, however, still hard ’to sell, and there was little change in values of this class. Top price of the day was 62s for 55 four and five-year Romney ewes from Marlborough. Twenty-four four-tooth Romney cross ewes from Mrs F. Richards ('Windwhistle) were sold at one shilling less. The best of the selection found buyers at 51s to 625, good 35s to 40s, medium 29s to 345, and culls at down to 18s. Among sales of ewes were the following: on account of R. F. Stead (Amberley), 75 four and six-tooth and four-year-old Corriedales at 345; O. A. Wells (Amberley), 64 four-year Corriedales at 395; Mrs F. Richards (Windwhistle), 24 fourtooth Romney cross at 61s, 34 at 255; F. Chittock (Lincoln), 48 purebred four, six, and eight-tooth Romneys at 50s. The wether sale included three lines of station sheep, which made up to 71s for the tops of a big selection of four, six, and eight-tooth halfbreds from the Castle Hill station (Springfield). The best., of the wethers sold at 66s to 7,is, goodiZ at 60s to 655, medium at 52s to 58s, and others at down to 325. Wether sales included: on account of Mrs W. Macfarlane (Lakes Station), 124 f.m. Merinos at 25s 6d, 70 three and four?shear wethers at 545; . Castle Hill Station (Springfield), 122 two and three-shear halfbreds at 80s, 60 at 545, 70 at 50s 6d, 34 at 435, 61 at 525, 124 at 71s; D. Westenra (Dunsandel), 33, mainly two-tooths, at 61s. STORE CATTLE 7 ■ No doubt many breeders with cattle to sell are hanging off in the hope that "a good rain may alter the tone of the store cattle market, and the yarding Was 406, against 550 last week, which is very small for an autumn sale. . There were a few station lines of gobd quality, but for the most part the yarding was made up of secondary station cattle, and a wide selection of badly-br6d and dairy type cattle. The offering of calves was.small and gent

erally unattractive in condition. The sale was dull throughout. Buyers picked the eyes out of the offering, but they were able to do so without too much difficulty, and prices as a whole were from par to £1 a head lower than last week. A small gallery watched the sale.

Top price for the day was £2B, paid for the top truck of a consignment of 3J-year Aberdeen Angus steers from R. M. D. Johnson (Mount Torlesse). Wellgrown steers made £25 to £2B, and others

from £l9 5s to £24 10s. Good 18-months steers made from £23 10s to £26 10s, and others £lB to £22, and good steer

calves made £ll to £l3 10s, with others from £8 to £lO. As a whole, the market

was down about £lO a head on rates this time last year, and calves were about half last year’s price.

Representative sales were: on account of, Bayfields Estate (Rakaia Gorge), 6 Shorthorn steer calves at £l3 10s, 9 heifer

calves at £ll 15s; McLeod and Orbell (Grasmere), 10 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £l3 Is, 14 heifer calves at £lO, 10 18-months Aberdeen Angus cross steers at £24 Is, 9 Aberdeen Angus cows at £l3 10s; R. R. Laidlaw (Oaro), 4 3J-year Shorthorn cross steers at £22; R. M. D. Johnson (Mount Torlesse), 11 3J-year Aberdeen Angus steers at £2B, 10 at £27 ss, 11 at £26 ss; Mount Stewart Station, 8 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross cows at £l7; K. McKenzie (Oxford), 18 18months Hereford cross steers at £22 ss; G. Mathias (Hawarden), 16 18-months Hereford steers at £2l; K. Parkinson (Ataahua), 14 Hereford cross steer calves

at £6 10s, 7 heifers at £5 10s; A. J. Smith (Stillwater), 10 Hereford cross steer calVes at £9 2s 6d 11 heifer calves at £8 15s; L. Prouting (Mesopotamia*), 10 35-year Hereford cross steers at £22, 4 Shorthorn cross at £l9 ss; W. J. Glasgow (Mayfield), 9 18-months Aberdeen Angus cross steers at £26 10s, 8 at £25 15s; A. Conway (Waipara), 4 3J-year Hereford cross steers at £25 2s 6d, 5 at £25 17s 6d, 7 18-months Aberdeen Angus steers at £2l 2s 6d.