ADDINGTON MARKET

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27912, 8 March 1956, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKET

Large Offering Of Old Ewes

RATES FIRM FOR BEST QUALITY

More ewes than at any stage this season were yarded at Addington market yesterday. Selling went on for seven and threequarter hours. For best quality two-tooth and older ewes values held to late rates, but no doubt due to the continued dry weather other classes were harder to sell and were cheaper. Lambs were generally not of very high quality and consequently were difficult to dispose of, except in the case of one or two better-class pens. Many Chatham Islands Romneys were in the offering, and were popular with buyers. The yarding totalled 28.813 head compared with 24.464 head last week. It comprised 7002 lambs, including about 700 ewe lambs, 5753 two-tooth ewes, 14,326 older ewes, and 1732 wethers. The two-tooth ewe entry was about twice the size of that of last week. A large proportion of the offering of lambs was backward and light. Very few top quality lambs were on offer. The total yarding was slightly below last week’s figure, but this did not appear to increase competition to any extent. The best price of the day was 56s 6d for a small but select pen of 24 Southdowns from H. H. Deans (Darfield). Romney wether lambs sold up to 435.

Romneys were again in demand in the two-tooth section and the best of these sold fully up to late rates to a shade better. Apart from the best of the offering however, sales were not so easy to make and values tended lower. The best R° mr »eys sold to £5 for 68 from Alford Station out of a line of 436 which ranged from £4 upwards. This was slightly in advance of last week's best rates. Good ewes sold at 70s to 80s, medium at 58s to 68s, and ordinary and plain at 25s to 495. There were a good many sheep in this latter category. Among the older ewes best quality sold well up to recent rates, but others were cheaper, and inferior and backward types were not wanted. There were quite a number of passings among the aged ewes in poor condition. Five-vear Romneys from F. Q. Lanauze (Chatham Islands) realised up to 565. and a pen of four-year halfbreds well-woolled made up to 655, The best of the ewes sold at 50s to 565, good 39s to 48s, and plain and culls at 10s to 245. The offering of wethers, although not large, was greater than for some weeks and included several pens of good forward sheep which met with a fair demand at prices up to 60s for part of lines from A. Nurse (Lake Taylor) and S. W. Hough (Chatham Islands). Among sales were the following:— Lambs Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of F. and E. K. Busch (Hawarden), 115 halfbred wether lambs at 30s to 34s 6d; J. D. Corrigal (Pigeon Bay), 56 Down cross at 235; B. Smith (Kaikoura), 90 Corriedale wether lambs at 4Cs; W. McCready (Rakaia Gorge), 165 halfbred wether lambs at 15s to 25s 6d; J. James (Prebbleton), 53 halfbred wether lambs at 465; Paparua Prison (West Melton), 100 halfbred wether lambs at 30s; W. H. Robinson (Tormore), 25 Corriedale wether lambs at 20s 6d, 65 ewe lambs at 28s 6d; M. M. Taylor (Cheviot), 100 mixed sex lambs at 32s 6d. 78 wethers lambs at 27s 6d; Beddis and

Brown (Parnassus), 147 halfbred wether lambs at 23s to 34s 6d; R. E. Hiatt (Culverden), 100 halfbred wether lambs at 18s to 28g.

H, Matson and Company sold: on account of D. Hunter (Greenpark), 63 lambs at 24s to 40s; C. Gilmour (Lyttelton), 9 lambs at 45s 6d; J. C. Horn (Horrelville). 48 ewe lambs at 35s 6d, 108 wether lambs at 21s to 395.

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of Gorton and Son (Oxford), 276 wether lambs at 42s 6d; E. J. Leybourne (Dunsandel), 314 lambs at 29s to 38s 6d; B. T. Inkson (Omihi). 107 at 25s to 37s 6d; H. H. Deans (Darfield), 24 Southdown at 565; Pankhurst Bros. (Sandy Knolls), 174 at 37s Cd to 43s 6d. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold: on account of D. Lang (Hawarden), 65 Corriedale wether Jambs at 335; W. J. J. Warwick (Hawarden), 209 halfbred wether lambs at 28s to 355; Ckuku Hills (Oxford), 616 halfbred wether lambs at 22s to 32s 6d; 134 ewe lambs at 24s 6d; estate W. Corrigal (Banks Peninsula), 69 Romney wether lambs at 31s to 435; A. G. Reece (Takamatua), 33 wether lambs at 48s; D. Milne (Sefton),, 138 wether lambs at 455; A. E. Hunt (Waipara), 90 ’wether lambs at 365. National Mortgage and Agency sold: on account of G. Steele (Port Levy), 132 Romneys at 22s to 255; M. R. Gilmour (Oxford), 130 halfbred wether lambs at 34s to 345; C. Harris (Kaiapoi), 96 halfbred ewe lambs at 255. Two-tooth Ewes Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of H. C. Acton-Adams (Clarence Reserve), 290 halfbreds at 60s to 775; J. L. and L. G. Smellie (Hawarden), 70 Corriedales at 37s 6d; A. H. Baker and Son (Waiau), 155 Romneys at 84s to 85s; Alford Station, Ltd. (Alford Forest), 202 Romneys at £4 to £5; C. A. Macdonald (West Eyreton). 181 Corriedales at 61s to 70s; estate E. Frizzell (Swannanoa), 175 Romney-Corriedale cross at 38s 6d to 645; G. A. N. Frizzell- (Kirwee), 140 Corriedales at 57s to 61s 6d; A. Preece (Chatham Islands), 238 Romneys at 60s to 675; A. Daymond (Chatham Islands), 64 Romneys at 60s; Mrs E. F. Hough (Chatham Islands), 55 Romneys at 61s; R. H. Hiatt (Culverden), 70 halfbreds at 455. National Mortgage and Agency sold: on account of estate G. L. Rutherford (Parnassus), 60 Romneys at 655; Crysell Farm (Cust), 100 Romneys at 55s to 60s; G. McKenzie (Amberley), 128 halfbreds at 39s 6d; T. Harris (Leeston), 135 halfbreds at 42s 6d to 455. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of F. H. Shipley (Harewood), 186 Corriedales dt 64s to 655; Alford Station. Ltd., 234 at 80s to 995; Whalesback Station (Waiau), 71 halfbred at 455; G. Harold Parsons and Son (Benmore), 147 at 51s to 645. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold: on account of J. M. Duncan (Darfield), 40 at 60s; J. A. Forrester (Balmoral), 67 at 61s; F. Marshall (Burnside road), 136 Romneys at 80s; J. Fraser (Ashburton). 69 at 68s. H. Matson and Company sold: on account of T. Hough (Chatham Islands), 60 Romneys at 84s, 56 at 755; Alford Forest Station, 62 Romneys at 80s; H. E. Harris (Greenpark), 28 at 655. Old Ewes New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., sold: on account of Beckenham Hills Estate (East Melton), 332 four-year ewes at 35s to 35s 6d, 156 five-year ewes at 325. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of H. C. Acton-Adams (Clarence Reserve), 148 four-year-old halfbreds at 39s to 435, 350 four and six-tooth halfbreds at 32s to 525; J. Baker (Glenroy), 165 three-quarterbred ewes at 33s to 40s; C. A. Macdonald (West Eyreton), 124 Corriedales at 33s to 38s; W. B: Clarkson (Kaikoura), 65 halfbreds at 235; K. I. Macfarlane (Hundalee), 350 five-year halfbreds at 21s to 295; H. J. Poff (Domett), 136 Corriedales at 20s to 30s 6d; M. Grennell (Chatham Islands), 69 Romneys at 445.

National Mortgage and Agency Company sold: on account of J. H. Ensor (Rangiora), 71 five-year halfbreds at 325; Parkdale Farm (Halswell), 161 halfbreds at 39s 6d; estate N. Rutherford (Parnassus), 730 four-year halfbred ewes at 24s to 31s 6d; E. Seymour (Chatham Islands), 118 four, six, and eight-tooth Romney ewes at 48s 6d; J. O. Douglas (Waikouaiti), 333 four-year Romney ewes at 365; M. J. Foley (Teddington), 115 fiveyear Romneys at 39s 6d; M. P . Kay (Taipo), 35 Romneys at 275. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold: on account of K. Swarbrick (Okuku), 170 six and eight-tooth ewes at 20s, 85 four-tooths at 21s, 368 four-year ewes at 19s; G. McEvedy (Southbridge), 280 five-year ewes at 35s 6d; Brookdale Estate (Parnassus), 139 four and five-year ewes at 29s 6d; J. A. Forrester (Balmoral), 204 five-year ewes at 33s 6d; L. Maginness (Wainui), 87 fiveyear ewes at 265; J. D. Corrigal (Pigeon Bay), 65 five-year ewes at 265; J. Fraser (Ashburton), 70 five-year ewes at 27s 6d. H. Matson and Company sold: on account of Paparua Prison Department, 65 five-year ewes at 325; A. A. Macfarlane (Ngawiro), 220 Corriedale four-year at 445, 70 five-year at 345; F. Q. Lanauze (Chatham Islands), 129 five-year Romneys at 565, 73 five-year Romneys at 47s 6d; Colin Gardner (Emu Plains), 139 three-shear Corriedales at 41s, 139 four-shear Corriedales at 425; E. H. F. Rands (Springbank). 66 four and six-tooth Romneys at 51s, 30 at 48s, 28 at 40s; J. C. Horn (Horrelville), 83 Romney cross ewes at 395, 55 at 245. Dalgety aind Company, Ltd., sold: on account of H. H. Deans (Darfield), 183 fouryear Romney at 545, 90 five-year Romney at 465; J. Ross Murray (Woodbank), 62 five-year at 38s. Wethers H. Matson and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of R. Bassett (Burnt Hill), 100 two-tooth wethers at 51s, 86 four-tooth wethers at 375, 70 six-tooth wethers at 32s 6d, 38 two-tooth wethers at 375; T. Hough (Chatham Islands), 82 two-tooth wethers at 595. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of A. Lockett (Chatham Islands), 62 two, four, and six-tooth at 595. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., sold: on account of A. Nurse (Lake Taylor), 188 at 44s to 60s. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of S. W. Hough (Chatham Islands), 140 two and three-shear Romney wethers at 57s to 60s. BURNSIDE (New Zealand Press Association) DUNEDIN, March 7. Entries were larger in most sections at today’s Burnside sale, and as a result prices showed a definite easing. Fat cattle prices generally were easier by fully £2 a head, and in places up to £3 more than last week. Cows showed little alteration on values. Export buyers were noV operating for fat lambs, and bidding was limited to the trade. After their requirements had been filled, the market collapsed, a number of pens being passed. Wether prices could be quoted at 6s to 7s below last week’s. Ewes sold fairly well in the early part of the sale, but these also fell away in values. ANNUAL GERALDINE EWE FAIR (From Our Own Reporter) GERALDINE, March 7. There was a yarding of 14,000 two-tooth ewes and ewe lambs from the Geraldine district at the annual ewe fair at Geraldine today, Romney and Romney-cross breeds predominating in the yarding. For the most part the sheep came forward in good condition, and although there was only a moderate attendance of farmers, competition was well maintained. Taken all round, the sale was a most satisfactory one, although there were erratic spells when moderate and inferior sheep were offered. Most vendors met the market and there was almost a complete clearance. Top price in the ewe lamb section was obtained by Mr L. A. Coulter (Geraldine) for a nice pen of Romneys. These made 77s 6d. Mr A. K. Nolan topped the twotooth ewe sections at 935. Values were:— Romney and Romney-cross ewe lambs, best 71s to 77s 6d, good 62s to 70s, medium 48s to 595, inferior 30s to 425; Romney and Romney-cross two-tooth ewes, best 84s to 935, good 73s to 81s, medium 55s to 675, inferior 35s to 445.