ADDINGTON MARKET Sharp Rise In Store Lamb And Fat Cattle Prices

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28480, 9 January 1958, Page 6

ADDINGTON MARKET Sharp Rise In Store Lamb And Fat Cattle Prices

A very heavy yarding of store lambs, which met a most buoyant sale, was the feature at Addington Market yesterday. The light entry of other store sheep sold in accordance with late rates. A moderate entry of fat lambs sold to reasonable advantage. Fat sheep generally were in relatively short supply and, the quality being particularly good, values for young wethers and ewes were higher. Fat cattle values rose appreciably.

It was announced tl sales will commence on 1 STORE SHEEP The entry of about 12,000 store sheep included 9930 store lambs, a handful of store hoggets, a few twotooth ewes, and one or two useful pens of adult ewes and wethers. Ewe hoggets sold up to 80s and wether hoggets made from 54s to 60s. There were at least three lines of good, useful farmers’ ewes, which realised 42s to 47s 6d, and most of them auseared to be sound in the feet.

There was a relatively heavy yarding of store lambs, the total being 9930, compared with 3022 at the Christmas market, and some 7000 at the comparable sale in January of last year. The general run of quality was good. An exceptionally large gallery followed the sale, which was a buoyant one from start to finish. Values generally were very high, considering the immediate outlook for lamb, and in many cases left very little margin for fatteners The range of prices was slightly higher than at the comparable sale a year ago, when schedule prices for lamb were Id per lb higher than today’s prices of 24d for up to 281 b and 22d for lambs in the 291 b to 361 b class. At yesterday’s sale, all classes of lambs sold freely, but the highestpriced pens still looked the cheapest. The market for the best lambs was fully 3s to 4s dearer than the rates of two weeks ago. The best of the wether lambs made up to 58s, which was the price paid to D. S. Morris (Cheviot) for a pen of 75. Outstanding in a small entry of ewe lambs were two pens from G. R. Gould (The Hermitage) and A. H. Black (Hawarden), both of which made 61s. Values were:— Extra good lambs, 53s to 58s. Good lambs, 44s to 525. Light and plain, 39s to 425. Sales included:— New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd., sold: on account of J S. Robertson (Kaikoura), 375 wether lambs at 45s 6d to 51s 6d; V. R. Scott (Methven), 175 wether lambs at 46s to 495; W. G. Dickson (Cheviot), 251 lambs at 43s 6d to 50s, and 97 ewe lambs at 46s 6d; A. H. Black (Hawarden), 89 Corriedale ewe lambs at 61s; J. Stevenson (Hanmer), 117 wether lambs at 40s 6d to 50s. Pyne. Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold, on account of client, 166 ewe lambs at 44s 6d to 61s; R. A. and N. A. Riddle (Omihi), 436 wether lambs at 42s to 525; C. L. Baring (Claverley). 303 wether lambs from 46s to 535; E.

hat the seasonal two-day 'uesday week, January 21. D. Campton (Cheviot), 436 wether lambs at 45s to 56s 6d; D. S. Morris (Cheviot), 626 wether lambs at 48s to 58s; J. T. M. Fisher (Double Bay), 270 wether lambs at 45s 6d to 53s 6d; Glen Dhu station, 144 wether lambs at 49s to 50s 6d; Purau station (Purau), 387 wether lambs at 48s to 555; North Canterbury client, 204 wether lambs from 37s to 535; J. H; Mathias, 272 lambs at 48s to 535.

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of A. K. Quentin Baxter (Teoka), 239 Romney wether lambs from 46s to 51s; lan Menzies (Menzies’ Bay), 302 Romney wether lambs from 48s to 525; W. Dampier-Cross-ley (Parnassus), 341 wether lambs from 48 <; to 545; client, 600 wether lambs from 40s to 51s 6d; estate A. J. W. Inkson (Scargill), 262 halfbred wether lambs from 43s 6d to 50s 6d; W. A. Douglas (Cheviot), 177 wether lambs from 46s to 50s; G. Harold Parsons and Son (Benmore), 177 haHbred ewe lambs from 46s to 50s.

National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., sold: on account of Mendip Hills Station (Parnassus), 253 wether lambs at 36s to 50s, and 54 ewe lambs at 395; North Canterbury client, 470 wether lambs at 46s to 495; R. D. Andrew (Motunau), 144 Down cross lambs at 52s and 141 half bred lambs at 48s 6d; lona partnership (Parnassus), 370 wether lambs at 44s to 50s 6d; D. G. Holmes (Allandale), 149 lambs at 48s to 53s 6d.

H. Matson, and Company sold: on account of client, 374 from 47s to 555; R. R. Furze (St. Martins), 575 at 44s to 52s 6d; V. Bingham (Diamond Harbour), 150 at 50s 6d to 535.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., sold: on account of W. H. Harcourt and Sons (Waiau), 85 Down cross at 54s 6d, 103 Down cross at 50s; D. R. M. Johnston (Governor’s Bay), 82 at 51s 6d, 74 at 43s 6d, 110 at 50s; A. J. Wright (Little River), 56 Romney at 49s 6d; R. J. Griffin (Ashley), 75 at 50s 6d. Sales of other store sheep included :

Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account J. E. Wanklyn (Waikari), 73 ewe hoggets at 645; client, 104 ewe hoggets from 60s to 60s 6d; W Newall, 64 aged ewes at 42s 6d; J. Sunckell (Waiau), 100 aged ewes at 475.

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold. on account Watson and Topp (Waipara), 203 aged ewes at 40s to 455; client, 124 aged ewes at 47s and 150 ewes from 31s to 40s.

National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd.-, sold: on account of Mendip Hills Station (Parnassus). 59 six-tooth wethers at 57s 6d. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd., sold: on account of A. H. Black (Hawarden), 71 two-tooth Corriedale ewes at 86s: R. C. Webb (Cheviot), 79 aged ewes at New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Ltd., sold: on account of S. J. Hutton (Hororata), 68 aged halfbred ewes at 41s. FAT LAMBS Fat lamb yardings totalled 311, compared with 91 last week. Offerings met a much better market and all lambs were sold, which was not the case last week. The sale was somewhat erratic. Starting out at barely schedule rates it closed on a much firmer note. Freezing works buyers did not appear to be particularly interested. The market was topped by F. L. Bailey (Southbridge), who sold 15 lambs at 69s Id to 78s Id, with nine at the higher figure. The next best sale was 75s Id. Values were:— Extra prime heavy lambs, 69s Id to 75s Id (with an odd pen to 78s Id). Good butchers’ lambs, 60s Id to 65s id: Medium lambs, 53s Id to 58s Id. Others down to 49s Id. Sales included:— National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., sold: on account of L. D. Bowis (Irwell), 37 at 65s Id to 68s Id; F. White (Cashmere), 27 at 67s Id to 75s Id.

H Matson and Company sold: on account of G. L. B. Rapley (Southbridge), 8 at 61s 7d; McTeigue Bros. (Halswell). 29 at 62s Id to 65s 7d. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of J. T. M. Fisher (Wainui), 55 at 59s Id to 63s Id; J. B. Smith (Waikari), 14 at 62s Id to 63s Id; W. E. Mulcock (Cheviot), 30 at 59s Id to 63s Id; D. Kavanagh (Yaldhurst), 13 at 66s Id to 69s Id; L. Parkin (Whitecliffs), 32 at 58s Id to 64s Id; F. L. Bailey (Southbridge), 15 at 69s Id to 78s Id. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., sold: on account of R. H. Ward (Irwell), 11 at 60s Id to 63s Id; R. E. Long (Sheffield), 9 at 57s Id to 63s Id. FAT SHEEP Fat sheep entries were comparatively light. The total was 2300 compared with 1404 last week and 3372 at the pre-Christmas market. Yardings included a good selection of high quality young sheep and values for these rose by 2s to 3s a head. Older wethers appeared to be very firm. The ewe market was very lightly supplied and in consequence values were well above schedules. Over all it was a good sale for all classes of sheep and an excellent clearance was effected. The market for wethers was topped by A. W Taylor (Methven), with the sale of 75 at 73s Id to 80s Id. Genuine old ewes sold up to 39s Id. Values were:— Extra prime wtethers, to 80s Id. Prime medium wethers, 66s Id to 72s Id Prime light wethers, 60s Id to 65s Id. Extra prime ewes, to 39s Id. Prime medium ewes,. 28s Id to 32s Id

Sales included:— Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of D. F. Quigley (Waiparaj 55 wethers at 66s Id to 75s Id; H. D. Greenwood (Amberley). 122 wethers at 63s Id to 68s Id; W. Mansfield (Rangiora), 30 wethers at 67s Id to 72s Id.

H._ Matson and Company sold: on account of W. J. Doyle (Leeston), 67 ewes at 16s Id to 27s Id, 10 wethers at 69s Id to 71s Id: C. S. Paintin (Church Bay), 31 ewes at 20s Id to 24s Id; T. G. Forrester (Rotherham). 25 young ewes at 37s Id to 48s Id; M. J. Wellwood (Christchurch). 31 wethers at 68s Id to 69s Id; F. McGiffert (Sefton), 58 hoggets at 61s Id to 665. Id.

Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd. sold, on account of W. Topp, 33 hoggets at 72s Id to 74s Id; E. T. Roberts (Culverden). 35 hoggets at 65s Id to 66s Id; R. Banks. 32 hoggets at 63s Id to 74s Id; Winterslaw Station, 136 wethers at 62s Id to 73s Id. A. R. Bushel (Riccarton), 38 hoggets at 73s Id to 75s Id; Scott Bros. (Dunsandel). 31 hoggets at 72s Id to 74s Id; J. Rhodes (Sefton). 28 wethers at 73s Id to 78s Id; J. T. M. Fisher (Wainui), 30 wethers at 65s Id to 75s Id; J. B. Smith (Waikari). 20 ewes at 39s Id; W. A. Newall (Waiau). 60 ewes at 20s Id to 34s Id; W. H. Montgomery (Little River). 22 wethers at 65s Id to 73s Id.

National Mortgage and Agency Company Ltd. sold: on account of S. Simpson (Ward). 57 ewes at 24s Id to 34s Id; G. J. Francis (Halswell). 33 wethers at 64s Id to 65s Id: A. E. Hubbard (Greenpark), 63 wethers at 69s Id to 73s Id; A. V Reid and Son (Irwell), 30 wethers at 74s Id to 76s Id; J. M. Quigley (Lakeside). 30 wethers at 69s Id to 70s Id; A. Jackson (Kurow). 65 wethers at 68s Id to 73s Id; J. Petrie (Swannanoa), 11 wethers at 72s Id to 79s Id.