ADDINGTON MARKET Fat Sheep Values Remain At Good Levels

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28491, 22 January 1958, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKET Fat Sheep Values Remain At Good Levels

The first of the two-day markets began at Addington yesterday with a sale of fat stock. For most classes the market was a very good one with values at the very least fully firm.

Fat sheep were forward in very small numbers and both ewes and wethers were dearer, with ewes showing the most marked rise.

Fat lambs were also in small supply and although freezing rates have declined slightly values we,re as good or better than last week.

Values for all classes of fat cattle were fully up to late rates and in the case of cows and heifers may have been slightly better.

The yarding of store cattle was one of the best seen at Addington probably since the spring. It included a line of adult steers of a type not seen at the yards for some time and for these there was quite a good market. Store sheep will be sold today.

FAT LAMBS Though schedule rates are down by Jd per lb, there was still a strong market for lambs. This was largely the result of a very small offering totalling only 487, compared with 702 a week ago. Quality overall was a little mixed, but apart from a few pens they were mainly a good lot. This entry met a very ready sale, with values from firm to Is to 2d better than a week ago, in spite of the drop in freezing values. The highest price of the day was 71s Id for three out of a line of 18 from N. J. and M. R. W. Ivory (Oxford). Another three from Miss C. Morgan (Cheviot) realised 70s Id. Values were:— Best butchers’ lambs, 63s Id to 67s Id, with an odd pen to 71s Id. Prime medium lambs. 56s Id to 61s Id. Prime light lambs, to 52s Id. Sales included:— National Mortgage and Agency sold: on account of J. McGuire (Halswell), 51 at 55s Id to 63s Id; J. Cutler (Tai Tapu), 10 at 52s Id to 57s Id; Mrs J. R. Telford (Amberley), 49 at 51s Id to 64s Id. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association sold: on account of W. J. Coate (Templeton), 19 at 55s Id ot 61s Id: B. Waghorn (Pigeon Bay), 115 at 63s Id to 66s Id; E. H. F Rands (Rangiora), 20 at 57s Id to 61s Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of Mrs A. H. Bell (Little River), 18 at 63s Id to 64s Id; J. R. Tyson (Springston). 10 at 65s Id to 67s Id; J. G. S. Watherston (Lincoln), 31 at 58s Id to 64s Id; estate A. Weaver (Rakaia), 39 at 63s Id to 66s Id. Dalgety and Company sold: on account of W, Fitzgerald (Cheviot), 19 a ‘ 5?A d to S4s ld: s - W- Beatty (Darfleld), 19 at 58s Id to 60s Id: Miss C. Morgan (Cheviot). 16 at 65s ; d fo 7ds Id: Mrs F. Robinson (Omihi), 22 at 56s Id to 60s Id. H. Matson and Company sold: on account McTeigue Bros. (Halswell). O V s 7d to 63s Id; N - J- end M. ?lsYd IV ° ry lOx,ord >’ 18 at 668 id to fat sheep Both fat ewe and wether prices showed some measure of improvement. The total entry was only 1785 compared with 2794 last week and 2300 x wo . Y? ek ’ agn - Wethers made pp , abo “f, two-thirds of the offering. th 'i se on ofter « old at from firm to. up,, to -la 6d supply *<“•»«>» inline with Requirements. Heavy and over"'S sor ‘.i were not so keenly sought as other classes. Ewes were yarded in comparatively ♦hl al l.i I L UmbcrB, and amon & those In •hL? 1 tr w i ere ? orne useful condition a? £%« V J lueB u for J these advanced by Shb? 4 f u . a head ' Factors respon♦l- / t his gam were the r is e in I!l?iti«L ee r nß ®2 hedul «. some competition from freezing buyers oarticularly on the lighter weights and a ? ood skln pull and Intel,? s r. a2lc J s - where sheep had 1 feeding purposes. Wethers sold up to 81s Id. paid for S V W Be“. r, ?tv K ,r, SCO «“.J H ’ l, wSl) and 80s Id v?, V (Barfield) sold four at a i? , F j ew " the estate of F ,Rakaia > realised 39s Id Values were:— Extra prime wethers, to 81s Id. 74s TJ 1 ' medium wethers, 67s Id to ld Prime Ught wethers. 58s Id to 65s Extra prime ewes, to 39s Id. Id' rlnl ’ medium ewes, 28s Id to 33s Prime light ewes, to 22s Id. .Rjtresentative sales were «« ne ’ G ? uld « Guinness Ltd., soldon account of H. C. Barr ton), 80 wethers at 60s Id to 70s Id 53 ewes at 25s ’ld to 36s Id, 5 young ?w« at 47s Id to 58s Id; E. C. Dav® (Okuku), 52 wethers at 63s Id to 73s Id, 1 young ewe at 58s Id; J. G S watherston (Lincoln), 47 ewes at 33s ia, estate F. A. Richards (Rakaia) 42 ewes at 26s Id to '39s Id; R. Banks < Gre « np ar k >. 24 wethers at 63s Id to Ta ja Station (Cashmere), 44 at . 70s ld to 72s ld ; A. S. Kyle (Templeton), 43 wethers at 64s 68 v l d: Winterslow Station 7^ et ld Ven) ’ 102 wethers at 70s ld to Dalgety and Company sold: on account of S. W. Beatty (Darfleld), 36 wethers at 72s Id to 80s Id; Miss C. Morgan (Cheviot), 3 wethers at 70s New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association sold: on account of Z" W \ Dobson (Springston), 12 a J 29 s lc L hoggets at 67s Id 52 “n 7 w «thers at 77s Id to 79s £ renne ll (Kaiapoi), 68 ewes at 31s Id to 33s Id; F. J. Hurley (Loburn), 52 ewes at 29s Id to 32s Id; estate W. L. Parkinson (Kaiapoi), 25 ewes at 31s Id to 32s Id; Si Tn d 92 weth ers at 64s Id to 69s Id; R. H. Maidens (Lauriston) 55 wethers at 77s Id to 79s Id; D. A. Williams (Port Levy). 83 wethers at 74s Id to 78s Id; S. E S? y A Ce «£ Ra . k ? ia) ’ 28 boggets at 70s Id to 77s Id. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency sold: pn account of estate J. Carr (Methven), 37 ewes at 23s Id to 33s Id; Misses J. W. and E. W. Sloss (Cheviot), 21 ewes at 26s Id to 29s Id; Mrs A. S. Bailey and Son (Springston), 20 hoggets at 70s Id to 71s Id; D. G. Holmes (Methven), 88 hoggets at 62s Id to 73s Id; R. F. Lockhead (Springston), 36 hoggets at 69s Id to 74s Id. H. Matson and Company sold: on account of N. Heslop (Irwell), 67 ewes at 20s Id to 29s Id; T. E. M. Brooks (Brookside), 7 ewes at 37s Id, 12 wethers at 71s Id to 74s Id; M. A. Forrester (Hawarden), 19 ewes at 31s Id to 58s Id; G. J. Francis (Halswell), 45 ewes at 28s Id to 30s Id, 35 wethers at 73s Id; W. J. Doyle (Leeston), 61 ewes at 28s Id to 30s Id; G. Walters (Ashburton), 26 wethers at 68s Id to 70s Id; J. H. Meyer (Ladbrooks), 13 wethers at 70s Id to 71s Id; K. Scott (Halswell), 45 wethers at 68s Id to 81s Id; H. E. Chamberlain (Ellesmere), 38 wethers at 71s Id to 78s Id. National Mortgage and Agency sold: on account of J. McGuire

(Halswell), 55 ewes at 30s Id to 31s Id; R. B. Henderson (Rotherham), 31 ewes at 26s Id to 31s Id; H. D. Bowron (Waiau), 29 ewes at 31s Id; Parkdale Farm (Halswell), 33 ewes at 34s Id; estate W. Lochhead (Lakeside), 54 wethers at 73s Id to 75s Id; G. J. Francis (Halswell), 57 ewes at 30s Id to 34s Id, 91 wethers at 69s Id to 74s Id; W. R. E. Booker (Hawarden), 32 wethers at 64s Id to 68s Id; E. P. King (Waipara), 32 wethers at 74s Id to 75s Id. FAT CATTLE There was another very good market for fat cattle, of which the entry was 429, compared with 402 a week ago. Quality was generally very good. For all classes the sale followed last week’s level of values very closely, but if anything cows and heifers were a shade dearer. Only a few cows were included in the selection. Steers sold up to £49 7s 6d paid for three from R. W. Burnett (Cheviot), and one from Robert Little (Omihi). Mr Burnett’s line of eight sold from £4B 17s 6d to £49 7s 6d and averaged just on £49 2s 6d. In the heifer section the top price was £37 2s 6d paid for one from the estate of J. Carr (Methven). Next beat price was £36 2s 6d for one from L. E. Pain (Cheviot). The cow market was topped by Adams Brothers (Sheffield) with one at £36 17s 6d. Values were:— Prime heavy steers, to £49 7s 6d. Prime medium-weight steers, £37 to £44. Prime and light, £3l to £36. Light and plain, up to £29. Prime heavy heifers, to £37 2s 6d. . Prime medium heifers, £26 to £3O. Prime light heifers, up to £25. Prime heavy cows, £32 to £36 17s 6d. Prime medium cows, £25 to £3O. Among sales were:— New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency sold: on account of R. W. Burnett (Cheviot), 8 steers at £4B 17s 6d to £49 7s 6d; R. G. Anderson (Ethelton), 4 steers at £4l 2s 6d to £43 17s 6d, 4 heifers at £3O 7s 6d; J. T. Wright (Kaiapoi), 7 steers at £2B 17s 6d to £3O 7s 6d; J. W. Hancock (East Eyreton), 2 cows at £22 12s 6d to £29 17s 6d, 2 heifers at £2l 12s 6d to £23 12s 6d; estate J. Carr (Methven), 1 heifer at £37 2s 6d.

Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of J. F. Cracroft Wilson (Cashmere), 10 steers.at £4O 12s Onto £3T 12s 6d; W. H/Moore and Son (Hickory), 9 steers at £3B 2s 6d to £4l 7s 6d; D. Kavanagh (Yaldhurst), 4 steers at £34 7s 6d; I. C Stan bury (Little River), 8 steers at £36 12a 6d to £42 17s 6d; T. P. Shand (Kaikoura), 4 steers at £29 2s 6d; Winterslow Station (Mount Hutt), 1 steer at £36 12s 6d, 1 heifer at £3l 2s 6d, 12 cows at £25 17s 6d to £3O 7s 6d; estate W. K. McAlpine (Spye), 8 steers at £32 2s 6d to £34 12s 6d.

National Mortgage and Agency sold: on account J. B. Hay (Pigeon Bay), 9 steers at £42 17s 6d to £44 7s 6d; ,W. K. Wakeman (Kaiapoi), 23 steers at £36 7s 6d to £43 12s 6d; P. J. Cropp and Son, Ltd. (Scargill), 5 steers at £2B 17s 6d to £33 17s 6d, 1 heifer at £3O 12s 6d; C. S. Donald (Okuku), 9 heifers at £23 17s 6d to £27 7s 6d; F. A. Pamment (Wataroa), 6 steers at £3B 2s 6d to £44 2s 6d, 1 heifer at £3O 12s 6d; H. Williams and Son (Fox Glacier), 1 heifer at £3O 7s 6d, 7 cows at £3O 12s 6d; E. T. King (Waipara), 2 steers at £4l 7s 6d, 3 heifers at £26 17s 6d to £3O 12s 6d; Tourist Hotel Corporation (Franz Josef Glacier), 8 steers at £36 7s 6d to £37 12s 6d, 1 heifer at £3l 7s 6d.

H. Matson and Company sold: on account of S. Henderson (Ataahua), 9 steers at £42 7s 6d to £4B 17s 6d; Burnfoot Farm, Ltd. (Omihi), 8 steers at £36 12s 6d to £4l 2s 6d; T. E. M. Brooks (Brdokside), 2 steers at £37 17s 6d to £44 2s 6d; B. G. Harris (Omihi), 4 steers at £32 12s 6d to £36 12s 6d; J. C. Harris (Omihi), 4 steers at £32 12s 6d to £36 12s 6d; C. J. Wakelin (Spencerville), 8 steers at £32 17s 6d to £3B 17s 6d; Mrs M. Davidson (Rolleston), 2 heifers at £29 2s 6d to £32 2s 6d, 1 cow at £33 12s 6d; Glenmore Farm Company (Halswell), 7 steers at £34 2s 6d to £37 7s 6d. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association sold: on account of A. E. Birdling (Birdling’s Flat), 9 steers at- £4O 17s 6d to £47 7s 6d; L. J. Russell (Omihi), 8 steers at £35 2s 6d to £3B 2s 6d; G. D. Watson (Oxford), 20 steers at £3l 12s 6d to £36 17s 6d; A. E. Frampton (Oxford), 1 steer at £34 12s 6d, 1 heifer at £22 12s 6d, 1 cow at £2l 12s 6d; B. O. Turpin (Little River), 2 steers at £4O 17s 6d; Misses J. and S. Frampton (Oxford), 1 steer at £46 17s 6d. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of R. Little (Omihi), 11 steers at £46 7s 6d to £49 7s 6d; L. E. Pain (Cheviot), 5 steers at £36 12s 6d to £45 12s 6d, 13 heifers .at £27 12s 6d to £36 2s 6d: L. M. Field (Port Levy), 8 steers at £4O 12s 6d to £43 17s 6d; Adams Bros. (Sheffield), 1 cow at £36 17s 6d. STORE CATTLE There was one of the best yardings of store cattle since last spring. Cattle of Aberdeen Angus breeding predominated in an entry of about 500 head, which were brought forward in good condition. The attendance of buyers was. however, rather smaller than at recent sales, and with rather less buying power there was a decline in values for particularly younger cattle by up to 40s a head. Nevertheless an almost complete clearance was made. A line of adult cattle from the Winterslow station (Mt. Hutt) was of a class that has not been seen at Addington for some time, and they met a relatively good market, selling up to £34 3s 6d for three-and-a-half -year-olds. Eighteen months steers sold up to £24 8s 6d. The few boner type cattle on offer continued to sell up to full late rates. Quotable lines sold as follows: Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of Winterslow Station (Mt. Hutt), 54 31-year-old AberdeenAngus steers at £29 13s 6d to £34 3s 6d, 82 2J-year-old steers at £26 18s 6d to £27 18s 6d. five in-calf Aber-deen-Angus cows at £l7 8s 6d, six 21-year-old Shorthorn steers at £26 18s 6d. National Mortgage and Agency, sold: on account of C. S. Donald (Bullock Hill), 39 18-months, Aber-deen-Angus cross steers at £l5 Is to £24 8s 6d, 56 18-months AberdeenAngus steers at £lB 16s to £24 Is, 34 Hereford steers at £lB 3s 6d to £2O 13s 6d. 30 18-months AberdeenAngus heifers at £l6 13s 6d to £l9 18s 6d, 51 Aberdeen Angus cross heifers at £l4 3s 6d to £2O Is. 29 Hereford heifers at £l5 8s 6d to £2O 13s 6d; J. A and E. R. Dalton (Parnassus), 11 18-months Aberdeen Angus cross steers at £l6 8s 6d. 8 18-monthM Hereford steers at £l5 8s 6d, IT 14MnonUi8 Aberdeen Angus cross heifers at JET 4 18s-4>d. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association, sold: on account of E A. Foster (Omihi). 27 18-months Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steers at £2l 13s 6d to £23 18a 6d.

DAfltT CATTLE The dairy catitle entry was up from only- 12 last week to 33 head, practically all of which were heifers. Though prices were a little higher than at last sale, the market would be about on a par'with late rates. Included in the selection was a line of six well-grown, well-conditioned, T.8.-tested three-year-old Friesian heifers, which made from . £56 to £63—an average of £6O 10s—and two more Friesian heifers realised £5l and £53. The balance of the heifers brought from £27 to £45 10s, several of these being some little distance off their work. Five goodtype Jersey cows in full milk and due in August-September, ranged in price from £22 10s to 06, averaging out at £24 Bs. Apart from these, cows sold from £2O to £35, with one sale at £53. « VEALERS There was Only a small offering of veal, the number of head in the selection being insufficient for the requirements of the trade. The sale was accordingly a very good one, with values up on good integrates by 30s to 355. a hehd. For die most part the entry was made up of large vealers of varying quality. Small calves and good suckers were in short supply, and for these values were naturally high. Prime large vealers made from £26 3s 6d to £29 Is, medium to good vealers from £22 18s 6d to .£25 13s 6d, big rough vealers £l6 3s 6d to £2l 8s 6d; good prime suckers, £l6 3s 6d to £l9 18s 6d, medium suckers £l3 18s 6d to £l5 18s 6d, small suckers, £8 18s 6d to £ll 18s 3d; and small and indifferent quality calves £4 3s 6d to £8 13s 6d. FAT PIGS

Entries in the porker section were much smaller than last week, and the sale was an excellent one throughout, values being fully on a par with the good rates of last week. In the chopper section, the entry was much smaller, and values were better by about 20s a head. Included in the entry were two trucks from outside districts. In the bacon section. the entry was also smaller, and quality was much better, there being a notable absence of over-fat types. The sale here was quite a keen one and most classes were better by 5s a head. Values were:— Light and unfinished porkers, £6 14s 6d to £7 9s 6d. Medium porkers, £7 19s 6d to £8 16s 6d. Heavy porkers, £8 17s 6d to £9 5s 6d. Light baconers, £9 17s 6d to £lO 14s 6d. Medium baconers. £lO 17s 6d to £ll 7s 6d. Heavy baconers. £ll 12s 6d to £l2 Is «d. Choppers, £9 18 s 6d to £l6 18s 6d. STORE PIGS The store pig entry was the smallest for some considerable time, and consisted mainly of weaners and slips. There was an average attendance of buyers, who again bid with caution. Over-all, however, the market was better by up to 5s a head. Values were:— Small weaners. 60s to 755. Best weaners, 85s to 955. Slips. 98s to 105 s. Small and medium stores. 106 s to 115 s. Large stores, 120 s to 1475.