ADDINGTON MARKET

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28766, 11 December 1958, Page 27

ADDINGTON MARKET

Store Cattle The store cattle yarding of 366 head compared with 342 last week included a fair amount of cattle of indifferent quality. Although the sale was definitely not as free as it has been recently, values for good cattle were not much different from late rates, but for poorly-bred cattle there was an easing of about 20s to 30s a head. There was a sizeable selection of two-year-old steers which brought from £3O to £33 18s 6d for the best. Top price of £33 18s 6d went to A. L. and the estate of D. W. Hammond (Seddon) for nine Aberdeen Angus. Others made from £25 to £29 8s 6d. Yearling to 15 or 16 months old steers realised from £22 3s 6d to £26 13s 6d for the best on offer, with average at £lB 13s 6d to £2l 8s 6d, and others down to £l5 18s 6d. In the yearling heifer section the estate R. L. Jameson (Rotherham) topped the market with 25 Aberdeen Angus ranging from £2O 18s 6d to £24 3s 6d. The balance of the offering made from £l4 16s to £lB 18s 6d. Cows with calves sold to £23 18s 6d. Sales included:— National Mortgage and Agency and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of K. H. Parkinson (Ataahua), 16 yearling Hereford steers at £2l 8s 6d: Mrs G. L. Reesby (Blenheim), 4 two-year-old Aberdeen Angus steers at £2B 13s 6d. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of Mrs D. Reesby (Blenheim), 17 two-year-old Aberdeen Angus steers at £25 13s 6d to £27 Bs. 6d: R. L. Symonds (Waipara), 10 yearling Aberdeen Angus heifers at £l4 16s; estate R. L. Jameson (Rotherham), 25 yearling Aberdeen Angus heifers at £2O 18s 6d to £24 3s 6d; P. W. Moore (Kekerangu). 6 two-year-old Aberdeen Angus steers at £33 Is; Flaxbourne Station (Seddon). 13 two-year-old Aberdeen Angus steers at £32 13s 6d. 5 two-year-old Friesian steers at £29 8s 6d; D. M. Campbell (Seddon). 9 Aberdeen Angus cows with calves at £23 18s 6d. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency sold: on account of Burtengill Estate (Seddon). 14 16months Aberdeen Angus steers at £26 13s 6d; B. W. Parker (Seddon), 16 yearling Aberdeen Angus steers at £22 3s 6d. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd., sold: on account ol Caimteae 3.. Trust (OmftU, 12 Shorthorn yearling steers at £lB 13s 6d; A. H. Pearce (Coutts Island), 9 15 months Aberdeen Angus and Shorthorn cross steers at £l6 8s 6d to £24 6s. 16 yearling Aberdeen Angus heifers at £l4 18s 6d to £lB 18s 6d. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of A. C. Montgomery (Cashmere), 7 two-year-old steers at £25 Is: A. S. Nicholls (Okuku), 11 yearling steers at £l5 18s 6d; F. Bryce (Cui verden), 5 two-year steers at £32 13s 6d; A. C. and estate D. W. Hammond (Seddon), 9 two-year Aberdeen Angus steers at £33 18s 6d; F. M. Roberts Trust (Ward), 11 two-year Aberdeen Angus steers at £33 3s 6d; R. Sharp (Ward), 15 cows and calves at £23 8s 6d; J.. R. Cresswell (Blenheim). 31 yearling Aberdeen Angus steers at £l9 Ils to £2l 8s 6d. Bulls The bull sale attracted an entry of 40 head. Top price of the sale was £99 17s 6d for a Friesian. An Aberdeen Angus also brought £9O 18s 6d. The heaviest of the bulls in the section realised from about £77 to £99 18s 6d, heavy from £6O to £75. average from £4B to £5B. light from £3O to £4O. and light and small from £l2 to £3O. Dairy Cattle In the dairy cattle section there was an entry of about 40 head, including a compete herd of 23 Friesian and Aryshire cows. Twenty cows out of thia herd, which were In good milking order but not carrying surplus condition, realised from £23 to £33 and averaged about £29. Apart from these the cow entry comprised mainly Jersey or Jersey cross cattle and except for the best the market was not as good as last week, with values back up to 50s according to quality. Best second, third and fourth calvers realised from £25 to £3l, with an odd Friesian making to £5O, and the balance sold down to £23. There were few heifers in the offering and the best of these were traded at £36 to £46, with others down to £25. Vealers There was a full entry in the veal section made tip mainly of small and medium suckers and buc-ket-fed calves. These sold at prices on a par with last week. There was no surplus of good runners and these also sold at late rates. Extra prime large runners made from £24 Is to £2B 13s 6d. good runners from £2O Is to £23 18s 6d. medium runners £l7 Is to £l9 18s 6d; good suckers £l3 8s 6d to £l6 3s 6d, medium £lO Ils to £l3 0s; large calves, £ll 18s 6d to £l5 Is. medium £8 8s 6d to £ll 3s 6d. small calves, £6 Is to £8 8s 6d, and small and inferior and bobby calves down to 41s. Fat Pigs The porker entry was the largest for several weeks and included a fair proportion of plain and unfinished sorts. Best quality pigs maintained last week’s rates. but others were easier by 4s to 6s a head. Again the chopper entry was a heavy one, but values showed very little change. The bacon entry was larger, including one truck from the West Coast, and competition was keen at last week’s parity. Values were:— Plain and light porkers, £4 9s 6d to £4 18s 6d. Medium porkers, £5 16s 6d to £6 10s 6d. Heavy porkers, £7 2s 6d to £8 0s 6d. Light baconers, £8 2s 6d to £8 12s 6d. Medium baconers, £8 17s 6d to £9 9s 6d. Heavy baconers, £9 13s 6d to £lO Is 6d. Choppers, £5 18s 6d to £l3 18s 6d. Store Pigs The store pig entry was the largest for some considerable time and quality generally was very good. At the beginning of the sale the market eased by 4s to 8s a head, but it improved as it progressed and over the last two races was fully firm on last week. Small and rough weaners, 20s to 25s Best weanen, 33s to 455. Slips, 47s to 525. Small and medium stores, 55s to 655. I Large stores, to 80s.