ADDINGTON MARKET Weaker Demand For Store Stock Evident

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28894, 14 May 1959, Page 8

ADDINGTON MARKET Weaker Demand For Store Stock Evident

Though there were smaller entries in most store stock sections at Addington market yesterday, the sales were followed by fewer farmers and inquiry was slacker with the apparent onset of‘winter. ■ Steer and heifer calves were cheaper again on last week’s weaker sale, with many heifer calves looking very reasonable buying indeed for those farmers who wanted them. There was a similar trend about the market for older cattle. Only forward condition lambs were in demand. They sold at up to late rates but plain and backward lambs were hard selling and tended to be, if any- « thing, slightly easier than at the last sale. All classes of a small entry of ewes sold at easier rates and old, inferior and low condition ewes were difficult to quit.

The entry of store sheep totalled 6904, compared with 8158 last week,| and comprise# ,4522 store lambs, 347 two-tooth ewes, 1481 older ewes and 554 wethers. STORE LAMBS The store lamb sale followed very much the pattern of last week’s sale. The entry totalled 4522, compared with 4764 last week. Quality was generally fairjy mixed, with a sprinkling of good Romney and fine wool lambs. Only, a small gallery followed the sale. A good inquiry continued for lambs in forward condition, and values for these were fully up to late rates. The medium class lamb sold at about last week’s values, but the lighter and plainer carry-over lambs met a weak market with sales more difficult to make than last week, and values slightly easier. In the light of the continued cold wet conditions this trend was to be expected. In the ewe lamb section, emphasis was again on sheep with breeding, and apart from these, values were no better than for comparable wether lambs.

The pick .of the wether lambs made from 38s to 43s 6d. good from 30s to 365, average from 22s to 28s, and plain and light- from 9s 6d . to 17s. Shorn wether lambs sold from 35s to 45s for the best, with others down to 22s 6d. Best ewe lambs realised from 38s to 40s. average from 28s to 33s 6d, and others from 16s 6d to 245.

The lamb market was topped by the sale of 24 shorn Romney wether lambs from G. Skipper (Wainui) at 455. Twenty-seven down cross lambs from A. F. Payne (Springstson) realised 43s 6d. and a sale at 40s 6d for halfbreds was made by N. M. Turnbull (Amberley). The ewe lamb section was topped by the sale of a line of Romney ewe lambs on account of an undisclosed vendor at 40s -,. A « Luttrell (Spotswood) realised up to 38s for the tops of a line of 109 ewe lambs. Sales of lambs included:—

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of N. H. and M. M. WinStanley (Loburn). 178 ewe lambs at 16s 6d to 325, 132 wether lambs at to L ‘ A - Ferguson (Spring--1?7 ewe lambs at 25s to 33s 6d; G. A. Luttrell (Spotswood). 109 ewe lambs at 20s to 38s: C. D. Cun/Amberley), 54 lambs at 20s: G. Skipper (Wainui), 24 shorn tombs at 455; H. H. Deans (Auchenflower), 111 shorn wether lambs at 355; N. M. Turnbull (Amberley), 17 lambs at 40s 6d; on account of clients. 612 lambs at 8s to

Mortgage and Agency and H. Matson and Company sold: on 7’ wether lambs at 24s to 375; A £ n M <l i« orata) -. 23 w « h " lambs g! v d?’,. 1 ?? ev !£. ,amb ’ at 31s Sd: F; Pi . ck £ rt l£ C° xfordl - 74 wether <TUi b T ! ,n„? 7 s« d to ? Bs < C- K- Bast r lirS pu \’ 65 ,® we lambs at 32s 6d: wvw J- s. Syme (Oamaru). 90 mixed rp* lambs at 12s 6d to Ite; s. P sH. im A 184 lambs at 17s to 28s I ? ay ’l e fSPrtasrston), 27 Down cross lambs at 43s Bd* A T at a 26?«S- r?i Oll^ ton) is 64 ewe lambs at 2Fs 6d. Glendore Farm T.trf cisn ewe’£££>£ S'to 8 "? <Hororata>. lor Sr*ls fo 31s 283 wether lamba G ? uld - Guinness Ltd., soldR a tWo n M n s /n ’ Station (Castle Hill) ro wether lambs at 10s: C. A Mowat 4d- he E °s' H * *d ether ,c mbs at 295 3 W’ rtdge ’ ti^ W Ass»o d n erS ’on CO ae bfmh. Sl ’ tll *'’’an<l (O-imani). 84 ewe a L 24s: .J V Thomton (Hare--87 a w S h £ r lambs at 18s to -cis. A. Bottomer (Oxford) 36 shorn wether lambs at 22s 6d. ’ TWO-TOOTH EWES a handf ul of pens Of twoiMtodXT7„ Were yard « 1 ' b »t these r/rwlHoi tW ° ,E? ns °f well-grown Corrtodales. which, selling from 60s ked t 0 makc their full sales r^ n .^ o » pared with recent roll:' , For an’aller ewes, however, levels. barely up to - recent st B * entry sold from m A° k? 7s the balance at 37s tr 3 ' The top Corriedales were M ' and T Morris Among sales were:— Pyne, Gould. Guinness Ltd., sold' on account of L. P. Blunt (Kall 54 mated two-tooth ewes at Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold' on account of C. D Cunn ncham (Mountain Meadows). 71 Romney cr ® ss .. two -t° o th ewes at 37s 6d National Mortgage and Agencv and H. Matson and Company sold' on account of P. M. and T. Morris 'Amjerievh 104 Corriedale ewes at 608 J? S ' p - Simpson (Harewood). 79 ewes at 51s. OLDER EWES The entry of older ewes at 1481 ha l £ l he s,ze of the offerlast s ? le ' Nevertheless it included several pens of quite four a " d fi ve-year ewes which had been reliably mated. The Sale t-® s< L open ? d on a cautious note “le got under way an easing of 2s a head was apparent. A similar easing also occurred for ba L anc ? , the y ard ing which typical end-of-the-season type. Old, inferior and low condition sheep were hard to sell at even modest prices and there were some passings. The best of the older ewes made 35s to 37s - with average at ,21s to 275, and old and plain down to Us Mixed-age ewes, including vounger ewes, realised to 425. Four-year-old Corriedales from G, T. Smith (Sockbum) realised 37s and a big line of 252 four and five-year-old Corriedale ewes from E. F- £ < Che vlot) made from 35s to 365. For mixed-age ewes L W Savage (Waiau) realised up to 425. Representative sales were:— National Mortgage and Agency and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of E. P. Calder (Cheviot). 252 four and five-year-old Corriedale ewes at 35s to 365: I. P. McGrath (Bankside), 79 ewes at 275: G. T. Smith (Sockburn), 65 fouraro?ld Corried ale ewes at 375; S, W. Simpson (Motukarara), 59 ewes at 28s: North Canterbury client. 119 ewes at Ils. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of C. Deans (Upper Highfield), 348 four-year-old ewes at 21s 6d to 275. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of L. W. Savage (Waiau). 74 mixed-aged mated ewes at 36s to 425; L. P. Blunt (Kaikoura), 107 mated ewes at 255. WETHERS Wethers barely made up to late rates with best two-tooths at 40s to 45s 6d, average at 30s to 395, and old wethers down to 9s. The two-tooth market was headed

by I. C Mackintosh (Wilpara) with 74 at 45s Sd. and he also sold 40 four-tooths at 3Ss. Sates were as follow: Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., soldi on. account of estate P. W. F. Smith (Kaikoura). 66 eged wethers at 9«; estate W. A. Gray (Teddington). 29 two-tooth wethers at 30s to 40s. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of I. C. Mackintosh (Waipara), 74 two-tooth wethers at 45s 6d. 40 four-tooth wethers at 395; account client. 119 two-tooth wethers STORE CALVES There was a still weaker market for store calves, which were happily yarded in much smaller numbers, the entry totalling 540, compared with 1101 last week. Quality overall was fairly good, with only a small percentage of smaller and. plain calves. The sale did not arouse much interest, and there was only a small gathering of prospective buyers. From the outset prices were on a lower level, with heifer calves showing perhaps the most marked decline and looking to' be very reasonable buying. Over-all values could probably be quoted back about 20s a head. However, when the sale of small pens was reached right at the close of the auction there seemed to be some improvement in the tone. The top sale in the steer calf market was made on account of the estate of H. Snushall (Conway Hills), whose 28 Aberdeen AngusHereford cross calves realised from £l4 18s 6d to £l6 13s 6d. The best of 30 calves of similar breeding from C. Deans (Waiau) also made up to £l4 18s 6d. Straight black cattle from S. Winchester (Temuka) brought up to £l3 18s 6d. In the heifer calf section the estate H. Snushall also gained top price at £l2 18s 6d for Aberdeen AngusHereford cross, and it also sold 12 Hereford cross at £ll 17s. The following is a range of values for calves:—

Steer Calves.—Best Aberdeen Artgus and Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross, £l4 18s 6d to £l6 13s 6d, good £l2 8s 6d to £l3 8s 6d, others down to £9 13s 6d; best Aberdeen Angus £l2 3s 6d to £l3 18s 6d, others £9 3s 6d to £9 8s 6d; average to good Hereford £lO 13s 6d to £ll 6s. others down to £7 18s 6d

Heifer Calves.—Good Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus-Here-ford cross £lO Ils to £l2 18s 6d. average £8 3s 6d to £9 18s 6d, others £5 Is to £7 18s 6d; Hereford and Hereford cross £7 8s 6d to £ll 17s. Among sales were:—

New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association sold: on account of P. A. Carr (Waikari), 12 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l3 8s 6d, 11 heifer calves at £9 8s 6d. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of C. Deans (Waiau), 30 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross steer calves at £l2 6s to £l4 18s 6d and 28 heifer calves at £8.13s 6d to £lO Ils; Mrs G. Pawsey (Hawarden), 24 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £9 8s 6d to £l2 3s 6d; estate H. Snushall (Conway Hills), 28 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross steer calves at £l4 18s 6d to £l6 13s 6d, 20 heifer calves at £9 18s 6d to £l2 18s 6d, and 12 Hereford cross heifer calves at £ll 17s; E. W. Pawsey (Hawarden), 14 Aberdeen Angus heifer calves at £6 18s 6d. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency sold: on account of Beckenham Hills Estate (Cheviot), 20 Hereford steer calves at £ll. Pyne, Gould. Guinness Ltd. sold: on account of L. P. Blunt (Kaikoura), 14 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £9 13s 6d. 11 heifer calves at £5 Is to £6 Ils; estate J. B. Steel (Hawarden), 7 Hereford steer calves at £7 18s 6d, 7 heifer sa,.yes$ a, .yes at £7 8s 6d; J. M. Hennessy (Little Akaloa), 18 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l2 8s 6d; estate R. A. and N. A. Riddle (Omihl), 23 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l2 8s 6d, 16 Hereford steer calves at £lO 13s 6d. 32 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £7 18s 6d to £8 3s 6d; S. G. Ogg (Otahuna), 11 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £9 3s 6d. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., and H. Matson and Company sold: no account of S. Winchester (Temuka), 27 Aberdeen Aneus steer calves at £l2 Us to £l3 18s 6d, 10 Hereford steer calves at £ll 6s. ADULT CATTLE The adult cattle entry at 275 was about half the size of last week’s yarding and for steers—mainly young cattle—and cows, the market was inclined to be a little slacker. In the cow market competition from boner interests was restricted and this contributed to a slight easing in values. Little interest was shown in consignments of small* and inferior steers and heifers included in the entry. Cows sold up to £33 8s 6d for the. tops of a line of seven from the estate of H. Snushall (Conway Hills), and this vendor also realised £43 6s 6d for a heifer. Out of a sizeable selection of 18 and 20 month steers the top price of £2B 3s 6d was paid for the top cut of a line of 35 18 month old Aberdeen Angus from Coleridge Downs Estate (Lake Coleridge), which sold from £23 13s 6d. E. C. Latter (Kaikoura) realised to £25 3s 6d for Hereford steers of this age group. The following is a range of values for adult cattle:— Cows.—Best to £33 8s 6d, average to good £l9 8s 6d to £23 8s 6d. average £l4 3s 6d to £l6 Is, others down to £ll 18s 6d. Eighteen to 20-month old steers.— Best £25 3s 6d to £2B 3s 6d, average £l9 Ils to £23 13s 6d, small and light £7 8s 6d to £7 13s 6d: Eighteen to 20-month old heifers.— Good £l4 8s 6d to £l5 16s, others £7 13s 6d to £7 18s 6d. Sales were made as follows: Pyne, Gould. Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of E. C. Latter (Kaikoura), 20 18 months Hereford steers at £22 13s 6d to £25 3s 6d; estate R. B. Johnson (Weka Pass), 25 18 months Aberdeen Angus steers at £2l 3s 6d to £23 8s 6d; Coleridge Downs Estate (Lake Coleridge), 35 18 months old Aberdeen Angus steers at £23 13s 6d to £2B 3s 6d: Blenheim client, 14 .18 months old Hereford steers at £7 8s 6d to £7 13s 6d, 19 Hereford and Aberdeen Angus 18 months heifers at £7 13s 6d to £7 18s 6d. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of F. R. Hayes (Glentunnel), 8 Hereford cows at £l9 Us, 7 .Aberdeen Angus cross cows at £l6 Is. Dalgety and Company. Ltd., sold: on account of estate H. Snushall (Conway Hills), 7 cows at £23 8s 6d to £33 8s 6d, 1 heifer at £43 6s 6d; client, 41 Aberdeen Angus cross cows at £ll 18s 6d to £l4 3s 6d. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency sold: on account of C. A. Nurse (Lake Taylor), 9 20-months Hereford steers at £l5 Is. 8 20months Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross steers at £l9 11s, 5 20-months Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross heifers at £l5 16s, 13 Hereford heifers at £l4 8s 6d, 5 mixed-sex cattle at £lO 18s 6d. National Mortgage and Agency and H. Matson and Company sold: in conjunction with New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency: on account of J. N. Buckland (Te Oka), 18 Hereford cow* at £l9 8s 6d to £2l 3* 6d.