ADDINGTON MARKET Slack Sale For Store Sheep; Fat Cattle Cheaper

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 29068, 3 December 1959, Page 20

ADDINGTON MARKET Slack Sale For Store Sheep; Fat Cattle Cheaper

Store sheep had a slack sale at Addington market yesterday. Wethers were particularly hard to quit and the bulk of the Chatham Island sheep brought forward were passed in. The best of the hoggets sold about late rates but inferior sorts were easier. Store cattle also showed a general decline of about 30s a head. A general soaking sain to revive feed in the province is needed to give lifedo these markets. After starting on a par with late rates steers eased by up to 50s a head in the course of the fat cattle sale. Cows were cheaper throughout. Fat sheep met an erratic sale with values over all not showing very much alteration. After a slow start fat lambs picked up to sell about late rates.

STORK SHEEP For a medium-sized entry of store sheep of mixed quality the sale was by no means a buoyant one. A big part of the gallery was in the spectator class, and by the time the sale of a further offering of Chatham Island wethers was reached most of the sale followers had dispersed. These sheep were difficult to sell at all in face of negligible competition. Until there is a worthwhile rain the outlook for store sheep is not very bright. The entry totalled 3711 head, compared with 3455 last week, and included 2411 hoggets, 217 ewes and lambs, and 1083 wethers. The hogget offering included some quite attractive entries of both ewe wether hoggets mainly off Banks Peninsula, and for these values were generally about in line with late rates. For secondary and plainer sorts, however, .values were fairly modest and looked to be a shade cheaper. The best of the Romney and fine wool ewe hoggets brought from about 41s to 48s, with average sorts at 35s to 39s 6d, and plain at 25s to 30s. The section was topped by S. J. McP. Stewart ( Barrys Bay), with 160 Romney ewe hoggets selling at 48s. Seventy-five Corriedale ewe hoggets from E. R. Wright (Hawarden), the tops of a line of 166 of the same breed from J. Martin (Seafield), and 76 Romneys from Purau Station, Ltd. (Purau), were next in order, selling at 465. The best of the wether hoggets sold from about 32s to 37 s, but there were more sales in between, about 20s and 295. T. A. Howell (Bumham) and Purau Station, Ltd., headed the sale, with Romneys making to 375. Sales of hoggets were made as follows:

New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd., sold: on account of Ashburton client, 68 Romney ewe hoggets at 375: Eskvale Station. Ltd., 217 ewe hoggets at 30s to 335, and 44 wether hoggets at 26s to 295; Worner and Young (Southbridge), 82 hoggets at 15s. Dalgety and Company sold: on account of S. J. McP. Stewart (Barrys Bay), 258 Romney ewe hoggets at 30s to 48s; E. R. Wright (Hawarden), 75 Corriedale ewe hoggets at 465; clients, 100 hoggets at 20s 6d to 31s. , Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold; on account of F. Parker and Son (Clarence Bridge), 43 wether hoggets at 21s 6d, 42 ewe hoggets at 23s 6d; Birch Hill Station (Rangiora), 95 ewe hoggets at 17s to 265; clients, 100 wether hoggets at 225, 128 wether hoggets at 345; T. A. Howell (Burnham). 38 Romney wether hoggets at 375, 43 ewe hoggets at 345; J. Martin (Seafield), 166 Corriedale ewe hoggets at 40s to 465; Purau Station, Ltd. (Purau). 166 wether hoggets at 129 s to 375; 22 Romney ewe hoggets at 37s 6d to 465; B. Chambers (Lees-

ton), 48 wether hoggets at 265. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of Munning Bros. (Kaiapoi), 63 halfbred ewe hoggets at 255; I. Marshall (Christchurch), 34 halfbred wether hoggets at 29s 6d; M. Jacobs (Kaiapoi), 65 wether hoggets at 18s to 25s 6d; Temuka client, 35 hoggets at 30s. In the adult sheep section, the bulk of the offering was made up of Chatham Island wethers. The trouble here was that there were hardly any buyers offering for these, and a high percentage of them had to be passed in. Still for the few island wethers that were sold prices were somewhere near late rates, with four-tooths from Barker Bros, selling at 26s 6d to 28s. Wether sales included:— Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of Barker Bros. (Chatham Islands), 192 two-shear Romney wethers at 26s 6d to 28s. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency sold: on account of C. Preece (Chatham Islands), 97 two and three-shear wethers at 25s to 25s 6d. A few ewes and lambs were offered, but apart from one pen they were all in small lots. A pen of woolly ewes ■with quite good Down lambs at foot brought 21s all counted. The balance of the offering comprised shorn ewes and lambs which made' from Ils for hoggets, with lambs to 15s 6d. Among sales were: National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of A. C. Clark (Halswell), 24 ewes and lambs at 12s. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd., sold: on account of E. T. Suckling (Oxford), 87 ewes and 78 lambs at 21s. The sale for fat lambs was on the whole a good one. The entry at 748 head was more than double the 1 size oi last week's varding, but quality was probably not so good over all, although some very good lambs were again included. At the opening of the sale prices looked to be slightly easier, but as the sale went along values tended to pick up again to close to last week's rates. H. and F. McCrostie (Ashburton)

topped the lamb sale With a sale of one lamb at 60s 7d and for four they averaged 52s Id. An undisclosed vendor from Ashburton district sold ID at up to- 52s Id and a North Canterbury client realised up to 49s Id for 17. Values were;—

Prime heavy butchers’ lambs, 46s Id to 51s Id. with an odd sale to 60s 7d. Prime medium lambs, 42s Id to 45s 7d. Prime light lambs, down to 25s Id. Sales included:— Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of L. E. Donnell (Parnassus), 29 at 27s to 42s Id; R. F. G. Gardiner (Purau). 28 at 39s Id to 45s Id; Miss M. M. McHugh (Darfield), 23 at 40s Id to 43s Id; W. J. Walker (Darfield), 32 at 38s Id to 41s Id; W. J. McNally (Rakaia), 13 at 39s Id to 48s Id; W. Burns (Sockburn), 14 at 43s Id. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. Association, Ltd. sold: on account of H. J. Bodger (Dunsandel), 4 at 39s Id to 40s Id; E. T. Suckling (Oxford), 11 at 40s id; L. A. Rogers (Springston), 12 at 38s Id to 40s Id; O. T. Bailey (Springston), 8 at 41s Id; L. J McKeague (Oxford), 17 at 40s Id to 41s Id; North Canterbury client, 17 at 46s Id to 49s Id. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Limited, and H. Matson and Company, sold: on account of C. T. Black (Lincoln), 22 at 39s Id to 45s Id, W. T. Lancaster (Springston), 6 at 41s Id; W. Williams (Halswell), 6 at 44s Id; A. W. Gibb (Yaldhurst), 44 at 42s Id to 45s 7d: H. and F. McCrostie (Ashburton), 8 at 47s Id to 60s 7d; S. D. Patchett (Cashmere). 3 at 38s Id; C. B. Harris (Rangiora), 46 at 42s Id to 44s Id; Glenmore Farm (Halswell), 23 at 38s Id to 44s Id; S. J. Cutler (Springston), 5 at 43s Id; Miss Barbara Miller (Irwell) 1 at 43s Id; Mrs J. R. Telford (Sefton), 47 at 38s Id to 41s Id; T. W. Smith (Prebbleton), 8 at 43s Id to 48s Id; Ashburton client, 10 at 49s Id to 52s Id; I. D. Eder (Woodend), 32 at 38s Id to 42s Id; C. Gilmore (Lyttelton), 15 at 38s Id to 40s Id: Mrs S. A. Boag (Mitchum), 17 at 39s Id to 43s Id: K. Stewart (Leeston), 8 at 42s Id to 47s Id; R. W. Freeman (Aylesbury), 41 at 42s Id to 46s Id; G. De Thier (St. Andrews Hill), 14 at 38s Id to 41s Id; T. Redmond (Belfast). 11 at 39s Id to 42s Id; P. Redmond (Belfast). I at 43s Id Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of G. Harper (Whiterock), 100 at 34s Id to 40s Id: V. Wilkinson (Christchurch), 15 at 38s Id to 43s Id.

FAT SHEEP The market for both fat wethers and ewes tended to be rather erratic. The offering totalled 4463, compared with 2920 a week ago, and Was of variable quality, with some 'good wethers included. Taking into account the erratic tendency in the wether market with good medium sheep sometimes looking 2s to 3s better and at other times barely up to late rates, the sale could probably be quoted at about in line with late rates for the better quality sheep. The best of the four-tooth wethers also sold reasonably well, but once again over-fat and aged wethers encountered a depressed sale. Also in an erratic sale, ewes sold from on a par with late rates to Is to Is 6d Cheaper, with the market tending to get a little more difficult as the sale progressed. Except In odd cases, the overfat and tallowy ewes were difficult to sell. Woolly wethers from B. T. Grofski (Ohoka) sold up to 68s Id. Otherwise, R. J. Southgate (Oxford) realised up to 61s Id for the tops of 27. and G J. and E. J. Francis (Halswell) made to 60s Id for two. Sales at 58s Id were made by J. J. Wyllie (Omihi) for nine and by T. E. M. Brooks (Brookside) for 14. Among the older ewes, Derrett Bros. (Hororata) sold 13 at 26s Id and sales at 24s Id were made by E. C. Beauvais (Loburn) for 13, by J. Johnson (Rakaia) for the best out of a line of 32, and N. B. Carney (Ashburton), who had 68 which made from 17s Id upwards. Woolly ewes from W. F. Bishop (Rakaia) fetched to 45s Id.

New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd., sold: on account of L. A. Rogers (Springston), 37 ewes at 13s Id to 17s Id; R. A. Hamilton (Cashmere), 17 ewes at 14s Id; W J. Winchester, Jun. (Lakeside), 177 ewes at 13s Id to 14s Id; M. J. Chapman (Rangiora), 85 ewes at 12s Id to 19s Id; W. J. Doag (Ashley), 40 ewes at 13s Id to 16s Id; L. J. McKeague (Bennetts), 22 wethers at 47s Id to 48s Id; N. A. Hansen (Sedgemere), 17 wethers at 48s Id to 50s Id; J. Ballagh (Southbridge). 30 wethers at 48s Id to 50s Id; C. T. A. Ward and Sons (Chertsey), 75 wethers at 48s Id to 54s Id; N. Meldrum (Oxford), 58 wethers at 41s Id to 47s Id; I, P. Chamberlain (Burnham), 27 wethers at 34s Id to 45s Id.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Conwany, Ltd., sold: on account of J. B. McMillan (Fernside), 15 ewes at Ils Id; H. W. Farquhar (Cuiverden), 92 ewes at 13s *d to , 15s ld; A - L. Lambert (Cheviot), 43 ewes at 13s Id to 15s Id: A. M. Saunders (Ashburton), 82 ewes at 11s Id to 16s Id; G. G. and J. F. Smith (Broadflelds), 76 ewes at 15s Id; W. C. Brears (Southbridge). 40 ewes at 12s Id to 14s Id; W. F. Bishop (Rakaia), 13 woolly ewes at 45s Id: A. B. Carney (Ashburton), 68 ewes at 17s Id to 24s Id, and 50 maiden ewes at 33s Id to 34s Id; Mrs M. Woodfield (Horrelville), 23 wethers at 40s Id; A. and H. R. van der Weg (Rakaia)-, 51 wethers at 44s Id to 48s Id; Hall Bros. (Blenheim), 81 wethers at 51s Id to 56s Id; W. J. Beckett (Horrelville), 33 wethers at 41s Id to 42s Id; R. L. Corbett (Broadfields), 12 wethers at 45s Id: client, 44 wethers at 34s Id to 37s Id. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of J. G. Mclntosh (Waikuku), 39 wethers at 44s Id to 45s Id; W. R. A. Mason (Hawarden). 24 wethers at 47s Id; D. I. Grigg (Hickory). 18. wethers at 43s Id; Courtenay Farm Account (Courtenay), 28 wethers at 48s Id to 51s Id; Miss N. M. McHugh (Darfield), 16 wethers at 46s Id; G. H. Loffhagen (Rangiora), 67 wethers at 44s Id to 54s Id; J. J. Wyllie (Omihi), 60 wethers at 45s Id to 58s Id; R. D. Catherwood (Swannanoa), 51 wethers at 47s Id to 56s Id; E. J. Francis (Halswell), 30 wethers at 45s Id to 47s Id; J. P Rivers (Culverden), 16 wethers at 46s Id; S.R.M. Farm, Ltd. (Waikuku), 19 wethers at 39s Id; E. C. Beauvais (Loburn), 13 ewes at 20s ,ld to 24s Id: H. C. Barr (Prebbleton). 115 ewes at 15s Id to 17s Id; J. Johnson (Rakaia). 32 ewes at 22s Id to 24s Id; J. Irwin (Rakaia), 55 ewes at 17s Id to 19s Id: C. E. Gray and Son (Ataahua), 15 ewes at 15a Id; J. H. Gardiner (Rakaia).

21 ewes at 17s Id to IBs Id: G. Sargent (Cheviot), 12 ewes at 20s Id 5 young ewes at 32s Id; Birch Hill Station (Birch Hill), 17 ewes at 13s Id to 17s Id; R. J. Miller and Sor (Leeston), 42 ewes at 13s Id to 16s Id; R. S. Webb (Dunsandel), L wethers at 46s Id to 49s Id; W. J McNally (Rakaia), .10 ewes at 13i Id; estate A. Fairburn (Scargill) 32 ewes at 15s Id to 19s Id; Barkei Bros. Ltd. (Chatham Islands), 3. wethers at 29s Id to 31s Id. National Mortgage and Agencj Company, Ltd., ana H. Matson anc Company sold: on account of W. 1 Lancaster (Springston), 18 ewes a 14s Id; A. W. Gibb (Shands Track) 37 ewes at 16s Id to 18s Id; I. D Eder (Wpodend), 38 ewes at 15s 1< to 17s Id, 12 wethers at 41s Id, J Scott (Woodend), 67 ewes at Ils 1< to 16s Id: W. S. McLaughlin (Ir well), 71 ewes at 12s Id to 19s la T. E. M. Brooks (Brookside), 31 wethers at 54s I*J to' 58s Id; M Jacobs (Kaiapoi), 13 wethers at 3& Id to 47s Id; H. G. Guy * Sefton) 21 wethers at 54s Id to 56s Id, G J. Francis (Halswell), 74 wethers a

35s Id to 43s Id; J. R. Taylor (Oxford). 19 wethers at 37s Id to 44s Id, R Ppitv (Kaiapoi), 18 ewes at 13s ?d' R- J. Southgate (Oxford) 27 wethers at 47s Id to 61s Id; F. Marshall (Christchurch), 36i wethers at 33s Id to 40s Id: O. nat), 18 ewes at 15s Id to 17s Id, Derrett Bros. (Hororata), 25 ewes at 14s Id to 26s Id. and 12 young ewes at 325. Id to 35s Id; R. T. Steele (Yaldhurst). 19 ewes at; 13s Id to 15s Id; F. J. Smith <Glarkville), 98 ewes at 14s Id to 18s Id, R. D. MifKenzie (Shands Track). 75. ewes at 10s Id to 18s Id; A. S. Kyle (Templeton). 54 ewes at 15s Id to 18s Id: O, G. Oakley (West Melton), 18 wethers at 35s Id, W. J. McCully (Temuka), 80 wethers at 38s Id to 43s Id; R. Johnston (Rakaia) 32 Merino wethers at 15s Id, W Stewart (Cashmere), 137 ewes nt (Lyttelton), 30 ewes at 10s Id to 17s Id; Francis Bros. (Halswell). 10 ewes at 15s Id. and 2 wethers at 60s Id, K. Tarrant (Temuka), 35 wethers at 36S Id. r .j . Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold, on account of E. K. bury), 67 ewes at 15s Id to 16s Id. M. Spencer-Bower (Swannanoa), 52 ewes at 15s Id to 19s Id, and 1wethers at 41s Id to 51s Id; D. W. McCormick (Hawarden), 16 ewes at 20s Id; P. R. Jibson (Sheffield), 6 maiden ewes at 26s Id; P. de Pass (Ataahua). 20 ewes at 14s Id to 16s Id; C. H. Bethell (Waikari), 10 ewes at 15s Id, and 25 four and six-tooth wethers at 41s Id to 45s Id; client, 22 four and six-tooth wethers at 30s Id to 43s Id, and 21 ewes at 12s Id to 14s: Id; D. E. Quigley (Waipara), 51 wethers at 42s Id to 46s Id; Parkhurst Bros. (Sandy Knolls), 73 wethers at 39s Id to 44s Id; qstate E. A. Craighead (Spotswood), 15 wethers at 54s Id to 56s Id; W. T. O’Brien (Killlnchy), 24 wethers at 33s Id to 38s Id; B. T. Grofski (Ohoka), 19 woolly wethers at 65s Id to 68s Id; G. Harold Parsons and Son (Marlborough), 65 wethers at 36s Id to 45s Id; C. de Pass (Ataahua), 10 four and sixtooth wethers at 40s Id.

FAT CATTLE Fat cattle values eased during the sale The market, for which there was an entry of 434 head, opened out on about a par with last week for steers and heifers, and values remained about this level for about two-thirds of the auction. At this stage, however, the market began to sag, and by the end of the sale steers were cheaper by up to 50s on prices ruling in the earlier part of the day. Heifers did not show very much alteration, but values for cows were back about 40s a head right through the 'sale. Over the last two races of the sale auctioneers had difficulty in interesting buyers at all. and there was an occasional passing. . The. offering Wds generally of good quality, with a fair representation of cows. Top price of the sale—£66 12s 6d—was paid to the estate E. W. Gray (Teddington) for a steer. Next best price was £63 2s 6d for one from R. L. Hunter (Ellesmere), followed by £62 17s 6d for the tops of a line of steers from' J. F. Cracroft Wilson (Cashmere). L. W. Moore (Philpotts road) headed the heifer section with one bringing £46 12s 6d. Another one from K. Macleod (Le Bons Bay.) fetched £47 12s 6d, and the estate E. W. Gray also had one at £47 2s 6d.

Easily the top price for cows was £44 12s 6d, paid for one offered by an undisclosed vendor. Prime heavy steer beef sold at £6 15s to £7 5s per 1001 b, prime medium-weight steer beef £7 5s to £7 12s 6d and plain and light steer beef £6 12s 6d to £7 12s 6d; prime heavy heifer beef £6 12s 6d to £7; prime medium-weight heifer beef, £7 to £7 7s 6d; plain and light heifer beef, £6 10s to £7; and cow beef, £4 15s to £5. Values were:—

Prime medium cows, £27 2s 6d to £33 7s 6d. Plain and light cows, £22 7s 6d to £26 17s 6d., Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of C. E. Gray and Son (Ataahua), 4 steers at £43 2s 6d to £SB 17s 6d and 2 heifers at £45 7s 6d; estate I. L. M. Coop (Ataahua), 2 steers at £49 7s 6d to £57 2s 6d and cow at £34 12s 6d; A. T. and L A Watsdn (Ataahua), 4 cows at £32 7s 6d to £36 2s 6d; Gibb Bros. (Motunau), 7 heifers at £36 17s 6d to £4O 2s 6d; and 4 cows at £26 2s 6d to £29 2s 6d; J. S. Scott (Heathcote). 5 heifers at £37 12s 6d to £4O 17s 6d: H. G. Dalglish (Le Bon’s Bay) 8 steers at £53 17s 6d to £6l 7s 6d; K. Macleod (Le Bon’s Bay), 1 heifer at £47 12s 6drestate E. W. Gray (Teddington), 3 steers at £62 7s 6d to £66 12s 6d and 1 heifer at £47 2s 6d; P. D. Hall (Knocklyn) 4 steers at £4l 12s 6d to £SO 2s 6d; Aitken, Little Pigeon Bay Estate, 7 heifers at £35 17s 6d to £44 2s 6d and 3 cows at £27 17s 6d; J. F Cracroft-Wilson (Cashmere), 11 steers at £53 2s 6d to £62 17s 6d. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., sold: on account of Williams Bros. (Robinson’s Bay). 4 baby beef steers at £46s 17s 6d and 6 baby beef heifers at £33 17s 6d to £4l 17s 6d; H. G. Stevens (Cheviot). 4 heifers at £25 12s 6d; client, 1 cow at £44 12s 6d.

New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. Association, Ltd., sold: on account of D. K. McLachlan (Omihi), 8 steers at £29 17s 6d to £35 2s 6d and 1 cow at £37 12s 6d; G. Hobday (St. Albans), 10 steers at £42 7s 6d to £45 17s 6d; estate J. Stevenson (Flaxton), 4 cows at £35 17s 6d and 1 heifer at £3B 2s 6d: E. J. Mulligan (Hawarden), 3 cows at £2B 2s 6d to £29 12s 6d and 1 steer at £34! 17s 6d; A H Pearce and Son (Coutts Island), 4 cows at £32 2s 6d; Brookdale Estate (Parnassus). 10 steers at £SO 7s 6d to £55 12s 6d; A. Hunter (Tai Tapu), 10 steers at £44 12s 6d to £sl 12s 6d; Brown Bros. (Kaitunai, 2 steers at £sl 12s 6d to £56 12s 6d; Willowburn Farm, Ltd. (Dunsandel), 3 steers at £36 7s 6d to £46 7s 6d and 1 heifer at £35 2s 6d; O. A. Williams (Port Levy), 10 heifers at £37 7s 6d to £4O 7s 6d; A S. Green (Russells Flat), 2 cows at £23 17s 6d; E. Inch (Rangiora), 3 cows at £3O 17s 6d to £33 12s 6d; A. Brown (Blenheim), 4 steers at £34 7s 6d to £49 12s 6d and 6 cows at £27 2s 6d to £3O 17s 6d. National Mortgage and Agency and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of L. W. Timperley (Kaiapol), 5 steers at £29 17s 6d to £39 12s 6d. o heifers at £2B 17s 6d to £32 7s 6d 2 cows at £24 17s 6d to £2B 2s 6d, G. R. Clarke (Aranui), 8 cows at £26 to £32 12s 6d; estate G. L. Rutherford (Connemara), 9 steers a* . £.42 7s 6d to £46 12s 6d; Glenmore Farm Company (Halswell), 20 steers at £46 7s 6d to £57 2s 6d, 3 cows at £23 12s 6d to £35 7a 6d;T* Chaney (Kaiapoi), 8 steers

at £45 17s 6d to £sl 17s 6d, 1 heifer at £43 7s 6d; R. L. Hunter (Ellesmere). 9 steers at £4O 7s 6d to £63 2s 6d; Glazebrook (Te Pirita). 20 steers at £47 12s 6d to £59 2S 6d; C S Donald (Bullock Hill), 8 steers at £SO 7s 6d to £54 7s 6d, 2 heifers at £33 17s 6d to £43 17s 6d; L. W. Prosser (Leeston), 10 steers at £36 17 S 6d to £3B 2s 6d; A. Shepherd (Southbrook), 4 steers at £46 12s 6d to £47 2s 6d; H. D. Hurford (Ellesmere) 3 cows at £25 17s 6d to £39 2s 6d; L. W. Moore (Philpotts road), 1 heifer at £4B 12s 6d, 1 cow at £3l 12s 6d. 'I Dalgety and Company sold: on 1 account of S. Chandler (Robinson s ; Bay), 2 steers at £SB 17s 6dl to £6O 7s 6d, Earshmans Estate (Kitchen Hills), 4 cows at £33 12s 6d, 1 1 steer at £32 17s 6d; C. A. McGregor ; (Kaikoura), 1 heifer at £3B 257 cows at £25 17s 6d to £36 2s 6d; 'H. C. A Sidey (Hawarden), 12 steers ,at £37 2s 6d to £45 12s 6d; Wai- . puna Farming Company (Balmoral), 1 9 steers at £4O 12s 6d to £45 12s • 6d; M Hight (Swannanoa!, 8 steers l at £SO 12s 6d to £56 17S 6d.

STORE CATTLE I Demand for store cattle tended to . weaken slightly, due probably to the I deteriorating feed position in many • parts oi the province. Values' were ; quoted back about 30s a head. The ) offering, however, totalled only about •; 222 head, compared with 515 head s a week ago, and was not of very . notable quality. • A feature of the sale Was the t offering of 88 15-months-old Aber- ■ deen Angus. Aberdeen Angus cross : and Hereford steers which fetched ’ from £3l 13s 6d to £35 8s 6d. These ‘ well-bred and well-grown cattle In ■ fat condition were from the West--1 mere Farming Company (Dromore). ■ A small offering of boner type ■ cattle Isold well, with rates fully ’up to schedule. The best heavy ' boners realised from £24 13s 6d to - £27 18s 6d, good boners £2O 13s 6d I to £22 18s 6d, medium £l6 18s 6d ■to £2O 3s 6d, lighter down to £lO :3s 6d and cull and derelict down tq • £6 & 6d. - Details of quotable sales are:— ’ Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: 'on account of A. Preece (Chatham : Islands), 21 three-year Aberdeen Anc gus steers at £3O 3s 6d to £32 18s 6d ' and 10 two-year Aberdeen Angus j steers at £22 Is; A. and B. H. Neill , (Brookside), 9 Friesian cross heifers !at £25 3s 6d; client, 9 two-year Gal- , loway cross heifers at £26 3s 6d. . Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: loh account of Westmere Farming Company (Dromore), 52 15 months • Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steers at £3l 13s 6d to . £35 8s 6d and 36 Herefords at. £31 J 18s 6d to £32 18s 6d; A. S. Nicholls r (Hillside) 8 yearling Shorthorn cross steers at £l7 18s 6d and 7 : heifers at £l3 13s 6d. , National Mortgage and Agency ’ Company. Ltd., and H. Matson and 5 Company sold: on account of R. Mathers (Waikuku), 8 yearling 5 Shorthorn heifers at £l3 13s 6d; r client, 9 16 months Friesian heifers tat £25 8s 6d i BULLS ’ The bull entry comprised only 14 .■ head and in the jnain they were l in the light or medium weight ■ class With a further decline in 1 schedule rates this week the mar- • ket again had a fairly slack tone 1 and values reflected the downward . trend in rates. A massive Short- • horn topped the sale at £6B 12s 6d, 3 a Friesian sold at £55 2s 6d, a Jer- - sey at £4B 7s 6d and another black 5 buU at £47 7s 6d. Otherwise price; s moved between about £l4 17s 6d - and £33 7s 6d.

Dairy Cattle Prices were lower for cows in the dairy cattle section. The entry totalled only about 16 head. The cows in the yarding were mainly Jerseys of a good useful type and for these prices were down by up to 60s a head on values ruling over the last few weeks. The balance of the entry was of a secondary nature, and for these the decline was of the order of. up to 50s a head. Heifers were few in number, but were of generally quite good quality. They also earned prices that were not up to late rates. Apart from a Friesian cow in calf which realised £36, cows sold from £24 to £32. The best heifers ranged from £33 to £4O, with others making down to about £24.

Vealers The yarding of veal totalled about 180, and was made up of generally good quality cattle, particularly in the small calf and large runner categories. For small calves of quality values were better by 10s to 15s, and bigger cattle of good quality were dearer by 50s to 60s. Secondary and inferior types, however, showed little alteration. Best large runners made from £34 2s 6d to £3B 2s 6d. medium £3l 2s 6d to £33 2s Bd, small £27 2s 6d to £3O 2s 6d; large suckers £2B 2s 6d to £32 2s 6d, medium suckers £24 2s 6a to £27 2s 6d, light £lB 2s 6d to £22 2s 6d; large calves £2O 2s 6d to £23 13s 6d, medium calves £l4 2s 6a to £lB 2s 6d, small calves £8 2s 6d to £l3 2s 6d, and bobby calves from 70s upwards. Fat Pigs There was a similar entry in the porker section, and as was the case last week, quality generally was very poor. Far too many over-fat types were yarded. The very best long thin types met spirited competition, but other classes met a mediocre demand, and in odd cases over-fat sorts were unsaleable. In the bacon section there was a medium entry, and here again most pigs were too heavy and too fat. All classes Suitable to the trade met a strong demand, but the over-fat types showed no improvement. The chopper entry was a little larger, with values remaining on a par with late rates.

Store Pigs There was again a medium entry In the store pig pens and quality was very good. The attendance of buyers was. however, small and although the sale opened out with a fair demand it quickly eased, and all but the best, sorts were cheaper by 10s to 15s a head, this being particularly noticeable in the small and medium stores. Values were:— Small weaners, 50s to 68s. Best weaners, 70s to 755. Slips, 76s to 82s. Small and medium stores, 83s to 955. Medium and large stores. 100 s to 114 s.

Temuka Sale "The Press" Special Service. TIMARU, December 1. Quality for the. most part was good In a yarding of 120 head of fat cattle at the Temuka sale yesterday, and values showed little change on those ruling two weeks ago. Numerous pens of quality wethers and hoggets were included in the very large yarding of fat sheep, and although outside interests were operating, values were hard to hold for fat ewes and fat wethers. In the closing stages a few pens were passed. Tail-end lots made up the bulk of the store sheep offering, and although the demand was not overkeen, values showed little change. Values were:— Fat Cattle.—Fat steers: good, £45 to £49 2s 6d: medium, £4O to £44 117 s 6d; light, £36 12s 6d to £39 17s 6d. Fat heifers: good, £43 to £4B 2s 6d; medium. £36 to £42 17s 6d; light, £2B 2s 6d to £35. Fat cows: good. £33 to £3B 2s 6d; medium, £2B to £32; light, £l7 to £27. Fat Sheep.—Fat wethers: good, 46s to 525; light to medium, 34s Id to 42s Id. Fat ewes: good, 16s Id to 20s. Fat lambs: 33s to 42s Id. Store Sheep.—Wether hoggets (shpm), 27s to 35s 6d. Ewe hoggets (shorn). 32s to 46s 6d. Pigs.—Weaners. 63s to 87s: stores, 90s to £5: porkers, £6 10s to £8; baconers, £8 to £9.

Values were:— Extra prime young wethers, 54s Id to 58s Id. Prime medium young wethers, 45s Id to 52s Id. Prime light young wethers, 34s Id to 43s Id. Best wethers, 40s Id to 49s Id. Average wethers, 35s Id to 40s Id. Other wethers, 25s Id to 33s Id. Extra prime butchers’ ewes, X8s Id to 23s Id. Prime medium ewes. 14s Id to 18s Id. Light and plain ewes, from Ils Id. Over-fat and tallowy ewes. 10s Id to 14s Id. Representative sales were:—

Prime heavy steers, £57 7s 6d to £66 12s 6d. Prime medium-weight steers, £48 7s 6d to £58 7s 6d. Prime and light steers, £39 2s 6d to £46 17s 6d. Plain and light steers, £29 7s 6d to £37 17s 6d. Prime heavy heifers, £40 7s 6d to £48 12s 6d. Prime medium-weight heifers, £34 17s 6d to £39 17s 6d. Prime and light heifers, £24 17s 6d to £29 17s 6d. Prime heavy cows, £33 17s 6d to £40 17s 6d, with an odd sale at £44 12s 6d

Values were:— Light and unfinished porkers. £6 9s 6d to £6 17s 6d. Medium porkers. £6 19s 6d to £7 14s 6d. Heavy porkers. £7 17s 6d to £3 9s fid. . r* a Light baconers, £8 14s fid to £10 2s 6d. Medium and heavy baconers. £10 14s 6d to £12 3s 6d. Choppers. £6 Ils to £13 Is.