ADDINGTON MARKET Best Of Older Ewes Hold Their Values

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29138, 25 February 1960, Page 14

ADDINGTON MARKET Best Of Older Ewes Hold Their Values

The emphasis was on the better class sheep in good condition and sound in the mouth and feet in the old ewe section at Addington market, yesterday. These sheep sold at fully up to late rates under relatively free competition, but average and inferior sheep eased by 3s and in cases more, moving towards the lower level of values set for older sheep at the Tinwald fair on Tuesday. However, there was still a market for most sheep. Better class two-tooth ewes met a strong sale and were from par to a shade dearer. Average and inferior sheep were not so easy to sell and were from par to a shade easier. For a handful of wethers values showed no significant variation. Lambs met a surprisingly good sale at values little different from last week.

The yarding totalled 23,321 head compared with 19,690 last week and was made up of 5597 store lambs. 3628 two-tooth ewes. 13,302 older ewes and 704 wethers. STORE LAMBS Store lambs sold soundly and competition was well sustained throughout the sale. Basic levels of values showed little change and were fully firm on last week’s rates. The entry was again relatively small, with 5597 head coming forward, compared with 5529 last week. Quality varied, with very few top lambs on offer, and the bulk of the entry was made up of good quality carry-over sorts. There were fewer small and nondescript lines. The sale opened on a good, firm note, and there was a surprisingly keen demand for the average quality lines, which followed the trend set at last week’s sale. Taken all over, it was a satisfactory sale. Several pens of shorn wether lambs had a good sale at sound prices, with the top pen of 91 Romneys from H. H. Deans (Auchenflower) selling at 32s 6d. Best shorn lambs realised from 26s to 32s 6d, with average from 21s 6d to 24s 6d.’ A sound demand existed for the few pens of good ewe lambs at current rates, and other classes met a good inquiry at prices comparable with those for wether lambs of equivalent quality. A line of 300 Romneys from G. Flower (Glentunnel) made from 37s 6d to 435, and D. Inkson (West Eyreton) sold halfbreds at up to 36s 6d. Good ewe lambs realised from 36s 6d to 435, with average at 32s to 34s 6d, plain at 20s to 255, and others from 14s to 17s.

The wether lamb market was topped by K. P. F. Neill (Little River), with 53 Border LeicesterRomney cross selling at 38s 6d, and F. Radford (Motukarara) had a sale of Down cross at 38s. T. Bell (Governors Bay) sold Down cross at 37s for a pen of 26. and the same type gained 36s 6d for R. M. Baxter (Darfield).

For fine wool wether lambs, the top price of 34s 6d was shared by J. F. Cracroft Wilson (Cashmere) and the Glens of Tekoa (Culverden) with halfbreds. The Glens of Tekoa forwarded a line of 780 wether lambs which made the top price for 116; 300 sold at 31s, 176 made 27s 6d, and the balance gained 22s 6d. The best Down cross lambs sold to 38s, with Border Leicester cross wether lambs to 38s 6d. Romneys to 35s 6d, and fine-wools to 34s 6d. The best of the wether lambs offered made from 36s to 38s 6d, with good at 28s to 35s 6d, average at 19s to 275, and others from 10s 6d to 17s 6d. Sales Included:—

Dalgety and Company sold: on account of H. H. Deans (Auchenflower), 319 shorn Romney lambs at 24s 6d to 32s 6d; J. T. Denton and Son, Ltd. (Southbridge), 56 Corriedale wether lambs at 31s to 345: estate R. Allan (Allandale), 147 Down cross lambs at 25s to 365; E. C. Allan (Cass Bay), 23 Down cross lambs at 255: A. L. Bailey (Te Pirita), 212 Corriedale ewe lambs at 23s to 345; various clients, 362 lambs at 15s to 34s 6d, 100 ewe lambs at 15s to 17s, Pyne, Guild, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of estate E. W. Gray (Teddington), 155 Down cross lambs at 29s to 33s 6d: estate A. A. Narbey (Long Bay), 144 shorn Romney wether lambs at 21s 6d to 265; estate L. C. Gardiner (Waiau), 48 halfbred ewe lambs at 245, 71 wether lambs at Ils 6d to 245; estate G. W. Forbes (Crystal Brook). 98 wether lambs at 16s 6d to 295; Glens of Tekoa (Culverden), 778 halfbred wether lambs at 22s 6d to 34s 6d; P. W. F. Smith (Clarence), 60 halfbred ewe lambs at 225: 117 wether lambs at 17s 6d to 21s; K. P. F. Neill (Little River), 98 wether lambs at 24s to 38s 6d; J. F. Cracroft Wilson (Cashmere), 41 Corriedale wether lambs at 34s 6d. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., sold: on account of W. R. J. Lambie (Kyle), 209 wether lambs at 30s to 365; Rakala client, 325 wether lambs at 26s 6d to 35s 6d; P. D. McGregor (Te Oka), 170 wether lambs at 22s 6d to d .’ and 116 ewe lambs at 22s to 32s 6d; D. R. M. Johnston (Governors Bay), 29 wether lambs at 10s 6d to 235.

New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association, Ltd., sold: on account of Oxford client, 190 Romney wether lambs at 31s Id to 35s 6d; A. Hunter (Otahuna), 107 Corriedale wether lambs at 31s 6d to 34s 6d l 1 L d < 76 ,?.Y e lambs at 325 : Mrs M. A. Adair (Waiau), 120 halfbred wether I® s 32s D. Inkson (West Eyreton). 160 halfbred ewe lambs at 36s id. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of T. Bell (Governor’s BajI), 26 Down cross P ‘ Cutt£ >nce (Annat), 250 halfbred wether lambs at 25s to 31s 6d; I. Barnes (Halswell), 15 Down ?52 S ~ at 3381 R - M - Baxter (Darfield), i, P°?' n cross at 32s to 3Rs 6d; C. W. Radford (Motukarara), 61 Down cro® B at 24s to 345; F. Radford (Motukarara), 130 Down cross at 29s to 38s; J. Leybourne (Dunsandel), 117 Down cross at 22s to 295; L (Rotherham), 42 Down cross S.« Bassett (Oxford), 44 halfbred wether lambs at 16s 6d, and at . lss: J - p - Shuttleworth (Governor’s Bay), 35 Down cross at 19s to 21s; and 42 Romney ewe lambs at 34s 6d; A. T. Stone rat ® ) - 2^ 7 halfbred ewe lambs n»n“ S «A d 3 ’ G ’ Flower (Glentun&d I to^3s R ° mney eWe lambs at 37s TWO-TOOTH EWES . e entr ? , of two-tooth ewes wnn e <,r Was a *f a r . of well-grown, attractive fine wool and Romney sheep, with fine wool sheep predominating in the yarding. For these top sheep inquiry was sound «L«L at< l s at as good 38 last week to a shade better, although hardly up to the extremely good rates paid for young ewes at Amberley and Tinwald in the last week. The sale, however, had a rather different flavour when it came to the average and smaller fine wool sheep of which there was a substantial offering. These were not so easy selling and values tended to be from par to a little easier. Some of these sheep did not reach values in accord with vendors’ ideas and were passed in at auction. For the best of a small selection of Romneys values made from 55s to 645, with average to good at 39s to 48s. In the case of the fine wool two-tooths the best sold at 58s to 665. average 40s to 48s, small and inferior 33s to 38s, and others down to 14s. Fine wool sheep topped the market with 68 Corriedales from H. C. Greenwood (Heatherlea) bringing 665. Another cut of 62 from the same vendor earned 62s 6d, and a further 66 58s. P. W. Smaill (Hororata) received up to 65s 6d for the tops of 280 Corriedales, and 138 Corriedales from A. T. Black (Rockend) were sold for 60s. Romneys reached up to 64s for 87 from Courtenay Farm (Courtenay). Mount Magdala (Halswell) also sold 79 Romneys at 625, and for 70 Romney cross G. A. N. Frizzell (Kirwee) received 60s. Representative sales were:— Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of Courtenay Farm (Courtenay), 87 Romneys at 84s;

estate R. B. Johnson (Sandhurst), 71 Corriedales at 355; J. F. Cracroft Wilson (Cashmere), 47 Corriedales at 38s; H. C. Greenwood (Heatherlea), 196 Corriedales at 58s to 665; G. A. N. Frizzell (Kirwee), 70 Romney cross at 60s; W. Acton Adams (TiPapa), 69 halfbreds at 46s 6d; D. H. Johnson (Dunsandel), 66 Romneys at 50s; B. S. Trolove (The Shades), 70 Corriedales at 445. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd,, and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of P. W. Smail (Hororata), 280 Corriedales at 50s to 65s 6d; A. G. Scott (Okuku), 54 Corriedales at 345; Mount Magdala (Halswell) 79 Romneys at 625; A. J. Sharp (Papanui), 50 Cheviot cross at 50s; D. S. Thomas (Amberley), 75 Corriedales at 48s. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., sold: on account of R. W. Burnett (Lindon Lea), 100 Corriedales at 42s to 50s; W. Norrie (Culverden), 75 halfbreds at 52s fld; estate D. M. Earl (Culverden). 150 Corriedales at 32s to 425. Dalgety and Company Ltd., sold: on account of M. F. A. Childs (Domett), 60 halfbreds at 50s; C. Deans (Upper Highfield), 114 halfbreds at 25s 6d to 28s 6d; A. Mowat (Glengo wer), 300 Corriedales at 32s to 425; estate J. M. D. Parsons (Ward), 152 halfbreds at 36s to 44s 6d; client, 166 halfbreds at 50s to 52s 6d; M. D. Parsons (Ure River), 90 Corriedales at 455; Mrs O. Brown (Whiterock), 95 halfbreds at 395, F. D. Richards (The Point) 78 Ro™®? 8 at 50s; Milo fKilgramh breds at 335: A. T. Black (Rockend), 238 Corriedales 8t r /Js to OOs , J. T. Denton and Son, Ltd. (Southbridge). 33 Corriedales at 345; G. Hai-old Parsons and Son (Mount Victoria), 48 halfbreds at 37s 6d. OLD EWES The old ewe entry was a heavy one. with 13.302 head yarded, compared With 9895 last week. While there was a larger representationi of average to Inferior ewes, there was also a fair sprinkling of farmers' sheep of both fine wool and R Cmce y agrdn S ’maln interest was In the better class lines of big, wellgrown sheep, sound in mouth ana feet For these there was a sound sale at rates fully up to late quotations, but for average and inferior sheep the market tended to decline, and these sheep were probably Js or more cheaper than last week and were approachng the sharply lower level of values set at the Tinwald fair on Tuesday. However, there was a marked difference between Addington and Tinwald in that yesterday there was still a market for the great majority—a characteristic of Addington that never ceases to surprise obesrvers. The gallery was. however, never very large, and towards the close ft dwindled to the stage where only the stock agents were left. , . Indicative of the fairly modest values now ruling, a large part of yesterday's offering sold between about 16a and 245, with only a sprinkling of top sheep making between 30s and 40s. Fine wool sheep predominated in the offering of the older ewes and for the best of these values ranged from 34s to 445, with good 22s to 28s, average 16s to 21s, and others at 9s to 15s. For the pick of the Romneys values ranged from 30s to 365, with good 25s to 30s, average 17s to 245, and others 6s to 15s. Annual draft four-year-old Romneys, which had been shorn in August, from L. J. Murray and Sons (Wharanui), topped this section of the sale at 44s 6d, Logan Bros. (Gore) received 36s for 64 five-year-old Romneys from G. B. and E. G. Wilson (Gore), and for 80 five-year Romney cross from J. F. Cracroft Wilson (Cashmere). Annual draft halfbreds from G. H. Parsons and Son (Woodside) brought up to 445, and halfbreds from the same vendors under the name Mount Victoria, fetched 40s. For 330 four-year Corriedales, J. S. Scott (Mount Pleasant) realised 41s. Sales at 37s were made by M. D. Parsons (Ure River), for 96 fouryear Corriedales, and R. G. Morris (The Gums) for 140 Corriedales of the same age. L. K. Sloss (Omihi) sold 115 five-year Corriedales at 36s 6d. Among sales were:— Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of R. G. Morris (The Gums), 369 four and five-year Corriedales at 25s to 375; Glen Dhu Station (Motunau), 22 five-year Corriedales at 15s; L. W. R. Langdon (Westerfield), 85 five-year Corriedales at 16s 6d; J. S. Scott (Mount Pleasant), 406 four-year Corriedales at 26s to 41s; H. W. and K. J. Dalglish (Le Bons), 187 five-year Romneys at 24s 6d to 30s; Lorraine Estates (Mount Stewart), 380 fiveyear halfbreds at Ils 6d to 22s 6d; The Gates Farm, Ltd. (Waiau), 281 five-year Corriedales at 22s to 24s 6d; J. F. Cracroft Wilson (Cashmere), 204 five-year Romney cross at 27s to 345; A. S. Murray and Son (Domett), 133 five-year halfbreds at 225; R. G. Murray (Te Rapa), 299 annual draft Romney-Corriedale ewes at 24s to 335; I. C. Gray (Ataahua), 165 five-year Romneys at 18s to 225; W. B. Clarkson (Flax Hills), 179 four-year halfbreds at 18s to 20s; A. D. Appleby (Clarence Bridge), 91 five-year Corriedales at 225; estate S. Hall (Peraki), 100 fiveyear Romneys at 225; A. P. Tuer (Hororata) 300 annual draft Corriedales at 22s 6d to 24s 6d; B. S. Trolove (The Shades), 208 five-year Corriedales at 30s to 30s 6d; Trolove Bros. (Kekerengu), 69 Corriedales at 255; Purau Station, Ltd. (Purau), 417 five-year Romneys at 18s 6d to 325.

National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of R. S. Bassett (Oxford), 237 halfbreds at 14s to 20s; J. Stackhouse (Waiau), 67 five-year halfbreds at 16s; A. A. Macfarlane (Ngawira), 64 four-year Corriedales at 265, and 109 five-year at 18s; A. E. B. Goodwin (Pigeon Bay), 66 four, six, and eight-tooth Romneys at 465; A. M. Hartnell (Culverden), 131 five-year Corriedales at 16s; estate R. O. Bradley (Charteris Bay), 295 late-shorn five-year Romneys at 17s 6d to 18s; C. G. Gardiner (Waiau), 140 four-year Corriedales at 245; D. S. Holmes (Governor’s Bay), 338 four, six, and eight-tooth Romneys at 25s 6d to 28s 6d; D. D. McKay (Hanmer Springs), 178 four and five-year Romneys at 21s 6d; C. C. Anderson (St. Andrew’s Hill), 404 five-year halfbreds at 16s to 18s; J. Mason Chamberlain (Ellesmere), 41 five-year ewes at 14s; L. C. Hart (Timaru), 189 five-year Romneys at 245. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., sold: on account of W. B. and A. W. B. McMillan (Culverden), 54 Corriedales at 295; F. H. Robson (Lincoln), 99 fiveyear Romneys at 20s; Culverden client, 245 four-year Corriedales at 28s. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: acc °u n t °f estate R. Allan (Allandale), 96 Romneys at 12s 6d; E. C. Allw (Cass Bay), 80 Romneys at 14s: A L. Bailey (Te Pirita), 371 Corriedales at 10s to 14s 6d; W. P. Beltan. Ltd. (Scargill), 90 Corriedales at 18s; I. F. Graham (Motukarara), 52 Romneys at 12s 6d; H. A. and E. J, Beaven (Delamere Downs), 190 fiveyear Corriedales at 17s to 21s; various clients, 143 five-year Corriedales at 13s to 23s 6d, and 137 halfbreds at 19s 6d to 235; G. H. Parsons and Son (Mount Victoria), 114 annual draft halfbreds at 35s to 40s; G. H. Parsons and Son (Woodside). 238

annual draft halfbreds at 38s 6d to 445; estate J. M. D. Parsons (Ward), 158 annual draft halfbreds at 35s to 35s 6d; F. D. Richards (The Point), 120 five-year Romneys, at 27s 6d to 30s; I. V. and J. A. Chaffey (Kulnine), 246 annual draft halfbreds at 17s 6d to 30s 6d; L. J. Murray and Sons (Wharanui), 582 annual draft Romneys at 29s 6d to 44s 6d; client. 60 Romneys at 13s; M. D. Parsons (Ure River), 96 four-year Corriedales at 375; Mrs K. M. Coop (Parkview), 92 Corriedales at 20s. New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Association, Ltd., sold: on account of Logan Bros. (Gore), 64 five-year Romneys at 365; G. B. and E. G. Wilson (Gore), 64 five-year Romneys at 345; L. G. and J. H. Mackay (Otama), 70 five-year Romneys at 30s: Eskvale Station. Ltd. (Eskvale), 373 four and five-year halfbreds at 19s to 19s 6d; L. K. Sloss (Omihi), 115 five-year Corriedales at -36 s 6d; D. Inkson (West Eyreton), 85 five-year halfbreds at 17s; D. S. Foster (Domett), 107 four and five-year Corrledales at 17s to 225; W. E. Walker (Dunsandel), 71 five-year Corriedales at 21s 6d; R. E. Meyer (Oxford), 84 halfbreds at 15s. WETHERS Only a handful of wethers were to hand: The yarding totalled 704 compared with 938 last week. Values looked to be about on a par with last week, with the best fine-wool two-tooths selling at 40s to 43s 6d, and others at 30s to 395. For a line of 239 halfbreds A. S. Nicholls (Hillside) realised up to 43s 6d. Sales included:— Dalgety and Company, Ltd., sold: on account of A. L. Bailey (Te Pirita). 83 two-tooth Corriedales at 425; A. S. Nicholls (Hillside), 239 two-tooth halfbreds at 36s 6d to 43s 6d. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of Lynton Downs (Kaikoura), 36 two-tooth halfbreds at 30s.