ADDINGTON MARKET Excellent Sale For Steer Calves

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30126, 9 May 1963, Page 18

ADDINGTON MARKET Excellent Sale For Steer Calves

And Mated Cows The store cattle sale was again a big one at Addington market yesterday. The entry was just short of 2000 head. A good selection of steer calves met an excellent sale. Values advanced by about 15s a head for particularly the average to good calf. Heifer calves no more than held their own and might, in some cases, have been easier.

There was also a better market for older cattle with cows selling under strong competition at about 40s a head better. A big line of cows averaged about £24 10s a head. In the store sheep section best quality wether lambs showed a rise of about 3s, with medium qualities slightly dearer. Top ewe lambs were also slightly dearer, but medium and plainer sorts tended to be easier in a slightly erratic market.

There was little change in values for ewes, and wethers were, if anything, slightly dearer.

STORE I AMBS The offering of store lambs and store sheep totalled 5969 head, compared with 5977 last week, and included 4470 store lambs (4575 last week) 105 twotooth ewes (89 ) 871 older ewes (705), and 523 wethers (608).

Dalgety and New Zealand Loan, Ltd., sold: on account of W. L. Orange (Hamner). 80 four and five-year-old unmated crossbred ewes at 30a 6d; F. H. Denton (Amberley), 98 mixed-aged Corriedale ewes in lamb to Southdown ram at 46s 6d- K. C. Galletiy (Hawarden), 75 one-year mated Corriedale ewes at 40s. New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Association, Ltd., sold: on account of O’Halloran Estate (Glentui), 163 Romney cross five-year mated ewes at 31s to 38s 6d; G. P. Dennis (Hororata), 40 mated halfbreds at 365. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd.. and.H. Matson and Company sold: on account of Eskhead Station (Hawarden), 299 Merino annual draft ewes at 14s to 15s. WETHERS Wethers generally sold soundly, with possibly a slight gain in values. A pen of two-tooth halfbreds from an undisclosed vendor made 58s, and Reed Bros. (Dalethorpe) sold 54 of similar description at 575. Twotooth halfbreds made from 57s to 58s, with older fine-wools making from 36s 6d to 395. Sales included:— National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of Lynton Downs, Ltd. (Kaikoura), '2OB three-shear wethers at 36s 6d to 395. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of Reed Bros. (Dalethorpe), 54 halfbred twotooth wethers at 575; Yaldhurst client, 60 halfbred wethers at 395. STORE CATTLE There was another big sale of store cattle but it was not quite as big as last week and was over shortly before 4.30 p.m.— about 45 minutes ahead of last week’s sale. The entry totalled 1993 compared with 2431 last week and included 1506 calves (1767 last week) and 487 older cattle (664). There was a remarkably good sale for store calves. The quality'of the main offering of these was uniformly good and it would rank as one of the best selections of the season.

Good quality wether lambs met a sound sale with values showing an appreciable rise of about 3s a head on the top pens. Medium quality lambs were fractionally dearer but there was no change oft the plainer and cull sorts. The gallery following the sale seemed to be a little smaller and did not seem to include as many active bidders. With most of the shorn lambs now carrying good pelts there was no great difference in price range for woolly sorts which, with few exceptions, were not as big as the shorn pens. The best of the Romney wether lambs in the wool sold up to 48s, with a small pen of Romney cross in fat condition making 58s. and average to good made 395. Woolly fine-wool wether lambs changed hands at 45s to 47s for the best, with good at 40s 6d and average at 34s to 36s 6d. Good woolly Down cross sold at 41s 6d to 465. For shorn wether lambs the best Romneys made from 43s 6d to 475, with good at 40s to 41s and average at 29s to 365. Best Down cross made 39s 6d to 41s 6d and others sold at 295. An outstanding pen of early shorn fine-wool wether lambs made 47s and other sales ranged from 26s to 365.

R. S. Bassett (Oxford) topped the sale with five Romney cross wether lambs in fat condition at 58s and he also sold 24 shorn Romney cross at 46s 6d. Hayes Bros. (Halkett) sold Corriedales at 47s and R. G. H. Stoddart (Kaituna Valley) sold Romneys at 48s. Down cross from J. Potts (Greenpark) realised 46s for woolly and 41s 6d for shorn. Mrs E. H. and the estate G. K. McLaughlin (Culverden) sold 120 shorn Romneys at 45s to 475. In the ewe lamb sale the top pens showed a slight premium over similar sheep last week but on the medium and plainer pens the market was slightly erratic at times and tended to be a fraction easier. The best ewe lambs commanded good competition but there was less buying power for the plain to medium sorts. Quality was similar to last week with a good proportion of useful medium lambs and several pens of attractive, well-grown Romneys and fine-wools. The best Romney ewe lambs sold at 61s 6d, which was paid for an early shorn line of 100 from W. A. Newall (Waiau). Average to good woolly Romneys made 52s to 555. Average to good shorn Romneys made 44s to 47s with others at 39s to 425.

The sale opened before a large gallery and interest was again strong so that there was a ready clearance with rates for particularly the average to good class of steer calf showing an advance of about 15s a head, with the top pens selling fully up to late /rates to possibly a shade better. Over the main part of the sale only an odd pen sold under about £l6 a head indicating the strength Of the inquiry, and on several occasions sales were made at £2O or better. Towards the end of the sale when small pens and mixed coloured pens were reached the gallery dwindled a little but the market remained a sound one with the odd better pens still selling around the money received earlier in the day. Best Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves brought from £l9 18s 6d to £22 38 6d, with average to good at £l6 12s 6d to £lB 18s 6d and small down to £9 13s 6d. The best of the small selection of Herefords made to about £l7 18s 6d, with average to good at £l3 Ils to £l5 13s 6d, and some Shorthorns made to about £l5 13s 6d. Steer calves sold up to £22 3s 6d paid for 13 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross from T. C. Dickson (Waiau) and for the tops of a line of Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross from the estate H. Snushall (Kaikoura). Mr Dickson also had 17 steer calves at £2O 18s 6d. C. T. White (Cheviot) reached to £2l 13s 6d for black steer calves and the estate R. B. Johnson (Sandhurst) realised £2l 3s 6d for four Aberdeen Angus cross. A. McL. Stewart (Scargill) also obtained £2O 13s 6d for 10 Aberdeen Angus cross and T. P. L. Duckworth (Wharfedale) sold four blacks at £2O 8s 6d. Herefords made to £l7 18s 6d for four from G. G. Lockington (Reefton) and A. R. Turnbull and Son (Amberley) received to £l7 13s 6d for Herefords. The heifer calf market did not enjoy the same buoyancy as the steer calf market with values barely maintaining late rates but there was a good clearance of the offering. The best of the Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves realised from £l4 3s 6d to £l5 8s 6d. with good at £l3 3s 6d to £l4 Is, and average £ll 8s 6d to £l2 18s 6d, and others down to £8 13s 6d. The best of the Herefords and Hereford cross sold from £l4 8s 6d to £l5 18s 6d. with snail down to £7 Is. The heifer calf market was topped by St. James station (Hanmer) with 10 Herefords selling at £l5 18s Bd. G. G. Lockington (Reefton) also had three Herefords at £l5 Ils and estate H. Snushall (Kaikoura) had Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross at £l5 8s 6d and W. L. Nell (Middlerock) was paid the same money for 15 Herefords. Lynton Downs. Ltd. (Kaikoura), also had 11 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £l5 3s 6d. Sales of calves included:—

The top pen of fine-wool ewe lambs made 58s 6d. which was paid for the tbps of 205 Corriedales from R. A. Witbrock (Oxford) and halfbreds realised to 53s for a pen from Reed Bros. (Dalethorpe) Average to good fine-w'ools sold from 41s to 49s with others at 33s 6d to 39s 6d. There were several pens of mixed sex lambs and the best of these made to 435. which was paid for a pen of 12 Romneys from the estate R. W. F. Newton (Mount Bossu). and average to good made 34s to 395. Sales included:— National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., and H. Miatson and Company sold on account of Flower and Company (Glentunnel), 27 Romney shorn wether lambs at 35s to 43s 6d. 33 Romney shorn ewe lambs at 38s; R. S. Bassett (Oxford). 116 shorn Romney cross ewe lambs ait 40s to 445, 24 shorn Romney cross wether lambs at 46s Bd, 11 Romney cross wether lambs at 39s to 58s; Macfarlane and MacSarlane (Hund alee 1, 73 shorn halfbred wether lambs at 365: W A. Newell (Waiau), 100 Romney shorn ewe lambs at 61s 6d; R. A. Witbrock (Oxford) 205 Corriedale ewe lambs at 53s to 58s 6d; A. S. Paget 'Oxford). 95 shorn halfbred wether lambs at 31s 6d; JPotts (Greenpark). 41 shorn Down cross Lambs at Bls 6d, 18 Down cross lamtxs at 465, 27 shorn Romney wether lambs at

. Dalgety and N.Z. Loan, Ltd-, sold on account of W. B. Keltock (Puaha). 62 shorn Romney wether lambs at 41s; N. Silcock (Cronadun). 51 shorn wether lambs at 295; Wright Bros. (Hawarden). 309 Corriedale ewe lambs at 39s 6d to 46s 6d, Pashby Farms. Ltd. (RoHeston). 380 Romney ewe lambs at 49s to 555; P. A. Copland (Sheffield). 112 shorn Romney ewe lambs at 39s to 455; R G. H. Stoddart (Kaituna Valley). 5 Romney wether lambs at 48s. 34 Down cross at 32s 6d to 41s 6d, 32 shorn mixed sex Romneys ait 34s to 395; F. D. Richards (The Point), 43 shorn Romney ewe lambs at 475; estate R. W. F. Newton (Mt. Bossu), 12 mixed sex Romneys at 435. New Zealand Farmers Co-op. Association, Ltd., sold on account of F. H. Muirson (Akaroa) 142 shorn Down cross at 29s to 39s 6d; Leeeton client. 36 shorn balfbred wether lambs at 475. „ . ... Pvne, Gouid. Guinness Ltd., sold on account of Mrs E. H. and estate G. K. McLaughlin (Cuiverden), 120 shorn Romney wettier lambs at 45s to 475; Hayes Bros. (Halkett), 78 Corn edale iambs at 47s 6d; Springston client, 285 shorn halfbred wether Lambs at 26s to 345; 216 Corriedale wether lambs at tos Sd. 150 halfbred wether lambs at 34s to 36s 6d: Reed Bros. (Dalethorpe), 137 halfbred wether lambs at 40s 6d to 455. 334 halfbred ewe lambs at 41s to 535; D. H. Grigg (Grassington), 234 Corriedale ewe lambs at 33s 6d to 495: W. J. Wilson (Hawarden). 64 Corriedale ewe iambs at 41s; Halswell client. 100 Corriedale ewe lambs at 455. OLDER EWES There were again only two pens ot two-tooth ewes, and these made 65s 6d for Romney. Corriedale cross, and 46s 6d for a half truck of small sorts. In the offering of adult ewes a pen of 98 mixed-age mated Corriedales from F. H. Denton (Amberley) realised 46s 6d.and 75 one-year mated Comedales made 40s for K. C. Galletly (Hawarden). The balance of the older ewes sold from 30s Bd to 38s M. and unmated annual draft Merino ewes changed hands at 15s and 14s. Values generally would be little different from those ruling over the last week or two. Sales included:— Pvne. Gould. Guinness Ltd sold: on account of Yaldhurst client, 70 Romney-Corriedale two-tooth ewes at 65s 6d.

Pyne, Gould Guinness Ltd., sold; on account of H. J. Stace (Dunluce), 24 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £8 18s 6d; G. S. Long (Chatterton). 11 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £l9 3s 6d, 20 heifer calves at £l3 18s 6d; Springvale Estate (Little River), 6 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £l9 8s 6d. 12 heifer calves at £8 IBs 6d; estate R. B. Johnson (Sandhurst), 4 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £2l 3s 6d, 5 heifer calves at £l3 13s 6d; estate J. J. Fitzpatrick (Cheviot), 19 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £l2 8s SB to £l3 8s 6d; W. L Nell (Middlerock), 15 Hereford heifer calves at £l5 8s 6d. 8 steer calves at £l3 IBs; E. E. Crampton (Cheviot). 12 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l5 8s 6d, 15 heifer calves at £l2 8s 6d; S. E. Ogg (Tai Tapu) 19 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l7 13s 6d, 17 heifer calves at £ll 6s; H. T. Grigg (Cascade), 8 Galloway cross steer calves at £9 13s 6d, 19 heifer calves at £8 18s Bd: Pahau Downs, Ltd. (Cut verden), 34 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £7 18s 6d to £ll 18s Sd; Glens of Tekoa Estate (Balmoral). 33 Aberdeen AngusHereford cross steer calves at £l7 3s Sd to £l9 3s 6d. 28 heifer calves at £ll Is; estate R. Gould (The Hermitage), 40 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross heifer calves at £ll 8s Bd to £l2 18s Bd; A. McL. Stewart (Scargill). 10 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £2O 13s 6d, 9 heifer calves at £ll 8s 6d; Lands ana Survey Department

(Hokitika), 23 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £lO 8s 6d. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. Association Ltd., sold: on account of St James' Station (Hanmer), 16 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £lB 18s Bd. 33 heifer calves at £ll 18a 8d to £l2 Is, 10 Hereford heifer . calves at £l3 18s M, 23 Hereford steer calves at £l2 13s «d to £l3 13s 6d; Kakvale Station (Amberley). 30 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calvei at £l4 6s to £l7 3s M, 20 heifer calves at £ll 3s Bd; T. P. L. Duckworth (Wharfedale), 4 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £2O 8s 6d. 10 Aberdeen Angus heifer calves at £l3 13s 8d; estate D. K, McLachlan (Omihi), 13 Aberdeen Angus heifer carves at £l2 8s 6d. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of New Zealand and Australian Land Company (Macdonald Downs), 13 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £l2 3s 6d. 8 Hereford steer calves at £8 13S Bd; Mrs J. Smitham (Kotuku), 13 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l4 18s Bd. 8 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £ll 3s 6d; Lynton Downs, Ltd. (Kaikoura), 23 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l7 3s 6<L to £l9 18s 6d, 19 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £ll Is to £l5 3s 6d; south client. 57 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l6 18s Sd to £l9 13s 6d. 42 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £ll 18s 6d to £l2 18s 6d; T. C. Dickson (Waiau), 60 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £l5 8s Bd to £22 3s W. 11 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £l4 138 6d, 31 Aberdeen Angus heifer calves at £9 18s 8d to £ll 3s 6d| Lands and Survey Department (Cape Foulwind). 6 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £l5 18s 6d; G. G. Lockington (Reefton) 8 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £lB 3s 6d. 4 Hereford, steer calves at £l7 18s 6d. 9 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £l2 Is, 3 Hereford heifer calves at £l5 Ils. Dalgety and New Zealand Loan, Ltd., sold: on account of T. H. Ensor (Cheviot). 10 Aberdeen Angus calves at £l9 Is; N. M. Hyde (Cheviot). 14 Aberdeen Angtte steer calves at £lB 18s. Bd, 10 Aberdeen Angus heifer calves at £l2 13s Bd; North Canterbury client, 8 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £l7 3s 6d, 11 Aberdeen Angus heifer calves at £l3 13s 6d; F. D. C. Brown (Whitecliffs), 7 Shorthorn steer calves at £l5 13s Bd, 4 Shorthorn heifer calves at £ll 8s 8d; A. R. Turn; bull and Son (Amberley). 25 Hereford steer calves at £l3 Ils to £l7 13s Bd, 9 Hereford heifer calves at £l4 8s 6d; R. G. Stoddart (Kaituna). 11 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £l7 3s 0d; J. D. R. and I. E. Winskill (Cheviot), 17 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £l6 IBs 6d, 16 Aberdeen Angus heifer calves at £lO Is to £lB 18s 6d; C. T. White (Cheviot), 24 Aberdeen Angus steet calves at £lB 8s 6d lo £2l 13s 6d; W. J. Lundie (Prices Valley). 30 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £l6 18s 6d to £lB 3s 6d, 27 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £ll 8s 6d to £l2 36 6d; estate H. Snushall (Kaikoura), 43 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l5 13s Bd to £22 3s 6d 26 Aberdeen .Angus cross heifer calves at £l3 3s Bd to £l5 8s 6d; Steele Bros. (Kimberley), 22 Aberdeen Angus Hereford cross steer calves at £ll Ils to £l7 13s 6d, 21 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £8 13s 6d to £ll 8s Bd; D. H. Atkinson (Hanmer). 17 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £l4 18s 6d; R. W. Burnett (Cheviot). 27 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l7 8s 6d to £l9 13s 6d, 9 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £l2 18s Bd; client, 22 Aberdeen Angus and Hereford cross heifer calves at £l2 13s Bd: Steele Bros. (Kimberley), 21 Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £8 13 s 6d to £ll 8s 6d: Castle Hill (Springfield). 8 Aberdeen Angus dross steer calves at £l9 8s 6d. OLDER CATTLE There was also a better tone about the older cattle market. Cows met a particularly strong sale with competition from Mid and South Canterbury and even further south contributing to the strength of the market and values were considered to have appreciated by about 40s a head. In general there was also a better representation of cows, among them 96 from the St. James Station (Hanmer). Steers also enjoyed a somewhat better sale and were thought to have been from par to a shade dearer.

(Waiau), 6 Aberdeen Angus and Hereford cross steers at £23 8s Bd to £3O 13s 0d; Cutie Hill (Springfield), 6 Aberdeen Angus cross steers at £27 8s 6d. National Mortgage and Agency Company. Ltd., and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of Palmside Station. Ltd. (Culverden). 32 mated Aberdeen Angus cows at £l9 8s 6d to £24 IBs 6d; J. Shaffrey (Inchbonnie). 6 rising two-year-old Aberdeen Angus steers at £26 13s Bd: Lynton Downs. Ltd. (Kaikoura), 4 18 months Aberdeen Angus heifers at £2O 3s 6d; New Zealand and Australian Land Company (Macdonald Downs). 30 mated Hereford cows at £22 3s 6d to £23 3s Sd; Mrs M. G. Ferguson (Waiau), 19 20 months Aberdeen Angus cross empty heifers at £2l 8s 6d to £22 3s Bd.

The St. James station cows were Herefords. Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross, and Aberdeen Angus mated with Aberdeen Angus and Hereford bulls. Herefords topped the market at £27 3s 6d. and Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross sold to £25 8s 6d. and the blacks to £25 3s 6d. For the 96 ranging from £22 18s 6d the average was £34 10s a head. Th* best of the cows in the entry made from £24 3s 6d to £27 3s 6d, average to good made from £2l 3s 6d to £23 8s 6d. and others made from £l6 IBs 6d to £l9 8s 6d. Three to three-and-a-half-vear-old steers ranged from £2B 3s 6d to £34 8s Bd. with blacks from W. H. Faulkner (Kowal Bush) selling at th* top money. Values tor • two-and-a-half-year-old steers were between about £24 3s 6d and £3O 3s 6d, with the Lands and Survey Department (Hokitika) selling Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross at the latter money. Fifteen months to rising two-year-old steers brought from about £22 3s 6d to £29 3s 6d. Eskvale station (Amberley) reached up to £29 3s 6d for the tops of a line of Aberdeen Angus cross 15 months old The best of the offering of 15 to 20 months old heifers sold for £2l Bs 6d to £22 3s 6d for empty sorts, with others rongmg from £l2 8s 6d to £2O Details of sales were:—

New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Association. Ltd., sold: on account of St. James Station (Hamner), 15 mated Hereford cows at £24 3s 6d to £27 3B 6d. 40 Aberdeen AngusHereford cross mated cows at £24 3s Bd to £25 8s Bd, 41 Aberdeen Angus mated cows at £22 18s 6d to £25 3s 6d : estate D. K. McLatftilan (Omihi), 5 mated Aberdeen Angus cows at £2O 3s Bd; Eskvale Station (Amberley). 29 19 months Aberdeen Angus cross steers al £22 3s 6d to £29 3s 6d. 5 15 months heifers at £l2 8s Bd. Pyne. Gould. Guinness Ltd., sold: on account of H. H. Inch (Seven Hills), 11 three-year-old Aberdeen Angus steers at £2B 3s -6d: Lands and Survey Department (Hokitika). 30 two-and-s-half-year-old Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross steers at £24 3s 6d to £3O 3s 6d; Reed Bros. (Dalethorpe), 31 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross mated cows at £3l 3s 6d to £22 18s 6d; Coleridge Downs, Ltd. (Lake Coleridge), 14 Hereford mated cows at £2O 3s 8d to £24 13s 6d; G. R. Gould (Ben Lomond). 17 Hereford mated cows at £2l 18s Bd to £23 3s 6d; J. D. Calder (Ben Lomond), 10 Shorthorn cross mated cows at £lB 8s Bd: T R. Mounsey (Clarence Bridge). 6 Shorthorn 13 months heifers at £l4 3s 6d. Dalgety and New Zealand Loan. Ltd., sold: on account of G W. Brice (Landsdowne Valley). 9 mated Aberdeen Angus cows at £23 13s 6d; Ngapara Downs (Rangtora), 8 mated Aberdeen Angus cows at £23 13s 6d- I. V. and J. A. Chaffey iKekerangu). 11 mated Hereford cows at £2l IBs Bd to £23 18s Bd: Lands and Survey Department (Cheddar Valley). 18 mated Hereford cows at £l6 18s Bd to £23 35,6 d; W. H. Faulkner (Kowai Bush). 16 three-and-a-half-year-oid Aberdeen Angus steers at £32 5« to £34 8s Bd: A. J. Wallace (Rotomanu). 7 Shorthorn steers at £2B IBs: estate F. and J, Northcote