ADDINGTON MARKET Notable Sale For All Fat Stock

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30233, 11 September 1963, Page 18

ADDINGTON MARKET Notable Sale For All Fat Stock

All classes of fat stock were again dearer at Addington market yesterday. Fat lambs and fat wethers met a remarkably good sale and showed one of the biggest single rises in value that has been seen at the market for a long time. Shorn lambs and wethers w r ere making to about £5, and were selling particularly well.

Fat cattle also continued to advance in value. Steers were dearer by 30s to 50s, heifers by 30s to 40s and cows by 20s to 40s. Choice medium-weight steer beef sold to about £lO per 1001 b and a big steer made to £B2 12s 6d.

All classes of fat lambs and fat wethers appreciated by 10s a head and in cases much more, and fat ewes firmed by about Is to Is 6d. The fat lamb yarding was smaller and the sale was the keenest for some time. Wethers were in comparatively short supply and met as keen a demand as lambs. In the store sheep pens ewe hoggets met a very good sale and wether hoggets gained a shilling or two in a brisk market. There were only a handful of straight lines in the store cattle pens but any useful cattle sold at rates fully firm to slightly dearer. Store Sheep There was a bigger yarding of store sheep this week, with the bulk of the selection being hoggets, and among these there were some useful pens of particularly ewe hoggets. The better ewe hoggets were of a class that has not been seen at the market recently, and were thus not comparable with most recent sales, but they were reported to have sold at rates several shillings better than vendors’ expectations. There was a generally better market all round with wether hoggets gaining 2s to 3s on recent rates. The yarding totalled 1361 compared with 735 last week and included 1098 hoggets (183 last week), 165 ewes and lambs (520), 25 ewes (32), and 73 wethers (nil).

For a good class of Romney ewe hogget carrying a good fleece of wool values ranged from 87s to 91s 6d with others down to 61s. The best of the fine wool ewe hoggets in the wool or early shorn fetched from 53s to 60s with others at 30s to 40s, and a pen of woolly Border Leicester Romney cross sold at 745.

Among the wether hoggets the feature of the market was the sale of nearly 200 Romney and halfbred recently shorn hoggets at 53s to 60s 6d. The best of the woolly or early shorn wether hoggets sold from 58s to 625. with average at 50s to 545. Sales of hoggets quoted by stock firms included:— C. D. Lewis (Sefton), 110 autumn-shorn wether hoggets at 50s to 58s 6d: A. L. Pearce (Hororata), 68 autumn-shorn Romney ewe hoggets at 89s; Macfarlane and Macfarlane (Hundalee), 96 half bred ewe hoggets at 39s 6d; Beddis and Brown (Fernside), 125 woolly Romney ewe hoggets at 87s to 91s 6d. 44 woolly Corriedale ewe hoggets at 53s to 60s. 49 woolly Corriedale and Romney cross wether hoggets at 50s to 625. Only a handful of sheep were included in the adult section of the sale. Some woolly ewes with tailed Southdown cross lambs at foot sold quite well at 36s all counted, and another small offering of woolly ewes and lambs brought 32s 6d. Shorn ewes and lambs sold at 28s. A small selection of woolly inlamb ewes brought from 60s to 66s 6d. Two and four-tooth wethers carrying a fair amount of wool realised 63s 6d and shorn two-tooths fetched 525. Spring Lambs Almost twice as many spring lambs as were yarded last week came forward—92 head, compared with 59 last week and 50 the week before that. All pens met a keen, buoyant demand at improved values, although the rise was not as appreciable as in the fat lamb pens. The best pens could have been 2s to 3s a head better than at the previous sale. Values were: best, 70s Id to 74s Id; good. 65s Id to 69s Id. medium. 55s Id to 64s Id; others, up to 54s Id. Best sales made by stock firms included: Estate A. F. Gilbert (Southbridge), 10 at 65s Id to 70s Id; J. C. Cameron (Ashburton) 16 at 59s Id to 72s Id; M. Broadhurst (Christchurch). 2 at 74s Id; W. W. Lowe (Ashburton), 10 at 56s Id to 70s Id. Fat Lambs Values for all classes of fat lambs soared by 10s to 12s 6d a head, and in some cases the rise was even more marked. Auctioneers. buyers and agents described the sale as the best they had seen for a great many years. With a short yarding, bidding Was the keenest seen for some time and throughout the sale competition for all sorts of lambs was brisk. This week 1565 head were yarded, compared with 1925 last week. The most noticeable appreciation in values was % for the shorn entries, the top pens of which sold for more than £5 for stock with less than two months’ woo) on them. The biggest proportion of the offering was made up of lambs in this category. with full-woolled lambs being in comparatively short supply. Howevey the best of the woolly lambs met with extremely strong competition, and the top pen was sold for £5 19s Id, with several other pens realising more than £5 10s. Summer and autumn-shorn lambs sold to £5 10s and were fully 10s a head firmer than last week Although values increased sharply, the quality of the yarding was no better, and in some cases barely up to the standard of recent sales. Values were:— Woolly: best, £5 0s Id to £5 19s Id; medium 90s Id to 99s Id; light, 80s Id to 89s Id. Summer and autumn-shorn: best. £5 0s Id to £5 10s Id; good, 91s Id to 99s Id; medium, 80s Id to 90s Id; light, 70s Id to 79s Id; others, down to 63s Id. Recently shorn: best, 95s Id to £5 Is Id; good. 85s Id to 94s Id;- medium 72s Id to 83s Id; light, 60s Id to 71s Id; others, down to 54s Id. Among leading sales quoted by stock firms were:—J. T. Hall (Waikari), 18 late shorn from 93s Id to 97s Id; H. S. Tanner and Sons (Hawarden), 22 woolly at £5 0s Id to £5 8s Id; D. N. Campion (Meth ven), 15 woolly at £5 15s Id to £5 19s Id; J. A. Baxter (Darfield) 8 woolly at £5 12s 6d to £5 17s Id; Mrs G K. and J. H. K. Woodhouse (Racecourse Hill). 3 woolly at £5 15s Id; McCosker Brothers (Ashburton). 3 woolly at £5 19s Id; D. and W. J. Cromie (Rakaia), 21 shorn at ld to £5 0s Id; R. B. Shellock (Rakaia), 41 shorn at 97s Id to 99s Id; D. J. and J. Stewart (Rakaia), 24 shorn at 97s Id to £5 Is Id; Mrs R. Middleton (Springston), 1 woolly at £5 15s la; Winchester Brothers (Seaview), 46 woolly at £5 Os Id to £5 3s Id. Fat Sheep Following on the fat lamb sale, all classes of fat sheep enjoyed a particularly good sale, with values for all classes of wethers increasing by about);

the, same as fat lambs—los a head—and in some cases more. All classes of woolly wethers reached more than £5 for the top pens, while many lines of the younger shorn wethers were just short of this price The shorn pens showed the greatest improvement. It was reputed to be one of the best sales on record.

In spite of the larger yarding this week—29Bs comparer) with 2343—competition was particularly spirited throughout. There was a large number of good woolled ewes yarded and these sold well at prices fully firm to a shade dearer than last week’s rates. Values were:— Prime heavy two-tooth wethers. £5 0s Id to £5 6s Id. Prime medium two-tooth wethers, 89s Id to 99s Id. Light two-tooth wethers, 78s Id to 88s Id. Be§t shorn young wethers, 85s Id to 97s Id. Best four-tooth wethers, £5 OS Id to £5 Ils Id. Good four-tooth wethers, 89s Id to 97s Id. Best older wethers, 95s Id to £5 8s Id. Best older shorn wethers, to 90s Id. Best butchers’ ewes, 64s Id to 72s id. Medium ewes, 55s Id to 63s Id. Light ewes, 43s Id to 54s Id. Best shorn ewes, 35s Id to 42s Id. Best young ewes, 82s Id to 93s Id. Among the leading sales made by stock firms were the following : Wethers: E. S. Sloss (Waipara), 5 recently shorn fourtooths at 80s Id; S. A. Marshall and Son (Darfield), 5 fourtooths at £5 4s Id; M. H. Johnston and Son (Oxford), 22 shorn four-tooths at 89s Id to 95s Id, 13 shorn two-tooths at 85s Id to 97s Id; A. Crornie (Rakaia), 4 six-tooths at 95s Id; C. H. Mann (Oxford). 2 two-tooths at £5 6s Id; M. J. Foster (Ladbrooks), 12 shorn two-tooths at 96s Id; O. R. MeLaughlan (Rakaia), 60 shorn two-tooths at 95s Id to 97s Id, 17 shorn fourtooths at 85s Id to 88s Id; C. H. Redmond (Kimberley), 3 two-tooths at £5 5s Id, 5 fourtooths at 98s Id; A. J. Morris (Rakaia), 2 four-tooths at £5 Ils Id; E. J. Francis (Halswell), 45 shorn four and six-tooths at 85s Id to 92s Id; E. H. Kingsbury (Rakaia), 17 two-shear wethers at £5 2s Id to £5 8s Id.

Ewes: O. R. Chamberlain (Ellesmere), 12 at 68s Id; Master Gavin Logan (Amberley), 3 at 67s Id; G. A. Stewart (Shands track), 22 at 72s Id; C. C. Wells (Oxford), 8 at 68s Id; M. G. Thorne (Oxford), 16 at 66s Id to 71s Id, 16 two and fourtooths at 93s Id; A, J. McArthur (Ashburton), 50 at 65s Id to 68s Id; D. C. Butterick (Dromore). 13 at 68s Id; J. A. Petrie and Son (Rangiora), 3 four-tooths at 89s Id; F. McGiffert (Sefton), 5 two-tooths a 91s Id; F. Jamieson (Aylesbury), 22 shorn two-tooths at 79s Id to 81s Id. Fat Cattle The upward movement of fat cattle values continued unabated. Over the yarding there was a further gain of from 20s to 50s a head. Prime mediumweight steer beef was selling to £lO a 1001 b and big steer, estimated to weigh between 1200 and 13001 b. was knocked down for £B2 12s 6d. The sale attracted an entry of 333 head compared with 281 last week, and while there was a proportion of good butchers’ cattle in the selection there was a higher proportion of unfinished types and consequently a shortage of butchers’ type steers, heifers and cows. The market was a consistently good one throughout with all classes of steers up by 30s to 50s a head, heifers dearer by 30s to 40s and cows better again by 20s to 40s. Prime heavy-weight steer beef brought from £8 2s 6d to £8 15s per* 100 11b; prime medium - weight steer beef, £8 17s 6d to £9 15s, with odd sales to £lO. and plain and light steer beef £7 12s 6d to £8 ss; prime heavy heifer beef, £7 15s to £8 7s 6d; prime med-ium-weight heifer beef, £8 10s to £9 ss, and plain and light heifer beef. £7 7s 6d to £7 17s 6d; prime butchers' cows. £5 15s to £6 10s. and secondary cows £5 2s 6d to £5 15s. Values were:— Prime heavy steers. £67 17s 6d to £74 17s 6d, with an odd sale to £B2 12s 6d. Prime medium steers, £5B 2s 6d to £66 7s 6d. Prime light steers £4B 2s 6d to £56 7s 6d. Plain and light steers, £32 7s 6d to £42 2s 6d. Prime heavy heifers, £47 2s 6d to £5O 7s 6d. Prime medium heifers £39 7s 6d to £45 12s 6d. Prime light heifers. £34 12s 6d to £3B 7s 6d. Plain and light heifers, £25 12s 6d to £32 2s 6d. Prune heavy cows, £37 7s 6d to £4l 17s 6d. Prime medium cows £33 2s 6d to £36 7s 6d. Plain and light cows. £24 12s 6d to £3l 7s 6d. Among leading sales quoted by stock firms were:— Steers: H. N. Munro (Omihi), 1 two-year-old at £6l 2s 6d; A. W. Meikle (Cheviot), 2 two-year-olds at £57 7s 6d; H. Banks (Coutts Island) 5 at £62 17s 6d to £6B 7s 6d; C. S. Donald (Kaiapoi), 11 at £7l 17s 6d to £74 17s 6d: estate R. O. Bradley (Charteris Bay), 9 at £6B 7s 6d to £7O 2s &; F. J. Williams (Fox Glacier). 1 at £7l 12s 6d. 8 two-year-olds at £5B 17s 6d to £65 2s 6d (average of £62 8s); D. L. Robertson (Rangiora), 1 at £B2 12s 6d; L. W. Craigie (Te Pirita), 1 two-year-old at £63 2s 6d

Heifers: W. D. Walker (Dunsandel), 6 at £47 2s 6d to £5O 7s 6d (four at the top price); R. and Z. Hudson (Styx). 1 at £5O 7s 6d; Mrs R. R. Horn (Horrelville). 2 at £4B 2s 6d to £5O 7s 6d; A. D. Lockhead (Leeston), 1 at £49 17s 6d: T. Bowen (Cheviot). 2 at £47 12s 6d; A. T. M. Thacker (Okains Bay), 6 heifers at £44 7s 6d to £47 7s 6d; estate C. Adams (Blenheim). 2 at £44 17s 6d to £46 17s 6ff; C. S. Donald (Kaiapoi), 2 at £46 17s 6d. Cows: R. and Z. Hudson (Styx). 1 at £36 2s 6d; H. S. Richards (Valetta), 1 at £39 12s 6d; J. F. Girvan (Seafield). 1 at £39 2s 6d; J. F. G. Blakely (Waikari). 1 at £39 7s 6d; R. S. Jennings (West Eyreton), 1 at £37 17s 6d; K. G. Cameron (Ladbrooks). 1 at £36 17s 6d; L. W. Savage (Waiau). 2 at £33 2s 6d to £3B 17s 6d; Aitken Little Pigeon Bay estate (Pigeon Bay). 5 cows at £37 17s 6d; G. B Wilson (Blenheim), 1 at £39 17s 6d; E. J. Stalker (Greenpark), 3 at £4l 17s 6d; Sunnyside Mental Hospital, 1 at £4l 12s 6d: E. H. O. Gilman (Rangiora), 1 cow at £4O 2s 6d; S. J. Cowens (Cust). 1 at £39 2s 6d; M. A. Smith (Russells Flat), 1 at £4O 17s 6d.

Store Cattle The store cattle yarding totalled 151 compared with 163 last week and was again of mixed quality with only a handful of straight lines. The sale was followed by a fairly large gallery and for grown cattle values were considered to be from fully firm to about 10s a head dearer. Two-year steers realised up to £37 3s 6d for Aberdeen Angus cross cattle and rising three-year-olds of the same breeding sold to £35 13s 6d. Two-year-old black and white steers fetched £3O 8s 6d. Yearling steers made from £2l 13s 6d for a line of small hard Aberdeen Angus cross up to £25 13s 6d for blacks. Two-year black heifers sold for £lB 13s 6d. The best of the old cows realised from £2l 3s 6d to £26 3s 6d, with average at £l7 18s 6d to £2O 3s 6d, and others down to £5 8s 6d. Among sales of store cattle quoted by stock firms were: M. R. Macdonald (Annat), 5 two-year-old Aberdeen Angus heifers at £lB 13s 6d; C., Bushell (Kaiapoi), 7 yearling Aberdeen Angus steers at £25 13s 6d and 10 two-year-old black and white steers at £3O 8s 6d. Bulls In the bull entry of 12, compared with seven last week. all. except about three, were in the light to medium-weight class. A big Hereford sold at £77 7s 6d and a black made £6O 7s 6d. The heavier-weight bulls ranged from £5B 18s 6d to £77 7s 6d, medium-weights sold to £43 7s 6d, and plain and light bulls made from £2l 17s 6d to £3O 17s 6d. Dairy Cattle In the dairy cattle section there was an entry of 45 to SO head. For good useful cows suitable for herd replacements values were fully up to those ruling last week. The entry also included a number of big-framed Shorthorn and Shorthorn cross cows in good order which, while not suitable from a dairying point of view, sold readily from about £2B to £33 for calf tearing. A number of low condition Jersey and Jersey cross cows. taking quality into account, met one of the best sales of. the day making from £l2 to £lB. Best second, third and fourth calvers realised from £34 to £3B with a top sale at £46, medium cows made from £24 to £33 and aged and inferior sold down to £l2. Though heifers were not yarded in large numbers, they met a rather dull sale at prices 30s to 40s cheaper. Quality was not outstanding with many of the cattle lacking size. Best heifers made from £3l to £3B, with medium at £25 to £3O and others down to £2l. V eal er s Like other classes of cattle, vealers also enjoyed a very buoyant Sale. A man who has been coming to the market for 38 years said that he had not seen anything like it. It was the dearest market on record in his view, with cattle making up to £lO a 1001 b. The entry totalled about 50 to 60 head and apart from two or three pens of good runners was of mediocre quality. It was well short of trade requirements. For the better quality cattle there was an improvement of 20s to 30s, with even secondary sorts advancing 10s to '2os Best large runners made from £32 7s 6d to £34 12s 6d. with an odd outstanding sale to £39 12s 6d, medium runners £29 2s 6d to £3l 7s 6d and smaller runners £25 2s 6d to £27 7s 6d; best suckers £24 7s 6d to £27 2s 6d. medium suckers £2O 2s 6d to £22 7s 6d and smaller suckers £l6 12s 6d to £lB 17s 6d: best calves £l6 2s 6d to £lB 7s 6d, medium calves £ 12 7s 6d to £ 14 2s 6d and small calves £8 2s 6d to £lO 7s 6d and bobbies down to 435. Fat Pigs With a smaller entry and a buyer from an outside district, porker values improved on last week’s rates. Quality was. however, still somewhat, mixed and there was still a representation of short and overfat pigs. Very few baconers were yarded and prices appreciated by 5s to 10s on last sale. There was a large entry of choppers. More than half of these were unfinished and they were hard to quit. Good quality choppers sold at rates slightly below last week. Values were:— Light porkers, £5 10s 6d to £6 10s 6d. Medium porkers, £6 15s 6d to £7 12s 6d. Heavy porkers. £7 18s 6d to £9 Is 6d

Baconers, £lO 8s 6d to £l2 Is 6d. Choppers, unfinished £2 2s 6d to £5 12s 6d, and finished £6 13s 6d to £l2 Ils. Store Pigs There was a large entry in the store pig section again this week with quality rather mixed. Values‘were from par to slightly below -last week. Some of the poorer types met a rather weak market. With a smaller number of big stores yarded and quality again mixed, values were easier than last week. An advertised line of Large White Land race .cross slips and stores made from 80s to £5 13s. The market for inpig sows and sows with litters was slightly better than last sale. Two sows, each with litters of eight, made £2l 10s and £27 respectively. One Large White boar realised £l5. Values were:— Small weaners, 38s to 565. Best weaners, 60s to 745. Slips, 76s to 85s. z Small stores. 87s to 935. Medium and large stores, 95s to £5 15s.