ADDINGTON MARKET Yardings Generally Smaller; Values Firm

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30405, 2 April 1964, Page 16

ADDINGTON MARKET Yardings Generally Smaller; Values Firm

Yardings were generally much smaller for the one»day market at Addington yesterday and in the face of generally limited competition this helped to keep values at about recent levels.

The store sheep yarding was only a shadow of its recent size. Values were generally unchanged but woolly wether lambs and two-tooth ewes could have been a shade firmer. A small selection of store cattle sold up to about late rates.

Fat lambs again met a sound inquiry at generally firmer rates. Some excellent shorn lambs sold up to 66s Id. Fat sheep values showed no appreciable alteration, but ewes might have been a shade easier in the face of restricted competition. Fat cattle were yarded in small numbers, but the market did not show any substantial improvement, and in the opinion of some observers was easier in some cases. Factors in the limited competition were believed to be the short trading week and the fact that there will be another fat market next Tuesday. Store Sheep The store sheep offering fell away sharply to only about a quarter the size of last week. Values fully maintained the lower levels set last week and in cases showed a slight Improvement. The offering totalled 4801, compared with 15,104 a week ago and Included 1464 store lambs (5623 last week), 645 twotooth ewes (1873), 1741 older ewes (6046), and 951 wethers (1562). Quality generally was very mixed. The lamb entry was made up of about 24 pens. For woolly wether lambs carrying some condition there was a reasonably good inquiry with prices fully firm to a shade better than last week. But lambs lacking condition were again hard to sell and were no better than last week’s sale. Once again there was a weak market for ewe lambs.

The best of the Romney wether lambs made from 47s to 545, with good at 40s to 45s and others at 32s to 38s. Re-cently-shorn wether lambs ranged from about 31s to 38s.

In the ewe lamb section the best of the Romney or Romney cross woolly sheep sold at 52s to 55s and others made down to 435.

Down cross lambs sold from 40s to 425.

Sales of lambs quoted by stock firms included:— Wether lambs: E. C. Latter (Kaikoura), 241 shorn Romney wether lambs at 42s to 475; J. D. Stewart (Loburn), 64 mixed sex halfbred lambs at 43s fid; R. J. Talbot (Yaldhurst), 242 three-quarterbreds at 40s to 44s 6d.

Ewe lambs: J. O. Ferguson (Annat), 63 Romney ewe lambs at 525; R.U. Trust (Darfield), 52 Romney ewe lambs at 555.

The two-tooth ewe yarding was down to about 11 pens, most of which were In the fine wool category. Values for these were at least as good as last week and possibly a shade better. The best fine wool twotooths realised from 75s to 81s, with average to good at 60s to 675, and other at 45s to 565. Leading sales of two-tooths quoted by stock firms were: W. M. McCready (Rakaia Gorge), 122 halfbreds at 57s to 675; K. V Hood (Rakaia), 25 Corriedales at 81s.

For a small offering of older ewes, the market maintained about late rates. Two, four, six and eight-tooth fine wool ewes carrying a reasonable fleece made from 45s to 58s. Mated four, six and eight-tooth Romneys made to 535, while older fine wool ewes ranged from about 40s to 50s for average to good sheep. Sales of inferior low condition sheep carrying little wool were made down to

Sales of older ewes quoted by stock firms included: K V Hood (Rakaia), 60 four, six and eight-tooth Corriedales at 45s and 40 four-year-old Corriedales at ./?? *<*: T - H - Stone (Windwhistle), 89 two, four, six and eight-tooth halfbreds at 58s. The wether offering was made up mainly of 815 halfbred twotooths from the Bluff Station (Kekerangu). These sheep, shorn in October, sold freely at an average of 68s 4d ola l he whole line and up to 745. Some useful Romneys brought to 70s 6d. 3 Sales of wethers quoted by stock firms included:—Bluff Station (Kekerangu), 815 half- „ two-tooths at 62s to 745; S. us^ ton (Te Ptrita), 117 two-tooth Romneys at «7s to 70s 6d.

Fat Lambs ’ ver y sound sale voLh < lambs, which were th£2 e ?««J n s ™ al^er numbers than last .week. The vardinp llfil'llst w 79 L f°“P ar e<i With 2163 last week. A feature of the selection was a number of excellent shorn lambs, which ascording to some observers could hardly have been bettered, and these sold at very high rates in keeping with their quality. But ther ? were fewer of J"e top heavy lambs than was the case last week. .i. P £ ice ? f< i r both woolly and shorn lambs tended to be very a sh ? de better than late rates, except possibly for some °f the plainer sorts. Values were:— ~? es ,‘ woolly lambs. 69s Id to 80s Id*’ WUII ““ Odd Sale *° Good lambs, 61s Id to 67s Id. Medium lambs, 54s Id to 59s id. Lighter lambs, 47s Id to 53s id. Sho JP lam bs, 54s Id to 66s id’ W * th “ n ° dd Sale t 0

10*536*1™ ahorn lethbs, 47s Id Others, to 45s id. Among leading sales of lambs were: J P. Egan (Waiau), 73 woolly lambs from 55s Id to Ks Id; W. H. McConnell (AshburtJ”l>> 83 shorn lambs from 54s Id to 65s Id; R. and J. McDrury (Halswell), 36 shorn lambs from 54s Id to 66s Id; F Redmond (Ladbrooks), 7 shorn at 57s Id; P J. Ford (Sefton), 13 shorn at 61s 7d; L. A. Ferguson (Sheffield). 6 at 80s Id; R. J. Millar (Southbridge), 16 shorn at 58s Id; estate G. R. Power and Son (Swannanoa). 13 shorn at 58s id; F. R. Stanbury R n e £’ 7 early shorn 66s Id; D. Conner (Cust), 3 at 61s Id to 72s Id; Miss A. Gilbert (Southbridge), 1 lamb at 69s Id; J. L. Curry (Okains Bay) 16 at 74s Id to 80s Id; R. D Westenra (Summerhill), 60 shorn at 54s Id to 58s Id; R. J. Sloss (Domett), 15 at 63s id to 69s Id; estate of D. K. McLachlan (Omihi), 38 shorn at 55s Id to 57s Id.

Fat Sheep The fat sheep offering was down to 3159 head compared with 4353 last week, but still appeared to be sufficient for requirements of the trade. While the quality of the wethers was possibly a shade better, the standard generally was only average. Competition was rather res-

tricted all day. For wethers prices did not show any marked alteration. A few outstanding sheep were included in this section and brought up to 95s Id. Sales of ewes were a little harder to make and the market here could have been a shade easier. Values were:—

Best heavy two-tooth wethers, 85s Id to 91s Id, with an odd sale to 95s Id. Prime medium two-tooth wethers, 74s Id to 79s Id. Prime light two-tooth wethers, to 72s Id. Best recently-shorn two-tooth wethers, 62s Id to 70s Id. Best aged wethers, to 68s Id. Best ewes, 46s Id to 53s Id. Medium ewes, 40s Id to 46s Id. Light ewes, to 38s Id. Best shorn ewes, 32s Id to 36s Id. Medium shorn ewes, to 32s Id. Sales of fat sheep quoted by stock firms included:— Wethers: V. W. Wright (Methven), 60 two-tooths at 79s Id to 83s Id; A. T. Black (Waiau), 17 two-tooths at 88s Id: J. P. Smith (Springbank), 74 twotooths at 88s Id to 95s Id; M. F. A. Childs (Cheviot), 8 re-cently-shorn wethers at 68s Id; estate of J. L. Rollinson (Kekerangu), 33- older wethers at 60s Id to 68s Id; A. E. LangdaleHunt (Kaiapoi), 4 two-tooths at 86s Id; R. B. Shellock (Rakaia), 13 two-tooths at 85s Id to 86s Id; W. Martin (Rakaia), 5 two-tooths at 87s Id; A. H. Page (Parnassus), 13 two-tooths at 85s Id to 89s Id; Parnassus Domain Board (Parnassus), 7 two-tooths at 87s Id; S. Redmond (Ladbrooks), 60 shorn two-tooths at 66s Id to 70s Id; W. J. Doyle (Leeston), 37 shorn two-tooths at 64s Id to 65s Id.

Ewes: C. McAnulty (Norwood), 12 at 46s Id; W. R. Ensor (Okuku), 110 early shorn from 46s Id to 53s Id; J. R. Taylor (Southbrook), 70 from 43s Id to 48s Id; J. H. Hurford Orwell), 70 from 44s Id to 47s Id; G. J. Giddings (Greendale), .40 re-cently-shorn at 44s Id; W. M. Tilson (Broadfields), 65 at 47s Id to 53s Id; Birch Hill Station (Glentui), 32 at 47s Id to 49s Id; T. H. Stone (Hororata), 21 twotooths at 58s Id to 63s Id: W. H. McConnell (Ashburton), 11 at 49s Id; S. F. Smith (Fernside), 38 at 44s Id to 48s Id; A. M. Cameron (Ladbrooks), 34 at 44s Id to 47s Id; R. W. and H. G. Freeman (Aylesbury), 99 at 44s Id to 49s Id. Fat Cattle Considering that only 288 head were yarded in the fat cattle pens following a moderate offering of 341 last week, it was expected that the sale would have been a better one than it was. The supply was in fact well short of trade requirements but there was a feeling that with the short week for trading this week there was less buying pressure than usual.

In general the market did not show a great deal of alteration from last week. There was some variation in opinion about the actual course of the market. The best cows were generally thought to have sold strongly and to have met a market that was fully firm to 20s better than late rates. Comparatively few heifers were on offer. For the balance of the entry—steers of al) classes and secondary cows—the market was quoted either firm or firm to a shade easier. Lighter weight steers, however, sold relatively well and there was a feeling that they could have been 20s or so dearer.

The yarding was of only average to poor quality, and the cattle were again showing the mark of short feed supplies. Prime heavy steer beef realised from £6 7s 6d to £7 2s

fid per 100 lb, prime mediumweight steer beef from £6 17s fid to £7 12s fid, and plain and light steer beef from £6 2s fid to £6 17s fid; prime heavy heifer beef £< 2s fid to £6 15s; prime medium-weight heifer beef £6 15s to £7 7s fid, and plain and light heifer beef £5 15s to £« 7s fid: prime butchers' cow beef £5 15s to £6 2s fid and secondary cow beef £4 7s fid to £5 10s. Values were:— Prime heavy steers, £5O 17s fid to £55 12s fid. Prime medium steers, £44 12s fid to £49 2s fid. Prime light steers, £3B 17s fid to £44 2s fid. Plain and light steers, £3l 2s 6d to £37 7s fid. Prime heavy heifers, £3B 17s fid to £44 17s fid. Prime medium heifers, £32 17s fid to £35 17s fid. Plain and light heifers, £22 2s fid to £29 17s fid. Prime heavy cows, £35 7s fid to £4l 12s fid. Prime medium cows, £3O 2s fid to £34 7s fid. Prime light cows, £2B 2s fid to £2B 17s fid. Plain and light cows, £2O 2s fid to £24 7s fid. Among best sales of cattle quoted by stock firms were:— Steers: J. F. Cracroft Wilson (Cashmere), 12 at £49 7s fid to £53 17s fid; L. G. Skurr (Oxford), 7 at £5O 2s fid to £55 12s fid (one at the top price and one at £54 17s fid); T. E. Elliott (Cheviot), 9 at £5O 2s fid to £52 12s fid.

Heifers: C. H. Tyson (Clarkville), 1 at £42 17s fid; L. G. Skurr (Oxford), 1 at £36 17s 6d: E. H. O. Gillman (Rangiora), 1 at £44 17s fid.

Cows: Estate J. C. Lochhead (Rakaia), 2 at £36 2s fid to £4l 12s fid; R. E. Prebble (Ashburton), 1 cow at £33 12s fid; E. H. O. Gillman (Rangiora), 1 at £36 2s 6d; M. M. Curd (Winchmore), 7 cows at £34 2s fid to £35 7s 6d.

Store Cattle The store cattie offering was back to 141 head, including about 30 calves. Interest was again limited, but for the cattle offering there was a reasonably good sale at prices around about late rates.

Eighteen-month-old steers sold to £35 3s fid for a small offering of Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross, with the balance of this age group making from about £26 8s fid to £29 8s fid.

There was a good sale of Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £2O 3s fid. Heifer calves of the same breeding made from £l2 Ils. Mated Shorthorn and Shorthorn cross cows realised £2O 18s fid. Quotable sales included:—■ Calves: D. Deans and Son (Darfield), 14 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £2O 3s fid and 13 heifer calves of the same breeding at £l2 Ils. Older Cattle: R. F. White (Hororata), 10 mixed aged Shorthorn and Shorthorn cross cows mated with Shorthorn bull at £2O 18s fid; W. F. Broughan (Kaikoura), 20 18-months-old Aberdeen Angus and Hereford steers at £26 8s fid. Bulls The bull entry at 12 head was of about similar size to last week. It included a sprinkling of heavier weights which made up to £74 17s fid for a Hereford. An Aberdeen Angus realised £6B 17s 6d and another Hereford £63 17s fid. Medium weights ranged from £37 17s fid to £49 17s 6d, with small and light making from £l9 13s 6d to slightly more than £3O.

Dairy Cattle At 25 head made up about equally of cows and heifers the dairy cattle yarding was of almost the same size as last week. The sale opened on a rather slack note, as has been the case in recent weeks, and at no stage did It- show any animation, but overall the market would be about on a par with late rates. Heifers sold mainly between £2B and £35 10s, with one exceptionally nice Friesian selling for the good price of £52. There may have been slightly more competition for cows, which sold from £33 to £4l for the best, with others ranging down to £2B. Vealers Sales were a little more difficult to make in the veal pens and the market was quoted a shade easier than last week—possibly about 10s a head down all round. The offering was much reduced, being back from

about 230 last week to about 130, and apart from a few pens the offering was of mainly secondary quality. A few pens of nice calves were included. The best of the vealers made from about £24 7s fid to £2B 2s fid, medium vealers from £2O 2s fid to £22 12s fid, and smaller vealers from £l6 7s fid to £lB 2s fid; best calves £l6 7s fid to £lB 2s fid, medium calves £l2 7s fid to £l4 2s fid, smaller calves from £7 7s fid to £9 12s 6d; and bobby calves down to 255. Fat Pigs

There was a slightly smaller entry in the porker section and quality was very mixed. Best quality pigs were very flrm on last week’s good rates, and inferior sorts showed no change. The entry of baconers was much larger and competition was very keen with values 5s to 10s in advance of last week.. A smaller entry of choppers also enjoyed an advance of 20s to 30s a head. Values were:— Light porkers, £5 19s fid to £7 9s fid. Medium porkers, £7 12s 6d to £8 7s fid. Heavy porkers, £8 14s fid to £9 12s fid. Light baconers, £lO 2s fid to £ll Ils fid. Medium and heavy baconers, £l2 14s fid to £l3 9s fid, with one exceptional pen of sow pigs which made £l4 5s fid. Choppers, £5 3s fid to £l2 3s fid, with the top pig making £l4 3s 6d. Store Pigs There was a medium entry in the store pig section which consisted mainly of Weaners and slips. The attendance of buyers was very small and values were easier by 3s to 4s a head. Values were: Small weaners, 30s to 38s. Best weaners, 40s to 50s. Small stores, 55s to 655. Medium and large stores, 70s to £5 10s.