ADDINGTON MARKET General Decline In Fat Sheep Values

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30499, 22 July 1964, Page 20

ADDINGTON MARKET General Decline In Fat Sheep Values

Values for most classes of fat lambs and fat sheep were sharply easier at Addington market yesterday.

The lamb market weakened as the sale progressed and prices for the larger offering were as much as 10s below recent values. Fat ewes and fat two-tooth wethers met a market that was 5s to 7s weaker, and in cases the drop was even more marked.

A big yarding of good inlamb ewes was the feature of the store sheep market and values held up well for these sheep which sold up to about 80s. For a small offering of store lambs values were fairly close to late rates.

the main cause of the decrease in values.

Values were: Prime heavy woolly two-tooth .wethers, 98s Id to £5 8s Id.

Prime medium woolly twotooth wethers, 84s Id to 97s Id. Prime light woolly two-tooth wethers, 72s Id to 83s Id.

Best shorn two-tooth wethers, 76s Id to 86s Id.

There was the best quality fat cattle offering for months and values for most classes were similar to those paid last week.

Other shorn two-tooth wethers, up to 75s Id. Best woolly four-tooth wethers, 90s Id to £5 0s Id.

Other woolly four-tooth wethers, up to 87s Id.

Some good 20-morith and two-and-a-half-year-old steers were included in the store cattle pens but they met a slacker market.

Best butchers’ ewes, 67s Id to 75s Id (with odd sales at up to 80s Id).

Medium ewes, 53s Id to 65s Id. Light ewes, up to 51s Id. Best recently shorn older ewes, 49s Id to 59s Id. Best sales quoted by stock firms Included:—

Store Sheep The store sheep yarding was notable for a large selection of in-lamb ewes which generally came forward In good condition. Considering the dismal weather the sale was followed by a fairly sizeable gallery and with meat trade interest in the market the sale was a good one with values being fully up to late rates. There was a fairly light offering of lambs and here again values were thought to be close to late rates. The store sheep yarding totalled 2641 head, compared with 1809 last week, and comprised 765 lambs (914 last week), 110 two-tooth ewes (70), 1684 older ewes (770) and 82 wethers (55). Most of the ewe lambs yarded were carrying a fair fleece of wool and the best of the Romneys or Romney cross realised from 77s 6d to 85s, with the balance of the selection—also mainly in the Romney category —ranging from 51s 6d to 68s. A handful of wether lambs realised to 67s for fine wools and 60s 6d for Romneys. For a half dozen other pens of Romney and fine wool sheep prices were between 48s and 61s 6d. For a few pens of Down cross lambs prices varied from 53s 6d to 645. Sales of lambs quoted by stock firms were:— L. R. Forrester (Hawarden), 18 woolly Corriedale wether lambs at 675; H. M. Stevens (Cheviot), 50 Romney Corriedale cross ewe lambs at 77s 6d; R. J. Whyte (Scargill), 35 Romney ewe lambs at 85s and 39 shorn Romney ewe lambs at 68s; A. Booh (Ashley), 24 shorn Romney ewe lambs at 85s. The selection of mated ewes was a good one and after a slightly indifferent start the market settled down at levels on a par with late rates. Most of the Romneys in the selection sold from 70s to 80s and fine wools made up to 83s for two and three-shear sheep, with older sheep of this description realising from 60s to 65s for the best, from 42s to 54s for others, with recently shorn and plain making from 24s to 325. Leading sales of ewes reported by stock firms were:— M. E. Jenkins (Courtenay), 370 two and three-shear Corriedale ewes mated with Southdown rams at 69s to 83s; R. P. Rivers (Ohoka), 102 Romney ewes mated with Romney and Southdown rams at 71s to 745; R. Banks (Greenpark), 200 Romney ewes mated with Southdown and Southdown Dorset rams at 70s to 725; N. A. Howson (Sedgemere), 113 Romney ewes mated with Down rams at 78s to 80s: P. W. Anderson (Leeston), 58 Romney ewes mated with Down cross rams at 72s 6d; W. J. Doak (Ashley), 65 Romney ewes mated with Down cross rams at 75s 6d A handful of wethers were included in • the entry, and among these were fine wool two-tooths at 68s, six and eighttooth Corriedales making 66s 6d, and two and four-tooth Romneys 625, while two and fourtooths carrying little wool sold down to 445. Fat Lambs After several sales where the top quality pens realised more than £5, the fat lamb market appeared to slump badly, with values back several shillings for all classes. No sales over the £5 mark were recorded, although several of the top pens were close to it. The yarding totalled 3331 head, compared with 2837 last week, and the sale became progressively weaker until at the end selling was very hard. With the large numbers to choose from, butchers were selective, and there were quite a number of passings. Top quality lambs eased by 5s and in some cases more, while the medium and lighter sorts were back 5s to 6s and in places as much as 10s. There were still some excellent quality lambs offered, but a sprinkling of light and inferior types were included. Values were:—Woolly and darly shorn: best, 90s Id to 99s Id; good, 79s Id to 89s Id; medium, 65s Id to 78s Id; light, 54s Id to 63s Id. Shorn and recently shorn: best, 80s Id to 87s Id (with odd sales at up to 92s Id); good, 64s Id to 78s Id: medium, 56s Id to 62s Id; light, 45s Id to 55s Id. Among top sales quoted by stock firms were the. following: K. Pilcher (Medbury), 6 woolly at 97s Id: R. W. Dalzell (Medbury), 2 woolly at 97s Id; J. A. Pankhurst (Sandy Knolls), 80 shorn at 88s Id to 93s Id; R. W. Dalzell (Medbury), 35 shorn at 85s Id to 94s Id; E. A. Mangin and Son (Methven), 65 shorn at 83s Id to 88s Id: E. J. Whyte (Waipara), 36 recently shorn at 66s Id to 67s Id; A. O. C. Rutherford (Hawarden), 16 woolly at 86s Id; C. T. and R. R. Wilson (Halkett), 25 at 845.1 d to 89s Id; Clarkson Brothers (Mount Hutt), 40 early shorn at 90s Id to 95s Id: B. F. and M. D. Rooney (Winchmore), 55 at 84s Id to 96s Id; estate G. A. Mcßean (Springston), 22 at 92s Id; C. H. Coles (Springston), 20 at 82s Id to 88s Id; Coes Ford Farm (Leeston), 19 at 86s Id to 91s Id: K. Taylor (Rakaia), 32 at 88s Id to 98s Id: I. W. and N. S. Muckle (Rakaia), 64 at 85s Id to 92s Id; I. C. Gray (Kaituna), 23 at 91s Id to 92s id; B. T. Breading (Rakaia), 9 at 88s Id: S. J. Sinclair (Wakanui). 2 at 91s Id: P. H. Letham (Lauriston), 30 at 89s Id to 95s Id: A. G. Bruce (Oxford), 63 at 78s Id to 90s Id: J. E. H. McGrath (Oxford), 12 at 82s Id to 87s Id; G. H. Dolan (Rakaia), 5 at 87s Id: J. R. Grennall (Geraldine), 11 at 90s Id: J. B. and C. R. Bayley (Fernside), 86 at.79s Id to 89s Id. Fat Sheep Values for all classes of fat sheep suffered a noticeable drop when the sale followed the trend of the fat lamb market. A yarding of 2713 head came forward compared with 2663 last week.

Wethers: estate H. L. Frampton (Wakanui), 46 two-tooths at 94s Id to £5 6s Id; Moore Brothers (Ashburton), 21 two-tooths at £5 2s Id to £5 5s Id, 28 four-tooths at 97s Id to £5 0s Id; E. S. Sloss (Amberley), 11 recently shorn two-tooths at 77s Id; J. R. Stanbury, 10 fourtooths at 92s Id, 6 two-tooths at 93s Id; K. Taylor (Rakaia), 1 two-tooth at 98s Id: A. R. Macdonald (Annat), 2 two-tooths at £5 5s Id; J. Crawford (Rakaia), 6 two-tooths at 92s Id; Wilson Brothers (Halkett), 43 early shorn two-tooths at 89s Id to 93s Id; E. D. Stewart (Rakaia), 7 early shorn two-tooths at 90s Id; C. K. Chamberlain (Brookside), 13 two-tooths at 89s Id to 91s Id; and 5 four-tooths at 87s Id; J. I. O’Donnell (Leeston), 9 shorn two-tooths at 86s Id; W. E. Bird (Ashburton), 5 twotooths at 92s Id to 97s Id; A. R. Heslop (Amberley), 3 twotooths at £5 4s Id, 3 four-tooths at 99s Id; E. Hawke (Sheffield), 9 two-tooths at 94s Id: A. O. C. Rutherford (Hawarden), 6 twotooths at £5 8s Id, 9 four-tooths at 98s Id; G. N. Dalzell (Culverden), 28 two-tooths at 91s Id to 94s Id, 22 four-tooths at 91s Id to 92s Id; R. M. Irwin (Rakaia), 25 shorn two-tooths at 80s Id to 83s Id; Double Hill Station (Methven), 92 station wethers at 87s Id to 90s Id; D. L. Ensor (Glenrock), 70 station wethers at 'B7s Id to 94s Id ;C. C. Prebble (Ashburton), 6 two-tooths at 90s Id; C. A. Adams (Greendale); 22 two-tooths at 99s Id to £5 2s Id.

Ewes: H. J. Taylor (Oxford), 9 at 71s Id; R. B. Allan (Southbridge), 28 at 71s Id to 73s Id; R. F. Lochhead (Broadfield), 31 at 71s Id; A. Maindonald (Springbank), 15 at 73s Id to 75s Id; K. Taylor (Rakaia), 3 at 78s Id, 1 maiden ewe at £5 0s Id: D. J. and J. Stewart (Rakaia), 33 at 69s Id to 74s Id: J. Sargent (Rakaia), 45 at 68s Id to 75s Id; D. W. Kermode (Springston), 14 at 71s Id to 74s Id; R. B. Powell (Brookside), 14 at 74s Id; L. R. Forrester (Hawarden), 14 at 79s Id, 3 two-tooths at 83s Id; A. V. Brown. (Burnham) 10 two-tooths at 80s Id; R. C. Adams (Greendale), 4 at 72s Id; R. J. McDrury (Halswell), 8 at 71s Id to 74s Id; J. E. H. McGrath (Oxford), 11 at 80s Id; G. M. Dixon (Halton), 80 at 70s Id to 72s Id; M. H. Johnston and Son (Oxford), 21 at 71s Id to 73s Id: K. C. Galletly (Springbank), 20 at 70s Id to 73s Id; C. C. Prebble (Ashburton), 21 at 70s Id: W. Giddings (Ashburton), 17 at 73s Id. Fat Cattle A feature of the fat cattle sale was the marked improvement in the quality of the offering which totalled 335 head compared with 351 last week. The proportion of good quality cattle ’in the selection was described as being the highest for months. Generally the market held very close to late rates for steers, heifers and cows, with some slight measure of fluctuation round this level. Cows were in relatively short supply and there was an odd good sale of quality cows. While there was fairly general agreement that the steer market was similar to last week, some observers believed that they could have been a little easier while others were of opinion that the market was fully firm to fractionally firmer. Prime heavy-weight beef realised from £7 10s to £8 5s per 1001 b, prime medium-weight steer beef £8 to £8 15s, and plain and light steer beef £6 15s to £7 12s fid; prime heavyweight heifer beef £7 7s 6d to £B, prime medium-weight heifer beef £7 17s 6d to £8 10s, and plan and light heifer beef £6 17s 6d to £7 7s 6d; prime butchers’ cow beef £5 7s 6d to £6 5s and secondary cow beef £4 12s 6d to £5 ss. Values were:— Prime heavy steers, £6O 7s 6d to £7O 7s fid. Prime medium steers, £53 17s fid to £6O 2s fid. Prime light steers, £45 7s 6d to £52 7s fid. Plain and light steers, £32 17s 6d to £42 7s fid. Prime heavy heifers, £4O 17s fid to £46 2s 6d, with one sale at £5l 12s 6d. Prime medium heifers, £32 17s fid to £39 12s 6d. Prime light heifers, £23 2s fid to £3O 12s fid. Prime heavy cows, £35 2s fid to £39 2s fid. Prime medium cows, £2B 17s 6d to £34 2s 6d. Prime light cows, £23 17s fid to £27 7s 6d. Plain and light cows, down to £2O 12s fid. Among leading sales quoted by stock firms were:— Steers: J. Anderson (Charteris Bay), 2 at £6B 7s 6d to £7O 7s fid; estate R. O. Bradley (Charteris Bay), 8 at £6O 7s fid to £62 2s 6d: W. J. Doyle (Leeston), 1 at £62 7s 6d; J. Lilley (Hawarden), 1 at £64 2s 6d; W. K. Wakeman (Kaiapoi), 1 at £6O 2s 6d: A. T. M. Thacker (Okain’s Bay), 9 at £59 2s 6d to £66 7s 6d; estate G. A. Mcßean (Springston), 2 at £59 12s fid to £6B 2s 6d; etsate E. W. Gray (Teddington), 17 at £54 12s 6d to £69 12s 6d. Heifers: J. Parish (Cashmere), 1 at £44 2s fid: W. J. Doyle (Leeston), 1 at £3B 12s 6d: Kopara Cattle Company (Kotuku), 2 at £4O 17s 6d; A. H. Black (Hawarden). 1 at £39 17s 6d; Mrs J. Stanbury (Little River), 2 at £3B 2s fid; A. T. M. Thacker (Okains Bay), 11 at £43 17s 6d to £46 2s 6d: Estate G. A. Mcßean (Springston), 2 at £3B 17s fid; W. J. H. Coop (Kaituna), 1 at £39 12s fid: K. J. and H. W. Dalglish (Le Bons Bay). 10 20-months-old heifers at £34 7s fid to £3fi 2s fid. Cows: J. Parish (Cashmere), 1 at £37 2s fid; Mrs K. M. Preston (Culverden), I at £35 7s 6d; Mrs G. D. Burrows (Ashburton), 2 at £36 7s fid to £36 17s fid; H. E. Turnbull (Rangiora), 1 at £37 2s 6d: H. J. Mclntosh and Sons (Kaiapoi), 1 at £34 7s fid: Estate I. O. Buchanan (High Peaks), 6 at £3l 2s 6d to £3B 7s fid; M. Dolan (Rakaia), 2 at; £35 2s fid to £39 2s 6d. Store Cattle There was a larger offering of store cattle at 272 head compared with 237 last week, and it included a number of pens of useful 20-months and two-years-and-a-half-old steers and a few pens of calves and cows.

Some good quality ewes and wethers were included in the offering and the very top quality sold quite well. However, overall, values for the best twotooth wethers were back 5s to 75.. Fat ewes, which enjoyed a very keen inquiry last week, did not find the same demand and values for all classes eased by about the same margin, and in cases more than the wethers. There was less compettttbn this week and this was probably

Although the sale w-as followed by a reasonably large gallery

for a cold and wet day, there was not much outside competition and for the steers the market was a bit slacker and values were reckoned to be 20s or 30s easier than late rates, particularly in the earlier stages.

The main lines of two-ahd-a-half-year-old steers sold from £32 8s 6d to £3B 3s 6d, and 20-months-old steers from £23 18s fid to £33 Ils.

Pens of black cows made £24 Is and £25 3s fid, and steer calves ranged from £l7 3s fid to £22 Ils, and a pen of heifer calves brought £l6 8s fid.

Quotable sales of store cattle included:—

Calves: I. H. Gillanders (Greendale), 12 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus Hereford cross steer calves at £22 Ils; estate P. A. Sutton (Mai Mai), 9 Aberdeen Angus Hereford cross steer calves at £l7 3s 6d; J. D. Calder (Cheviot), 7 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £2O 3s fid and 9 Aberdeen Angus heifer calves at £l6 8s 6d.

Adult Cattle: Estate P. A. Sutton (Mai Mai), 3 20-months Aberdeen Angus Hereford cross steers at £33 Ils; T. H. Slape (Havelock), 7 Aberdeen Angus Hereford cross two-and-a-half-year-old steers at £3B 3s fid, 15 Hereford steers, same age. at £35 18s 6d to £36 13s 6d; J. F. Lochhead (Monserrat), 20 mated Aberdeen Angus cows at £24 Is to £25 3s fid; T. J. Palmer (Te Oka), 20 crossbred 18-months steers at £23 18s 6d; J. Harrison (Cheviot), 45 two-and-a-half-year-old Aberdeen Angus cross steers at £32 8s 6d to £37 8s 6d; W. J. H. Coop (Kaituna), 7 18-months-old Aberdeen Angus steers at £29 13s 6d. Bulls Only five bulls came forward, which was half the number offered last week, and of the five, one was passed. The top price of the sale was £69 18s fid, paid for a large Hereford, which was the only bull of a decent size to be offered. Two small to medium sized Aberdeen Angus cattle were sold for £2B 17s 6d and £lB 12s fid, while a small Friesian realised £27 7s 6d. Dairy Cattle An advertised line of 10 Jersey and Jersey cross AugustSeptember calvers were included in the dairy cattle offering. These cattle from the West Coast were of a useful type. They sold from £l4 10s to £2B and averaged £2O 4s. The normal offering of cattle for the sale totalled 14 head. The Frieslans in the selection were good useful types and the sale was generally similar to last week, with a reasonably good demand for anything showing quality. Friesian cows made £54 10s and £42 10s, an Ayrshire-Jer-sey cross second calver sold for £33 10s and an old Jersey cow brought £l2 10s, Black and white heifers sold for £45 and £44 10s, and another heifer made £35 and for two Shorthorn cross heifers the prices ranged from £24 10s to £3l. Vealers The veal offering totalled a little more than 100 head compared with 138 last week and quality was generally not outstanding, but there were a few pens of better slass cattle. Best vealers realised from £2B 2s fid to £32 7s fid, with one outstanding sale at £34 2s fid, medium vealers £24 7s 6d to £27 0s 6d, and smaller vealers £l9 2s 6d to £2l 7s 6d; best calves £lB 2s 6d to £2l 2s 6d; medium calves £l4 7s 6d to £l7 2s 6d; small calves £8 2s fid to £ll 7s fid, and bobby calves from 20s. Fat Pigs There was a smaller entry in the fat ’ pig section this week. Quality over-all was somewhat better. Top quality butchers’ pork sold well with prices 5s to 8s in advance of late rates. Good quality light pork also sold well. Prices for second quality pigs remained about on a par. The bacon entry was small, but here again quality was much improved and prices were firm on late rates. There were very few choppers yarded and good quality pigs were 15s to 20s better. Values were:— Light porkers, £5 17s fid to £7 0s 6d. Medium porkers, £7 12s fid to £8 15s fid. Heavy porkers, £8 19s fid to £9 13s 6d. Light baconers, £lO 0s 6d to £ll 3s fid. Medium and heavy baconers, £ll 12s fid to £l3 19s 6d, with a few top pens making to £l4 8s fid. Choppers, £8 Ils 6d to £l3 16s, with one exceptional pig at £l5 6s. Store Pigs There was a small entry of store pigs and here again quality was somewhat better and prices for the better pigs advanced on recent values by 4s to 5s a head. Good quality white pigs again met a premium. With only one pen of large stores yarded, small and medium stores showed an advance on late rates. Four purebred Berkshire gilts were yarded and these made from £l2 10s to £l4. Two Landrace and Landrace cross sows due to their second and third litters made £3B and £4O respectively. One third litter Tamworth sow, with a litter of 10, made £37, but one small white sow with a litter of six made only £l6. There was an appreciable demand for sows, but top prices were paid only for the better quality pigs. Values were:— ; Weaners, fils to 78s. Small stores, 82s to 955. Medium and large stores, 98s to £5 12s, with one. exceptional pen of large stores at £6 ss.