ADDINGTON MARKET Values Firm For Big Yarding Of Store Cattle

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31366, 11 May 1967, Page 16

ADDINGTON MARKET Values Firm For Big Yarding Of Store Cattle

Values were again at very satisfactory levels for an entry of almost 1500 store cattle at Addington market yesterday.

While the yarding was much plainer than last week’s, the steer calves were fully firm, and a similar sale prevailed for heifer calves except for the latter stages.

Breeding cows predominated in the adult cattle entry and values were firm. Both the store lamb and store sheep sections were the smallest of the season. Good wether lambs were about firm on last sale, but with one or two exceptions, ewe lamb values were weaker. The adult sheep entry consisted mainly of small lots, and quality was nondescript. There wag very little inquiry. The store cattle entry totalled 1485 head, compared with 1500 last week. It comprised 365 heifer calves, 710 steer calves, and 410 adult cattle. There was an entry of only 2370 store sheep, compared with 6620 last week. It comprised 330 ewes lambs (1900), 1630 wether lambs (3210), 75 two-tooth ewes (180), 195 adult ewes (1245), and 140 wethers (185).

Store Lambs

With an entry of less than 2000 head, the store lamb entry was the smallest of the season. Wether lambs predominated, there being only six pens of ewe lambs. '

Romneys in the wool predominated in the wether lamb entry, and although values were firm on last sale, the demand was not brisk. The lambs looked good buying. The best of the woolly Romneys sold from 40s to 45s 6d, with good average from 35s to 38s 6d. Fine-woolled wether lambs met very little inquiry, and sales ranged from 19s 6d to 30s. For this class of lamb, it was a very sick sale. With one or two exceptions, the demand for ewe lambs was weaker. The pick of the entry could be quoted as about firm, but others were decidedly easier. A pen of woolly Romneys realised 54s 6d, but others sold from 37s to 425. A wellgrown pen of halfbreds realised only 47s 6d, and another pen of average-sized halfbreds, which had just been through the dip, sold at only 225. Shorn Romneys were passed at 435. Sales of lambs quoted by stock firms included:—

N. C. Davidson (Te Oka). 34 Romney ewe lambs at 54s 6d.

Wether lambs: H. S. Johnstone (Te Oka), 95 Romneys at 35s 6d to 43s fid; T. W. Hutchinson (Little River), 70 Romney at 35s 6d to 43s 6d; A. J. Macdonald (Glentui), 147 Romneys v at 34s to 38s fid; J. P. Gallagher (Rakahuri), 296 shorn Romneys at 40s to 445; Eva Price Partnership (Poranui), 225 Rom-ney-Corriedales at 40s to 44s fid; S. C. Brown (Oxford), 104 i shorn Romneys at 28s to 345.

Adult Sheep With an entry of a little more than 400 head, the adult sheep yarding was also the smallest of the season. It consisted of two pens of two-tooths, three pens of wethers, and half a dozen pens of adult breeding ewes, most of them in small lots.

A very small gallery followed the sale, and for the third week in succession, demand was almost non-existent. An even pen of Corriedale ewes topped the market at 41s, and there were other sales at 36s to 395. The wethers sold from 44s to 495.

The only quotable sale of adult sheep was: A. J. Macdonald (Glentui), 61 Romney two-tooth wethers at 44s to 495. Store Calves With an entry of more than 1000 head, the store calf yarding was larger than expected. While quality was plainer, the sale was a most satisfactory one for vendors.

This week’s entry consisted mainly of medium-sized calves, with only a small number of top quality calves. There was a good representation of Herefords, while the yarding also included at least two lines from Central Otago.

For the quality of calf on offer, values could be quoted as firm on last week’s good sale, although in the latter stages, heifers began to ease in value.

A range of calf prices is:— Best quality steer calves, to £26, with an odd sale to £2B 15s; average to good, £2l 10s to £23 10s, and smaller from £l7 10s to £2O 10s.

Best heifer calves, to £l9 10s, with odd sales of Herefords to £23; average to good, £l6 10s to £l7 10s, with smaller from £l2 to £l6.

Sales of store calves in eluded:—

Steer calves: St. James Station (Hanmer), 26 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross at £2O 10s to £23; W. L. Utley (Kadapoi), 12 Shorthorn-Hereford cross at £2l

15s; J. Ross-Murray (Clarence i Bridge), 18 Aberdeen Angus at I £22 ss; H. M. Cooper (Cheviot),! 18 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross at £26 15s, 11 Aberdeen I Angus at £25; T. L. Dredge (Maruia), 19 Aberdeen Angus at £25; Sulphur Springs Estate (Scargil'l), 13 Aberdeen Angus cross at £23; E. D. Crampton (Cheviot), 25 Aberdeen Angus cross at £23 5s to £2B 15s; C. Wiffen, Ltd. (Parnassus), 16 Herefords at £18; Mount Mason Partnership (Hawarden), 31 Aberdeen Angus at £2l to £22 ss; W. L. Nell (Rakaia), 27 Rerefords at £l5 to £23 10s; A. G. Green (Hanmer), 10 Aberdeen Angus cross at £23 ss; Mould 'Brothers (Duvauchelles), 18 Aberdeen Angus cross at £2O; Eskhead Station (Hawarden), 26 Herefords at £l9 5s to £22 ss. Heifer calves: St. James Station (Hanmer), 30 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen AngusHereford cross at £l4 5s to £l9, 9 Herefords at £2l 15s; W. Utley (Kaiapoi), 12 Shorthorn-Here-ford cross at £l7 10s; J. Ross-Murray (Clarence Bridge), J? Aberdeen Angus at £l6 15s; Mould Brothers (Duvauchelles). I 7 A J° er . deen Angus cross at £l5 S’ u' Wiffen, Ltd. (Parnassus), 34 Herefords at £l6 10s to £23; A. G. Green (Hanmer), 21 Aberdeen Angus at £l6 to £l7. Adult Cattle

h,uL eetl . ln .€ CO "I S made U P ‘he bulk of the adult cattle entry, fPJ? val . ues were fully firm on last sale. The back country cows met the best inquiry, and rant 1 u e of 64 from a North Canterbury station sold to £36, with only one pen selling at less than £3O.

The best of the breeding cows sold from £33 10s to £36, average to good from £2B to £32, with lighter down to £l7 15s. Adult steers sold to £45, and 20-month-old steers to £3B 15s. Sales of adult cattle included: St. James Station (Hanmer), 12 mated Hereford Cows at £36, 37 mated Aberdeen Angus-Here-ford cross cows at £3l to £35, 15 mated Aberdeen Angus at £26 10s to £32 15s; Raumati Trust (Greta), 12 Aberdeen Angus mated cows at £32; R. K. Craw (Pigeon Bay), 9 18-month empty Hereford cross heifers at £3l; J. Ross - Murray (Clarence Bridge), 15 mated Aberdeen Angus cows at £26 15s to £29; F. B. Thurlow and Son (Dunback), 30 mated Aberdeen Angus cows at £26 to £29 15s; H. V. Snushall (Kaikoura), 7 20-month-old steers at £35 10s; Mould Brothers (Duvauchelle), 24 matched Aberden Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross cows at £27 to £27 10s; estate G. P. Wilkie (Omihi), 11 18-month-old Aberdeen Angus steers at £32; J. P. Egan (Waiau), 9 mated Hereford heifers at £39 10s, 25 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steers, aged 20 months, at £36 to £3B 15s.