ADDINGTON MARKET Most Breeding Ewes Up In Value

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31628, 14 March 1968, Page 17

ADDINGTON MARKET Most Breeding Ewes Up In Value

With an improved feed situation after recent rain, values for store wether lambs showed a worth-while improvement at Addington market yesterday.

Both adult sheep and two-tooth ewes also improved in value. Romney two-tooths, in particular, had their best sale for some weeks. Large galleries followed the store sheep sales, and while it is getting late in the season for buying replacements, buying-power was steady.

The store sheep yarding was 16,695 compared with 24,755 last week. It consisted of 1170 ewe lambs, 2390 wether lambs, 7170 two-tooth ewes, 5720 adult ewes, and 245 wethers.

A feature of yesterday’s market was the offering of three annual drafts of store cattle totalling about 700 head. The best of a line of steers from the Bluff Station, Kekerengu, sold to 5107.50, and most of the offering realised more than $95. Store Lambs With quite a large gallery following the sale, store wether lambs showed an improvement in value on last weed’s rates. For quality, the sale was probably the best for three weeks. Some of the small lambs, particularly the Romneys, looked Very well sold. Buyers had a fairly wide selection. There were again a number of pens of Down cross lambs, and the usual selection of Corriedales and halfbreds from hill country properties. Wether lambs appeared to be 30c to 40c a head stronger, with Romney wether lambs enjoying a very good sale. Good Corriedales and halfbred wether lambs sold from 14.10 to $4.45, with odd sales to $5.10. Medium sold from $3.75 to $4, and small down to $3.20. The wether lamb yarding included a sizeable line of woolly Romneys from the West Coast. These sold from $3.50 to $4.25. Shorn Romney wether lambs sold to $3.90. Down cross lambs sold from $4 to $4.40, with smaller down to $3.40.

Ewe lambs met a steady inquiry, with values much on a par with last week. Good average fine-woolled ewe lambs sold from $4.20 to $4.60, with odd sales to $5.55. Medium lambs of the same breeding sold from about $3.70 to $4. A line of woolly Romneys from the West Coast sold from $2.90 to $3.90, and shorn Romneys also realised $3.90. Sales of lambs included: Wether lambs: E. W. Coop (Port Levy). 11l Romneys at $3.90 to $4.45: F. K. Morris (Akaroa), 73 shorn Romneys at $3.90: estate James Stevenson (Hanmerl, 230 Border LeicesterMerinos at $4.55 to $5.10; T. H. Rainey (Puhi Puhi), 72 Romneys at $4.50: J. Gibson (Mount Vernon). 334 Down cross at $3.85 to $4.35, 62 Romneys at $4.50: Lands and Survey Department ♦ Bell Hill), 449 Romneys at $3.45 to $4.25: F. J. Francis (Waikari), 59 shorn Corriedales at $3.90; E. M., S. C. and R. K. Heard (Hawk Hills), 174 halfbreds at $3.75 to $4.10; estate I. O. Buchanan (High Peak), 188 halfbreds at $4.20 to $4.35. Ewe lambs: I. R. Paton

(Domett), 174 Corriedales at $4.55 to $5.55; estate James Stevenson (Hamner), 116 Border LeicesterMerinos at $4.60 to $5.30; F. K. Morris (Akaroa), 70 shorn Romneys at $3.90; estate I. O. Buchanan (High Peak), 150 halfbreds at $4.20 to $4.25.

Two-tooth Ewes A large gallery followed the two-tooth ewe sale, and values were a little better, particularly for Romneys. The yarding was generally a very plain selection, with a large number of small and mixed Corriedales and halfbreds on offer.

Well-grown even-woolled twotooth ewes met a good sale, and there were odd sales of Corriedales at $7 or more. The best of the fine-wooled ewes sold from $6 to $6.70, with odd sales at $7.20, good average sold from $5.40 to $5.80, and small and plain from $4.50 to $5. Values for Romney two-tooths took a turn for the better, but some well-grown, even lots were included in the yarding. The best of the entry sold from $5.70 to $6.35, average from $5 to $5.50 and small down to about $4.

Sales of two-tooth ewes in eluded: —

A. W. Wilson (Kaikoura), 151 Romneys at $5.50 to $5.70; M. F. Hall (Hororata), 112 Romneys at $5.70 to $6; Eva Price Partnership (Poranui), 176 Romneys at $5.35 to $5.70; M. Walters (Culverden), 69 halfbreds at $6; Davaar, Ltd (Motunau), 120 Romneys at $5.70 to $5.85; Mendip Hills Station (Parnassus), 1140 Corriedales at $4.65 to $5; A. K. Burrows (Omihi), 77 Corriedales at $7.20; estate T. G. Ferguson (Waiau), 80 Corriedales at $6; J. Bell (Springston), 148 Corriedales at $6.15 to $6.55; K. S. Pettigrew (Waiau). 66 Romneys at $5.80; G. M. Dixon (East Eyreton), 443 Romneys at $5.70 to $6.35; M. W. McDonald (W’aiau). 123 Romney-Corriedales at $5.20 to $5.50: estate F. and J. Northcote (Waiau), 157 halfbreds at $4.80 to $5; R. J. Whyte (Scargill), 286 late shorn Romneys at $4.20 to $4.75; Aronui Trust (Scargill), 169 halfbreds at $5 to $6.50; I. R. Paton (Domett), 100 Corriedales at $6. Adult Sheep As in the store lamb and twotooth ewe sections, a large gallery followed the adult sheep sale. Although most farmers have completed buying their annual replacements, the demand was steady, and for all classes of ewes values appeared to improve by 30c a head. The quality of the yarding was average for this time of the year. The entry was much smaller, following several weeks of big sales, and there were only a few sizeable lots of up to 200 head.

The best of the sound-mouthed fine-woolled ewes sold from $4.20 to $4.55, with odd sales of mixed-aged ewes to $4.85.

Plainer ewes sold from $3.50 to $3.80. Romneys met quite a good sale, with the best of, the offering selling to $4.50, average from $3.30 to $3.70, and older down to $3.

Sales of adult sheep included: J. R. Stanbury (Little River). 120 five-year-old Romneys at $4.40: J. A. Davies (Tawaho, East Coast), 350 four-year-old early shorn Corriedales at $4 to $4.55; Eva Price Partnership (Poranui), 180 Romney-Corriedales at $3.30 to $3.80, 90 mixed aged Romney-Corriedales at $4; A. L. Fraser (Pigeon Bay), 186 annual draft Romneys at $4.10; K. E. A. Shadbolt (Pigeon Bay), 59 five-year-old Romneys at $3.70. Store Cattle An offering of almost 700 store cattle from three vendors met a very good sale. A large gallery followed the sale, and buying was w r ell spread. Some cattle were purchased for the Dunedin area, and several pens were taken by a Kurow buyer.

The feature line of the sale was the annual draft of two and a half-year-old steers from the Bluff Station, Kekerengu. These cattle again came forward in excellent order. They met a ready demand, several pens selling at more than $lOO a head.

The 160 Aberdeen Angus-Here-ford cross steers sold from $B9 to $lO2, 63 Aberdeen Angus steers from $81.50 to $107.50, and 156 Herefords from $77.50 to $lO7. There were seven sales of Herefords at $lOO or more, and the whole line averaged $96.30 a head.

Ninety two-and-a-half and three and a half-year-old Hereford steers from the Poplars Station, Lewis Pass, sold from $73 to $97. Being from a harder area, these cattle did not carry as much condition as the Bluff cattle.

The third line consisted of 196 20-month-old steers from C. W. Humm and Sons, of Waikuku. One hundred Herefords in the line sold from $73 to $B3, 32 Shorthorns from $76 to $BO. 22 Aberdeen Angus from $76.50 to $B2, and 42 Aberdeen AngusHereford cross steers from $BO to $BB.