ADDINGTON MARKET Another Good Sale For Store Calves

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31657, 18 April 1968, Page 7

ADDINGTON MARKET Another Good Sale For Store Calves

Store calves again sold well at Addington market yester* day. In the early stages values for some pens were a little easier than last week’s rates, but with an increasing gallery of buyers, the market became fully firm on last week.

There was a mixed entry of adult cattle. Adult steers sold to $95, and 20-month-old steers to $Bl. Shorn Romney lambs met a good sale and values were fully firm, but some of the woolly lambs were 20c to 30c easier. Very few two-tooths and adult ewes were offered. The store sheep yarding was 4475, compared with 11,430 at the last sale. It consisted of 1535 ewe lambs, 2340 wether lambs, 30 two-tooth ewes, 550 adult ewes and 20 wethers. The store cattle yarding was 1860 head, consisting of 1550 calves and 310 adult cattle Store Sheep Store lambs made up most of the store sheep entry. The entry of a little more than 4000 head included a good line of shorn Romney wether lambs, and also a large line of highcountry halfbred wether lambs. The shorn lambs again had a strong sale, with values firm to a shade stronger than last sale. The tops of the wether lamb yarding were also firm on last week, but others were 20c to 30c easier.

to $54: smaller, $42 to $47. Best Hereford, $54 to $59, with odd sales to $6B; medium, $47 to $52; smaller, $36 to $44. Heifer calves: best Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen AngusHereford cross, $46 to $52, with one sale at $57: medium, $4O to $44; smaller, $33 to 137. Average Herefords, to $54; smaller, $43 to $4B. Sales of steer calves included:— A. Nimmo (Southbridge), 21 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus-Hereford at $68.50; I. S. Douglas (Cheviot), 32 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen AngusHereford at $54 to $6l: H. M. Cooper (Cheviot). 16 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen AngusHereford at $54; C. T. White (Che’ iot), 32 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus-Hereford at $54 to $57.50. R. A. Hyde (Cheviot). 14 Herefords at $55; N. C. Davidson (Little River). 21 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus-Hereford at $60.50: Estate J. A. Pain (Cheviot). 18 Aberdeen Angus at $59: C. H. and J. M. Inch (Hawarden). 18 Aberdeen Angus at $54; H. H. Lawrence (Parikawa), 18 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford at $5l. 13 Herefords at $49.50; L. L. and D D. Davies (Cheviot). 23 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford at $54 to $6l: D. A. Anderson (Hundalee). 27 Aberdeen Angus-Here-ford at $52.50 to $57.50: G. H. Westland (Cheviot). 28 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford at $47.50 to $54.50: Estate G. W. Forbes (Cheviot), 18 Aberdeen Angus at $56; E. S. Morris (Cheviot), 64 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford at $46.50 to $57.50: M. F. Vernon (Waiau). 42 Aberdeen Angus at $4B to $52.50: J. K. McAlpine (Spve), 55 Herefords at $49.50 to $56.50: 1. J. Steel (Hawarden), 35 Herefords at $52 to $6O; E. S. Johnstone (Annat). 35 Herefords at $43.50 to $5O: L. B. Burnett (Lees Valley). 17 Herefords at $47: Berriedale Farm. Ltd (Amberley), 23 Herefords at $59 to $6B; E. J. Allen and Sons, Ltd (Okuku), 74 Aberdeen Angus at $54 to $63.50. 33 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford at $54 to $63.50: A. G. Scott (Okuku), 32 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford al $55 to $64

Helfer calves: I. s. Douglas (Cheviot), 46 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus-Hereford at >3> to 344.50; Estate J. A. Pain (Cheviot), 14 AberdeenAngus and Aberdeen AngusHereford at >4O; R. A. Hyde (Cheviot). ifl Herefords . at 130.90; C. H. and J. M. Inch (Hawarden), 20 Aberdeen AngusHereford at 342; D. s. Morris (Cheviot), 40 Aberdeen AngusHereford at 141 to 344.50: Mrs N. E. Gardner (Motunau), IS Aberdeen Angus at 343: H. H. Lawrence (Parikawa). 23 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford at 343; D. C. Wynn-Wllllams (Waipara), 17 Aberdeen Angus cross at 342; D. J. Mac Gibbon (Springbank), 11 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford at 341; G. H. Westland (Cheviot). 17 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford at 340.50: Estate G. W. Forbes (Cheviot), 17 Aberdeen Angus at 341; I. J. Steel (Hawarden), 16 Herefords at 351; E. ,1. Allen and Sons, Ltd (Okuku), 61 Aberdeen Angus at 346.50 to 357. 17 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford at 348.50; A. G. Scott (Okuku), 22 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford at 351.50. Adult Cattle Three and four-year-old steers made up the bulk of the adult cattle yarding. There were also some pens of cows and heifers and several pens of 20-month-old steers. A line of adult steers from the West Coast sold from $B2 to $95, large Friesian steers sold from $7O to $75, and 20-month-old steers from $47 to $55. with one sale of forwardconditioned steers at $Bl. Hereford heifers were sold at $67, Friesians at $66, and Hereford cows at $56.

A fair gallery followed the sale, but because of recent wintry weather, there was a more cautious tone towards the sale of carry over lambs.

The feature of the sale was the entry of shorn Romney wether lambs, and the best of these sold from $5.10 to $5.50, with one sale at SS.SO. Good average sold from $4.70 to $5. There were sales of woolly Rom neys at $4 to $4 55, with others down to $3.40.

Sales of adult cattle included: —

Lands and Survey Department (Bell Hili), 22 adult Aberdeen Angus steers at $B3 to $B9. 35 adult Hereford steers at $B2 to $95: O'Leary Brothers (Kotuku), 26 Hereford cross steers at $82.50 to $93; W. H. Crampton (Amberley). 13 18-month-old Aberdeen Angus cross steers at $B2: Mount Torlesse Station (Springfield), 50 adult Aberdeen Angus steers at $80.50 to $97.

Good average halfbred wether lambs sold from $4.35 to $4.60 with one sale at $4 90. and others from $3.40 to $3.80. Shorn Corriedale and halfbred lambs sold from $3.80 to $4.50. Very few Down cross lambs were offered, and there were sales at $3.80 to $4.60.

! Ewe lamb values showed little I change on recent rates. There I was a sale of Corriedales at $5.55, but most sales of finewoolled lambs ranged from $4.40 to $4.70, with smaller down to $3.40. Shorn Romneys sold to $4.50. Sales of store lambs included: — Wether lambs: J. D. Gallagher (Rakahuri), 378 shorn Romneys at $4.90 to $5.80: J. T. R. Cham bers (Little River). 53 Down cross at $4.50 and 19 Romneys at $4 85: T. H. Croft (Omihi). 101 shorn Corriedales at $4 50; L. M Rutherford (Culverden). 1007 halfbreds at $3 85 to $4.90 Ewe lambs: estate J. Milliken <Springfield •. 210 halfbreds at $4.70 to $4.95: M. J. Foster (Woodend), 68 shorn Romneys at $4.50: L. M. Rutherford (Cuiverden), 250 halfbreds at $3.40 to $4.40: Clifton Farming Company (Cheviot), 100 Corriedales at $5.55.

Breeding Ewes With fewer than 600. the breeding ewe entry was the smallest of the season. There was only one pen of two-tooths These were Romneys, and realised $6.10. Tn the adult sheep section, a pen of early shorn mixed-age Romney ewes sold at $5.50, and another pen of similar ewes realised $5.30. A pen of mixed-aged mated Corriedales realised $4.05, and small lots of old ewes sold from $3.10 to $3.60/

Sales of ewes included: L. R. Wolfe (Cust), 102 mixed aged Romney ewes at $5.50, 68 at $5.30, and 28 two-tooth Romneys at $6.10.

Store Calves The store calf yarding, at 1550, was not large. A big gallery followed the sale for the first two hours, and over all it was again a very good one. The market opened strongly, but over the first race values were erratic with some sales below last week's rates. Once some of the large representative lines were reached, the sale was very strong, and from then it did not recede, even when the very small calves were offered. A feature of the entry was a line of 198 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross calves from Bullock Hill. Okuku. The steer calves sold from $54 to $66. to average just over $6O a head, and the heifers sold from $46.50 to $57 to average almost $5O a head. A range of values is:— Steer calves: best Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen AngusHereford cross, $56 to $6l, with an odd sale to $66; medium, $5O