ADDINGTON MARKET Breeding Ewes And Store Lambs Ease

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32232, 26 February 1970, Page 9

ADDINGTON MARKET Breeding Ewes And Store Lambs Ease

Two-tooth ewes met a better inquiry- at the Addington market yesterday, but store lambs and adult ewes were easier.

Although fine-woolled two-tooth ewes showed no rise in value, the sale was freer throughout. Romney two-tooths, of which some top quality ewes were included, had a better sale than comparable sheep at Little River fair on Tuesday.

Store lambs had an easier sale, apart from a very small selection of the top lots. But for the buying interest from the Methven district and also some competition from two Otago and a Waimate buyer, the sale would have slipped into the doldrums. The adult sheep section was made up of a mixed collection of plain one-year ewes and they sold accordingly. Values were easier on recent rates. The store sheep yarding was 26.450, compared with 43,445 last week, and consisted of 7635 wether lambs, 2365 ewe lambs. 5250 twotooth ewes, and 11.200 adult sheep. Store Lambs A small gallery followed the •tore lamb sale for most of the day. and except for the most forward lambs. values were barely up to those of last week. The yarding was again a large one. and was made up principally of halfbreds and Corriedales, and a small selection of Romneys. The market opened on a very weak note, and for the rest of the day competition never became brisk, even for the best lambs. Good forward wether lambs met a sound inquiry from inland districts with values firm, but plain and backward lambs were harder selling. and these appeared to edge back a further 20c or 30c Quite a number of small lambs were sold for less than $3 and it was only the better class of lamb which fetched more than $4. Forward Romney lambs continued to have a fair sale with the better lots fetching niore than $5. There was also a good Inquiry for the better lots of shorn lambs but this week’s offering included several pens of very small shorn lambs, which sold accordingly.

Down cross lambs again met a consistent sale in spite of an absence of competition from freezing buyers.

The best of the fine-woolled wether lambs sold from 54.30 to $4.70. with odd sales to $4.90: medium sold from $3.00 to $4 and small from 2.80 to $3.40 Best Romneys sold from 54.80 to $5.30 with an odd sale to $5.50: medium sold from $4.30 to $4.70, and small down to $3.50. Good average shorn Romneys sold from $4.40 to $4.85. and shorn halfbreds sold to $4.50 Down cross lambs sold from $4.75 to $5.20 for the best with others from $3.80 to $4.60. Two races of ewe iambs met a poor sale Buyers showed interest in only a few lots The best of the entry were barely up to last week s rates, while for the remainder, values were little better than wether lamb rates Best fine-woolled ewe lambs sold from $6 to $6 60 with one sale at $8 45: medium sold from $4.50 to $5.50. and small down to $4 Sales of store lambs included: — Wethers E. C Allan (Cass Bay» 89 Down cross at $3.80 to $4.15: Sulphur Springs Estate < Scargill i. 94 Corriedales at $4 20 to $4 80. and 13 Down cross at $4.95. A T. Searle (Annati. 72 Romneys at $5; T and J. Barrett (The Poplarsi. 564 halfbreds at $3.75 to $4 65: J. R B Menzies (Mount Virginia), 253 halfbreds at $3.75 to $4.65: Double Hill Station <Rakaia Gorge». 267 Corriedales at $4.10 to $4.90: D. P Graham (Tai Taput. 338 shorn Romneys at $3 70 to $4 30; F. K and .1. K. Forrester (Hawardem. 187 Corriedales at $4 to $4.35; J. G. Berrvman (Clarence Bridget. 148 halfbreds at $3 75 to $4.10. and 89 Down cross at $4.25 to $4.85: J. B Savill (Amberley). 144 Corriedales at $4.25; F B Anderson (Sefton*. 70 Down cross at $4 to $4.90. E B Payten (Allandale». 51 Romneys at $4.20 to $4 50: R W and J. Shepherd (Scargill*. 360 Corriedales at $3 95 to $4.50: E Henderson (Kaituna*. 310 Romneys at $4 10 to $5 50; estate F. J Peach (Kaikoura). 200 shorn Romneys at $3.20 to $4 85: H Westland (Cheviot). 180 Corriedales at $3 80 to $4 40: R D Waghorn (Little Akaloa*. 223 Down cross at $3.80 to $4.75; R J. Sloss (Domett), 160 Romneys at $4.70 to $5.65.

Ewes: Double Hill Station (Rakaia Gorge). 531 Corriedales

at $5.60 to $8.45; T N. Bassett < Fernside). 171 Corriedales at $5 to $5.30. R W. and J. Shepherd (Scargill). 330 Corriedales at $4.20 to $5.60: E. M. Hoban • Hawarden). 285 Corriedales at $6.50 to $6.60; R. W. James (Amberley), 94 Corriedales at $6.80. Two-tooth Ewes Two-tooth ewes met a much better inquiry. While halfbreds and Corriedales showed little improvement, the sale was much freer throughout. A sizable gallery followed the sale, and there were buyers for all classes of two-tooths. even though prices were al moderate levels. Romneys also met a much better demand, with the better lots of ewes being as much as $1 a head stronger than comparable ewes at Little River on Tuesday Best fine-woolled two-tooths

odd sale to $9.90: average sold from $7 to $7.50. with others from $5.80 to $6.80. The pick of the Romney twotooths sold from $8 to $9. with others selling from $6 to $7.50. Sales of two-tooth ewes in- • eluded: ; J. D. R. and I. E. Winskill i (Cheviot), 504 Corriedales at $6.90 to $8.35; J. G. Dalzell (Ciilverden), 193 Corriedales at $7.10 to $8.70; J. D. Gallagher (Rakahuri), 268 Romneys at $7 to $8.70; J, F. Gallager (Rakahuri), 154 Romneys at SB.IO to $9; G. W. Ryder (Waiau), 53 halfbreds at $7; M. J. Ensor (Okuku), 92 Corriedales at $8; Lyhton ‘Downs, Ltd (Kaikoura), lwßom* neys at $7.30 to $7.35; estate A. Gillanders (Cheviot). 155 Corrie- : dales at $7.50 to $8.20; A. L. Pearce (Hororata), 108 fcoertedales at $8.30 to $8.50: Bangor Farm (Darfield), 205 Corriedales at $8.40 to $9.90; Coop Brothers (Amberley). 150 Cbrriedales at $7.45 to $7.75. Adult Sheep Adult sheep met a very moderate sale. The yarding was

I paddocky old ewes, and values s were not up to those of recent sales. i- Three or four .lines of good It tussock ewes were included, but they also showed a decline on 1 recent sales. Very dry conditions in many districts on the II plains have led to an easing in t the market. Another factor is I- that freezing buyers, who kept 0 the old ewe market stable last i- Season, ’were unable to operate o yesterday. >. One-year ewes eased by about L 30c on lasf week, with regular « sales at $3.80 to $4.50. Better 2 lots of aged sound-mouthed n ewes sold Xo |5.50. ' ■ A line of 370 early-shorn bigi. framed fdur-year-old Corrie- (- dales from the Hororata dis- «. trict topped the section at $6.70, (-and a line of more than 500 r early shbfn four-year-old halfsu breds J from , the Rakaia Gorge s fetched $6.30., A line of fivet year-olds 'from the same area realised $5.80. There were other odd sales of east-for-age ewes ait $5 to $5.60, but more than 90 per cent of the yarding sold for s much less than $5.

: line with values for halfbreds and Corriedales, with the best of the entry fetching $5.60. ' Sales of adult sheep included: i R. J. Hail (Hororata), 258 four year-old halfbreds at $4.90; N. > C. Davidson (Te Oka), 131 five i year-old Romneys at $5.60; R. G i H. Stoddart (Kaituna Valley), t 114 five-year-old Romneys at $5: i D. W. and R. D. Ensor (Cheviot). « 96 four-year-old Corriedales at $5.40; J. A. Paton (Oara), 221 t four-year-old halfbreds at $5.50 • to $5.60:-Blakely Trust (Purau), - 685 annual draft Romneys at i $4.40 to $4.50: J. H. Cooke (Rakaia Gorge), 555 four-year-old - Corriedales at $6.30 and < 185 five-year-olds at $5.80: Lynton • Downs, Ltd (Kaikoura), 142 an- , nual draft Romneys at $5, R. ) Smith (Omihi), 272 annual draft - Corriedales at $5.50, P, and K. • M. Le Cren Trust (Parnassus), • 108 annua) draft Corriedales at i $4.70; Cloverfield Farm (Oxford). 189 five-year-old Corriedales at 5 $5.50; Dunfteld (Hororata), 370 ► five-year-old Corriedales at $6.70; • J. D. Waller (Okuti), 82 five- • year-old Romneys at $5: J. D Gallagher (Rakahuri), 130 an