Addington market MOST STORE SHEEP VALUES EASIER

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33452, 6 February 1974, Page 14

Addington market MOST STORE SHEEP VALUES EASIER

Store lambs had a slightly better sale at the Addington market yesterday, but all breeding ewes were easier.

Large galleries followed the sale, after [ rain on Monday night had brought harvesting to a stop. However, 1 buyers treated lhe mari ket with caution, and . some ewes looked very realistically priced. The store sheep yarding was 21.835. compared with [28,565 last week, and it consisted of 3715 wether lambs, 2385 ewe lambs, 6615 twoItooth ewes, and 9120 adult sheep.

Store lambs

A reduced yarding of store lambs had a slighUy better sale. Corriedale and halfbreds again made up the bulk of the yarding. and quality was quite good. Very few Romneys or Down : cross lambs were included. A large gallery followed the sale, but the current export schedule kept values realistic. : However, a few more pens ' reached $7 than was the case last week. Lambs in good, for- : I ward order, continued to meet I the best competition. Lambs which were a longer-term proposition sold accordingly. Good, forward store lambs sold ( at $6.50 to 57.20. with an isollated sale to $8.20; medium ranged from 55.60 to $6.20. ami smaller at $4.80 to $5.30. A I. small selection of woolly Romneys sold to $8.40. and shorn i Romneys to 57.30 Most of the ewe lambs were only of average size and quality, I but the sale was regarded as . | being a little firmer. The best ■ of the Corriedales and halfbreds ' sold to $10.30; a small selection ranged from $8 to $9. with I smaller at 53.50 to $7.20. BorderRomneys sold to $10.90. and Rom- ! neys to SlO.lO. Sales of store lambs included: , Wethers.—B, and P. Parkinson (Kaituna). 132 Perendales at $8.05; ' Kailiope Farm. Ltd (Port Levy), 58 shorn Romneys at $5.80; Marble Point Station (Hanmer ■ Springsl. 478 halfbreds at $5.50 > to $7; F. K. Morris lAkaroai. 90 q Down cross at $5.30 to $5.80; L.| j: P. Manion (Weedons). 55 Down! , cross at. $6 to $7.90: Pahau Downs i '■ (Culverden), 100 Corriedales at- : 53.55 to 87; Murchison Brothers (Lake Coleridge, 346 halfbreds ,at $4.60 to $6.20; Jack’s Block : (Cheviot), 296 Corriedales at $6.8(1 I; to $7.20; A. Hyde (Cheviot:. 180. ,I Corriedales at $5.10 to $6; I). I. Parsons (Blenheim:, 104 half. : breds at $8.20; R. D Ensor (Cheviot), 65 Corriedales at $6.15; i Snowdon Station (Rakaia Gorge?. * 80 Romneys at S 6 Io 57.05. , Ewe lambs.—Estate W. Ander- ' son iWaiau). 64 Corriedales at $8 05; F K Morris lAkaroai. 149

Romneys at $8.10; Murchison Brothers (Lake Coleridge) 758 halfbreds at $6.70 to slo.3o;’Leebrook Partnership (Waiaui. 130 Border-Romneys at $9.30 to $10.90: McQueen's Valley Faun tKaituna). 262 Romneys at $7.50 to $10.10; R. D. Ensor (Cheviot), 50 Corriedales at $5.70; Snowdon Station tßakaia Gorge*. 75 halfbreds at $5.90; M. G. Miller de Pirita). 159 Corriedales at $7; 1., R. Dalzell (Culverdeni, 188 Corriedales, at $7.10 to $7.40.

Two-tooth ewes

Two-tooth ewes had a moderate sale, in spite of a large following of farmers. The yarding again consisted mainly of finewoolled ewes, and there were several pens of Romneys. Quality was generally average. There was little strength about the market, except when a limited selection of top quality two-tooths came up for sale. Compared with last sale, values! were a further 50c a head easier. For most of the day, only the best two-tooths managed to reach $l7. The best of the Corriedales and; halfbreds tanged from $15.50 to $l7, with isolated sales to $20.20;! medium ranged from $13.30 to: $14.50. and plainer down to $l2. A small selectoon of Romney! and Romney cross ewes sold to $17.60. and Perendales to $lB. ! Sales of two-tooth ewes included:— Estate W. Anderson (Waiau), 59 Corriedales at $l6; Mendip Hill Station (Parnassus). 281 Corriedales at $13.90 to $15.60; T. G. Forrester (Rotherham:. 97 Corriedales at $20.20; Kaihope Farm, Ltd (Port Levy). 63 Romneys at $17.40; W. Blackadder and Son (Springs Junction). 319 Romneys at $lO to $12.50: Annandale Estate (Pigeon Bay). 266 Perendales at $15.10 to $18; H. A. Munro and: Son (Fairlie). 276 Corriedales at. $l4 to $17.60: L. Couper (Little: River). 204 Romney-Corriedales at $l7 to $17.60; Macfarlane Estates. Ltd iCulverden), 307 halfbreds at $12.10 to $13.10; A. L. and N. D. Shipley (Harewood) 567 Corriedales at $l2 to $15.90; J. D. and I. E. Winskill (Cheviot). 438 Corriedales at $9 to $15.30; R. H. Fleming (Rotherham) 80 Corriedales at $l7: B. A’ C. Hoban (Culverdem. 165 Corriedales at I $14.70 to $l6; D A. Anderson (Hundalee) 200 Perendales at $l6 to $16.50: B. F, Rooney (Winchmore). 150 Corriedales at 516.30 to $16.50: S. J. Charev tKeke jrengu). 120 Corriedales at $15.40 to $16.70: D. S. Johns Trust (Cuiverdeni, 72 Corriedales at $19.20: R. S Harrison (Domett), 100 Cor" riedales at $l5; Hight Brothers: illororatai. 100 Corriedales at $15.90.

Adult sheep

Adult sheep aeain had a realistic sale The vardine included a good selection of annual draft ewes, a number of lines being from the Marlborough east coast. These pre-lamb shorn ewes off

tussock met the best inquiry, at good prices on the da> However, the remainder of the 'yarding showed r general easing of 40c to 50c, although at times buying inquiry was better than last week. Only the beat of these ewes reached $l2. One-year ewes had a hard sale, and some were passed in. The good lines of early-shorn annual draft ewes sold at $l3 to $14.60 Best summer-shorn an filial draft ewes ranged mainly from $ll to $l2. with good aver age sound-mouthed ewes a» $9 80 to $lO.BO, and one rear cues at $8.30 to $9.30. The best of a small selection of Romney ewes reached $12.50, but $l2 was the upper limit for most of them. Some two-shear Border-Corrie-dales, offered as capital stork, drew keen competition, finally changing hands at $17.60 to $18.60. Sales of adult ewes included Annandale Estate 'Pigeon Ba’ i, 300 live-year-old Romneys at $l2. G. W. Brice (Lansdowne). ’9B five-year-old Romnevs at $10.50; Kaihope Farm (Port Levy. 216 five-year-old Romneys at $12.50; ,J. Ross Murray (Clarence Bridge., 348 five-year-old halfbreds at islo.Bo to $13.80; Macfarlane Estates Ltd (Culverden,. 614 four-year-old early-shorn halfbreds at I $l2; P. W. Moore (Kekerengm : 179 annual draft Corriedales at $12.10 to $14.60: S. J. Chaffev (Kekerengui, 245 four-\ear-old Corriedales at $ll.lO to $13.50, < A. C. Chambers 'Kekercngn). 206 five-year-old halfbreds at $l3 50: A. J Turnbull (Amberley. 174 annual draft Corriedales at $13.40; G. B. F Neill (Clarence Bridget. 205 annual draft half breds at $l2; C W. Crispin (\\ataui. 98 halfbreds at $11.45: J K Sloss 'Omihu. 264 annual draft. .Corriedales at $9.40 to $lO 10; D. A. Philpott (Okuku B> i. f year-old Corriodales at $11; 11 ,|G. Stevens (Cheviot). 126 annual draft Corriedales at $9.65; D A Anderson (Hundalee). 300 five year-old Perendales at $lO.lO tn $12.10; p. Stapylton-Smith (Camp Bay), 200 five-vear-old i Romneys at $10.30; estate J A . Davies (Kekerenguj, 275 four-year-old halfbreds at $9.90 tn , $12.60; Ohoka Homestead <Ohoka . ! 280 four-tooth Border-Cotriedalei at $17.60 to $18.60.