ADDINGTON MARKET Two-tooth ewes in stronger demand

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33779, 27 February 1975, Page 5

ADDINGTON MARKET Two-tooth ewes in stronger demand

. Breding ewes con-, tinned to meet a keen demand at the Addington market yesterday. A' feature of the sale was the demand for good two-tooths, values lifting by SI to 51.50 a head. It was a day for the Romney breed in the adult sheep sec-: tion. and prices were strong, the best of the annual draft ewes reaching $9.75. Wether lambs continued to meet a brisk demand, and ewe lambs reached theiri strongest point of the season, with the best of the Corriedales selling at $10.25. The store sheep yarding! was 26,990, compared with. 30,010 last week, and it con-j sisted of 7365 wether lambs,; 1385 ewe lambs, 7205 two-i tooth ewes, and 11,035 adult' sheep. Store lambs Store lambs continued to meet » strong inquiry from a large gallery of fanners. At 8750, it was 1600 more than last week, but still well short of the] demand. Quality generally was not as' good this week, many of the: lambs being small, but this did not detract from their sale. AI wide selection of breeds and | cross-breeds was represented. The yarding included a line of' more than 1600 Perendale cross: lambs from a West Coast de-) velopment block, and they sold: particularly well, only one per. fetching less than 86. Compared with the last sale, values were fully firm, and some | agents were of the opinion the I small lambs were stronger. Not so many lambs reached $6 :

this week, but this was a direct 1 reflection of the fall in quality.; The top selection of the shorn] Romney and Perendale cross lambs sold at 56.50 to $7, medium i at 55.60 to 56.20, and smaller at I $4.70 to $5.30. Small to average Corriedaies j ranged from $4.80 to $5.60, with a few better quality pens to $6.50. Down-cross and Suffolkcross lambs sold at $6.40 to $6.85. As at some recent sales, there seemed little margin left in many lambs, if they were being) bought as a works proposition.: The strength of the market is! attributed r.ot so much to the better price for lamb, since the! Government announced its farm) aid programme, but to the fact! that there is so much feed on I hand. Ewe lambs had their best sale of the season. There were few representative pens in the offering of about 1400 head. Those showing some size and quality met a buoyant demand at very high prices for the season. One regular annual line of Corriedales sold at $9 to $10.25, and a line of Peninsula Romneys at $B.lO to $8.90. Plainer lambs continued to sell at wether lamb price, or a little better. Sales of store lambs included: Wethers.—Lands and Survey Department (Bell Hill), 1620 Romneys at $5.90 to $7: Waipuna Station (Ikamatua), 369 shorn Romneys at $4.85 to $5.90: N. A Vowles (Hanmer Springs), 426 halfbreds at $5 to $6.10; M. H. Molloy (Little River), 327 shorn Perendale mixed-sex at $5.60 to $6.40; E. H. and K. M. Farrelley (Oxford), 188 Corriedales at $4.55 to $6.25: A. J. Adams (Inchbonnie). 181 Suffolk cross at $6.15 to $6.65; Bradley Estate (Charterls Bay), 307 shorn Romneys at $6.60 to $6.70; 71 Down-cross at $6.15; C. Scott (Coalgate), 114 Perendale cross at $6.10 to $6.15; Zuppicich Family Trust (Broad field). 192 Romneys at $6.45 t< 56.50; estate G. M. Couch (Rapaki), 305 Down-cross at $5.90 to $6.85; Glynn Wye Station (Lewis Pass), 410 Corriedales at $4.20 to 55.10: Glens of Tekoa Estate (Culverden), 455 halfbreds at «a.BO to $6.60: J. G and T. J

Latter (Kekerengu). 52 Corrie- ! dales at $6.30 to $6.50. j Ewe lambs.—C. H. Upham I (Hundalee i. 434 Corriedales at $9 to $10.25; N. A. Vowles (Hanmer J Springs), 111 halfbreds at $5.80 to $6.50; H. T. J. Reddie (Okuti), ,i 49 Romneys at 87.70; J. G. and . T. J. Latter (Kekerengu), 187) ) Corriedales at $6 to 56.30; estate R. L. Jameson (Culverden), 56 Corriedales at $6.50; McQueen’s ! Valley Farm (Kaituna), 315 Rom- ) nevs at $B.lO to $8.90. Two-tooth ewes J Two-tooth ewes had their I strongest sale of the season. The ! I yarding of more than 7000 head ’ included a very good selection I of fine-woolled ewes, and there J were a few more Romneys. Generally, the market lifted by SI to $1.50 a head, particularly on the top selection. Anyone wanting a $lO two-tooth this week had little selection. Sales of Corriedales and halfbreds at Sl3 or more were frequent. The general run of this class of ewe ranged from about $11.50 to $12.50, with top pens to $l4. At the plainer end of the yarding, prices ranged from $B.BO to $10.20. Romneys also met a buoyant demand. The top price of the day was $15.50; several other pens sold at $l2 to $l3, but very . few at less than $ll. Much of the buying Inquiry ( came from Mid-Canterbury. At today’s prices, some of the sheep looked dear. One man ; who came to watch the sale, asked: “Is this fairyland or Dis- ) neyland?” Only time will tell. , Sales of two-tooth ewes . included:— J. R. Bain (Aylesbury), 400 : Corriedales at $ll.lO to $13.40; ; J. A. Forrester (Culverden), 120 . Corriedales at $ll.BO to $12.80; ; J. O. Black (Culverden), 60 Cor- ; riedales at $12.10; A. J. Sloss i ’Omlhl), 128 Romneys at $13.30; ; 1. R. Paton (Domett), 84 Corriedales at $11; R. S. Johnson and Son (Scargill), 110 Corriedales at 513.10; S. M. Johns (Kaikoura), i 166 Romneys at $9.60 to $11.60; ■ H. R. Hammond (Culverden), 232 1 Romneys at $8.90 to $12.20; M. J. 1. Dixon (East Eyreton), 205 Romneys at $10.70 to $13.30; W. Mackadder (Murchison), 216

Perendaies at $8.90 to $9.70; R. G. Palmer (Amberley), 250 Corriedales at $9.50 to $11.30; J. N. Boag (Rotherham), 250 Corriedales at $B.BO to $11.60; W. P. Belton, Ltd (Waikari), 233 Corriedales at $8.20 to $11,80; A. F. Croft and Son (Omihi), 228 Corriedales at $B.lO to $10.60; J. D. Brown (Amberley), 78 Corriedales at $12.50; E. R. and J. C. Cottrell (Loburn), 220 Corriedales at $9.20 to $11.40; C. A. Adams (Greendale), 182 Romneys at $12.20 to $13.30; J. T Robertson (Whiterock), 148 halfbreds at $10.90 to $11; David J. Parsons! (Ward), 395 halfbreds at $12.80! to $13.40; Inkson and Hardaker (Omihi), 204 halfbreds at $10.50 to $l3; D. D. McKay (Hanmer; Springs), 174 Romneys at $13.20’ to $15.50; Dunlop Farms. Ltd! (Burnham). 170 Corriedaies at! $12.40 to $13.60; I. C. Mclntosh (Waipara), 56 Corriedale.s at $11.20; Berriedale Farm (Amberley), 82 Corriedaies at $11.40; D. G. and P. D. Helps (Port Levy), 92 Perendaies at $13.20; R. M. Thomson (Culverden), 65 Corriedaies at $13.70; G. A. N. Frizzell (Kirwee), 158 Corriedaies at $11.30 to $13.20; H. C. Greenwood (Taylor’s Mistake), 260 PerendaleCorriedale cross at $11.30 to $13.40; G. S. Long (Hanmer Springs), 116 Romneys at $9.70 to $ll. Adult sheep The adult breeding ewe yarding, at 11,000 head, w - as 4000 fewer than last week, and well short of the demand which came from a sizeable gallery. This week’s sale drew a good selection of annual draft Romneys.— most of them from the Peninsula —and they met keen inquiry, often at prices well in advance of earlier estimates.

Some useful annual lines were again included in the fine-wooled selection, but a lot of ewes were low in the mouth, and this class of sheep proved to be a little slower selling. Apart from this aspect, the market appeared to be fully firm. It was hardly possible to make a comparison with Romneys. as the entry was the first

representative selection of the season.

The top price of the day — and the season at Addington — was! $ll, paid for the first “cut’' of a: line of early-shorn annual draft halfbreds from the Marlborough east coast. The balance in the pen changed hands at $10.30. Another line of Corriedaies was sold at $B.BO, and several pens reached or bettered SB. Good, sound-mouthed ewes sold at $7.20 to $7.80, with the better end of the one-year ewes selling at $6.40 to about $7, and others I with a low, open row at $5.20 Ito $6. Aged ewes with no teeth ]sold down to $4.50. 1 Some very good prices were paid for annual draft Romney 'ewes. The first “cut” of an (annual line from Little River j fetched the top price of $9.75, and the balance $9.60. Several other pens of good annual draft ewes with a good reputation sold at $8 to $8.50, and good one-year ewes, with some frame and constitution, sold to $7. Otherwise, the Romneys sold in line with rates paid for the fine-wooled breeds. Sales, of breeding ewes included:— J. R. Stanbury (Little River), 443 four and five-year-old Romneys at $9.60 to $9.75; A. T. Watson and Sons (Prices Valley). 150 Romneys at $4.90 to $5.80; D. G. and P. D. Helps (Port Levy), 97 early-shorn Romneys at $8.20, 54 early-shorn Perendaies at $8; E. O. Karst (Coalgate), 100 one-year Romneys at $6.40; Lands and Survey Department, Coringa (Motunau). 1500 Romney cross at $4 to $5.45; S. M. Johns (Kaikoura), 300 four-year-old Romneys at $5.90 to $8.60; J. A. Francis (Hawarden), 399 five-year-old Corriedaies at $6.10 to $6.90; E. V. Murray (Scargill), 261 annual draft halfbreds at $7.20; David J. Parsons (Ward), 355 annual draft halfbreds at $10.20 to $11; D. S. Gibb (Wainui), 156 annual draft Romneys at $8.50; Macfarlane and Macfarlane (Hundalee), 243 annual draft Corriedaies at $6.10; W. G. and S. E. Henderson (Waiau), 223 annual draft Romneys at $6 to $8.10; G. D. Stanbury (Little River), 70 an-

.nual draft Romneys at $6.50; A Prendergast (Rhodes Bush). 109 five-year-old Romneys at $6.50; J. A. Forrester (Balmoral). 240 annual draft Corriedaies at $8 80.