ADDINGTON MARKET Store lambs firm, but adult ewes ease

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34099, 11 March 1976, Page 12

ADDINGTON MARKET Store lambs firm, but adult ewes ease

Store lamb values remained very sound at the Addington Market 1 yesterday, the top pens i of xvethers again bettering $lO a head. I; Two-tooth ewes were much : in line with last week's easier rates, but many of the adult ewes again had a harder sale. The store sheep yarding was >•18,590, compared with 33,010 last, iweek, and consisted of 7200 adult breeding ewes. 4360 two-tooth '; ewes. 4500 wether lambs, and 2530 ewe lambs. Store lambs Store lambs continued to meet 4 a brisk inquiry. This week's iyarding of more than 7000 head .‘was more mixed than usual, but Jit included a good selection of Forward Down-cross lambs, most Hof them from Banks Peninsula . districts. These drew solid competition from export, buyers. ; in line with last week’s sale. I;the tops of the wether lambs -'again reached or bettered SlO. The top price was SI 0.85 for 'some South-Dorset Down cross Ji lambs from the Peninsula.

, I Summer-shorn Romneys sold to I i I $9.30, Romneys, just shorn, to ■ . $8.90, and Perendales to $9.40. Sales at or more were • • : frequent. and very few v\ ether , lambs sold below $7. This week’s entry included ; 1 very few fine-woollcd lambs, and : the best of them sold to $8.90. ! Ewe lambs had a useful in-i, iquiry, without any high- prices': ’being paid. The selection was ’average, rather than good. Tlie top price was $ll for, some summer-shorn Corriedales: fine-xxoolled ewe lambs, still in! s the wool, sold to $10.70, and the '..best of some Merinos from a l North Canterbury flock fetched' 1J $7.20. 1 Apart from the top pens, tew .of the ewe lambs sold at much I more than wether-lamb rates. Sales of store iambs included: Wethers: 1.. R. Stevenson (Lyv i telton). 69 Down-cross at $7.30 .‘to *9.90; Lands and Survey I Department iAh aural 300 f Perendale-cros« and Drysdale[.'cross at $5.70 tn $9.50: I. Swar- , brick 'Waiaui, 271 halfbreds at * I $6.85 to $7.75; R. W Manson s . ’Brookside». 60 Romneys at $7.50 ’■to $9.30; estate C. R. Waghorn i (Eastern Bay), 129 Down-cross at ' j $9.25 to $.10.40; L. C. Waghorn i • iChorltonc 91 Down-cross at •;$9.10 to $10.85; Mrs D. L. M. •Waghorn «Chori ton’-. 112 Down- & cross at $8.70 to $10.30: F. W., ;; Thrower (Governor’s Bayi, 55 Perendale at $7.50 to $9.40: W. A. Gray ■ Teddingtoiu. 38 Suffolkcross af $9.70, Macfarlane Estate, Ltd <Culverden), 494 Merinos at Sa to $8.30; G. A. Heard 36’» halfbreds; ■at $7.20 to $8.60 i Ewe lambs: F. W. Thrower d ‘Governor’s Bayi. 103 Perendales > at $9.50; J. R Paton i Domett i, i 100 Corriedales at $8.90; R. G. Deans (Homebush), 592 shorn' Romneys at $8 to $3.75; P D. 11. Bush i Parnassusi. 308 Corriedales at $10.60 to $10.70; D. I-hndvside. . •Hundaieo'. HI shorn Drysdaled| cross at $8.30 to $9: R. G. Barel ton ’Lakeside). 202 shorn Cor i j riedales at $10.60 to $ll. T. J. iTroloxe (Kekerengu>. 228 Cor-' , ri edales at $7.50 to $8.70; Mac- .. farlane Estate Ltd ’Culverdeni, 454 Merinos at $5.60 to $7.20.

I WOlOOtil CMCS For a .March sale, the two tooth ewe offering of 4300 head .was quite large It occupied the best part of four races. Fine-: ‘woolled ewes accounted for 90 per cent of the offering, and some of the top pens were verv .good. Hoxxexer. it was quite evident] that the fine-woolled two-tooth; ewes have ’‘had their run ’ Only the best pens reached $l6. at ■which the market was barely firm on last week’s rates. Generally, useful average ewes -sold at $12.50 to $l4. But for’ ’competition from butchers, the' ; market would have eased again. A small selection of Romneys: sold well. Compared with recent ' rates some of them were a little ! stronger. Tlie best of them.’. . from a peninsula vendor, fetched ; $16.40; tew of the remainder sold below $l3. Some Perendales made top billing of the day when they j ,fetched the best price of the ; section. $17.40, Sales of two-tooth ewes .included. — t R- J. McCoy (Rakaia*. 93 Corriedales at $l5; J. R Johns’ ; (Culverden •. 240 Corriedales at513.60 to /1 6.60: estate D. M.

I t,arl wuiveraeiv. 44 corrieaaies at St 1.40; Annandale Estate Pigeon Baw 60 Romneys at i $13.40: J. S. Williams < Little Akaloai. 83 Perendales at S 11.60: to SIS: 1.. R. Gilpin (Ashburton!,; 77 Perendales at $17.40: S. J. A.j Pain iChevioti, 207 Corriedales at: i $11.20 to S 13.40: R. McAdam ((Cheviot). 169 Corriedales at! ■511.90 to $14.30. Ngapara Downs,, Ltd (Springbank,, 44 Romneys at !$13.30; Miss K. C. Williams 1 ■ Rangiora), 51 Corncdaies at: 1514.30; E. W. Turrell iKaituna,,; 71 Romneys at $14.80: Barton. (Partnership Darfieldi, 83 Corriedales at S 13.80; Hayes Brothers! ,'Halkett), 68 shorn Corriedales at! • 512.90: R. S. Harrison (Domett . '7O Corriedales at $13.90; Wille: den Estate (Prices Valley,, 160 Romneys at $14.90 to $16.40. \<lnlt »lieep Adult sheep had a \ariable sale. This weeks yarding of more than 7000 head was a ver" axerage selection, with halfbreds' and Corriedales predominating. Many of the ewes were a one rear proposition. or better suited to the works if space’ was readily available — and they had a hard sale. In contrast, there was a good inquiry for a tew of the annual; drafts from Banks Peninsula. The • top price of the section was $l3; for an annual line of Romneys; from a Wainui vendor, and set-; eraJ other pens of Romneys l bettered $ll. Corriedale and half bred ewes. I however, met a xery limited! i demand. Even useful soundI mouthed ewes were again up to $1 a head easier on last week’s] ; rates. The best of them sold to slo.Bo' ' for a line of fairly early-shorn; ! ewes from North Otago. Other I sound-mouthed ewes sold at $7 ■ . to $B, and one-year ewes at $5.50 ’ to $6.50. at which some of them \ •were hardly up to freezing price. Sales of adult breeding ewes included:— D. J. Innes 'Pigeon Bax.. 101 « Jive-year-old Romneys at $9.60;, Calvert and Burnett <Duvau-* chelLe), 74 Romneys at $8; LancerJcost Station (Parnassus'. 178 live-' year-old Corriedales at $8: -I. D. Waller I’Okuti Valley >. 66 Rom-

di au.ou. V- r.. jennuis Port Levy), 99 Romneys at $11.30; G. M Johns Trust ’Palmerston', 350 annual draft Corriedales at ~$10.80; A. J. Hutchinson ’Lands ,Endi, 292 annual draft Romneys at $l3; R. Jenkins 'Port Levy). '295 annual draft Romnexs at $11.40 to $ll.BO. Store cat lie This weeks store cattle sale was a Wednesday fixture and it - drew a yarding of 1615 head . .which was much larger than expected. The entry included a .•fairly big selection of adult ■steers which met a good demand., at x alues in line with recent' rates. The best of the 'steers sold to $143. xvith many of the remainder at $l2O to $l3O Eighteen to 20-month-old i steers, however, had a much steadier sale. Compared xvith the monthly special sale three weeks ago. values were about $8 j to $lO easier. The best of them sold to $122.. good average ranged from $9O to . $lOB. and small to medium at s6s' to $B5. Buying inquiry was con-; fined mainly to local fatteners, ' with odd pens being purchased , ; for the West Coast. Heifers continued to meet a very moderate sale, only the best l pens of xvell-groxvn x oung cattle J reaching $7O. Other sales included Angus: cows, with young calves at foot] •at $6B. They' were very reason-' able buying. Sales of store cattle included;-—! Steers: H M. Good ■ Kekerengu >. 56 2j-year-old Hereford* at $124 to $133. 37 Angus and Angus-cross at $ll5 to $l3l. Lor-1 ; raine Estate AVaiau>. 68 18 to 20-month-old Angus and Angus-: i cross at $62.50 to $97. 60 Here!fords at $64 to $92, J. McL. Syne Summerhill*. 33 18-month-o!d Angus and Angus-cross at Ml4< to $122, 21 at $ll2 to $121; Dalkeith Partnership Rakaia). 20 2|-year-old Angus and Angus-cross at $l3O to $137. ’22 Herefords at $ll6 to $137; R., ;G. Humm ‘Tai Tapu>. 21 18-month-old Shorthorn and Shorthorncross at $Bl to $l2l. 7 Angus and Angus-cross at $lOO, 5 Herefords at *96; Trelaxvne Farm 'Bien-! ’heimi. 12 15-month-old Angus at $B9, 14 Angus-cross at $B6: P. -I Cropp and Son ’Cheviot', 16; * 13-month-old Angus-cross at $97 to $102: S. M. Cameron ’Tai Tapu>. 16 Angus and Hereford, at $99: Okuku Farm, Ltd Okuku 15 18-month-old Angus cross at $B9 Calves: p R Henderson ■ Parnassus , 9R Hereford and Angus-cross steers at $29 to $6O. 75 heifers at $22 to $59.