Prime stock’s strongest sale of the winter

Press, 31 August 1977, Page 14

Prime stock’s strongest sale of the winter

Addington Market •

Reflecting the much smaller yardings, prime stock had their : strongest sale of the winter at the Addington Market yesterday. I Wintry weather on Monday had ; no doubt led to the smaller offerings, and quality in ail sections was plainer than usual. The prime cattle market was one of the features of the day, some of the light-weight beef selling not much short of 80c a kg at the best of the sale. Another feature was the store sheep sale, where Romney ewe hoggets, shorn about live weeks, sold to $19.30.

Store cattle, in spite of the plain quality, continued to rise in value.

Fat lambs Fat lambs had a very strong sale. This week’s yarding of 1540 head was smaller than usual, and quality was varied, with few heavy lambs on offer. Under good competition, the market finned by $2 a head on recent rates. At the prices being paid, the trade could readily nave absorbed many more lambs. Values were:— Best lambs, to $22.90. Medium lambs. §lB to $19.50. Light lambs, $l5 to $l7. Other lambs, down to $l3. Leading sales of prime lambs included:— Clarkson Brothers (Methven), 84 at $18.60 to $20.70; D. J. and J. Stew art (Rakaia), 52 at $19.30 to $20.90; E. J. Coppard (Rakaia), 44 at $18.90 to $19.70; R. G. Metcalf (Geraldine), 72 at $lB to Mulcay (Marshland), 4 at $18.20; S. C. Hampton (Femside), 41 at $14.30 to $16.20; BlandFarn l (Springston), 41 at $17.60 to $19.20; W. M. Gilbert (Springston), 12 at $15.50 to $l9: P. G. Moore (Okains Bay), 3 at $20.60 to $22.90; G. R. Nish (Ashburton), 85 at $l5 to $18.90; W. Band (Barfield), 43 at $18.50 to Molloy (Rakaia). 19 a «, , to $18.70; R. F. Whitham (Weedons). 75 at $16.80 to $18.10; G. Stockdill (Rakaia), 47 at $1670 to $18.60; R. W. Palmer (Blenheim). 40 at $17.90 to $l9; M. S. Bower (Swannanoa). 95 at $16.90 to $19.79; C. A. Lili (Methven), 40 at $16.30 to $19.60; C. A. Adams (Greendale), 59 at $18.20 to $20.60; J. T. Oram (Rakaia), ’ at $l9; R. T. Mulrhead (Ashburton), 60 at $l6 to $18; M. A ( Alb “ry). 74 at $l6 to 5 l 6 t,„ ; -Y-, Harkam (Blenheim), 60 at $13.50 to $l9; Chater Holdings

(IrweU), 17 at Sl6 to 516.90; D. J., Lowery (Lees ton), 6 at $19.90; S. H. Chatterton (Dunsandeb, 5 at! $18.90; G. J. and C. F. Roes! (Springston). 50 at $14.60 to; $16.70; T. Williams (Loburm, 101 at $l6 to $18; 51. H. Henderson (Amberley), 2J at $14.80 to $17.30.; Prime sheep Only 350 prime sheep were offered, and not surprisingly the market took a marked turn for the better. Ewes made up more than 90 per cent of the offering. | and they recovered the sj-$6 a! head they lost last week. As in the lamb section, the trade buyers would gladly have bought many more had they come forward. A nominal offering of young wethers again sold particularly well. Values were:— Two and four-tooth wethers. $17.50 to $20.80. Older wethers, $16.20 to $lB. Best adult ewes, to $16.40. Medium ewes. $l2 to $14.50. Plain ewes, down to SB. Shorn ewes, good, to $l3. Medium shorn, $lO to $11.50. Leading sales of prime sheep included:— J. T. Oram (Rakaia), 5 twotooths at $19.80 to $20.80; 24 four-tooths at $lB to $18.50: Aorangi Farm (Christchurch), 9 four-tooths at $17.50 to $20.70; 11 six and eight-tooths at $16.20 to $lB. Ewes (adult unless otherwise stated): S. J. Hunt (Hororata), 26 at $lO to $12.10; K. J. Reese (Southbridge), 9 at $14.10 to $14.50; Kaparanga Farm (Springston), 7 at $15.50 to $16.40. Store sheep Hoggets made up the bulk of an offering of about 1500 store sheep, and they sold on a very strong market. Any w-ether hoggets showing size and in forward order, lifted by about $1.50 a head, and sometimes as much as $2. Small and plainer hoggets did not show as much improvement.

For a late August sale, the offering was quite good, although quite a number of the hoggets were very light. Best Romney and Down-cross hoggets sold at $11.50 to $l4,

with light to medium mainly ati $9.50 to $ll. and tail-end lots down to $6.50. A small selection of ewe hoggets provided the feature of the sale. Two pens of Romneys, shorn about five weeks, drew keen competition, duly changing hands at $18.20 to $19.30. They looked remarkably well sold. Border-Romneys, shorn during the autumn, fetched $l9, and Perendales, shorn about the same time, $l3 to $l5. A very small selection of breeding ewes came forward.! and the principal sale was that of some Corriedales, with lambs I at foot, at $9.60 all counted Sales of store sheep included: | Breeding ewes: J. P. Marshall] (Darfield), 54 Corriedale ewes,! with 76 lambs at foot, at $9.50 all counted. Hoggets: R. W. Palmer (Blenheim), 192 shorn Romney ewes at $18.20 to $19.30. Prime cattle Prime cattle had a stronger sale throughout, with values reaching their best level of the winter. The yarding was only 306 compared with 559 last week, and it was a long way short of requirements. Quality was onlyaverage, and often marginal, with very few top quality or heavy steers on offer. Compared with last sale, many of the steers were $lO to $l2 a head stronger, and both heifers and cows finned by $7 to $B. Steer beef sold steadily at 75c to 76c a kg, with some sales to 78e; heifer beef at 70c a kg, butchers’ cows beef to 55c, and plainer cow beef at 44c to 50c. Values were:— Heavy steers, to $266. Medium steers, $lB5 to $205. Light steers, $l6O to $lBO. Other steers, down to $l4O. Best heifers, to $166. Medium heifers, $l3O to $142. Light heifers, $ll5 to $125. Butchers’ cows, to $l5O. Medium cows, $l2O to $135. Light cows, down to $lOO. Leading sales of prime cattle Included:— Steers.—E. D. Crampton (Cheviot), 3 at $lB9 to $218; J. B Combe (Belfast), 8 at $209 to $214; Mrs M. Watson (Price’s Valley), 3 at $167 to $185: R. J. West (Marshland), 1 at $226; A. B. Brych (Motunau), 6 at $l6O to $166; Edradynate Farm (Ashburton), 12 at $l5B to $172; C B. Thacker (Okains Bay), 8 at $175 to $196; J, and R. Andrew (Motunau), 4 at $164 to $175; J. B.i Douglas-Clifford (Stonyhurst), 241 at $lB3 to $231; A. J. Lattimore (Ashburton), 2 at $200; O. H. T. Williams (Robinsons Bay), 12 at $193 to $202; J. P. Chamberlain (Norwood), 7 at $l5l to $l7O.

Heifers.—H. J. Thompson (Tai Tapu), I at $145; Estate R. G. Harris (Okains Bay), 8 at $142 to $151; G. A. Petrie (Swannanoa), 2 at $150; Spreadeagle Farm (Windermere), 1 at $la0; A. B. Byrch (Motunau), 4 at $146; Mutrbum Farm (Sefton), I at $152; J. E. Chisnall (Motunau), 4 at $126 to $166; J. and R. Andrew (Motunau). 5 at $129 to $149; Otahuna Farm (Tai Tapu), 10 at $l3l to $139; A. A. Adams (Inchbonnle), 10 at $129 to $l3O, Cows.—C. A, Bailey (Springston), 1 at $130; J. E. Jisnall (Motunau), 3 at $118; R. V. Bennett (Ashburton), 1 at $139; B. G. Irvine (Springston), 3 at $95 to $133; D. G. Malcolm (Cheviot). 14 at $9l to $121; A. B. Goddard (Greenpark), 1 at $126. Store cattle

A yarding of about 250 store cattle had a very sound sale, values reacting to the beef market with a lift of $5 to $6 a head. Quality was generally on the plain side, with few, if any, good two-year-old cattle on offer

The best of the two-year-olds, which at best could be described as medium. teUlied $134; smaller cattle tn the same age group ranged from $BO to $llO. Medium, to reasonably well grown yearling steers sold at $7O to $9O. Vealers Only 52 vealers were offered, and not surprisingly the market reacted with a general rue of $5 to $6 a head, and in soma cases more. The top price of the day was $142. but top pens sold mainly at $ll2 to $l2O, with light-weights down to $BO, Good average veal was fetchIng a steady 66c a kg, with some sales to 70c. Fat pigs Fat pigs had a reasonably good sale, but as in recent weeks, quite a number of pigs were overfat. The yarding was small and light bacohers predominated There was a large yarding of choppers, but many of them were very plain. Values were:— Light to medium porkers, $4O to $45. Heavy porkers to light baeoners. 546 to $53 Medium baconers, $54 to $5B. Heavy baconers, to $67. Light choppers, $lO to sls. Good choppers, to $5B. Store pigs A medium offering of store pigs had a slightly firmer sale on last week. Quality, as at recent sales, was very tnlved. Weaners and slips predominated, and competition was confined to local fatteners. Sows witli litters sold at $65 to almost $lOO, and sows due to farrow mainly around the $4O mark. Values were:— Small weaners, $8 to $ll. Good weaners, to $l5. Slips. $l6 to $2l. Small to medium stores, $21.50 to 5 24 - Larger stores, to $2B,