Addington market Strong store lamb sale

Press, 21 May 1987, Page 14

Addington market Strong store lamb sale

Prices rose as much as $2 a head during a strong sale of store lambs at the Addington market yesterday. The yarding of almost 3700 lambs attracted keen farmer interest. Romney ewe lambs sold particularly well, two lines making $28.20 and $26. Most reasonable-condition lambs sold between $2l and $23, and very few sales were made at less than $l5. A small yarding of generally mediocre-quality adult sheep sold freely. Among sales of mated ewes was a line of medium Romneys at just over $22, while most other mated ewes fetched round $lB. A line of wolly wethers sold at $21.20. A feature of the cattle sale was the strong demand from as far south as South Canterbury for mated cows. Most good breeding cows ranged from $350 to $4OO, with mated Herefords from A. E. and M. E. Birdling reaching $416 and Herefords from Winterslow station making $4OB. The inquiry for other types of adult cattle lacked the buoyancy of recent weeks, although the calf market was steady. The bulk of the calves were station-bred with very few top steer calves offered. Good station steers sold in the $260 to $2BO bracket with a pen of big Simmentals making $4OO. The yardings were 3700 store lambs (4700 last week), 550 calves (810) and 245 adult cattle (530). Because of the high numbers of prime and store stock still being offered at Addington, the North Canterbury Stock and Station Agents’ Association has decided to continue with two-day sales at Addington for another week. Prime stock will be sold

next Tuesday and store cattle and store sheep on Wednesday. Sales included.— Store lambs: Living Springs Trust (Allandale), 216 Perendales at $25 to $26.40; J. A. Allen (Greenpark), 56 at $23.40; Okuku Farm (Rangiora), 100 at $25.40; A. A. McLaughlan (Copara), 74 at $20.20. Ewe lambs: N. A. Reid (Motunau), 300 Halfbreds at $21.80 to $26.60; J. R. Johns (Cuiverden), 127 Corriedale and Coopworth-cross at $18.20 to $22; Living Springs Trust (Allandale), 244 Perendales at $22.20 to $23.60; W. N. Breach (Rangiora), 115 Romneys at $28.20; Schluter Brothers (Rangiora), 214 Romneys at $26. Calves: Haldon Station (Fairlie), 24 Hereford steers at $260 to $270, 20 heifers at $230; P. D. Hastings (Irwell), 11 Simmental steers at $400; Mount Arrowsmith station (Mount Somers), 40 Angus and Angus-Hereford cross steers at $222 to $282, 30 Heifers at $lB4 to $242; J. Murchison and Son (Lake Coleridge), 45 Angus-Here-ford cross steers at $240 to $260, 17 heifers at $246. Adult cattle: A. E. and M. E. Birdling (Little River), 17 mated Hereford cows at $396 to $416; Estate A. Deans (Sheffield), 14 mated Hereford cows at $390 to $398; Strathclyde Partnership (Darfield), 29 18-month Angus steers at $390 to $438; W. W. and R. J. Ashe (Rangiora), 22 18-month Friesian bulls at $320 to $360; P. D. and J. M. (Hadfield), 17 18-month Friesian bulls at $368 to $394; Winterslow Station (Methven), 25 mated Hereford cows at $392 to $4OB, 35 Hereford-Angus cross at $374 to $394, and 13 Angus at $376.