ADDINGTON MARKET

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 171, 16 April 1931, Page 12

ADDINGTON MARKET

Fat Lambs and Sheep Advance FAT CATTLE EASIER By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, April 15. Features of the weexly market at Addington to-day were further advances aucGo S nwa f s at a keen S oS?, and export buyers ° P Goo t <l < store i sheep sold firral S jt'VS'.oK lamb entry was slightly larger also, and the sale was very keen, ™ lucs r X vanced 1/- to 2/- on last weeks rates Values were: Extra good 4 and 6 tooth Romney cross ewes, to 19/-; 4 and 6-tooth Romney cross ewes, 1-/9 to 14/.” good 2-tooth Romney cross enes.to 18/3 • ordinary 2-tooth Romney cross ewes to 13/-; good 6 and 8-tootb Romney ■ :ross ewes, to 12/9; good S.M. crossbred ewesu to 8/-; good 2-tooth halfbred ewes, t0,14/3, ordinary 4 and 6-tooth, to 16/6: ordinary 6 and 8-tootb. 5/- to 8/-: or ,^ l / n „ a . " three-nuarterbred ewes, to 11/3, aged ana fXg-mouth ewes. 2/- to 4/9; extra good 4 and 6-tooth halfbred wethers, to 13/6, medium 4 and 6-tooth haltbred wethers, 9/ to 10/6; good 4 and 6-tooth crossbred w»Uiw« 11/- to 12/3; ordinary 4 and 6tooth crossbred wethers. 6/9 to 8/3; good 4 and 6-tooth Corriedale wethers, to 11/8. Store lambs: Ordinary rape lambs, 9/- to 12/6? plain, 6/- to 8/-: medium owe lambs, D/6 to 12/5; smaller ewe lambs, 7/- to U/-. good wether lambs, to 12/-; ordinary, 5/6 t °F S at s ’Lambs.—The entry was 5200. and keen competition among the export buyers resulted in a further slight firming of values. The new schedule rate of 4 7-8 d for firsts was exceeded continually. and in cases over 5d was paid, fames were: Extra prime lambs to 19/10; prime, 16/3 to 17/6: medium. 14/6 to 16/-; light, 12/6 to 14/-; stores, 10/6 to 12/3. Fat Sheep.—An entry of 5400 head. Che sale was keen throughout and there was an advance of 2/- to 2/6 a head for ewes and a slight firming for wethers. Values were: Extra prime heavy wethers, to 18/W; prime. 14/6 to 16/9; medium, 12/9 to 14/-; second quality. 10/- to 12/6; light, 8/- to 9/6: extra prime ewes, to 15/-; prime. 11/b to 14/-: medium, 10/6 to 12/3; light, 8/6 to 10/3: aged. 6/- to 8/-. • Fat Cattle Cheaper. Fat Cattle.—An entry of 520 head, the largest since the beginning of the year. The quality was very mixed. Choicest beef sold irregularly, but a little below late rates. Plain and inferior quality cattle sold at up to £1 a head cheaper than at last market. Choice beef made from 31/- .to 35/- per 1001 b; good medium-weight beef, 26/- to 30/-; plain heavy beef, 21/- to 25/-; cow beef from 19/- to 23/-; secondary beef, 15/- to 28/-; rough down to 12/-. Values were: Extra prime heavy steers to £l6 12/6; prime heavy, £l2 to £l5; prime medium-weight, £B/10/- to £ll/10/-; medium quality. £5/10/-; light, to £5: extra prime heifers, to £l3/7/6; prime. £7/10/to £10;-medium, £0 to £7; light, to £4 10/-; extra prime cows, to £ll/2/6; prime, £6/10/- to £9; medium, £4 to £6; light, to £3/15/-.

BURNSIDE SALE Beef and Mutton Easier . By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, April 15. Fat cattle were sold at slightly reduced rates at tlie Burnside sale to-day, while ewes and pigs were also easier as regards market values. The lainb market was firm and there was renewed life in the store cattle section. Fat Cattle.—Tlie entry com prised 216 head, which included a moderate supply of nrime bullocks, a small number of extra iieavy- and a good proportion of young plain steers. Extra prime bullocks sold to £l7; heavy. £l4; medium, £11; light, £9; medium heifers. £7/10/-; light, £5 12/6; medium cows, £7. Approximately 3500 sheep were yarded. It was a ; large entry of all qualities, including a good sprinkling of ewes and close-woolled wethers. The demand was irregular. Prices for wethers were about the same as those obtained at tho previous sale, but ewes were 1/- a head cheaper. Extra heavy wethers, 17/9; heavy, 16/9; "medium, 13/8: heavy ewes, 13/3; medium, 11/-; light, 7/6. "About 2000 lambs yarded. There was a good demand and export buyers competed at late rates. Extra heavy lambs sold to :17/G; heavy, 16/-; medium weights, 14/-; light, 11/-. The store cattle entry consisted of 100 head. Young steers sold to £4 and -ows to £5. ' A large yarding of pigs included 152 fats and 63 stores. Prices all round were a shade easier. One pen of extra prime bacon pigs sold at £4, but the majority realised about £2/15/-, baconers being worth about s}d a lb. Porkers sold from 30/- to 45/-, which was about equal to 6d to Gid a lb.

JOHNSONVILLE SALE Advance in Prices An advance in prices was recorded at yesterday’s sale at Johnsonville, a full yarding of cattle and sheep being offered by Wrlgh-t, Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd. Cattle. —The yarding comprised 270 head of prime bullocks, cows, heifers, and vealers. The bullocks were of extra good quality. A good sale resulted, the demand being keen for all classes of cattle. Bullocks were slightly firmer than last week's rates, while cows, heifers, and vealers were on a par. Sheep.—l72s were penned and the quality’ of the yarding was better than for tho last few wcoks. Competition was keen. Prices for wethers were on a pur with last week's rates, while ewes were tirm to the extent of 1/- to 1/0 per head. Lambs were in short supply and met with a ready sale at slightly improved prices. Prices ranged as follow:—Bullocks, heavy, £lO/12/(1, £lO/7/6. £lO/5/-, £lO/2/6, £lO, £O/15/-, £9/12/6, £9/2/6, £9; bullocks £B/10/-, £B/5/-, £B,. £7/17/6, £7/12/6, £7 10/-; heifers, heavy, £O/17/6, £6/10/-, £tl 5/-, £6/2/6, to £5/10/-; heifers, light, £4 2/6, £3/15/-, £3/10/-; cows, heavy, £6 10/-, £6/7/6, £6/2/6, £6. £5/17/6; cows, £5/5/-, £5, £4/15/-, £4, £3/15/-, £3/10/-; vealers, £2/3/-, £2, £l/19/-, £l/18/-, £1 17/-. £l/15/-, £l/14/-, £l/12/-, £l/10/-; wethers, heavy, 18/-, 12/9, 12/6, 12/3; wethers, 11/10, 11/5, 11/3, 11/-, 10/3; ewes, heavy, 11/6, 11/5, 11/3, 10/-, 9/6, 9/3, 9/-; ewes, 8/6. 8/3, 8/-, 7/9, 7/3; lambs, heavy, 14/-, 12/0, I*/® > lambs, 10/6, 10/5, to

HAWKE’S BAY VALUES Stortford Lodge Sale Dominion Speciai nkrvice Hastings, April 15. At Stortford Lodge to-day, an average yarding of beef and store cattle was offered. but there was no extra prime beef in the pens. A few pens of bullocks from Oinuranui could be classed as prime heavy, i he balance of I he yarding being prime light and unfinished. At recent sales cow and heifer beef has predominated, but today ox beef comprised the bulk of the entry. Prime ox can be quoted at 24/per I.OOlb.; plain beef, 20/- to 21/-. Prime heifer beef realised up to 20/-. but bulk cow beef was sold nt 15/- per 1001 b. The satisfactory prices realised at last sale for fat sheep were responsible for' a bumper yarding. It will be interesting to see If butchers' requirements are able to absorb 900 b fat sheep without the assistance of the export buyers. Export prices do not warrant exporters keeping pace with the prices paid by butchers al the last two nales. There was a representative yarding of store sheep, more In keeping with a February sale. lint the Improved feed prospects should enable the market to absorb the entry. Fat cattle: Bullockn. prime heavy. £8 12/- to £9/14/-; nrlmc light. £7 to £S 7/6: unfinished. C4/I/- to £6/13/-: cows, urime heavy. £4/11/- to €5/10/-: prime light. £3/2/6 to £4: unfinished, £2/10/to £3: heifers, prime heavy. £5/10/-: prime light. £3 to £4; dairy sorts, prime £3 to £3/5/-: unfinished, £2 to £2/15/-; vealers.' medium. £l/10/-. Store Cattle.—3o four-year-old P.A. bullocks. good, passed at £4/7/6: 54 P.A. cross weaner steers, average, massed at 25/-: rts p.A. cross weaner heifers, same tl!s*rict. passed at 20/-: 2 1 nereford-Short-linru emnty cows. good frames, fair con(lßli.n. £2/5/-; 7 store cows, low condition. £l/3/-. Fat Sheep.—Lambs. 10/10. 13/0. to 15/0; wether lambs, 5/3: fat ewes, 11/6 tn 12/1: owe lambs. 9/1 to 12/1: fat wethers. 11/to 13/6. Sh«p.— Tb»' «&•«!> »«r* MlMlt

superior to the usual yarding. Of 1193 two and four-tooth wethers on account McCarten and McLeod, a good 300 sold at 11/3; 162 w.f. wether lambs, medium store, 5/3; 44, S.D. cross lambs, 3/3; 822 fourtooth. owes. Romney ' rams, well-grown, first run of 200 made 18/9; second of 250, 18/3; balance, 18/6; 112 s.m. ewes, running S.D. rams, small frames, medium condition, passed at 5/9: 177 four-tooth ewes, stronger woolled, IS/-: 441 two-tooth wethers, well-grown, good condition. 12/6; 236. w.f. wether lambs, store condition, 6/-; 227 five-year ewes, running S.D. rams, medium frames, fair condition, 5/-. WESTFIELD SALE Fat Sheep Dearer By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, April 15. A decidedly firmer tone was shown in most sections of the Westfield fat stock sale to-day. Ox beef made to 23/- per 1001 b., averaging 22/-. Veal was. weaker, good prime calves making from’ 30/- to 45/-. A further advance of 1/- to 2/- a head was recorded in the market for fat sheep. Heavy prime wethers made from 14/6 to 17/3: good ewes - made to 14/6. Porkers made up to 6<l. a lb at the start of the sale for a few pens, but the market eased quietly to see large numbers bought for export at around 4d a lb. Baconers were firm right through at around 44d a lb. Pahiatua Sale Dominion Special Service. Musterton, April 15. At the Pahiatua stock sale. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., offered, a good yarding of sheep, including several lots of wethers. Competition was kpen throughout the sale, and particularly for wethers, the bulk of which were bought by Wanganui buyers. Following was the range of prices:—Twotooth wethers, 11/2 to 11/10; b.f, two-tooths, 11/- to 12/9: w.f. wether lambs, 8/7; four and six-tooth and four-year ewes, 11/-: cull ewes, 6/3.

Waipukurau Sale Dominion Special ServicL Waipukurau, April 15. Sheep were yarded in large numbers at yesterday's sale. Store cattle showed an Improvement on Stortford Lodge prices. Store sheep had a mixed sale. Two-tooths i met values more or less on a par with ruling rates, but wethers showed a marked decline. Four and six-tooth lines sold " Cattle: 8 prime Hereford bullocks passed at £B/10/-; 8 rough medium Shorthorn cross ■ cows, £3/10/-; 1 fat Jersey cow, £2/5/-; 20 P.A. useful steers, light condition, £4. Store cattle: 24 P.A. cows, of store quality, sold out at £3/10/-; 3 Shorthorn cross cows. £2; a good line ot 3 to 4-year P.A. steers made £4/12/-; 38 P.A. 2-year steers, £3/5/-; 14 weaner to 18-months IP.A. steers', £l/9/-; 17 ditto, £l/14/-; 5 empty medium quality P.A. cows brought £2/7/-; - empty light-conditioned Jersey-Shorthorn cross cows, 28/-; 0 sturdy P.A. weaner heifers, £l/8/-; 7 ditto, £l/10/-; 6 P.A. steers, 18 months to 2 years, £2; 7 HolsteinHereford cross light-framed bullocks passed at £2/2/6; 6 Shorthorn cross steers passed at £2; 5 P.A. Hereford cross steers passed at 27/C; 7 Hereford steers, £2/10/-; 6 P.A. bullocks, £3/8/6; 3 empty P.A. cows, £l/12/-; 1 Red Polled cow and calf, £3; 1 small steer, 5/-. Dairy cattle: 1 Jersey cross cow in calf, sound, £4/12/6; 1 Ayrshire cow, sound, and In calf, £5/10/-; 1 Jersey cross cow. in calf, due In May, third calver, £2/12/6; 1 big-framed P.A. bull, £l/5/-. Fat sheep: A pen of 28 fat ewes went for 12/-; 40 fat ewes, 7/6: a further lot of IS passed at 6/10; 9 ditto, bettor quality. 11/6: 6 good quality fat ewes, 11/8. 250 s.m. 5-year ewes, running with S.D. rams, fair quality, 9/-; 359 hardy wethex lambs, 0/10; a draft of 4-tooth ewes from Wallingford Station, good quality, 9/-; 269 4-tooth ewes, on behalf Tolley Bros., 13/9: 275 2-tooth wethers passed at 7/9; 321 s.m. ewes. 4/-; 257 wether lambs passed at 0/7; 326 m.a. wethers, good framed, passed at 9/7; 202 4 and 6-tooth ewes, account Tolley Bros., Porangahau, sold well at 12/-; 300 fat and forward wethers, 10/-; 258 5-year ewes, from Mangaorapa district, 7/6; 105 wether lambs,' 0/3: 207 4-tooth wethers, Tolley Bros, Porangahau, fair average quality. passed in, 8/8; 171 ewe lambs. 9/6; iB2 4 and 5-year ewes made 10/-; 250 2-tooth ewes. 1.3/-; 70 wether lambs. 6/3; 05 ditto, on behalf 14. llutaiia, Porangahau, 4/6: 84 f. and f. owes. 12/9; 72 2-t.ootb owes, on behalf Tolley Bros., 9/6, passed; 80 forward conditioned 4-tooth wethers, u/9, passed; 50 m.a. ewes, mostlj’ 4-tooths, 9/1; 21 2-tooth wethers and 29 4-tooths, 8/6, passed; 120 4 and 5-year ewes, with two Romney and 2 S.D. rams, poorly conditioned, 4/3; 124 m.s. lambs, from Mangaorapa district, In the wool, sold for 10/0; 104 ewe lambs, hardy conditioned Wakarara sheep sold for 10/6; 141) woolly wether lambs made 7/-; 129 2-tooth ewes, tn lamb to S.D. rams, on behalf of Mr. Hape. Mangaorapa, 11/-; 143 4-tooth wethers, good Condition, 9/3; 140 5-ycar ewes, in lamb S.D. rams. Mangaorapa district, average quality, 8/9: 127 5-year ewes, Tollev Bros., 7/-; 122 2-tooth weds, 8/2; 82 good-condi-tioned finished wethers, just on fat. 12/3; 104 2-tooth wethers, from South Makaretu district, average quality, passed at 9/3; 73 4, 6. and 8-tooth ewes, in lamb S.D. rams, 6/9; 93 aged store ewes. 2/10; 77 S.D. 2-tooth ewes sold for 8/4; 80 S.D. lambs, 4/3; 69 5-year ewes, Makaretu, s.m. sheep, in lamb S.D. rains, were cheap buying at 8/7; 50 5-year ewes, big framed, passed at 11/6; 67 5-year empty ewes, on behalf C. Pattison, "The Brow,” 5/4; 104 hardy m.s. hoggets, 4/5: 40 5-year ewes, medium quality sound-mouthed sheep, 8/-; 60 4 and O-tootli ewes, running with S.D. rams, '.)/-; 14 small hardy S.D. lambs. 7/4; 14 b.f. S.D. I 2 and 4-tooth ewes. 6/3; 34 4 and fl-tooth ewes, running with S.D. rams, 7/3: 18 2tooth wethers. 0/3: 7 m.a. ewes, 4/6; 15 l -m.s. lambs. 4/9: Ml forward wetlicr lambs, fi/'-'; 15 2-tOOth veth«r». VlO, pasted; H 9

and 4-tooth S.D. wethers 7/-; 41 mediumconditioned ewes, 5/9; 40 m.a. store ewes, 7/-; 30 ditto, 7/6; 44 m.a. wethers, mostly 2-tooths, 7/7; 17 ditto, 7/-; 83 fat and forward S.D. lambs, well grown, 8/2; 48 store ewes, 3/3; 71 m.s. lambs, from Wakarara, 4/9; 75 2,4, and 6-tooth ewes, running with S.D. rams, passed at 9/9; 96 4 and 5-year ewes, 6/11; 30 2-tooth wethers, 6/-; 100 m.s lambs, well conditioned, 9/10; 119 ditto, 6/10. Rams: 4 shearling S.D. rams. Signs. FROZEN MEAT TRADE Heavy March Shipments The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board Is advised by eable from its Loudon office that th,e shipments from Australia and South America to the United Kingdom during March were as follow:—Australia: 61,110 carcases mutton; 104,042 carcases lamb: 22,401 quarters beef. South America: 189,028 earcases mutton: 980.844 careases lamb: 0099 quarters beef (frozen); 482.551 quarters beef (chilled). Included in the South American figures are 343,338 carcases of lamb and 149,469 earcases of mutton shipped from Patagonia. The shipments from New Zealand to the United Kingdom for. the same period were as follow: 254.184 careases mutton; 1,271,154 earcases lamb; 18.877 quarters beef. The shipments from South America to the Continent of Europe during tho same period were ns follow: Mutton. 109 tons; frozen beef. 1759 tons. Lead Output Restriction (Bee. April 15, 10 p.m.) London, April 14. "Tim Times” says Hie world's lead producers and smelting mine-owners have agreed further to reduce the production 15 per cent, below the 1930 level. A meeting to ratify this decision is being held in I London on April 20. *