ADDINGTON MARKET

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 69, 14 December 1933, Page 12

ADDINGTON MARKET

Fat Lambs and Cattle Easier FAT SHEEP FIRMER By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, December 13. With the exception of fat sheep, entries in the principal sections at the Addington market to-day were heavy. Fat sheep advanced in price, but late rates were not maintained • for either fat lambs or fat cattle. The heaviest entry of fat pigs for three years came forward, two export buyers operating. Store sheep: There was a large entry of wethers from Blenheim and Kaikoura. The market was fair at late rates, the sale being slightly harder, and ewes sold well. Values: Forward Corriedale wethers to 16/-; average halfbred, 13/to 14/6; small, 11/- to 12/9; merino, 8/5 to 9/9; backward merino, 4/4 to 5/-; good two-£ooth halfbred ewes to 25/-; s.m. crossbred, 15/6 to 16/1; ordinary four and six-tooth crossbred to 17/10; ewes and lambs (all counted), 11/9 to 13/6; store lambs, 12/8 to 15/-. ~ Fat lambs: The entry of 1900 met an easing in sympathy with the lower export schedule, which is down }d to }d per lb. Prime light lambs sold at up to 7}d. Values: Extra prime to 25/1; prime, 19/- to 22/-; medium, 16/6 to 18/6; light,. 13/- to 16/-. Fat sheep: The entry of 4200 was smaller than in recent sales, and the quality , was indifferent. Values advanced 1/- a head for wethers, and ewes were firm at late rates. Values were: Extra prime heavy wethers to 28/1; prime, 23/-. to 26/-; medium-weight, 21/- to 22/9;. ordinary, 18/- to 20/-; light, 15/to 17/6.' Extra prime, heavy ewes to 23/7; prime,- 19/- to 21/-; mediumweight, 15/6 to 18/-; ordinary, 12/- to 15/-; light, 9/6 to 11/6. .Fat cattle: The entry of 600 included a preponderance of cow beef. The market, was heavily over-supplied and values were easier all round, steers and heifers' being up to £1 a head and cows £1 to £1 10/-. There were heavy passings. Best beef-made' from 18/- to £1 per 1001 b,. in odd instances extra prime handyweights made to .21/-; good, 14/- to 17/-; heavyweight, 13/6 to 16/-.; ordinary quality, 10/6 to ,12/6; rough down to ' 8/6 Value?: Extra prime heavy steers _ to £11; prime heavy, £6/15/- to £B/5/-; medium-weight, £6 to £7/5/-; ordinary, £3/10/- to £5/10/-; light to £3. Extra prime heifers to £B/2/6; prime, £4 to £6: medium, £2/15/- to £3/15/-; light to £2/10/-. Extra prime cows to-£< 17/6: prime, £3/10/- to £5; medium, £2 to £3; light to £2. Fat pigs': The entry of 800 head was the largest for three years, and approximately 400 were bought for export. An unusually large number of porkers were penned, and the demand was keen, with values very firm. Baconers sold to a medium'demand, values being slight!v easier. Values: Choppers, 27/6 to £3 11/-; porkers, 27/6 to 31/6; heavy. 33/6 to 36/6; extra heavy to 39/6; average, price per lb. 5d to 's}d. Baconers, 42/6 to 47/6; heavy, 50/- to 56/6; extra heavy to SQ/6; average price per lb, to 4}d.

JOHNSONVILLE SALE

Prices Slightly Easier / ,’• •, At the Johnsonville stock sale held yesterday by Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd., prices generally were slightly easier. Bullocks and cows were slightly easier, whilst runners and vealers sold well at late rates. Heavy wethers and ewes met with a dull sale, and were hard to quit. Prime lambs sold well at last .week’s rates, but there was little demand, for plain, sorfs. There will be a double market, at next week’s sale on account of it being. Christwas week. <’ Prices were. Cattle! Prime extra heavy' bullocks. £8 2/- £7/18/-; £7/15/-; £7/10/-;, prime heavy bullocks, £7/5/-, £7/4A £7 ; heavy bullocks, £6/12/-, £6/10/-; ■.£6/5/-. £6; nrime heavy cows and' heifers, £O. £4/ 16/-,. £4/12/-, £4/10/-, £4/6/-, £4/3/6; vealers. £l/18/-, &1/IC/-, £l/15/-, £1 13/-.'£l/10/-, 41/7/6, £l, Sheep: Prime extra heavy wethers, 22/6, 22/-, 21/6; prime heavy wethers, 21-, 19/6; medium wethers, 18/7, 18/-; prime extra heavy ewes, 14/4 14/2, 14A 13/11; prime heavy ewes, 13/<, ld/t>, 13/-; medium ewes. 12/10, 11/6; heavy spring lambs, 19/2, 18/10, 18/2, 18/-> 17/6; medium spring lambs, 17/-, 16/10, 16/8; light spring lambs, 15/-, . 14/0, 14/3, 14/-, 13/-.

Mastefton Sale Prices

; Dominion Special Service. Masterton, December 13. A weaker demand existed for grown ea.ttle at the Masterton sale to-day, but young cattle met keen competition, showing an advance on recent sales. The market for wethers was slightly easier. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., realised the fol.lowing prices :—Cattle: Yearling steers, .£2 to £2/16/-; two-year heifers. £2/2/--to £3/1/- ; yearling heifers,-£l/8/-; fat cows, £2/4/- to £3/10/-; three-year steers, £3/I'2/-: empty cows, £2 to £2 5/-; cows rf] calves, £2/7/- to £2/18/-. Sheep: Two-tooth wethers. 15/- to-15/6 ; b.f. lambs, ■ 15/3.

Prices ,at Stortford Lodge

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Hastings, December 13. A small yarding of 140 fat cattle met a slightly easier market at Stortford Lodge, to-day. heavy lines of cattle being chiefly affected. Bullocks, medium to prime, £6/11/- to £7/2/5; others, from £4; heifers, medium to. prime, £4 to. £4 5/-; others, from £3/14/6; cows, medium to prime, £4 to £4/7/6; others, from £2 15/-. . Four hundred store cattle met an easier - demand, with, a considerable, reduction oh last week’s values, though some well-bred forward lines offered realised 'good prices.' 'Steers, £2/16/- to £4; bullocks, £3/11/- to £5/3/-; cows, £1 16/- to £3; heifers, to £l/17/6. Four th.ousand fat sheep, chiefly lambs and wetfiers, had a steady demand, with export operators purchasing a big proportion of the entries, and values realised were on a par for ewes and wethers, though top lambs were slightly easier in accordance with the reduction in the export schedule. Ewes, shorn, medium to prime, 11/9 to 13/4; others, from 10/-: wethers, shorn, medium to prime, 19/5 to 21/-; others, from 17/-; lambs, 15/6 to 21/9. Five thousand store sheep were yarded, there being a keen demand for all classes of sheep, wethers and rape lambs making satisfactory sales. Lambs. 14/2 to 16/4; ewes. 16/- to 24/6; wethers, 17/- to 32/9.

Westfield Sale

By Telegraph.-—Press Association Auckland, December 13. There was a 'heavy yarding of cattle at the Westfield stock sale to-day. Very good quality ox beef sold freely, lightweight cattle being very firm, while cows and heifers came forward in large numbers and sold well. Prices for beef/were maintained, extra choice ox again bringing 19/- per 1001 b., choice 1 and prime 15/- to 18/-. ordinary' and plain 13/- to 15/-, prime young cow and heifer beef 15/- to 19/-, ordinary cow 11/- to 15/-. Extra heavy prime steers made £7/2/6 to £7/12/-; heavy prime, £6/10/- to £5/12/6; unfinished and small,. £3/2/6 to £4/15/-; extra heavy prime young cow and heifer, £4/15/-„to £6 ;heavy prime, £4 to £4/15/-; lighter prime, £2 10/- to £4; light prime, £2/7/6 to £2 17/6; other killable cows, £l/10/- to £2 17/6. There were fewer sheep offered, and values were firm on late quotations with steady competition, prime wethers made 18/6 to 25'6; unfinished, 16/- to 20/9; prime ewes, 12/- to 18/9; unfinished, 7/6 to. 12/-; hoggets, 20/- to 22/3. Spring lambs were offered in lower numbers.

farmers holding off for the Christmas'sale next week, and prices ranged from 13/to 23/-. Calves were in full supply, bidding was not so brisk, and- all classes realised slightly lower rates. Runners, 35/- to 68/-; vealers, 20/- to 65/-. There was an exceptionally heavy, yard-, ing of pigs. Porkers met with keen'eompetition and sold at Values firm on-last week. Baconers were inclined to be easier, fetching from 36/- to 57/-; porkers, 29/-'to 44/-; large stores, 21/- to 25/-. . < .

Burnside Sale

■ By Telegraph.—Press Association. Dunedin, December 13. a There was a'large proportion of cows and’light bullocks in a yarding of 264 head of fat cattle at the Burnside sales to-day. The sale opened with prices 10/-. per head lower for light and unfinished cattle, but improved later to the extent of 10/- per head. Extra prime heavy bullocks sold to £l2/7/6; prime medium to heavy, £8 to £lO/10/-; light, £6/10/- to £7; good quality cows and heifers to £6; others from £3 to £4. The rates per 1001 b were: Ox beef, 20/- to 23/-; heifers, 18/6 to 20/-; cows, 15/- to 16/-. The largest entry for some considerable time was offered in the store cattle section. Competition was keen throughout for all classes with the exception of vealers, which on account of over-supply sold at reduced values. There was a dull eale in the dairy section. The entry was of indifferent quality and buyers only purchased sparingly. In a yarding of 1500 sheep ewes were in oversupply. Some very nice quality shorn wethers were offered, and this class sold throughout at full late rates, but values for ewes dropped 3/- per head. Prime heavy shorn wethers sold to 29/3: medium. 23/- to 26/-; light. 19/- to 22/-; best young woolly ewes to 34/-: medium. 25/- to 28/-; lieht. 18/- to 23/-; best shorn ewes to 23/6: medium. 17/- to 20/-; light. 12/- to 15/-. In the lamb section 570 head of excellent ounlit.v were offered. After opening at slightly lower values, full late rates were obtained. The average price per ih was barely up to exnort schedule. Extra prime lambs so’d to 23/-: nrime. 90/- to 22/- • light and medium, 17/- to 19/-. In the fat pig section more than 200 were penned, and a very slack sale resulted. Porkers predominated and values in this class eased considerably. Store pies met with weak competition and prices showed a reduction of fully 2/fnr all classes.

AUCTION DIARY TO-DAY. ' Lower Cuba St., 2 p.m.—Furniture (Davis Bros.) ■ TO-MORROW. Bolleston St,, 10 a.m.—Sale timber, doors, safe, etc. (E. Johnston). Basement Hope Gibbons Bldgs., Dixon St., 1 p.m—New furniture (E. Johnston).