Fat Cattle Values Advance By Up To £2 At Addington

Greymouth Evening Star, 14 August 1947, Page 4

Fat Cattle Values Advance By Up To £2 At Addington

Fat sheep prices remained high at the Addington market yesterday. The fat cattle entry was again small, and values over-all showed a rise of 30s to £2. The store cattle sale was keen throughout, and some of the prices were the highest paid at Addington for a considerable time. Values for porkers and choppers were practically unchanged, but baconers eased by 4s to 5s a head. Store Sheep.—The yarding totalled about 1000, of which about 370 were hoggets, compared with a total offering of 600 last week. In the hogget market prices did not reach the level of recent. sales. A good pen of 40 Romney-cross made 31s 9d, and three other pens of fail quality made 27s 2d, 26s 6d and 28s 2d. A pen of 60 in rather backward condition sold at 24s lOd. The top price for adult sheep was 48s for a pen of 50 two-tooth halfbred ewes in lamb to Southdown rams. The price was the highest paid for in-ewe lambs at Addington this season. Wether values were a shade better than last sale.

Spring Lambs.—The second offering of spring lambs this season brought four entries. Top price was 55s Id for a lamb which would kill out at about 371 b or 381 b, an average of about Is 6d a pound. The other three sold at 49s Id.

Fat Hoggets.—After a slow start values quickly firmed to last week’s level. The top price was 50s Id. Values were: extra prime hoggets, to 50s Id; prime hoggets, 43s to 475; good hoggets, 35s to 425, medium 29s 6d to 345, light 27s to 295. Fat Sheep: In the entry of 4250, quality was impressive and odd pens were fully as good as some show sheep. For the first time this winter, shorn sheep were offered and appeared to sell well. Ewes sold particularly well in the early stages and appeared to be 2s dearer than last week. Extra prime and prime wethers were firm on late rates, but good-cutting prime medium-weights looked Is cheaper. Values were: extra prime heavy wethers, 52s to 62s Id. Prime heavy wethers, 45s to 51s. Prime medium-weight wethers, 38s to 435. Ordinary and light wethers, 30s to 375. Prime heavy ewes, 45s to 48s Id. Prime-medium-weight ewes, 38s to 445. Ordinary ewes, 33s to 375. Light and unfinished ewes, 22s to 325.

Fat Cattle.—A few trucks from the West Coast were included in the entry of 432. The quality was good, but there was little in the way of outstanding beef. Values all round showed a steady improvement on last week’s good rates. There was a slight easing along the final alley, but not sufficient to affect an over-al Irise of about £2 for steers and between £1 10s and £2 for cows and heifers. Best beef made to 70s per 1001 b, with some sales at 72s 6d; good beef, 57s 6d to 655; medium beef, 42s 6d to 52s 6d; best cow beef, to 455; secondary cow beef, to 37s 6d. Values were:— Extra prime heavy steers to £36 2s 6d. Prime heavy steers, £23 10s to £26 10s. Prime medium-weight steers, £l9 to £23. Ordinary and light steers, £l6 to £lB. Extra prime heifers, to £26 12s 6d. Prime heifers, £l5 10s to £l9 10s. Ordinary and light heifers, £lO to £l4. Extra prime cows, to £24 12s 6d. Prime cows, £l2 10s to £l6 10s. Ordinary and light cows, £8 to £ll 10s. West Coast sales included: —F. J. Williams (Weheka), 5 steers at £3O 12s 6d to £3l 2s 6d, 3 heifers at £2O 12s 6d. T. Mcßride (Wataroa) 17 steers at £l9 2s 6d to £2B 12s Gd; 1 cow al £24 12s 6d,

Vealers.—Quality was fair and the entry small. Values were; extra prime large vealers, £ll 16s to £l3 18s 6d; prime vealers, £8 18s 6dto £ll 8s 6d; others, £5 16s to £8 Is; best suckers, £7 8s Gd to £9 18s Gd; good suckers, £5 3s Gd to £6 18s 6d; large calves, 68s to £4 15s; medium calves, £1 15s to £2 15s; small and rough, down to 15s.

Store Cattle. — Apart from one pen of three and four-year-old Aberdeen Angus steers, which made £l6 8s 6d, the entry was made up of the usual collection of cows of varying descriptions. Values were probably the highest seen at Addington for some considerable period. Good conditioned cows made £8 3s 6d to £10; young cows, suitable for grazing, £5 16s to £7 16s; with cull sorts down to £2. Dairy Cattle—The .quality .was mediocre, but values appreciated up to £3 a head, on the lower rates of last week. Best second, third, and fourth calvers made £l7 to £23, with one sale at £2B; good average sorts, £ll 10s to £l6; inferior and low-condtioned sorts, £6 to £lO 10s. Heifers were forward in small numbers. The best made £lB to £24, good £l2 to £l6 10s, sffi'all and backward down to £B. Fat Pigs.— At the start, the small yarding saw values rise by 5s to 6s a head but, with late arrivals, prices receded to last week’s rates. Store Pigs.— Values, which were on a par with last week, were: weaners, 30s to 40s; slips, 42s to 455; small stores, 47s to 525; medium stores, 55s to 60s; large stores, £3 3s to £3 Bs.