ADDINGTON YARDS

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19035, 2 April 1930, Page 10

ADDINGTON YARDS

TO-DAY’S SALES. The average quality of the fat cattle yarded at the Addington stock sale today. was better.than has been the case in the last few weeks. The entry was 106 head less than last week, when there was an over-supply. The sales opened draggingly but improved later to 10s and up to £1 a head better than last week’s level for the better quality lambs sold at from 62d to ijd per lb, and in cases to Brl. There was an improved sale for the better class of store fsheep, mainly owing to smaller entry, but prices showed little change from last week’s. Store lambs met with a firm sale, especially for the better sorts of ewe lambs, which improved in price by about Is a head. FAT CATTLE. an entry of 392 hoad in the iar cattle section, compared with 500 at last week a sale. The cattle were drawn almost entirely from within the prov+JS e ;, anf L the average quality was bethafL,been the rase at the past , es " entry of steers comprisea onjy a mall proportion of the marli™= "VL ere , were no extra heavy prime f? r "ard. The sale opened somenn™a?f ," gly ' especially for steers. a ” d con, P. e,ft, °n was not keen. There ?«?* in ?P r °vement noticeable, howaii ni, J er ,n the R uction. and values for ?” w ere 10s and up to £1 bet „ beef th those last week for all good were the earlier sales: kVETS < l7 r°wn= 6d; T Habblrjam (SoithSrtteeV. “cow To £ll 7s6d client ’ 5 cowa at £6 37s 6d FAT LAMBS. mZ'l* " ntFy , °* 2730 fa t lambs was 550 more than last week’s. There was an stuff rZt te Z, of unfinished Frices were better than country sales, and pracVou, 311 buyers were represented. \ alues were on a par with last week’s, the entry selling from 6Jd to 73d per lb. . whc : re butchers competed keenly for tne better sorts, values went • s nigh as 8d per lb. Top price of 27s .a was obtained for one of a line of T» ne x from A - G Webster (Governor s Bay). Values were:— Extra prime lambs to 27s 7d. Frime lambs 24s Gd to 26s 6d. Medium lambs 21s to 23s 6d. Light lambs 17s to 20s.

T-he following were the principal sales:—On account of T. Parker (Parnassus), 42 at 22s Id to 24s lOd: G. Bedford (Motukarura), 29 at 19s 4d to ~~ s 10d; A. G. Webster (Governor’s Bay), 51 at 20s 7d to 27s 7d; P. f£P rury (Halswell), 42 at 21s lOd to 23s on Stanley (Harewood), 30 at Zos Id to 23s 3 0d; F. Merrin, jun. (East Lyreton), 24 at 22s 4d to 24s Id; W. Blank (Yaldhurst), 18 at 22s 4d to 23s 4d; G. G. Smith (Broadfields), 19 at 23s Id to 24s 4d; S. Coleman (Weedons), 10 at 26s 4d to 27s 4d; W. M’llraith (Lakeside), 13 at 25s Id to 27s 4d; P. Allan (Allandale), 24 at 20s to 25s Id; J. Murgatroyd (Balmoral), 80 at lSs 7d to 20s <d; Aitken Bros, and Arthur (Kaikoura). 83 at 19s 7d to 24s 7d; G. Turroll (Kaituna), 28 at 16s to 22s Id; R. L. Anderson (Bennetts), 45 at 23s Id to 23s 7d; R. G. and C. H. Hampton (Chertsey), 141 at 20s 7d; W. J. Rodger (Ethelton), 83 at 20s Id to 22s Id; T. M’Hale (Chorlton), 7 at 20s lOd; A. C. Crotty (Le Bon’s Bay), 80 at 20s lOd to 21s 4d; T. Nolan (West Coast), 17 at 19s 4d; D. L. Wilson (Halkett), 28 at 23s 7d to 24s lOd; J. W. Barker (Greenpark), 46 at 16s 4d to 21s 7d; R. Thorpe (Springston), 2at 20s Id; T. J. Frame (Kaituna), 2 at 21s; client, 143 at 21s lOd to 23s 4d; Mrs T. Stewart (Barry’s Bay), 11 at 24s 4d: Miss M. Stewart (Barry’s Bay), 3 at 25s 4d: H. Topp (Rotherham), 18 at 24s lOd to 27s 4d; W. J. Wilson (Springston), 70 at 24s Id to 26s 4d; Greenslade Bros. (Irwell), 122 at 21s 7d to 24s lOd; Goss Bros. (Tinwald), 35 at 23s Id to 25s Id; W. Elliott (Mina). 23 at 21s Id; W. Hampton (Broadfields), 88 at 19s 4d; Beckenham Hills, 85 at 21s 7d; C. F. Kingdon (Burnham), 35 at 22s Id; T. Pascoe (Halkett), 85 at 21s 10d to 23s Id; H. Halkett (Rotherham), 21 at 22s Id to 26s Id; H. Jansen (Ellesmere), 8 at 26s 4d; S. Harris (Springston), 6 at 20s lOd; client, 10 at 20s 4d; J. Payne (Rolleston), 30 at 25s 7d to 27s 4d; client, 76 at 22s 4d to 22s 7d; F. A. Tutton (Broadfields), 22 at 20s Id to 20s 7d; M. Frizzell (Springbank), 23 at 25s 7d to 26s Id; G. M’lntosh (Southbrook), 15 at 23s Id to 23s lOd; J. Vaughan (Methven), 92 at 21s 4d to 24s lOd; J. r>. Wyllie (Sefton), 80 at 22s 7d to 26s Id; W. C. Spray (Methven), 54 at 20s 10d to 23s 4d; T. Cullotty (Rakaia), 6 8 at 23s 4d to 25s 7d; R. Mathieson (Culverden), 60 at 20s 4d to 24s 10d; S. Palmer (Fendalton), 60 at 20s lOd to 22s 4d; J. M. Young (Kaiapoi). 43 at 21s 7d to 23s 4d; W. White (Ethelton), 306 at 14s lOd to 20s Id. STORE SHEEP. The yarding of store sheep was notable for the substantial falling off in numbers compared with the last week or two. It again included a fair proportion of outside sheep, but a lot of them were those that had been held over from earlier sales. There was quite a fair number of good, useful cross-bred sheep penned, and there was also the usual offering of aged and backward sorts. The sale opened with a much more general inquiry than has been experienced lately, no doubt because of the more or less limited yarding, and the more at-tractive-looking ewes sold readily, though without any great change in prices. Tha other sorts did not alter, though they did not sell with the same freedom. The sale up to the early afternoon was marked by a good deal of irregularity. The following were the principal sales:— Ewes—lsß four and six-tooth crossbred at 24s 6d to 255; 72 four and sixtooth half-bred at 10s lOd; SO f.m. three-quarter-bred at 13s; 174 six-tooth three-quarter-bred at 12s Id; 80 four and sixtooth cross-bred at 22s 9d; 129 f.m. halfbred at lls; 80 four, six and eight-tooth cross-bred at 9s 6d; 69 aged half-bred at 6s 6d; 342 f.m. half-bred at lls Sd; 166 f.m. half-bred at 9s 4d; 97 four, six and eight-tooth half-bred at 17s; 188 four, six and eight-tooth Romney cioss at 25s 6d; 206 two-tooth cross-bred at 20s 3d; 48 four, six and eight-tooth three-quarter-bred at 9s 3d: 265 eighttooth Corriedale at 19s; 458 two-tooth half-bred at 20s Id; 51 four, six and eight-tooth half-bred at 13s 6d; 76 twotooth half-bred at 2.1 s 3d; 80 six and eight-tooth half-bred at 16s; 59 four, six and eight-tooth half-bred at 18s 3d: 197 two-tooth Romney cross at 265; 3S four, six and eight-tooth half-bred at 7s 4d; 51 four, six and eight-tooth Romney cross at 28s; 60 four and six-tooth three-quarter-bred at 17s; 157 two-tooth Romney cross at 28s; 62 six and eighttooth half-bred at 14s 6d; 74 six and eight-tooth three-quarter-bred at lls 9d; 174 six and eiglu-tooth three-quarter-bred at 13s Id; 228 six and eight-tooth half-bred at 9s 3d - 122 six and eighttooth three-quarter-bred at 16s. Wetliers—42 two and four-tooth halfbred at 14s 9d; 27 four and six-tooth three-uuarter-bred at 16s sd. STORE LAMBS. As is usually the case at this time of the year, entries of store lambs begin to dwindle a good deal, and to-day's offering was the smallest for some weeks. There was the usual mixture cf quality, but the sale throughout was a distinctly firm one for all classes. Ewe lambs particularly were in demand, and for the better class sorts there was a spirited inquiry, with a hardening in price of about Is a head. The mixed-sex lines and wether lambs sold on much the same basis as they did the previous week. The following were the principal Lambs—73 half-bred ewes at lls, 38 m.s. half-bred at lls 9d, 52 m.s. halfbred at 8s Id. 28 m.s. three-quarter-bred at 14s, 107 m.s. three-quarter-bred at 14s, 4 7 m.s. half-bred at 5s Id, 139 halfbred ewes at 9s 3d, 30 m.s. half-bred at 5s !>d, 37 m.s. half-bred at 4s 3d, 86 m.s. three-quarter-bred at 15s 6d, 104 m.s. three-quarter-bred at 6s, 123 m.s. halfbred at lls sd, 70 three-quarter-bred ewes at 10s 9d, 4 7 half-bred ewes at 12s fid, 133 m.s. half-bred at lls, 84 m.s. halfbred at 13s, 87 m.s. half-bred at 14s 9d, 183 half-bred wethers at 6s, 88 half-bred ewes at 15s Id, 137 half-bred wethers at 7s 2d, 21 three-quarter-bred at 15s 2d, 74 three-quarter-bred ewes at 13s lid, 174 m.s. half-bred at 5s lOd, 35 halfbred ewes at lls lOd, 80 m.s. three-quar-ter-bred at 10s lOd, 142 m.s. half-bred at 7s lOd 24 m.s. half-bred at 13s lOd, 19 m.s. half-bred at 13s Id, 88 m.s. halfbred at lls Id, 75 m.s. three-quarter-bred at 15s 7d, 248 m.s. half-bred at 12s sd. Values were:— Best rape lambs 14s 6d to las 7d. Ordinary rape lambs 12a to 14s Medium m.s. lambs 10s 6d to 13s. Cull lambs 5s to Bs. Best ewe lambs 13s to 15s 2d. Ordinary ewe lambs lls to 12s 6d. Backward wether lambs to 7s.