NORTH ISLAND BEEF APPEARS AT MARKET.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19117, 9 July 1930, Page 4

NORTH ISLAND BEEF APPEARS AT MARKET.

LAMB YARDING SMALL AT ADDINGTON TO-DAY

The smallest yarding of fat lambs this season was entered at the Metropolitan market at Addington to-day. The total was about half last week’s reduced yarding. . , » The feature of the fat cattle market was the draft of 130 North Island cattle, the third to appear this season, which was entered. They were good quality beasts, and met a firm sale. There was a substantial yarding of fat sheep, with prices over the earlier stages inclined to be a little easier.

I Veal was again yarded in very small numbers, and last week’s advanced rates were maintained, in spite of indifferent quality. The yarding of fat lambs was the smallest this season by a very large number, the total entry being 765 compared with 3355 last week. The entry contained a large number of light and plain lambs with odd pens of good sorts. Prices were on a level with those of 1 Inst week. Top price was secured by nine of a line of 67 shorn lambs which were sold on account of J. W. Watson (Pendarves), for 31s lOd This price was also secured by eight sold on account of S. Larsen (Rangiora). Values were:— Extra prime lambs to 31k 10d. Prime lambs, 25s to-28s. Medium lambs, 21s 6d to 24s 6d. Light, 17s 6d to 20s 6d. Store lambs. 14s to 17s. The principal sales were:—-On account of J. W. Watson (Pendarves), 67 (shorn) at 25s lOd to 31s lOd; S. Larsen (Rangiora), 58 at 26s 4d to 31s lOd; H. Matthews (Waikari); 14 at 23s lOd to 25s lOd; E. Wilkie (Oulverden), 4 at 24s lOd; A. Duthie (Aylesbury), 34 at 14s lOd to 24s lOd; F. W. Garterg (Springbank), 23 at 21s 7d to 24s 7d; client, 12 at 13s lOd to 24s Id; E. Rivers (Culverden), 15 at 21s 7d to 24s Id: H. W. Foster (Hororata), 40 at 19s Id to 23s Id; .T. Hunt (Darfield), 46 at 20s Id to 22s lOd; B. W. Shipley (Aylesbury), 75 at 16s lOd to 21s 4d; client, 12 at 18s 4d to 21s 4d; Gough and Sons (Greendale), 36 at 17s lOd to 20s lOd; L. B. Coe (Irwell), 16 at 14s 7d to 18s Id; client, 35 at 16s lOd to 17s 7d; munden's Estate (Bennetts), 40 at 10s 7d to 17s 4d; Mrs Scott (Hororata), 10 to 17s 4d; R. A. Bolton (Kimberley), 2 at 16s lOd; R. Mould (Wainui), 60 at 14 s Id to 16s lOd; client, 13 at 11s 4d to 15s lOd; W. Kelly (Lower Kakatahi), 21 at 15s 7d; Pearson Bros. (Lincoln), 38 at 13s Id to 15s 4d; P. Thornton (Harewood), S at 14s 7d; client, 32 at 14s 4d; client, 51 at 12s 4d. FAT SHEEP. There was a yarding of fat sheep that filled between 12 and 13 races, as compared with a small yarding of about eight races last week. The quality of the offering was mixed, though there was fair proportion of good killable sorts. Butchers and freezing works representatives made fair competition, but prices over the first race or two were inclined to be a shade easier, with little quotable difference in price. STORE SHEEP. A few odd pens of lambs and adult sheep comprised the store sheep entry, which was about the smallest forward this season. There wa? nothing very striking about the quality of the offering, the sheep, with the exception of two or three pens of adult ewes, being of an unattractive character. There was a moderate attendance of farmers, but the bulk of them were merely spectators, the actual buying power being confined to three or four. The sale in both sections was irregular, and there was a distinctly easier tendency about the market, with the result that the sale was a dragging one. The general run of sheep was not wanted, and even for the top lines there was not the inquiry that might have been expected. Top price was 31s 9d, which was paid for a select line of four-tooth Lincoln-Corriedale cross ewes, in lamb to Corriedale rams. The principal sales were:— Lambs.—Forty-two half-bred ewes at 13s 6d; 20 mixed sex three-quarter-bred at 9a 3d; 27 Down cross wethers at 5« 2d; 81 half-bred ewes at 16s Id; 84 three-quarter-bred Owes at 31s; 46 half-bred wethers at 5s 3d; 47 half-bred wethers at 8s Id. Ewes.—Two hundred and eight Corriedale two-tooths at 25s 9d; 119 fourtooth Corriedale at 31s 6d; 136 sound mouth half-bred at 15s 9d; 70 2,4, 6 and 8-tooth half-bred at 16s: 67 sound mouth half-bred at 9s 7ri; 21 aged at 7s 9d; 36 aged half-bred at 6s 3d; 402, 4, 6 and S-tooth half-bred at 13s 6d; 73 sound mouth half-bred at 15s lid; 62 sound mouth three-quarter-bred at i 20s lOd; 21 cross-bred at 7« 6d. The range of values was:— Extra good four-tooth Corriedale ewes to 21* 9d. Good two-tooth Corriedale ewes to 25s 9d. Sound mouth half-bred ewes to 15s lid. Ordinary 4, 6 and 8-tooth half-bred ewes. 13s 6d to 16*=. Good sound mouth three-quarter-brcd ewes to 20s lOd. Aged ewes, 6s 3d to 7s 9d. Good ewe hoggets to 16s Id. Ordinary ewe hoggets. 11s to 13s 6d. Wether hoggets, 5s to Bs. Sound mouth hoggets to 9s 3d. FAT CATTLE. The entry of fat cattle was about 400 head, and of that number 130 head were entered from the North Island. They were heavy-weight prime steers' and sold well, with the demand keen. Over the earlier stages of the sale prices were most irregular for all classes, and cow beef especially was hard to quit. Extra prime and prime sorts sold at rates which were a little in advance of those ruling at last