PRICES IMPROVE AT ADDINGTON SALE

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19237, 26 November 1930, Page 3

PRICES IMPROVE AT ADDINGTON SALE

SMALLER ENTRIES MAKE BIDDING MORE KEEN. There were smaller entries in the main sections at the Addington market to-day, and improvements were noted in fsit cattle and fat lambs. The fat sheep entry was substantially smaller than it was last week, and a much brisker demand marked the opening of the sale. The prices paid were 2s a head up on last week’s rates over the early stages of the sale. Store sheep met a spiritless demand and slipped back in price by Is 6d a head. Passings were frequent. Fat lambs met a fairly slack demand, P ut » °n account of the large reduction in the size of the entry, they sold at prices Is a head better. Fat Lambs. The entry of fat lambs was 4 60, compared with 700 last week. Included m the offering was a fkir proportion of heavy lambs, but the sale for these was not spirited. Over the whole auction, there was an improvement of about Is a head on last week’s prices, but the sale was not a spirited one. Prices paid averaged Bid a pound. Early sales were:— p l *- and Co. sold—On account 9 oleman (West Melton), 8 at 16s 4d to 17s lOd; W. T. Franks (Yaldhurst), 8 at 18s lOd to- 21s Id; H. G. Butcher (Broadfields), 8 at 21s 4d to 22s lOd; client, 21 at 20s lOd to 22s 10d;^ J . A. Crawford (Yaldhurst), 15 at !9s 7d to 23s 4d; G. Coleman (Courtenay), 8 at 21s lOd to 23s Id; W J Henderson (Sefton), 26 at 21 s lOd to 25s id; client, 4 at 25s Id; Paparua Prison Farm, 9 at 23s 7d to 26s lOd: Winter Bros. (Swannanoa), 5 at 27s 4d 2 7 S o- 7d: H. A. Bennett (Rangiora), 11 at 27s Id to 28s 4d. Pyn© and Co. cold—On account of L. Manion (Weedons), 45 at 21s 7d to 24s 4d; P. F. Dolan (Doric), 55 at* 22s lOd to 25s Id; Harvey B'ros. (Rangiora), 11 at 22s lOd; G. Fyne (Sockburn), 4 at 21s 4d; W. Boyce (Amberley), 15 at 21s 7d to 22s 4d; H. Lang (Amberley), 3 at 21s 4d; A. Heinish (Springston), 5 at 24s Id; Mrs James (Leithfleld), 2 at 23s 4d: T. and W. James (Leithfleld), 41 at 22s 4d to 24s lOd; A. O. S. Anderson (Woodend), 15 at 22s Id to 23s 4d; D. Findlay (Courtenay), 9 at 22s lOd to 23s lOd; J. Cunneen (Broadfield), 3 23s Tt. J. Clarkson (Greendale), 23 at 23s Id to 25s lOd. N.Z. Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold—On account of J. T. Wright (Kaiapoi), 20 at 21s 4d to 24s id; Paparua Prison Farm, 9 at 23s Id to 23s 3 0d: E. O. Smart (Lincoln), 13 at 19s 7d to 20s lOd; Mrs Lochhead (Leeston), 13 at 23s Id to 24s 4d; T. M’lntosh (Fernside), 4 at 22s lOd: W. Stalker (Uoodend), 6 at 22s Id to 22s lOd; F. E. Leech (Woodend), 5 at 21s 7d* S W Bulmer (Darfield), 20 at 22s lOd to' 24s 4d; S. Gibson (Irwell), 12 at 17s lOd to 19s 4d; R. Twiss (Doyleston), 9 at 21s 30d to 23s lOd; J. Donaldson (West Melton), 20 at 19s lOd to 22s 7d- T Brears (Leeston), 30 at 22s 7d to 24s m; R. C. Candy (Brookside), 12 at 22s id to 28s 4rl; client, 14 at 22s 10d to 24s 4d; E. W. Smith (Springbanlc), 5 at 20s 4d. Store Sheep. There was little life about the store sheep sale, and auctioneers had rather a difficult time of it in getting bids. The entries were about the same size as last week, and included some big drafts of wethers from the Chatham Islands and Bltenheim, and there was a fair attendance of farmers. Most of them were present merely as onlookers, and it was apparent from the attitude of the few who were actually buying that the bad news from Auckland about the first wool sale was influencing their ideas of value. The result was a very irregular market, with quitte a number of withdrawals, and prices slipped back by fully Is 6d a head for all classes of sheep. The quality of the entry was as usual very mixed, and apart from a few pens of Romney wethers and tussock wethers, and a line or two of hoggets and ewes and lambs, the offering was an unimpressive one. Some early sales were:— Ewes—4s two-tooth half-bred (shorn) at 12s 3d; 38 aged half-bred at 3s 9d; 39 sound-mouth cross-bred and 45 lambs at 12s; 33 four and six-tooth Romney (shorn) at 15s 9d; 48 five-year-old half and three-quarter-bred and 52 lambs at 10s sd; 24 aged cross-bred and 27 lambs at 10s Id; 67 two, four and six-tooth half and tliree-quarter-bred (shorn) at 12s 3d; 97 six and eight-tooth half-bred and 92 lambs at 9s 7d; 47 aged halfbred (shorn) and 46 lambs at 7s 9d; 77 sound-mouth half-bred and 81 lambs at 8s 3d; 28 four and six-tooth Romney (shorn) at 16s 3d; 73 sixltooth half-bred (shorn) at 10s lid. Wethers—43 four and six-tooth crossbred at 10s 3d; 60 four and six-tooth Romney cross at 19s 4d; 58 six and eight-tooth Romney at 14s 9d; 100 fourtooth Romney at 14s 9d; 6S four-tooth Romney at 14s Id; 80 four and six-tooth half-bred at 12s 4d; 48 four-tooth Romney at 13s 4d; 140 four-tooth Romney at 16s 3d; 71 four and six-tooth Romney at 12s; 100 four-tooth half-bred at 7s 8d; 80 at 7s 4d; 69 four and six-tooth Romney at 12s 9d; 45 four-tooth halfbred at 15s lOd; 32 two and four-tooth Romney at 8s 6d; 30 two-tooth * halfbred at 6s 7d; 80 ditto at 6s 6d; 43 fourtooth cross-bred at 13s la; 45 four-tooth half-bred (woolley) at 15s lOd; 131 twotooth half-bred at 3s Id; 291 two-tooth half-bred at 6s 6d: 61 four and six-tooth Romney at 14s 4d. Hoggets wethers at 9s; 84 three-quarter-bred ewes at 13s lOd; 40 mixed stex cross-bred at 7s Id; 112 three-quarter-bred ewes at 17s; 128 three-quarter-bred wethers at 12s lOd. FAT CATTLE. Thtere was not as big an entry of fat cattle as there was at the last market, the number penned being about 325 head. The quality was quite good generally, although there was a fair percentage of rough and unfinished sorts offered. The sale was a spirited onie throughout the early stages, and although there was some irregularity, values showed an allround increase of an average of £1 a head. A feature of the market was that there were no lines forward this week from outside the provincte. Some early sales were;—On account of J. C. Hay (Pigeon Bay), 4 steers at £l7 12s 6d to £lB 2s 6d, 5 heifers at £l3 17s 6d to £l4 2s 6d, 1 cow at £ll 7s 6d; H. Hay (Pigeon Bay), 2 heifers at £ls 7s 6d to £ls 12s 6d, 6 cows at £ll 7s 6d to £l4 12s (id; C. Manship (Halswell), l cow at £B. 12s 6d; S. Weaver (Killinchy), 3 cow at £7 17s 6d; client, 7 cows at £6 12s Gd to £8 2s 6d; W. F. Parkinson (Kaituna), 4 steers at £l7 12s 6d to £lB 2s 6d, 5 heifers at £l3 17s 6d to £l4 2s 6d, 1 cow at £ll 7s 6d: Ormond and Rennie (Culverden), 8 steers at £ls 17s 6d to £lB 7s 6d; F. Leonardo (Le Bons Bay), 3 5 steers at £l4 17s 6d to £l6 7s 6d; southern client, 6 steers at £ll 12s 6d to £l6 17s 6d; 5 heifers at £l2 17s 6d to £l3 2s 6d: 4 cows at £9 2s 6d to £l4 2s 6d; A. Todd (Waipara), 5 heifers at £ll 2s 6d to £l4 7s 6d, 1 cow at £lO 7s 6d; T. Streeter (Motukarara), 2 cows at £ls 17s 6d to £lB 7s 6d; F. H. Courage (Amberley), 1 heifer at £l4 2s 6d; C. Eaves (Racecourse Hill), 1 cow at £l2 32s 6d; Anderson Bros. (Ladbrooks), 2 cows at £l2 2s 6d; clients. 10 cows at £S 12s 6<l to £l3 12s 6d; G. Fisher (Belfast), 6 heifers at £S 2s 6d to £8 12s 6d; 1 cow at £8 2s 6d; C. Skevington (Waikuku), 2 cows at £7 12s 6d; W. Wright (Harewood), 1 heifer at £l3 17s 6d, 3 cows at £7 17s 6d to £lO 17s 6d; J. Doling (Ilarewood), 1 cow at £l3 12s 6d; S. Pearce (Rolleston), 1 heiffer at £8 12s 6d: client, 8 cows at £lO 10s to £l4 2s 6d.