ADDINGTON YARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 659, 12 January 1933, Page 7

ADDINGTON YARDS.

Export Wether Schedule Rises. LAMBS AGAIN RISE. A rise in the export schedule for wethers to 3id caused an increase in the price at the Metropolitan market at Addington yesterday, when a fair-sized yarding was penned. From the outset the competition for wethers was keen on the new basis of values, and prices were up to 2s a head better. Ewes were about the same as last week. A small yarding of lambs was penned, and met strong bidding from the start of the sale. The heaviest sorts were up to Is 6d a head dearer, and medium weights from 6d to 9d a head. Freezers in a number of cases paid a little over the schedule rate to secure what they needed. The beef market was heavily oversupplied, and prices were in consequence weaker. No beef sold made over £1 a hundred. Fat Cattle. There was an entry of 475 head of fat cattle, as compared with 245 head at the sale of the previous week. The quality, generally, was good. Consequent upon the oversupply the demand was very slack and a general easier tendency was apparent throughout, though there was no decline in values to a quotable extent. Passings were very heavy. The top price for steers wafs £9 17s 6d, secured for one sold on account of Kinloch Estate (Little River). The top price for heifers was £7 7s 6d, obtained for three sold on account of .Sir R. Heaton Rhodes (Otahuna). The top price for cows was £6 7s 6d. Best beef made from 18s to 20s per 1001 b; good prime beef 16s to 18s;' heavy 14s 6d to 16s; ordinary cow down to 11s, and rough down to Bs. Values were:— Extra prime heavy steers, to £9 17s 6d. Prime heavy steers, £6 to £8 10s. Prime medium-weight steers, £5 to £6 30s. Ordinary quality steers, £3 5s to £5. Light steers, to £3. Extra prime heifers, to £7 7s 6d. Prime heifers, £4 to £5 15s. Medium heifers, £2 10s to £3 15s. Light heifers, to £2 ss. Extra prime cows, to £6 7s 6d. Prime cows, £3 10s t.o £5. Medium cows, £2 5s to £3 ss. Light cows, to £2. rat Sheep. The yarding of fat sheep totalled 4500, as against 3000 last week, but there was a marked improvement in the quality. At the opening both ewes and wethers were higher in price, but as the sale progressed ewes became cheaper, till at the end prices were no better than those of last week, and in cases not so good. All over, ewes were about on a par with last week. The new freezing schedule of 3id for wethers caused a marked rise in this section, values for heavy sorts being fully 2b a head up. Top price for wethers was 15s 7d, which was paid for six sold on account of G. Humphreys Richmond Hill), and ten sold on account of H. Matthews (Waikari). The best ewe price was 12s 4d, which was paid for three sold on behalf of Judson’s Estate (Woodend). Values were:— Extra prime heavy wethers, to 15s 7d. Prime heavy wethers, 14s to 15s. Prime medium-weight wethers, 12s to 13s 6d. Ordinary wethers, 10s 6d to 11s 6d. Light, wethers, 8s 6d to 10s. Extra prime heavy ewes, to 12s 4d. Prime heavy ewes, 10s to 11s 6d. Medium-weight prime ewes, 8s to 9s 6d. Ordinary ewes, 6s 9d to 7s 9d. Light ewes, 5s to 6s 6d. Vealers. There was a very large entry of vealers, of which a fair proportion should have been in the store section. The demand was very slack, with a general decline in values. A good line from Edendale, Southland, topped the market at from 66s to 765. Store Cattle. There was a larger entry of store cattle than usual. One consignment was forward from Kekerangu which filled the bigger proportion of the pens. The rest of the yarding was made up of inferior cows. Three-year-old Jersey cross steers made to £3 7s 6d; two-year-old Shorthorn steers, to £2 3s 6d; yearling Herefords, mixed sex, to 40s: Hereford cows, forward condition, to 495; Shorthorn cows, to 50s; bulls, to £4. Dairy Cattle. The entry of dairy cattle was about forty-eight head, and the quality was not good. The sale was dull for all but the best sorts. For inferior sorts, there was a decline on late rates of 10s a head. Values were:— Extra good second and third calvers to £9. Good second and third calvers £5 15s to £7. Medium second and third calvers £3 to £4 10s. Others £1 to £2 10s. Good heifers to £7. , Medium heifers £5 to £6. Others 30s to £4. Pat Pigs. The entry of fat pigs was large, but the demand -was distinctly weaker than at the sale of the previous week. Values were:— Choppers 30s to £2 13s 6d. Baconers 30s to 35s 6d. Heavy baconers 38s 6d to 44s 6d. Extra heavy baconers 47s 6d to 50s 6d. Average price a lb, 3d to 3Jd. Porkers 19s to 23s 6d. Heavy porkers, 24s 6d to 28s 6d. Average price a lb, 31d to 41d. Store Pigs. There was a yarding of 366 store pigs. The market opened a little easier than late rates, and fell slightly at the finish. Values were:— Extra small weaners 2s 6d to 3s 6d. Medium weaners 5s to Bs. Good up to 9s 6d. Slips 8s to 11s. Small stores 8s to 10s. Medium stores 11s to 13s. Good stores 14s to 17s.