ADDINGTON YARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 740, 19 April 1933, Page 8

ADDINGTON YARDS.

Slow Sale for Store Sheep. QUALITY CATTLE IMPROVE. The sale of store sheep at the Addington stock market to-day tvas a dragging one owing to the scarcity of feed. The fat cattle entry was of mixed quality, and the best quality stuff sold at an improvement of £1 a head on last week’s rates. Fat lambs had a good sale at firm rates. •pat lambsThere was an entry of 2800 fat lambs, compared with 3500 last week. Butchers bid more freeJy than last usual quota 'of supplies? and values for KX“?n ’ca’ses onclary sorts, whicji eomprised a co siderable proportion of the jaramg, were easier. The buying for export was on a basis of the new schedule ra The top price of 17s Id was obtained for nine of a line of sixty-two sold on account of Mrs C. H. (Greenrialel Sixtv-flve entered by G. Lowe ns (West Eyreton) made from 14s 10d to 16s Id arid averaged 15s 4d. Values were: — rc , ri Extra prime heavy Umbs, to 1i s ia. Prime heavy lambs, 13s 6d to prime medium-weight lambs, 10s to 13 Light lambs, 8s to 9s 6d. The following were the sales. —On account of Mrs u. H- Kiagen (Greendale), 62 at 15s d to 17s Id; G. Cowens (West Eyreton), 6o at .1 4s iua to 16s Id; R. W. Holland (Ruapuna), J 1 at 12s lOd to 15s lOd; A. E. Cross (Oxford). 6 at 15s 10d; T. Somerville (Templeton), 2o at los id; A. Priddle (OrarT), 106 at 12s 4d to los 4d, J. Russell (Leithfield), 16 at los 4d, 1Leonardo (Le Rons Bay), 93 at 11s 10d to los Id; Early Bros.: (Greendale), 209 at 12s 4d to 15s Id; E. A. Lock, jun. (Methven), 7 at 13s lOd to 15s Id; EA. Blancl (Methven), Id at 14s 7d to 15s Id; D. T. Wraight (Dunsandel), 28 at 12s 7d to 14s lOd; J. Somerville (Cheviot), 81 at 13s to 14s 7d; R. Garlick (Oxford). 11 at 14s 4d; T. Harland (Rotherham), 35 at 12s 4d to 14s id. Patrick Clinton (Darfield), 22 at 10s 10 a to 14s Id; F. Langdale (West Melton), 170 at 11s to 14s Id; W. Hanmer Atkinson (Woodbank), 43 at 12s lOd to 14s Jd; L. J. Early (Greendale), 26 at 12s 4d to 13s JOd; A. Robertson (Courtenay), 25 at 13s lOd; Kay Bros. (Duvauchelles), 19 at 10s 4d to 13s lOd; R*. L. Jamieson (Rotherham), 51 at 12s 4d to 13s 7d; E. Haines (Okains Bay), 41 at 10s 10d to 13s 4d; S. Buhner (Waddington), 27 at 12s 4d to 13s 4d; E. Berry (Ross), 80 at 10s lOd to 13s 4d; client, 55 at 11s Id to 13s Id; Kavanagh's estate (Yaldhurst), 35 at 11s Id to 13s Id; J. Truman (Le Bons Bay), 75 at 10s 7d to 12s lOd; Bates and Steele (West Coast), 155 at 11s 4d to 12s lOd; R. J. D. Innes (Springfield), 55 at 10s 4d to 12s lOd; S. Donnethorne (Weedons), 11 at 12s 7d: Mrs E. S. Hamilton (Rolleston), 21 at 12s 4d; J. H. Radford (Motukarara), 23 at 12s 4d; Mrs M. M'Lachlan (Doyleston), 25 at 10s lOd to 12s 4d; W. Hampton (Dunsandel), 15 at 12s 4d; L. Ashwell (Templeton), 1.1 at 11s lOd to 12s Id; J. W. Croft (Hawarden), 13 at 12s Id; D. M’Vinnie (Weedons), 52 at 11s lOd to 12s; J. R. Parrish (Cashmere), 19 at Us lOd; G. Steele (Port. Levy). 38 at 11s lOd; F. Westaway (Courtenay), 14s at 11s 7d; W. Hood (Chertsey), 61 at 10s 7d to 11s 7d; D. Barwick (Birdling's Flat), 45 at 10s 4d to lls 4d; RH. Johnson (Dunsandel), 19 at lls Id; client, 84 at 10s 7d to 10s lOd; T. M’lntosh (Le Bons Bay j, 71 at 8s lOd to 10s lOd; A. A. Hutchinson (Little' River), 61 at 10s 7d; Crotty’s estate (Le Bons Bay), 16 at 10s 4d; Treleaven Bros. (Styx), IS at 9s 7d to 10s Id; E. Coopet (Templeton), 22 at 10s Id; Pendle Hill estate, 8 at 10s id; P. J. Brown (Broadfield), 24 at 9s lOd; client, 29 at 9s 7d: S. M. Deans (Kilmarnock), 16 at 9s 7d; G. Webster (Governor’s Bay), 33 at 8s 4d to Ss lOd; Hodgen Bros. (Waikari), 12 at Ss 4d; J. D. Smith (Kaikoura), SS at Ss Id. Store Sheep. Entries of store sheep, including the store lambs, were very much smaller than last week. The Easter holidays ’ probably had something to do with it, as trucking facilities would be interrupted. The sale for lambs was a patchy one, and values were back by Is to 2s a head, the average and inferior sorts showing the bigger depreciation. Lambs with a little condition about them were worth from 5s 9d to 7s, and there were some promising lines that made in the vicinity of 6s. One line of three-quarter-breds in low condition brought Is 6d. Just as in the lamb pens, the continued dry weather is severely depressing the adult sheep market, and over the early stages of the sale bids were very slow in coming. Some good sheep changed hands at low figures at the start, good two-tooth cross-bred fewes making only 12s, and four and six-tooth cross-breds from lls to 12s. A few weeks ago this class of sheep would have been worth 15s or 16 s. Representative sales were:—

Lambs—Ninety mixed-sex half-bred at os 9d, 213 at 4s 7d. 280 at 2s 2d, 155 at 5s Sd, 72 at 2s 7d. 76 at 3s Id, 94 at 2s, 90 half-bred wether at 2s lid, 74 at 4s, 322 mixed-sex three-quarter-bred at 2s 6d, 90 at 6s Id. 90 at 4s Id, 124 at 6s lOd, 128 at Is 6d, 125 at 6s to 6s Id, 12S at 6s 4d, 65 at 5s Id, 75 Romneycross at 3s Bd, 70 at 5s 4d, 162 Romney cross ewe at 7s id. 45 mixed-sex Down-

Ewes—Seventy-five two-tooth Romneycross at 12s, 42 two-tooth Corriedale at 12s Id, 96 sound-mouth Merino at Is 3d, 92 full-mouth cross-bred at 2s, 70 sound-mouth cross-bred at 4s, 53 fullmouth half-bred at Sd, 62 four and sixtooth Romney-cross at lls 3d. 91 at 12s 4d; 50 two, four and six-tooth half-bred, 6s 9d; 227 two-tooth half-bred, 15s to 15s Sd; 300. s.m. half-bred, 2s 3d; 73 four-year-old Romney cross, 10s: SS f. and f.m. cross-bred. Is 4d; 229, s.m. half-bred. 2s 9d; 73 aged cross-bred. Is 2d; 75 aged half-bred Is Id; 112 f.m. cross-bred, Is 9d; 70 four, six and eighttooth half-bred, 4s lOd; 63 two-tooth cross-bred, 4s 9d: 98 Merino six and eight-tooth, Is 7d; 123 f.m. half-bred. 9d: 65 four, six and eight-tooth halfbred, 2s 2d. Fat Sheep. The entry of fat sheep was heavier than lost week. Over the early stages the market aws slights firm, with no quotable change in last week’s values. Some of the earlier sales were:—On account of W. E. Baxter (Darfield), 65 ewes at 4s lOd to 7s lOd; E. Ridgen (Greendale), 65 at 4s 4d to 4s lOd; J. O. Redfern (Darfield), 49 at 7s lOd; D. C. Macfarlane (Mount Poul), 132 at 5s lOd to 6s lOd; J. H. Stone (Methven), 60 at 6s Id to 9s 7d; T. C. Robinson (Mount Palm), 61 at 7s lOd to lls 4d; T. M’Guire (Methven), 52 at 7s 4d to 10s Id; W. Hanmer Atkinson (Woodbank), 32 at 6s Id to 7s 7d; W. O. Rennie (Doyleston), 64 at 5s 4d ,to 8s Id; E. A. Bland (Methven), 50 at 5s 4d to 6s Id; A. J. W. Inkson (Waikari). 61 at 5s Id to Ss Id; M. L. Henderson (Aylesbury), 52 wethers at 9s lOd; S. M. Deans (Kilmarnock), 32 at 10s lOd to 15s 7d; K. Skurr (Dunsandel). 45 at 10s lOd to lls lOd; J. Boag (Middlerig), 48 at 10s 4d; G. R. M’Rae (Balmoral). 65 at lls 4d to 12s 4d; H. Mitchell (Fairlie). 24 at 12s Id to 14s Id; J. L. Ensor (Pendle Hill), 58 at 9s 4d to 9s lOd; J. L. Macfarlane (Lyndon), 34 at lls 4d to 34s 7d, 29 ewes at 6s lOd to 9s 7d; J. W. Brooks (Brookside), 5 wethers at 16s Id. Fat Cattle. The entry of fat cattle was of 300 head, compared with 342 head at last week’s sale. The quality was vtery , mixed, and included were a number of cattle which could have qualified for store classification. There was a good demand for all the best quality sorts, and values advanced about £1 a head on an average, but inferior types did not show any alteration on late rates. The top price for steters was £9 17s 6d, secured for one sold on account of J. C. Lochhead (Rakaia). The top price for heifers was £7 12s 6d, secured for one sold on account of J. Kennedy (Rangiora), while the best price for cows was £6 7s 6d, that figure being paid for one sold on account of E. Hay (Pigeon Bay). Vealers. There was a fair entry of vealers, and. with the exception of a line from North Canterbury, the quality generally was poor. Small calves, which were in short supply, sold well. Top price was £3 ISs 6d.