ADDINGTON YARDS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20283, 18 April 1934, Page 8

ADDINGTON YARDS.

Very Firm Sale for Fat Lambs. BEEF VALUES DECLINE. A fat lamb yarding of patchy quality met a very firm market at the Addington stock sale to-day. The market was a double one, owing to Arzac Day falling next Wednesday. Fat lamb values were firm at round about <>d per lb for prime light-weights. The store lamb entry was small and the quality generally poor, with values unchanged. A very heavy yarding of beef saw prices recede over the earlier part of the sale. Pat Lamb 3. Quality was patchy in the fairly large yarding of fat lambs, and butchers l'OL»ncl difficulty in filling their requirements with lambs up to trade standard. Bidding was keen and the. sale very firm on a basis of Sd per lb for 36's, with the schedule exceeded in some cases in the 7id grade. The entry included a fair sprinkling of West Coast lambs. The yarding totalled 3500 head, representing a considerable increase over last week’s entry. Top price of 29s 4d was obtained for one of a line of 50 sold on behalf of R. Harrison (Rakaia). for whom eight were sold at 28s 7d. Values were:— Kxtra prime heavy lambs to 29s 4d. Prime heavy Jambs 24s (id to 275. Prime medium weights 21s 6d to 245. Light lambs 16s to 21s. The following were the principal sales, listed in order of prices under the names of the selling firms:— H. Matson and Co. sold on account of: CL H. Ridgen (Greendale), 12 at 26s 4d; H. and A. Jennings (Port Levy), 21 at 23s lOd to 24s 10d; E. Stalker (Greenpark), 32 at 23s 7d to 24s lOd; E. G. Wright (Dunsandel), 104 at 21s lOd to 24s Id; K. H. Parkinson (Kaituna), 160 at 19s 7d to 22s lOd: A. M’Laughlin (Taumutu), 78 at 21s 4d to 22s lOd; D. J. Stewart (Kumara), 17 at 20s lOd to 22s Id. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., sold on account of: W. Hood (Chertsey). 42 at 23s 7cl to 24s 4d; J. Warren (Fendalton), 74 at ISs 4d to ISs lOd. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., sold on account of: J. H. Muirhead (Lagmhor), 90 at 26s Id to 2Ss lOd; T. Gough (Greendale), 41 at 24s 10d to 25s 4d; Early Bros. (Greendale). 165 at 22s lOd to 25s Id: W. Deans (Darfield). 151 at 23s 7d to 24s lOd: K. Skurr (Dunsandel), 31 at 24s Id to 24s lOd: J. D. Clark (Sheffield), 31 at 21s 4d to 24s 7d: D. N. Waghorn (Pigeon Bay), 70 at 22s lOd to 24s 4d; W. E. Baxter (Darfield). 40 at 23s 10d.ro 24s 4d; P. Callaghan (Rakaia), 11 at 24s Id; G. Jelfs (Rotherham). 40 at 22s 4d to 23s lOd; S. E. Yde (Otira), 90 at 22s lOd: W. R. Oliver (TJororata), 39 at 20s 4d to 22s 7d: G. M’Donald (Cheviot). 13 at 16s lOd to 22s 4d: F. J. Edwards (Rotherham), 12 at 20s 4cl; Thomson Bros. (Waipara), 42 at 18s Id to 19s 10d: B. Hamnton (Chertsey), 40 at 19« id to 19s 7d; E. S. Miller (Domett). '34 at ISs 4d; Lake Station (Kaikoura). 4 1 at 16s 4d to ISs Id: J. F. Densem (Aylesbury), 110 at 17s lOd; J. Flaherty (Cheviot). 15 at 16s 4d. National Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd., sold on account of R. Harrison (Rakaia). 50 at 25s Id to 29s 4d; V. Corbett (Southbrook). 2 at 28s lOd: H. P. Bea del (Rangiora). 16 at. 26s 4d to 26s 7d; J. Young (Doyleston). SBS at 21s lOd to 23s 10d: E. P. J. RuslUon (Springfield), 17 at 23s Id to 23s 7d. N.Z. Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Ltd., sold on account of E. H. Kylnack (Little River). IS at 24s lOd to 27n 7d; M. D. Frizzell (Snringhank), 16 at 25s 4d to 27s Id: G. J. Giddings (Greendale), 8 at 23s 7d to 27s Id; O. J. Giddfngs (Ashburton), 27 at 25s 4d to 26s 7d; J. B. Anderson (Leeston), 70 at 23s 4cl to 25s Id: W. H. Henderson (Balcairn). 50 at 23s 7d to 24s 7d; J. L. Baxter (Waddington). 49 at 23s 7 cl; J. Donaldson (West Melton). 59 at 20s lOd to 22s 4<l: Warren and Varren (Darfield), IS at 21s 1 Od; L. J. Parnham (Kaiapoi), 20 at 20s 4d. Store Ziaxnhs. The yarding of store lambs was a small one, and comprised a very indifferent selection, most of the pens containing tail-end lots. A good deal ot interest was shown in the sale, and the market, after making due allowance for the poor quality, showed little change. A’alues were:— Medium ewe lambs, 16s to 17s 4d. Plain ewe lambs, 14s to 15s 4d. Inferior ewe lambs to 12s 6d. Forward store lambs, 17s to ISs J od. Ordinary store lambs, 15s to 16s lid. Inferior and plain store lambs. 9s 6d to? 14s lOd. The sales included: 45 cross-bred ewe at 17s 2d. 41 at 12s 6d, 87 at 15s 9ri 108 at 15s 4d, 169 half-bred wether at 17s 6d. 40 at 17s 4d, 68 at 15s Id, 110 mixed-sex cross-bred at 17s 3d, 42 at 15s 4d, 57 at 11s, 50 at 15s, 86 at 13s 9d. 57 at ISs lOd, 74 at 16s, 70 mixed-sex half-bred at 9s 6d, 70 at 10s 3d, 77 at 14s lOd, 76 at 12s 7d, 125 at 13s Id. 29 mixed-sex three-quarter-bred at 17s 4d, 77 at 16s, 55 at 13s. 98 halfbred ewe at 17s 2d. 131 at 12s 6d. 86 three-quarter-bred ewe at 14s 9d. Store Sheep. There was again a fair-sized yarding of store sheep, and it included much inferior stuff. Over the early stages of the sale the offering was confined mostly to rough and aged sheep penned in small lots. They changed hands without much trouble. The few good sheep offered early sold very well, one line of ordinary twot.ooth Romneys making 325, and Corriedales selling to 32s 6d. The early sales included:— Ewes—l 62 sound and failing-mouth half-bred at 13s. 250 sound-mouth crossbred at 17s Id, 120 two-tooth Romney at 325, 4 S sound-mouth half-bred at 13s 9d, 71 aged at 6s 9d, 68 two, four and six-tooth half-bred at 27s 9d, 70 full-mouth half-bred at 10s sd, 32 four, six and eight-tooth cross-bred at 20s 3d, 100 two-tooth half-bred at 295. 94 four, six and eight-tooth half-bred at 265. 75 two-tooth Romney at 26s 6d, 74 at 295, 69 sound-mouth half-bred at 20s 6cl, 134 two-tooth Corriedale at 32s 6d: 75 aged cross-bred at 8s sd, 218 four-tooth half-bred at 225. Wethers—42 two-tooth half-bred at 17s 3d. SO aged at 6s 2d, 125 two-tooth half-bred at 16s Id, 169 at 16s 9d, 70 six and eight-tooth half-bred at 17s 3d, 300 six-tooth half-bred at ISs 7d. 68 at 17s Id. 145 four, six and eight-tooth half-bred at 20s 7d. Pat Cattle. There was a very big yarding of fat cattle, which included a fair proportion of good stuff. The sale over the earlv stages was hard, with a decline all round. The entry appeared to be rather too big. even for a double market.