ADDINGTON MARKET Quality Calves Meet Less Buoyant Sale

Press, Volume C, Issue 29510, 11 May 1961, Page 18

ADDINGTON MARKET Quality Calves Meet Less Buoyant Sale

Better quality store calves met a less buoyant sale at Addington Market yesterday but values held fully firm to a shade better for the smaller sorts. Top quality heifer calves suitable for breeding were fully 30s a head cheaper but there was a solid demand from fatteners in the £l7 to £2O price range. Breeding cows were cheaper by £2 to £3 a head, and in cases more, and other classes of store cattle met a weaker sale.

Store sheep sold at about parity with last week’s easier rates but the best of the lambs tended to improve by a shilling or two. Chatham Island vendors were well to the fore in top sales of good Romney sheep. STORE SHEEP

Store sheep and lambs numbers dropped to 5978 head, compared with the 8506 yarded last week, but there was a sizeable gallery following the sale, which made for good competition and a satisfactory clearance. The offering included 2099 store lambs (5466

last week*. 725 two.-tooth ewes <—), 2621 older ewes (1602), and 533 wethers (1440).

Lamb quality was again a varied assortment with a few top quality pens included. Most of the entry was of end-of-season clearance lots. For anything with some size and condition the market looked to be a shilling or two better than last week, but other classes of lambs held to about last week’s prices. The ewe lamb offering had a few more quality pens this week which sold soundly, but most of the section made little more than wether lamb values. Best fine-wool wether lambs sold from 41e 6d to 43s 6d, with exceptional sales up to 53s 6d. average to good made 32s to 39s 6d, and others sold up to 30s. The pick of the Romney and Romney cross ranged between 40 s and 41s 6d, with good at 36s to 395. average at 30s to 335, and others up to 27s 6d. Down cross lambs made from 42s to 44s 6d for the best, with average to good at 33s to 39s 6d. Average to good shorn wether lambs changed hands at 32s to 38s.

Top Romney ewe lamb sales were between 51s and 575, and the best fine-wools made from 50s to 51s. Average to good ewe lambs made 39s to 465, and others sold at 26s to 30s.

Top wether lamb sales were made by Miss M. Witbrock (Memorial avenue) with 50 Corrieciales at 53s 6d and 53 at 48s 6d. G. T. Fisher (Greenpark) made 44s 6d with 26 Down cross, and Corriedales from J. A. Courage (Amberley) changed hands at 43s 6d. V. L. Brocherie (Port Levy) sold 60 Romneys at 41s 6d. V. L. Brocherie topped the ewe lamb sale with 136 shorn Romneys at 575, and an unnamed vendor sold a pen at 51s. Among other good sales Wright Bros. (Hawarden) sold the top 163 out of their line of 323 Corriedales at 50s.

Sales included:— National Mortgage and Agency Company. Ltd., and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of H. B. Burna (Little River), 54 Romney wether lambs at 26s to 40s; client, 60 Down cross at 33s to 395; R. A. Bassett (Burnt Hill), 15L shorn Romney wether Lambs at 32s to 365; client, 88 Bonder cross wether lambs at 33s to 38s; N. D. Waghorn (Little Akaloa), 53 Down cross at 425; client, 74 shorn Romney ewe lambs at 51s; J. T. Lawn (Reefton), 36 Romney ewe lambs at 395. 17 Romney wether lambs at 30s to 375; estate J. Mangles (Tai Tapu), 19 Down cross at 38s. Pyne. Gould, Guinness Ltd. sold, on account of: G T Fisher (Greenpark). 26 Down cross wether lambs at 44s 6d; Miss M. Witbrock (Memorial avenue). 108 Corriedale wether lambs at 48s 6d to 53s 6d: J. A. Gray (Kaikoura), 79 Romlambs at 38s; Mrs I. M, McLeod (Springston), 140 B OW P. cross and Corriedale at 35s 6d to 39s 6d; Glen Coiwvn Estate (Parnassus), 137 Corriedale wether lambs at 30s to 33s 6d, and 33 Corriedale ewe lambs at 15s.

Dalgety and Company Ltd., sold, on account of: client, 108 Romney ewe lambs at 30s to 435; N. L. Harris (Whitecliffs). 34 Romney wether lambs at 27s 6d to 40s 6d; Wright Bros. (Hawarden). 323 Corriedale ewe lambs at 41s 6d to 50s; estate Mrs N. E. Hughes (Ardross). 65 Corriedale ewe lambs at 465; client. 139 mixed sex halfbred lambs at 24s to 395.

New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Association. Ltd., sold, on account of: V. L. Brocherie (Port Levy). 136 shorn Romney ewe lambs at 575, 60 woolly wether lambs at 41s 6d; J. A. Courage (Amberley), 125 Corriedale wether lambs at 43s 6d.

In a small offering of 725 two-tooth ewes there were some very good Chatham Island mated Romneys which met a sound sale at prices well In keeping with recent levels. The best of these sold from 61s to 70s. with average to good at 51s to 595. Two pens of mated halfbreds sold at 54s and 495. S. W. J. Gregory-Hunt (Pitt Island) sold 71 Romneys at 70s. and H. G Gregory-Hunt (Pitt Island) received 65s 6d for 60. Sales included:—

Dalgety and Company Ltd., sold, on account of: D. W. C. McCormick (Hawarden), 112 mated halfbreds at 49s to 545; client, 40 mated shorn Romneys at 44s 6d.

Pyne. Gould. Guinness Ltd., sold, on account of: H. GregoryHunt (Pitt Island), 77 mated Romneys at 54s to 65s 6d; K. W. Lanauze (Pitt Island). 47 mated Romneys at 51s; H. C. Page (Chatham Islands). 50 mated Romneys at 61s; H. Preece (Pitt Island) 63 mated Romneys at 545; S. w. J. Gregory Hunt (Pitt Island), 145 mated Romneys at 58s 6d to 70s; G. F. and L. Tuuta (Chatham Islands). 45 mated Romneys at 50s. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. . sold, on account of: C. H. Preece (Chatham Islands). 118 Romney ewes at 57s to 58s. The adult ewe offering was also dominated by Chatham Island sheep. Values generally held firm on last week's easier rates. Competition was not animated but remained at a moderate level throughout. The best of the mated Romney ewes on offer made from 51s to 535, with good at 40s to 47s and others at 28s 6d to 345. Average to good fine-wool mated four and five-year ewes sold from 39s to 43s 6d. with others making 22s 6d to 335. Top price was secured by H. C. Page (Chatham Islands) with mated Romneys at 53§ and H. A. Hunt (Pitt Island) sold 66 <ma ‘

ited four-year ewes of similar breeding at 52s 6d. H. Gregory-Hunt (Pitt Island) sold his top pen at 525. Top price for fine-wool mated ewes was 43s 6d which was paid for halfbreds from W. H. Faulkner (Cora Lynn). Sales included:—

National Mortgage and Agency Company. Ltd., and H. Matson and Company, sold, on account of: M. Crow (Duvauchelle). 12 five-year Romneys at 345; B. G. T. Quaife (Waiau), 91 mated five-year halfbreds at 27s 6d to 335; J. Cha pm anCohen (Waiau), 111 mated fouryear halfbreds at 435; E. E. Preece (Chatham Islands), 56 mated mixed aged Romneys at 44e; W. P. Gregory Hunt (Pitt Island). 68 mated four and fiveyear Romneys at 41s. Dalgety and Company, Ltd.,

sold, on account of: W. H. Faulkner (Cora Lynn). 142 mated halfbreds at 39s to 43s 6d; N. L. Harris (Whitecliffs). 30 Romneys at 30s 6d; G. W. Wright (Glen-tunnel), 54 fiveyear mated Romneys at 325, 185 four-year mated Romneys at 34s to 435; H. A. Hunt (Pitt Island), 208 four-year mated Romneys at 40s 6d to 52s 6d. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold, on account of: H. Gregory Hunt (Pitt Island), 218 mated Romneys at 39s 6d to 525; S. J. W. Gregory Hunt (Pitt Island). 187 mated Romneys at 40s to 45s 6d: H. Preece (Pitt Island), 75 mated Romneys at 40s; H. C. Page (Chatham Islands), 101 mated Romneys at 42s to 535; Tom Tuuta (Chatham Islands), 133 mated Romneys at 40s to 475; J. Daly (Kaikoura), 51 Romneys at 15s; W. J. Allen and Son (Culverden), 557 halfbreds at 22s 6d to 30s; G. F. and L. Tuuta (Chatham Islands). 60 mated ewes at 51s.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., sold, on account of: C. H. Preece (Chatham Islands), 99 mixed age mated Romney ewes at 40s.

New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Association, Ltd., sold, on account of: O’Halloran estate (Glentui), 94 mated halfbred five-year ewes at 28s 6d; J. Allen (Timaru), 88 mated five-year halfbreds at 40s. A small offering of wethers met a similar market to last week with the best of the younger sorts making from 57s 6d to 63s for Romneys. with others up to 49s 6d. Chatham Island vendors were again to the fore and C. H. Preece sold two-tooths at the top price with N. Thomas receiving up to 57s 6d for one and two-shear. Sales included:—

National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd. and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of N. Thomas (Chatham Islands), 89 one and two-shear Romneys at 57s 6d. Dalgety and Company, Ltd. sold: on account of client. 29 two-tooth halfbreds at 54s 6d. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd. sold: on account of estate C. Wishart (Chatham Islands), 77 Romneys at 395. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. sold: on account of C. H. Preece (Chatham Islands), 82 two-tooth Romney wethers at 49s 6d to 635. STORE CATTLE Store cattle numbers showed a marked decrease on last week's big entry. The offering totalled 1141 head, compared with 1972 last Wednesday, and included 702 calves and 439 older cattle. A large gallery followed the sale. When the calf market opened there was not much life to the bidding and sales were barely up to late rates and this trend continued for some time. At the end buyers appeared to raise their limits slightly and bid more freely. Taken overall the main lots of better steer calves appeared to be up to 30s a head weaker than last week but smaller calves and mixed lines looked to be, if anything, slightly dearer.

The calf selling season is now tapering off and the * quality of the offering yesterday was not as good as last week. With the exception of several pens of well grown calves of even breeding the entry was fairly mixed with a lot of small calves included.

The feature of the sale was a consignment of 56 Hereford heifer calves which were flown from Palmerston North. The tops of these were of very good quality, and showing good breeding and well marked. Competition was keen for these from breeders and they sold at satisfactory rates although for less than they would probably have made three weeks ago. The top pen of 20 made £2B 18s 6d.

For heifer calves generally the demand for breeding has slackened off and the better class of coloured cattle were not as buoyant but there was still a very firm market at slightly dearer rates from fatteners for the small to medium types. An unnamed vendor topped the steer calf sales with a pen of Aberdeen Angus cross at £27 18s 6d. The estate H. Snushall (Conway Hills) sold 18 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross at £25 18s 6d and the same price was paid for the top pen of Herefords from the Birchdale Estate (Hawarden).

The Oroua Grazing Company (Palmerston North) topped the heifer calf sales with their line of 56 Herefords at £26 3s 6d to £2B 18s 6d, and there were 20 at the top figure. The estate H. Snushall sold a pen of Herefords at £23 18s 6d. T. B. Morten (Hilltop) received £22 8s 6d for 14 Herefords. i The best Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen • Angus Cross steer calves made from £24 18s 6d to £27 18s 6d, witn the best of the Herefords at up to £25 18s 6d. Good steer calves made £22 8s 6d to £24 8s 6d, average £l6 18s 6d to £2l 3s 6d and small and plain from £l3 Ils.

Best Hereford heifer calves made from £22 8s 6d to £23 18s 6d. with top sales to £2B 18s 6d. Top Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves made £2l 8s 6d. Good heifer calves sold from £lB 3s 6d to £l9 18s 6d. with average at £l6 3s 6d to £l7 16s and small from £l3 8s 6d to £l4 16s. Sales included:—

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltdsold: on account of client, 24 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus Hereford cross calves at £24 18s 6d to £27 18s 6d.

Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltdsold: on account of H. J. Stace (Kaikoura), 21 Aberdeen Angus heifer calves at £lB 3s fid. Dalgety and Company, Ltdsold: on account of Oxenham Bros. (Murchison), 31 Aberdeen Angus Hereford cross heifer calves at £l4 16s to £l7 16s; Wills and Le Cren (Snowden). 26 Aberdeen Angus Galloway cross steer calves at £lB 18s 6d to £24 18s 6d. 14 Aberdeen Angus Galloway cross heifer calves at £l6 13s fid to £lB 3s 6d; J. C. Denham (Hawarden). 21 Aberdeen Angus Hereford cross steer calves at £l7 8s 6d to £23 18s 6d; estate H. Snushall (Conway Hills). 41 Aberdeen Angus Hereford cross steer calves at £23 3s 6d to £25 18s fid, 16 Aberdeen Angus Hereford cross heifer calves at £2l 8s 6d. 10 Hereford heifer calves at £23 18s 6d; Oroua Grazing Company. Ltd. (Palmerston North). 56 Hereford heifer calves from £26 3s 6d to £2B 18s 6d: client. 9 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £22 8s 6d. 9 Aberdeen Angus heifer calves at £l6 3s 6d

to £l9 3s 6d; V. and A. J. Tibbles (Nelson Creek), 7 steer calves at £24 3s 6d. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., and H. Matson and Company sold: on account of Mount White Station (Cass), 80 Hereford steer calves at £l3 Ils to £2l 3s Bd, 62 Hereford heifer calves at £l3 8s 6d to £lB 13s 6d; T. B. Morten (Hilltop), 14 Hereford heifer calves at £22 8s 6d; Birchdale Estate (Hawarden), 12 Hereford steer calves 'at £l6 IBs 6d to £25 18s 6d; N. D. Waghorn (Chorlton), 66 Hereford heifer calves at £lB 3s 6d. New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Association, Ltd., sold: on account of St, James Station (Hanmer), 27 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen AngusHereford cross steer calves at £22 8s Sd to £23 8s 6d 29 heifer calves at £lB 18s (fa to £l9 18s 6d, 19 mixed sex Hereford calves at £l6 18s 6d; 1. H. Croft (Omlhi). 17 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £24 8s 6d, 13 heifer calves at £l9 13s 6d. ADULT CATTLE In the adult cattle market the breeding cows showed a definite easing of between £2 and a head and other classes of store cattle looked to be back up by 30s a head. Generally, the market for grown cattle lost any gain it might have made last week. j The entry totalled 439 head, compared with 698 last week. Quality was mixed with, several pens of useful steers and some good lines of breeding cows. There was a good demand for two and a-hali-year steers, and the best of these ranged from £4O 18s 8d to £42 13s 6d. with average to good at £36 18s 6d to £39 18s 6d. Lees Valley Estates, Ltd., sold 42 Herefords at £39 18s 6d to £42 13s 6d. and nine Aberdeen Angus cross at £4O 18s 6d. In the 18 to 20-month-old category the better steers made from £27 Is to £27 8s 6d, with others at down to £2l 18s 6d. Heifers made up to £34 3s 6d, which was paid for Herefords from J. P. and W. Kennedy (Totara Flat). Good made £25 8s 6d to £29 Is, and others sold from £l6 3s 6d to £22 3s 6d.

The best of the mated cows ranged from £32 8s 6d to £35 3s 6d. with good at £29 8s 6d to £3l 18s 6d, average at £24 8s 6d to £27 18s 6d and others up to £23 13s 6d. C. H. and W. M. Gilbert (Springston) sold 20 Herefords which had been run with a polled Hereford bull at £34 18s 6d to £35 3s 6d. The St. James Station (Hanmer) sent forward a line of 91 cows which averaged just over £3O. Straight Aberdeen Angus made up to £32 18s 6d, Aberdeen Angus cross to £32 8s 6d, and Herefords to £3l 18s 6d. Sales included:—

National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., and H. Matson and Company, sold: on account of Lees Valley Estates, Ltd. (Lees Valley), 42 two and fl-half-year Hereford steers at £39 18s 6d to £42 13s 6d, 9 Aberdeen Angus cross two and fl-half-year steers at £4O 18s 6d; Mt. White Station (Cass), 10 two and a-half-year Hereford steers at £36 18s 6d. 34 mated Hereford cows at £23 13s 6d to £3O 3s 6d; Buchanan and Hay (Kinloch), 19 mated Hereford cows at £29 8s 6d to £3O 3s 6d; J. P. and W. Kennedy (Totara Flat), 20 20-month Hereford heifers at £29 Is to £34 3s 6d. Pyne. Gould. Guinness Ltd., sold: oh account of Shand Bros. (Island Hills). 8 in-calf Hereford cows at £24 8s 6d; Mrs D. G. Macfarlane (Hundalee), 5 Aberdeen Angus 18-month heifers at £25 8s 6d; client, 10 18-month Aberdeen Angus heifers at £22 3s 6d. 11 18month steers at £27 8s 6d.

Dalgety and Company. Ltd., sold: on account of Client, 8 empty Aberdeen Angus cows at £22 18s 6d; Wills and Le Cren (Snowden), 6 mated Aberdeen Angus Galloway cross cows at £27 18s 6d; W. M. Martin (Westport), 8 Friesian steers at £2l 18s 6d to £27 Is. 10 Friesian heifers at £l6 13s 6d to £2O 8s 6d.

New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. Association, Ltd., sold: on account of St. James Station (Handler). 18 Hereford cows running with Hereford and Aberdeen Angus bulls at £29 8s 6d to £3l 18s 6d, 31 Aberdeen AngusHereford cross cows at £2B 18s 6d to £32 8s 6d, 42 Aberdeen Angus cow's at £2B 8s 6d to £32 IBs 6d: C. H. and W. M. Gilbert (Springston), 20 Hereford cows running with Polled Hereford bull at £34 18s 6d to £35 3s 6d; S. H. Curd (Winchmore), 9 Shorthorn cows running with Shorthorn bull at £29 8s 6d; K. E. V. Watson (Rangiora), 15 Aberdeen Angus cows running with Aberdeen Angus bull at £3l 18s 6d.

Cyclist Injured.—Mrs Ema Oveinikorac, of 21 Bordesley street, Linwood, was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital at 2,15 p.m. yesterday after an accident between the cycle she was riding and a car at Hospital corner. She suffered head and arm injuries.