ADDIAGTOA MARKET Strong Interest In Store Lambs

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30957, 13 January 1966, Page 9

ADDIAGTOA MARKET Strong Interest In Store Lambs

The store sheep yarding was up to nearly 17,000 head at the Addington market yesterday. Most were lambs, and these met another good sale although there was a slight easing over the closing stages. Ewe lambs had a buoyant sale. In the adult sheep section there was only a small offering of two-tooth ewes. These sold up to £5 2s for useful Romneys.

Older ewes were mainly weak in the mouth and consequently made about freezing rates or a little better, but for the odd pen with a better mouth there was a good sale.

The offering totalled 16,657 head compared with 4491 at the store sheep sale last week. The selection included 13,092 lambs (3517 last week), 443 two-tooth ewes (83), 2796 older ewes (726) and 326 wethers (none). Store Lambs Store lambs met another good sale, although with a much increased yarding values eased over the concluding stages as buyers filled their requirements. The sale continued for four hours. A very large gallery followed the sale for the first two hours, and values for wether lambs, apart from an odd pen at the start, were well up to those of last week. Ewe lambs, for the most part, met a buoyant sale. This was the first time that ewe lambs had come forward in appreciable numbers, and there were some well-grown, wellwoolled lines. The top Romney ewe lamb price was 75s for the best of a line from S. C. Brown (Oxford), while the best Corriedale ewe lamb price was 78s for a pen of 96 from J. McDougall (Bowenvale). Romney wether lambs, as usual, ’were keenly sought, especially where they were carrying a good fleece. The market appeared to be above last week’s good rates at some stages, with the tops selling to 64s 6d for the best 94 of a line from D. S. Anderson, Gibraltar Farm, Otahuna. Corriedales, particularly where there was size and quality, also met a ready sale, with the best selling to 60s for the tops of a draft from C. E. Trewin, Glenstrae, Oaro. Some large lines of lambs

were forward, one of the largest being a consignment of over 900 halfbreds from A. F. S. Rutherford, Montrose. The tops of the Montrose ewe lambs sold to 66s and the tops of the wethers to 60s.

Although values in the afternoon receded by 3s or so on opening rates, the sale was still a very good one for vendors. Romney lambs showing quality were selling steadily at about 555. and good quality fine-wool wether lambs at around 50s. Best Romney wether lambs sold to 64s 6d, with good from 50s to 57s 6d; best fine-wool wether lambs from 56s to 60s, with good from 49s to 555, and smaller sorts down to 455. Best Romney ewe lambs sold from 65s to 755, and medium to good from 59s to 645; best Corriedale ewe lambs sold from 71s to 78s, with good from 65s to 70s.

Down cross lambs were forward in only small numbers and sold mainly from 48s 6d to 54s 6d for the best, with small sorts down to 445.

Leading sales of lambs quoted by stock firms included: Wether lambs: G. P. Dennis (Glenroy), 189 Romneys at 48s to 525; S. C. Brown (Oxford), 242 Romneys at 47s to 525; L. G. Maginnesis (Wainui), 277 Romneys at 48s to 555; D. S. Anderson (Gibraltar Farm), 393 Romneys at 52s to 64s 6d (94 at the top price); Miss Jean Anderson (Charteris Bay), 73 Down cross at 48s to 54s 6d; C. Gilmore (Lyttelton), 119 Down cross at 46s 6d to 51s; Littledale Farm (Rakaia), 228 halfbreds at 46s 6d to 495, 239 Down cross at 48s 6d to 51s 6d; R. S. Bassett (Burnt Hill), 300 Romneys at 51s to 545; D. J. Blakely Trust (Purau), 314 Romneys at 45s 6d to 555; G. J. Capstick (Waiau), 241 Romneys at 48s 6d to 555; G. Van Asch (Hoon Hay), 74 Down cross at 50s; estate J. L. Rollason (Kekerengu), 468 halfbreds at 44s to 55s 6d; E. C. Trewin (Glenstrae, Oaro), 621 Corriedales at 48s to 60s, with 90 at the top price; J. A. Paton (The Birches, Oaro), 120 halfbreds at 48s 6d: J. A. Paton and Company (Kekerengu), 472 halfbreds at 45s 6d to 50s; T. J. Palmer (Robin Hood Bay), 257 Romneys from 53s 6d to 635; A. F. S. Rutherford (Montrose), 704 halfbreds at 49s 6d to 56s 6d; L. B. Ensor (Pendle Hills), 263 halfbreds at 47s to 55s 6d; Gudex Brothers (Whiterock), halfbreds at 475; Jedburgh and Company (Cheviot), 86 Corriedales at 49s 6d; E. D. Crampton (Cheviot), 229 Cor~iedales at 46s to 52s 6d; O. P. Gibson (Ti Tinii), 500 Corriedales at 46s 6d to 54s 6d; Pahau Downs, Ltd. (Culverden), 259 Corriedales at 48s to 525; Mrs A. G. Jamieson (Kaituna), 400 Romneys at 51s to 57s 6d: R. F. Parker (Clarence Bridge), 94 Corriedales at 50s to 50s 6d: P. E. Evans (Kaikoura), 131 Romneys at 46s to 525; G. H. Westland (Cheviot), 500 Corriedales at 50s to 525; R. G. Morris (Cheviot), 179 Corriedales at 535.

Ewe lambs: D. S. Anderson (Gibraltar Farm), 98 Romneys at 71s; J. McDougall (Bowenvale), 175 Corriedales at 71s to 78s; R. S. Bassett (Burnt Hill), 252 Romneys at 66s to 755; G. J. Capstick (Waiau), 91 Romneys at 52s to 645; J. A. Paton (The Birches, Oaro), 108 halfbreds at 47s to 555; A. F. S. Rutherford (Montrose), 181 halfbreds at 58s to 665; R. A. Black (Culverden), 158 Corriedales at 54s to 71s; F. R. Davison (Culverden), 125 Border cross at 55s 6d to 565; Gudex Brothers (Whiterock), 103 halfbreds at 53s 6d; Forrestdale Sheepfarming Company (Oxford), 71 Romneys at 645; Pahau Downs, Ltd. (Culverden), 100 Corriedales at 46s to 555; Glen Dhu Station (Motunau), 400 Corriedales at 56s to 655: M. P. Bamford (Hawarden), 138 Corriedales at 51s to 565; G. L. Fowler (Halkett), 60 Border Leicester cross at 625; J. W. Rivers (Culverden), 60 Corriedales at 71s 6d; I. R. McKenzie (Gorrie Downs), 270 halfbreds at 58s to 645. Two-tootli Ewes The yarding of two-tooth ewes comprised only about 11 pens. It included two or three pens of useful Romneys and an odd pen of average to good fine wools. The best of the Romneys, which were from Banks Peninsula, realised from 93s to £5 2s, with average to good at 75s 6d to 87s. In the case of the fine wools the best brought to 80s 6d, with average at 62s to 72s and others at down to 355. Details of the leading sales of younger ewes were:—R. G. Luderman (Barrys Bay), 78 Romneys at £5 2s; G. Steele (Port Levy), 89 Romneys at 93s to 975; estate P. W. F. Smith (Clarence Bridge), 160 halfbreds at 62s to 70s. Older Ewes The older ewe offering was much bigger than at recent markets but still of quite modest proportions, and the sale of two-tooth and older ewes was over in about an hour and a half. Many, of the older ewes had little to commend them for breeding, and for that reason only brought around freezing rates or a little better, but for the few ewes with some sort of a mouth there was a good inquiry, although it is early vet for the purchase of replacement stock. The sale was followed by a fairly large gallery. A line of three and four-shear Border Corriedale ewes sold to 80s 6d and four, six and eighttooth fine wool ewes realised 60s and two. three and four-shear and two and four-tooth fine wool ewes made from 45s to 47s 6d. The better class older fine wool ewes in the entry realised! from about 50s to 58s 6d. with! average sorts at 40s to 47s and i those with poor mouths made from about 28s to 355. The ■ poorer class of Romney ewe in the freezing category sold from about 29s 6d to 355, with aver age sorts at 40s to 46s 6d. There was little in the way of good Romney breeding ewes in the market. Among sales of older ewes quoted by stock firms were: J. H. Cooke (Te Pirita) 296 five-year-old Corriedales at 495; J. G. Dalzell (Culverden). 55 earlyshorn five-year-old Corriedales at 58s 6d and 120 Novembershorn five-year-old Corriedales at 555; P. J. Coleman (Godley Heads), 160 Corriedales at 40s to 43s 6d; Montana Farm (Oxford), 100 Border Corriedale three and four-shear ewes at 80s 6d. Wethers Few wethers were yarded—there were about seven pens, some of which were only part filled. The best of the two tooth wethers made from about 60s to 70s. Some eight-tooth wethers ranged from 41s to 445. Sales of wethers quoted by stock firms included: —K. C. O’Fee (Omihi), 44 Romney cross two-tooths at 67s 6d to 70s; J. Haima (Hickory Bay), 193 eighttooth Romney wethers at 41s to 445.