ADDINGTON MARKET Strong Sale For Station-bred Cows

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31057, 12 May 1966, Page 24

ADDINGTON MARKET Strong Sale For Station-bred Cows

Steer calves continued to sell firmly at the Addington store stock market yesterday, but heifer calves, in spite of the greatly reduced entry, were easier.

Station-bred cows, most of them mated, were again forward in sizeable numbers, and sold briskly, with competition from South Canterbury as well as local buyers.

For the first time this autumn, values began to ease in the adult sheep section and, reflecting the lower prices recently in the fat sheep pens, wethers also met a much reduced inquiry.

Quality in the store wether lamb yarding was not up to last week’s entry, and buying interest was weak, values for plain guality lambs easing by a further 2s to 3s. Unless they were attractive and well-woolled, ewe lambs were cheaper by as much as 4s a head.

The store sheep entry this week totalled 6816 head, compared with 7010 last week. It was made up of 1301 ewe lambs (1429 last week), 3230 wether lambs (4348), 293 twotooth ewes (150), 1473 adult ewes (228), and 519 wethers (855). The store cattle entry consisted of 856 calves (443 steers and 413 heifers), compared

with 1175 last week, and 439 adult cattle, compared with 731. Store Lambs In common with recent sales, the yarding of store lambs was predominantly shorn Romney. The gallery of buyers was small, and the sale was at no stage brisk. Values were generally easier, although quality was not up to that of last sale. The best of the wether lamb entry was on a par to a shade easier than last sale, while the plainer quality lambs were down 2s to 3s a head. The best of the shorn Romneys sold from 54s to 58s, with an odd sale to 61s; medium quality Romneys sol'd from 47s to 525, with others down to 425. Romneys, in the wool, sold to 66s for the best, with other sales from 49s to 545. The demand for ewe lambs was only fair, and unless the lambs were attractive, they were 3s to 4s easier on last week, with mediocre lambs realising little more than wether lamb prices. Shorn Romneys sold to 70s, and Romneys in the wool to 655. The sale included two attractive lines of Corriedales, which sold to 82s 6d. T. S. Critchley, of Kekerengu, sold 140 from 74s 6d to 82s 6d, and W. D. Dampier-Crossley (Parnassus) sold 104 at 81s. Shorn Down cross lambs sold to 59s 6d for the best, and there were other sales from 47s to 54s 6d. Leading sales of lambs, quoted by stock firms, included:—

Wether lambs: G. W. Wright (Glentunnel), 332 shorn Down cross at 52s 6d to 59s fid, 213 shorn Romneys at 49s to 56s 6d; T. W. Hutchinson (Little River), 65 Romneys at 54s to 655; K. F. Pickering (Oxford), 61 -Romneys at 50s to 64s 6d; J. P. Gallagher (Rakahuri), 180 shorn Romneys at 55s 6d; O’Halloran Estate (Glentui), 101 Romneys at 545; Gibson Brothers (Lees Valley), 120 haWbreds at 49s to 58s; Lynton Downs, Ltd. (Kaikoura), 142 Romneys at 47s to 49s fid. Ewe lambs: W. DampierCrossley (Glen Albyn, Parnassus), 104 Corriedales at 81s; T. W. Hutchinson (Little River), 22 Romneys at 655: W. A. Newell (Waiau), 101 shorn Romneys at 70s: Prattley Brothers ißangitata Island), 151 halfbreds at 545; T. S. Critchley (Kekerengu), 140 Corriedales at 74s 6d to 82s 6d. Adult Sheep For the first time this autumn, there was some restraint in the demand for adult ewes. With the approach of winter, sales approaching recent values were just a little harder to make. The selection was made up of both Corriedale and Romney ewes, running with rams, and most were one-year sheep. There were sales of Corriedales at 63s 6d to 68®, while a pen of mixedaged ewes of the same breeding realised 695. One-year Romney ewes, already mated, sold from 55s to 61s. Two pens of Romneys and four pens of fine-woolled ewes were included in the two-tooth entry of less than 360 head. Top price was 93s for 70 averagesized Romneys, while a pen of attractive Corriedales sold for 90s a head. There were other sales of fine-woolled ewes ranging from 55s to 745. Wethers With lower prices prevailing in the fat sheep pens, wethers did not meet such a strong demand, and the best price this week was 69s for a pen of Romney two-tooths. A line of 187 two-shear halfbreds from Waiau sold from 55s to 645, but older wethers were not in demand, and there were several sales below 50s. Sales of ewes included: J. Irwin (Rakaia), 55 fourtooth Romneys at 90s; Prattley Bros. (Rangitata Island), 172 mated four and five-year-old Corriedales at 63s 6d to 68s; G. W. Wright (Glentunnel). 232 one-year mated Romneys at 50s to 58s: W. Dampier-Crossley (Parnassus), 42 mated mixedaged Corriedales at 695. Calf Sale Beef-bred calves continued to meet a good sale. The entry this week did not contain so many large calves, but as the calf season is tailing off, this was to be expected. The market opened with a smaller gallery than usual, and

values over the first race were 20s to 36s a head below last week’s closing rates. But once the sale had reached a line of about 166 calves from St. James Station, bidding became appreciably stronger, and prices from there on were well up to last week’s good rates. Heifer calves met a weaker inquiry. Where there was size and uniformity, values were on a par with last week’s rates, but the medium and smaller heifer calf was generally easier by 26s or more. The best Hereford heifer calves again met a strong inquiry, £36 18s 6d being paid for a truck from the West Coast. Values for smaller Hereford heifers were much the same as those for Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross heifers. A range of values Is: Steer calves: Best Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross, £26 13s fid to £3O 18s 6d; medium to good, £22 13s fid to £25 13s fid; smaller, £l6 8s 6d to £2l 8s 6d. Best Herefords, to £26 3s 6d; medium to good, £22 3s 6d to £24 13s fid; smaller, down to £l7 3s fid. Heifer calves: Best Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross, to £23 8s fid; medium to good, £l9 3s 6d to £2l 3s fid: smaller, down to £l6 8s 6d. Best Herefords, £24 13s fid to £36 18s 6d; medium to good, £2l 13s fid to £23 IBs 6d; smaller, down to £l7 13s fid. Leading sales of calves, quoted by stock firms, included:—

Steer calves: St. James Station (Hamner). 16 Aberdeen Angus cross at £36 18s fid, 28 Aberdeen Angus at £27 3s fid tq £27 8s fid; L. K. Muirson (Fishermen’s Bay), 10 Herefords at £25 8s fid; J. Rosis Murray (Clarence Bridge), 26 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross from £25 13s fid to £2B 18s fid; R. W. Burnett (Cheviot),

14 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross at £27 3s 6d: A. de Lambert (Cheviot), 7 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £26 3s 6d; Anna vale Trust (Springfield), 37 Herefords at £22 18s fid to £26 3s 6d; C. Wiffin, Ltd. (Inverness, Parnassus), 21 Herefords at £26 18s 6d; A. G Green (Hamner), 16 Aberdeen Angus at £25 3s 6d; Glens of Tekoa Estate (Culverden), 37 Herefords at £l9 18s 6d to £22 3s fid.

Helfer calves: St. Janies Station (Hanmer), 27 Aberdeen Angus cross at £26 18s 6d to £22 3s 6d, 9 Herefords at £2l 13s 6d, 17 Aberdeen Angus at £l9 13s 6d; Palmside Station (Culver den), 47 Aberdeen Angus cross at £2l 8s 6d to £23 8s 6d; A. F. S. Rutherford (Montrose), 17 Aberdeen Angus cross at £22 8s 6d, 24 Herefords at £26 18s 6d to £24 13s 6d; G. P. Fitzgerald (Wainihinih'l), 16 Herefords at £36 18s fid; J. Ross Murray (Clarence Bridge), 26 Aberdeen Angus at £l9 8s fid to £2l 8s 6d; R. W. Burnett (Cheviot), 14 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross at £lB 18s 6d; estate Mrs A. C. Johns (Prices Valley), 12 Aberdeen Angus at £lB 3s fid; Cattle Hill Station (Springfield), 9 Herefords at £23 18s fid; C. Wiffin, Ltd. (Inverness, Parnassus'), 25 Herefords at £l7 13s fid to £l9 3s fid; A. G. Green (Hanmer), 13 Aberdeen Angus at £lB 13s 6d; Glens of Tekoa Estate (Culverden), 12 Herefords at £l9 8s 6d. Adult Cattle A large gallery followed the adult cattle sale, and values were as strong as they have been at any point of the autumn. There was a large entry of sta-tion-bred cows, most of them already mated, but the entry of steers totalled little more than 100 head. In contrast the cow entry totalled more than 250 head, the feature consignment being a line of 119 from the St. James Station. These cows were predominantly nine-year-olds, and had been put to the bull on De-

cember 1. With the exception of one pen of Herefords, all were Aberdeen Angus or Aberdeen Angus cross. Under keen competition they sold from £2B 18s fid to £36 18s fid to average £34 2s 6d a pen.

Two pens of young mated Hereford cows sold at £39 8s fid, while seven mated Hereford heifers realised the high price of £46 3s fid.

The best of the other cows sold from £34 18s fid to £3B 8s 6d, with hard-conditioned cows selling down to £25 3s 6d.

A small selection of steers, most of them aged about 26 months, met a brisk sale. The best sold from £36 8s 6d to £4l 8s fid, with mixed-coloured steers of the same age selling down to £25 13s fid.

Leading sales of adult cattle included:

J. Swarbrlck (Waiau), 9 Aberdeen Angus steers, aged 26 months, at £36 8s fid to £4l 8s 6d; Lynton Downs, Ltd. (Kaikoura), 6 Galloway cross steers, aged 26 months, at £3B 8s 6d: W. A. Newell (Waiau), 18 young mated Hereford cows at £39 8s fid, 16 mated Aberdeen Angus cross cows, at £34 18s 6d: A. F. S. Rutherford (Montrose), 16 mated Hereford cows at £33 8s fid to £34 18s 6d: A. D. H. Scott (Coalgate), 12 Aberdeen Angus cows at £3B 8s 6d; St. James Station (Hanmer), 51 Aberdeen Angus cows at £2B 18s 6d to £35 8s fid, 59 Aberdeen Angus cross cows at £32 18s fid to £36 18s 6d, nine Herefords at £35 8s 6d: H. V. Snushall (Kaikoura), 7 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steers, aged 26 months at £39 8s 6d; W. H. Oliver (Hororata), 12 Friesian steers, aged 18 months, at £32 3s 6d: R. W. Burnett (Cheviot), 9 Aberdeen Angus heifers, aged 18 months, at £27 8s fid.

Castle Hill Station (Springfield), 9 Aberdeen Angus cross mated cows at £29 8s 6d; Reed Brothers (Dalethorpe), 24 Aberdeen Angus mated cows at £32 13s 6d to £36 3s 6d; J. R. Stanbury (Little River), 12 mated Hereford cows at £36 3s 6d; Glens of Tekoa Estate (Culverden), 14 mated Herefords at £26 8s 6d to £26 13s 6d.