Good Prices Realised At Culverden Ewe Fair

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28529, 7 March 1958, Page 26

Good Prices Realised At Culverden Ewe Fair

As was the case last season, yesterday’s Culverden ewe fair lost nothing by comparison with any of its predecessors.

By all standards it was a very solid sale. If there had been any anticipation of lower values on the score of lower wool prices they were not justified. A smaller but more select gallery of buyers was in attendance and they were obviously out to buy. Bearing in mind that this was a sale of finewoolled breeds, particularly halfbreds, values might be quoted as well up on Addington and an improvement on Amberley at the beginning of the week. Twotooths sold to £5 4s and there were a number of other pens which were close to this price, many Corriedales being included.

It was, too, an excellent sale for four-year-olds which sold freely throughout the day at right up to best late rates. Top price in this section was 73s and, although it was 18s under last year’s top price, a feature of the market was the good average level of values.

It was a bigger entry than last year. In all 15,583 sheep were yarded, comprising 4360 twotooths, 10,317 older ewes and 906 ewe lambs. Last year the entry totalled 12,236 head. Many buyers of fine-wooled sheep hold off for Culverden m the expectation—and they are seldom disappointed—of acquiring well-bred, hard-conditioned ewes off hill and tussock which are so obviously good shifters. Thus yesterday they bought freely and with confidence.

The auction commenced with the sale of two-tooths. Here the auctioneers’ old adage that the “first are the cheapest” obtained. From a modest beginning the sale quickly improved and before many pens were reached values had improved by 5s to 6s a head.

A feature of the sale was the impression that buyers obviously had self-imposed limits beyond which they were not prepared to venture. The natural outcome in many cases was that they paid too dearly for sheep of only mediocre quality and not enough for the top pens. This too, was reflected in a comparison between the lines of comparable two-tooths sold yesterday and at the same sale last year. Thus, while some of the top sheep were cheaper by up to 10s to 15s the average decline in values over 15 pens was only ss. Top price for the sale anti for two-tooths went to C. Burrows (Beachwood) for 70 halfbreds at £5 4s. Next on the list Was estate D. W. Davison (Kyenton) with 76 Corriedales at £5 2s. R. Bethell (Terrace Paddocks) sold 280 at 97s and C. G. Gardner (Emu Plains) realised 95s for 263 and 92s for 70. Among the array of very serviceable four-year-olds the top-

t priced pen was produced by R. H. • Roxburgh (Barcaldine) who sold • 211 at 72s to 735. A sale at 70s > was made by the Mt. Benger r Estate (Hurunui) for 138; D. McLean (Glenshee) sold 150 at 695; and for 159 G. J. H. Reid i (Grassington) received 675. Over 11 pens of four-year-olds prices showed an average decline of 6s > on last year’s market. » Top price for five-year-olds *was » 60s and this went to Mt Benger I Estate with the sale of 318. V. and G. R. Gould (The Hermitage) ! realised 57s for 57. The next best - price went to the Mt. Palm Estate J (Rotherham) with 70 at 565. Just short of 1000 ewe lambs ) were yarded and the pick of the - offering sold readily at 54s to 625, s with the balance making down to • 41s. The top-priced pen was sold s on account of W. F. Grueber (Bex- ’ hill). I Following is a range of values, > with last year’s prices for com- - parison:— I 1958 1957 r s. s. s. s. ■ Two-tooth Ewes— Best .. 93 to 104 101 to 115 5 Good .. 84 to 90 89 to 93 i Average .. 70 to 80 72 to 83 j Others .. 60 to 68 52 to 70 » Four-year-olds— Best .. 67 to 73 77 to 91 ; Good .. 60 to 66 64 to 72 r Others .. 40 to 59 46 to 55 j Five-year-olds— Best .. 55 to 60 60 to 64 Good .. 48 to 54 50 to 58 Others .. 34 to 46 40 to 47 • Sales made at auction included:— , Two-tooth Ewes t Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold on account of:— D. B. Stevenson (Eskdale): 61-at L 935. • Estate D. W. Davison (Kyenton): I 70 at 90s, 76 at £5 2s. 1 Henshaw Brothers , (Kia Ora Downs): 70 at 725, 66 at 82s, 140 at . 84s to 86s. G. R. Gould (Ben Lomond): 208 at 90s, 129 at 80s, 70 at 745. = R. A. Chaffey (Keinton Combe): 71 at 755. Richard Bethell (Terrace Paddock): 280 at 975. H. R. Roxburgh (Barcaldine): 70 at 80s. W. L. Evans (Karaha): 73 at 82s, 66 at 80s. Glynn Wye Station (Lewis Pass): 81 at 61s, 60 at 58s 6d. R. F. Macfarlane (Rotherham): 61 at 87s 6d. H. Matson and Company sold, on on account of:— D. L. Rutherford (Leslie-Hills): 151 1 at 775. a C. G. Gardner (Emu Plains): 253 " at 955, 70 at 925. 1 Mount Benger Estate (Hurunui): 74 - at 80s, 78 at 78s 6d. f A. F. S. Rutherford (Montrose): 70 i at 82s 6d. 1 J. L. Rutherford (Morna): 46 at ■ 665. 45 at 565. r Dalgety and Company sold, on ac- , count of:— 2 G. O. Rutherford (Lochiel): 60 at , 695, 66 at 90s. G. N. Dalzell (Culverden): 70 at , 91s. i Draper Brothers (The Oaks): 228 j at 735. a Estate F. and J. Northcote (Whalesp back): 240 at 675. 1 L. M. Rutherford (Indiana): 79 at t 71s. 5 D. Johnston (Waiau): 39 at 80s. ’ New Zealand Loan and Mercantile t Agency sold, on account of:— L. R. C. Macfarlane (Kaiwara): 52 J at 60s, 80 at 82s, 193 at 665, 60 at I 58s. - C. Burrows (Beachwood): 70 at £5 . 4s. D. W. O’Callaghan (Green Valleyt 140 at 86s. J. Calder (Culverden): 71 at 62s [ National Mortgage and Agency i sold, on account of:— W. F. Anderson (Murray Downs)- • 175 at 78s, 83 at 80s. 79 at 61s. J Jamieson and Beadel (Marble . Point): 59 at 755. I Older Ewes Dalgety and Company sold, on ac- ! count of:— ; T. and J. Barrett (The Poplars): . 440 four-year at 56s to 575. . C. Deans (Upper Highfield): 260 four-year at 595. ! Estate H. Snushall (Conway Hills). ■ 450 four-year at 625, 152 five-year , at 555. G. O. Rutherford (Lochiel): 510 four-year at 60s to 645, 136 five-year at 48s. Estate F. and J. Northcote (Whales- ; back): 630 four-year at 59s to 60s. , Mount Palm Estate (Mount Palm): ' 70 five-year at 565. L. M. Rutherford (Indiana): 445 four and five-year at 595. < G. N. Dalzell (Culverden): 54 five- . year at 465. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold i on account of: W. L. Evans (Karaka): 418 four- ' year at 59s to 60s. Henshaw Bros. (Kia Ora Downs): ' 337 four-year at 645. . Glynn Wye Station (Lewis Pass): . 432 four-year at 575, 87 at 435. , Glens of Tekoa Estate (Culver- ' den): 827 four-year at 63s to 655. 5611 at 445, 210 five-year at 545, 78 at 485.;1 R. H. Roxburgh (Barcaldine): 211 < four-year at 72s to 735. G. J. H. Reid (Grassington): 159J’ four-year at 675. ‘ R. A. R. White (Dillondale): 99 1 four-year at 31s. 1 R. W. Palmer (Waireka Downs): 123 four-year at 575, 36 at 395, 35} five-year at 38s. . V. and G R. Gould (The Hermit-j 1 age): 57 five-year at 575. < National Mortgage and Agency « sold on account of: < Jamieson and Beadel (Marble Point): 515 four-year at 555. D. McLean (Glenshee): 150 fouryear at 695. Anderson Bros. (Murray Downs): 64 four-year at 665. L. P. Taylor (Mount Parnassus): 80 six and eight-tooth Merinos at 30s. i K. S. Pettigrew (Willowbank): 63 five-year at 345. A. F. Glenn (Terako Downs): 1581 four and five-year at 42s to 48s. L. P. Taylor (Mount Parnassus): 80 four-year at 50s. H. Matson and Company sold onli account of: A. F. S. Rutherford (Montrose) 300 four-year at 635, 70 at 60s. ’ D. L. Rutherford (Leslie Hills): ] 229 four-year at 675. J. L. Rutherford (Morna): 205 fouryear at 645, 140 five-year at 555. Mount Benger Estate (Hurunui): 1 138 four-year at 70s, 318 five-year at i < 60s Ewe Lambs ! Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold . on account of: ‘ Pahau Pastures, Ltd., (Culverden): 1 160 at 565. Dalgety and Company sold on 1 account of: J Murgatroyd and Son (Balmoral): . 303 at 55s to 61s, 99 at 41s. Estate C. C. Douglas (Hemingford): J 126 at 545. 50 at 455. < W. F. Grueber (Bexhill): 80 at 625. :