Demand Sound, But Calf Values Fall At Kaikoura

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29797, 13 April 1962, Page 13

Demand Sound, But Calf Values Fall At Kaikoura

Calves met a sound demand at the Kaikoura* and East Coast cattle sale yesterday, with values on a par with ruling Addington rates, but about £2 a head less than at Blenheim for steer calves. In general, calf values were £8 to £9 a head below the prices paid last year. The entry of 2002 head was a record, compared with 1579 last year It included 1574 calves, with steer calves predominating, about 110 18-month-old cattle. 115 breeding cows. 80 two-and-a-half-year-old heifers, the remainder being steers, bulls, and boner and dairy types The calves were generally well grown and showed a uniformity of breeding

The adult cattle met a varying sale, with a number of passings. but values were about on a par with Addington, taking freight costs into consideration Top price of £2O was paid to H. C. Acton-Adams (Mahungai for 27 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus-cross -teer calves, compared with his top price of £29 last year He also sold heifer calves of similar breeding at £l5 ss. Top Hereford steer calves realised £l7 for Ngaio Downs Holdings and Hereford heifer calves at £l5 were sold by F D. Gibson (Te Haumi) and P B. B Nixon (Kakanui)

In the cow sale, which was £l5 to £l6 a head down on last year, J A Davies (Tawaho, sold 10 Herefords. similarly mated at £26 E. E P. Thomas (Clarence Reserve) had a good sale of empty two and a half-year-old heifers at £2B for Herefords and £26 for Aberdeen Angv.s-cross, Mated heifers realised £2B 10s for L. J Kennedy iFassifern)

Best Aberdeen Angus ana Aberdeen Angus-cross steer calves made £lB to £2O. good £l6 to £l7 10s plain to medium £l4 to £l5 10s. and small £ll to £l2 10s; best heifer calves. £l4 to £l5 ss, good to £l3 10s. plain £ll 5s to £l2 3s. and small £8 to £lO 10s. Best Hereford steer calves sold ai £l5 10s to £l7, good £l3 Ss to £l5. and plain at £l2 15s: best heifer calves made to £l5, good to £l3 10s, and small to £9 15s. Eighteen-month-old steers realised £l4 15s to £29 and heifers £2l to £25 ’ss Good breeding cows sold at £2O 10s to £26. with average at £l2 to £l6 two and a halfvear heifers £25 5s to £2B 10s stood steers made £2B 5s to £36 10s with plain at. £lB 5s to £2O bulls made £2B to £34 10s and boner types £8 10s to £l7. with an odd sale to £22 10s

Details of main sales at auction were as «ollows: CALVES Pyne, Gould. Guinness Ltd., sold, on account of: R G Murray, Te Rapa: 48 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at L‘l7 10s. 15 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l6 23 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves st £l2

Hawkswooa Estaie: lb Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l6 5s 20 heifer calves at £ll 10s. J A Gray. Surrey Downs - 29 Aberdeen Angus ano Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £IF 15s 29 heifer calves at £l4 ss. H C Acton-Adams Mahan i 27 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross s teer calves al £2O. 20 heifer calves at £l5 ss. C. A McGregor, Greenhills. 18 Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l9. 27 Aberdeen Angus at £lB 10s. 22 Aberdeen Angus heifer calv T es at £l3 10s 19 Aberdeen Angus cross at £l4 D G Todhunter. Glen Alton 28 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus crns« «teer calves £l9. 10 Hereford at £l2 15s 3? Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Aneus cro«« heifer at Cl 1 10s I? G Middleton Waipapa: 14 Aberdeen Angus md Aberdeen Angus cross «teer calves at £l6 29 Hereford at £l5 10s

P B R Dixon. Rakanui 2;. Polled Hereford Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £1 I* Polled Hereford at £l3 5s 24 Pn’l«d Hereford heifer calves lat £l5 35 Polled Hereto: Angus at £l2 W A Gregory Lake Hills - *- Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen iAngus steer calves at £lB [ 36 heifer calves at £.12 i Estate C J Adken. SwynI -oiEhe 25 Aberdeen Angus and ! Aberdeen Aneus cross steer [Calves a! £lB tOs in neifer ’-alves at £l2 5s J G Armstrong Greenbr:-*. 16 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cro«s <teer calves at £l3 ss.

J G Armstrong and J A Smith: 18 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus toss h ?r calves at £ll 15s T P Shand and Son, Seaward valley: 25 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steer ea’ves at £l7. 17 at £ll. D H Giles, Edgecombe. 20 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus crass steer calves at £l6 10s, ’8 heifer calves at £ll W P Smith Stag and Spey h Aberdeen Angu« and Aberdeen Angus cross Meer cahes a* £l7 6 heifer calves at £lO 10s R .A R White DiUnndale: P Aberdeen Angus Aberdeen Angus cross steer waives al £l6 14 Angus heiie* -a Ives at £ll 15s J A Smith Kai Ora 10 Ab.r deen Angus and Aberder A ngu*- crocs steer calves at £l6 JOs J Paton. The Birches 16 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £l5 10s 9 heifer calves at £8 R. G and F Sarratt Puhi Puhi. 19 Aberdeen Angus and

Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l4. 11 heifer calves at £5 15s.

Glen Co’wyn estate. 15 Hereford steer calves at £l4 10s

A B Anderson, uagoon Flat 26 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l4 10s. 23 heifer calves at £ll H H Lawrence, Parikawa; 29 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l6 ss. 15 Aberdeen Angus heifer calves at £ll 5s Ngaio Downs Holdings: 34 Aberdeen Angus cross steei calves at £lB. 17 M £l4 15s. 2? 1 eford at £l7 *

L H H Weavers, Sawyers Downs: 21 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l7 5s 29 heife: calves at £ll 10s. J A Davies, Ta wane: 25 Hereford steer calves at £l5 10s, 25 at £l5 19 Hereford heifer calves at £l3 10s

S. W Pilorow, Pun: Peaks: 23 Hereford steer calves at £l6 A D. Appleby. Imphal: 16 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £ll 10s. 21 heifer calves at £8 15s Puke Puke S.G.R., Ltd.: 20 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £l6 10s, 17 mixed sex at £9 5s Fernleigh Estate: 23 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £lO

A Adair. The Conway: 16 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £l5 5s Mrs M. A. Adair, The Conway: 9 Aberdeen Angus mixed sex at £4. L. P Blunt, Steepdown: 23 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves at £l5 F. D Gibson, Te Haumi: 13 Hereford steer calves at £l2 10s 11 heifer calves at £l5 R. R and J. G. Laidlaw Glencree: 11 Hereford-Aberdeen Angus cross heifer calves at £8 ss. E S Gray, Kahautara Hills: 12 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross mixed sex at £l6 OLDER CATTLE Belter sales included : Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold, on account of: J. G Latter. Cheriton: 8 18month Shorthorn steers at £l4 15s, 12 18-month Friesian steers at £l4. D A and M G. Barker, Puhi Downs: 12 18-month Hereford steers at £25 15s. 28 at £27 10s F J Peach. Ludley: 14 18month Aberdeen Angus steers T. P. Shand and Son. Seaward Valley: 20 two and a-half-year-old Aberdeen Angus steers at £2B 5s D. G Todhunter. Glen Alton: 11 Hereford cows at £l4 15s. Puke Puke S.G.R.. Ltd : 11 Aberdeen Angus cows at £l5 5s D. H Giles, Edgecombe: 10 mated Hereford cows at £l6. 16 at £l2 C. A McGregor, Greenhills: 11 mated Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross cows at £l9. J. A. Davies. Tawaho: 10 mated Hereford cows at £26. R r. Middleton: 13 mated Hereford cows at £22 ss. Ngaio Downs Holdings: 10 mated Hereford cows at £2l. R A R. White, Dillondale: 5 mated Aberdeen Angus cows at £2O 10s W O Knox. Kahautara: 12 empty two and a -half-year-old Aberdeen Angus cross heifers at £25 ss. E E P Thomas. Clarence Reserve: 22 empty two and a-nalf-vear-old Hereford heiferat £2B 23 empty Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross heifers at €26 L J Kennedy. Fassifern: 12 mated two-year-old Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross heifers at £2B 10s.