SOUND SALE FOR EWES AT COALGATE FAIR

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30368, 18 February 1964, Page 16

SOUND SALE FOR EWES AT COALGATE FAIR

Both two-tooth ewes and adult ewes met a sound sale at the early Coalgate ewe fair on Friday, when values realised were in line with those of other recent fairs and were markedly above those realised at the same fair last year. Most of the yarding comprised Romneys, with only a few- scattered pens of fine wool sheep coming forward in both the adult and the twotooth ewe sections. This year, a total of 5469 ewes came forward, comprising 1408 twotooths and 4031 four and five-year-old ewes. Last year, the entry totalled 5199 and was made up of 1599 two-tooths and 3600 older ewes.

The top price recorded on Friday was £5 6s fo ra pen of 93 Romney two-tooths. entered by F. R. Hayes, of Riversleigh. Mr Hayes also sold another pen of the same type of sheep for £5 3s and .for the 176 two-tooths he sold, he averaged £5 4s. Last year, the top price was 86s. Mr Hayes also sold 136 five-year Romneys at 635. When the quality of the offering is taken into account, prices, generally, were much on a par with those realised at Kaikoura and Ashburton. The average type of Romney two-tooth offered this year sold from 70s to 80s, while last year this type of ewe brought from 60s to 675. Four-year-old Romneys this year showed an increase of up to 10s, which was much the same as the five-year Romney ewes and the Romney two-'tooths.

The best of the Romney two-tooths made from 99s to £5 6s, good from 85s 6d to 955, average, 70s to 80s, and plain, 61s to 695. Corriedaiies, ha'lfbreds and other fine wool two-tooths made from 71s 6d to 80s for the best, with the average selling from 61s to 70s.

In the adult ewe section, the best of the Romney four-year-old ewes sold between 63s and 71s, good at 56s to 625, while four and five-year-old fine wools sold up to 54s for a pen of Corrtediates from R. J. Hall, of Hororata. The five-year-old Romneys realised from 55s to 63s for the good quality pens and average made from 43s to 51s.

F. D. Richards, of The Point, had a very good sale, realising the top price of 71s for a pen of 210 four-year-old Romneys. He also sold four lines cf two-tooths, a total of 213 Romneys and Romney cross at an average price of 74s and five pens of four and five-year-old ewes which averaged 61s for the 665 offered. W. G. Gerard, of Whiohau, averaged 78s for three pens of Romney and Romney cross two-tooths—l 72 sheep in all. In addition, 217 adult ewes realised an average of 575. Representative sales included the following:

Dalgety and New Zealand Loan, Ltd., sold on account of: Miss E. E. Richards, Roundtop: 21 two-tooth Romneys at 645, 147 four-year Romneys at 625, 98 recently shorn five-year Romneys at 465, 18 five-year Romneys at 435. W. F. Gerard, Whiohau: 51 two-tooth Romney cross at 71s 6d, 61 two-tooth Romney cross at 72s 6d; 60 two-tooth Romneys at 90s 6d; 113 four-year Corriedales at 525, 100 four-year Romneys at 635. F. D. Richards, The Point: 28 two-tooth Romney cross at 71s

6d, 73 two-tooth Romneys at 995, 48 two-tooth Romneys at 945, 64 two-tooth Romneys at 955, 121 four-year Romneys at 565. 210 four-year Romneys at 71s, 98 five-year Romneys at 555, 83 five-year Romneys at 51s, 153 five-year Romneys at 61s. P. T. Phillips, Hororata: 46 two-tooth Romneys at 925. H. C. Deans, Tara: 60 twotooth Romneys at 725, 246 -fiveyear Romneys at 60s.

Estate W. G. Gerard, Blackhills: 33 two-tooth crossbreds at 61s, 158 recently shorn fouryear halfbreds at 46s to 47s 6d, 105 recently shorn five-year halfbreds at 465, 25 recently shorn five-year three-quarter-breds at 335. Estate A. Deans, Morven: 64 two-tooth Romneys at 665. E. Richards. The Point: 58 two-tooth Romneys at 85s 6d. R. J. Hall, Hororata: 50 twotooth half-breds at 775. T. V. Harris, Hororata: 70 two-tooth Corriedales at 68s. H. H. Deans, Auchenflower: 188 four-year Romneys at 695, 156 five-year Romneys at 60s. Rockwood Farm, Ltd., Hororata: 209 four-year Romneys at 625, 176 five-year Romneys at 565. E. J. Richards, Greendale: 137 five-year Romneys at 51s 6d. W. Deans and Son, Sandown: 239 five-year Romneys at 455. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold on account of: J. A. Parsons, Aranga: 71 twotooth Romneys at 90s, 12 twotooth Romneys at 70s, 127 fiveyear Romneys at 48s. K. W. J. Hall, Alfriston: 48 two-tooth Corriedales at 71s 6d 84 two-tooth Corriedales at 80s. E. M. Gray, Gunyah: 288 four and five-year Romneys at 51s. F. D. H. Gray, Glenroy: 130 four and five-year Romneys at M. C. T. Newton, Brockley: 88 five-year Romneys at 495. Estate H. M. Hill, Hororata: 100 four and five-year Corriedales at 435. New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Association, Ltd., sold on account of: B. E. Wright, Willowmere: 35 Romney two-tooths at 80s, 75 Romney two-tooths at 90s, 65 recently shorn five-year Romneys at 38s. T. Coffey, Courtenay: 60 twotooth Romneys at 695. J. F. Greenslade, Riverslea: 45 Romney ewe lambs at 545, 34 Romney wether lambs at 36s 6d.

National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., sold on account of:

F. R. Hayes, Riversleigh: 93 two-tooth Romneys at £5 6s, 83 two-tooth Romneys at £5 3s, 136 five-year Romneys at 635.