Two-tooth Ewes Sell Well At Coalgate Fair

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31012, 18 March 1966, Page 17

Two-tooth Ewes Sell Well At Coalgate Fair

. Following the pattern set at earlier fairs, prices obtained for all descriptions of sheep at the second Coalgate ewe fair yesterday were generally well in advance of last year.

Nowhere was the rise more marked than in the two-tooth ewe section, where vendors generally obtained rises well in excess of 20s a head on 1965 values.

The rise in the adult ewe section was frequently in excess of £l, but a comparison made with a number of last year’s sales showed it was generally between 16s and 19s.

The yarding totalled 10,531' head, compared with 13,0731 last year. It was made up ‘ of 2165 two-tooth ewes, 5268’ adult ewes. 2163 ewe lambs * 641 wethers, and 294 wether' lambs. The adult sheep came for-1 ward in excellent order, particularly those from ’ high i country station properties. ■ These ewes compared venwell with station lines at I other fairs. In Heavy Condition Some of the ewes from properties bordering the foothills were in very heavy condition—so fat, in fact, as to make some buyers wary. Where four-year-olds at other fairs this season regularly sold from 80s to 90s, the 80s mark for this age of ewe was bettered only once yesterday. However. they sold consistently between 75s and 80s, which, in the case of the high-country ewes, was very good value. This fair was the last of the North and Mid-Canterbury fairs for this season. In contrast with last year, an excellent sale prevailed in the two-tooth ewe section. For their size the sheep were fully up to ruling ewe fair rates. Top price was £5 9s for both Romneys and Corriedales. E. L. and E. P. Rice (Hororata), who are new vendors at the fair, sold a pen of 59 Romneys at this figure, and a pen of 55 at £5 3s 6d, to gain an average of just over £5 6s. E. M. Gray (Gunyah) sold two at £5 4s. and a third at £5 Is, compared with 80s and 70s for two pens last year. F. D. H. Gray <Hororata)' sold a pen of Romneys at £5 4s compared with SSs last vear—a rise of 28s. A. F. McArthur and Sons tSteventon) sold 130 Romneys at £5 ss, and 35 at 90s, compared with 63s and 6Ss 6d last year. in the fine-woolled two-tooth sections, G. H. Grigg fHaldon Pastures) sold 70 Corriedales at £5 9s, and another 70 at £5 Bs. This was an average rise of 27s 6d on two pens sold last year at 80s and 82s. Over 16 pens of two-tooths surveyed yesterday the increases on last fair ranged from 19s to 325, and were generally from 22s 6d to 27s 6d. Adult Ewes Top four-year-old price of the fair was 86s for a pen of 106 annual draft Romneys from Wills and I.e Cren (Snowden), whose best price last year was 60s. E. H. Syme /Grasslands) sold 2*o Corriedales at 78s and 76 at 775, compared with 67s 6d and 53s last year. Coleridge Downs (Lake Coleridge) had a very good sale for 266 halfbreds • t 78s, compared with 61s 6d a

y ear ago. Murchison Brothers sold their four-year-old halfand 725, and the Mount Algidus Station sold pens of 330 halfbreds at /6s 74s 6d and 70s, compared with two pens at 77s 6d and 62s last year. While the Mount Algidus average was only 3s or so better than last year, the average rise for five vendors was 15s. G. H. Gngg obtained his second top price of the fair with a pen of 140 big-framed, earlyshorn five-year-old Corriedales at 82s <6os last year). T. F. Hight (Hazelhurst) sold 123 Corriedales at 71s (49s last year) and J. F. Lilly sold 87 halfbreds at 70s. One of the unexpected prices of the day was paid for a small lot of 24 mixed-aged Corriedales from E. A. Cooney (Darfield). These early-shorn ewes realised 945. Merinos More than 1600 Merino ewes were included in the offering, and with the exception of two pens of one and two-shear ewes, prices were close to those of last fair J. R. Todhunter sold 98 oneshear Merinos for 58s, while h’-s annual draft Merinos sold from 35s to 40s. Mount Algidus Station sold three lots of annual draft ewes from 40s to 48s, compared with 46s for 334 last year. Ewe iambs met a buoyant sale, and prices were often in advance of Addington rates. Rockwood Farm, Ltd. (Hororata), sold 239 Romneys at 75s to 83s 6d. to gain a pen average of 79s Bd, compared with an average of 67s last year. W. E. Tilley (Terrace Downs) sold 178 from 70s 6d to 80s—a pen-average of 78s—compared with an average of just over 60s last year. The greatest increases were shown in the pens of small ewe lambs, as vendor’s top prices this year were generally only 5s or so higher than their top pens last year. A large* proportion of the offering was bought by farmers further down on the plains. There were a number of sales to Ashburton buyers, a number of lots went to the Oxford district and a few went to the Peninsula. Following is a range of values, giving a comparison with those of last year:—

Coleridge Downs, Lake Coleridge: 54 halfbreds at SSs, 60 at 87s. Murchison Bros., Lake Coleridge: 66 halfbreds at 90s, 37s at 735, 62 at 90s. W. L. Nell. Middlerock: 92 Corriedales at £5 Is. 72 at £5 4«. F. D. H. Gray. Hororata: 20 Romneys at 88s, 70 at £5 4s. G. H. Grigg. Haldon Pastures: 70 Corriedales at £5 Bs, 70 at £5 9s. Dalgety and New Zealand Loan, Ltd., sold on account of: E. L. and E. P. Rice. Whitecliffs: 55 Romneys at £5 3s 6d, 59 at £5 9s. 60 Corriedales at £5 2s. 56 at 90s. Mt. Algidus. Rakaia Gorge: 70 halfbreds at 80s. 76 at 775. Wills and Le Cren, Snowdon: 48 halfbreds at 80s, 38 at 72g 6d K. P. O’Sullivan, Hororata: 25 Romneys at £5 ss. T. V. Harris and Son, Hororata: 88 Corriedales at 98s. R. F. White, Silverwood: 77 Corriedales at £5. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., sold on account of: W. E. Tilley, Terrace Downs: 70 late-shorn Romneys at 90s, 60 at 995. 58 at £5. S. W. Beatty, Holmdale: 42 Corriedales at 91s, 34 at 975. A. F. McArthur and Son, Steventon: 110 Romneys at £5 ss. 35 at 90s. The New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association of Canterbury, Ltd., sold on account of— G. P. Dennis, Glenroy: 30 Romneys at £5 3s. ADULT SHEEP Pyne* Gould, Guinness Ltd.,i sold on account of: — Murchison Bros.. Lake Coleridge: 280 four-year-old halfbreds at 725, 184 at 71s 6d, 125 five-year-old halfbreds at 675, 122 at 56s 6d, 184 annual draft Merinos at 445. Coleridge Downs, Lake Coleridge: 266 four-year-old halfbreds at 78s, 206 five-year-olds at 68s, 23 at 50s, 81 at 655. E. H. Syme, Grasslands: 280 four-year-old Corriedales at 78s, 76 at 775, 154 five-year-old Corriedales at 68s. J. F. Lilley, Clearview: 143 five-year-old halfbreds at 635, 87 at 70s. G H. Grigg, Haldon Pastures: 140 five-year-old Corriedales at 82s. T. F. Hight. Hazelhurst: 123 five-year-old Corriedales at 71s. Estate Janet Murchison, GlenIthoine: 156 annual draft Merinos at 40s, 143 at 335. Dalgety and New Zealand Loan, Ltd., sold on account of:— R. F. White, Silverwood: 126

four-year-old Corriedales at 80s. Mt. .Algidus, Rakaia Gorge: 100 four-year-old halfbreds at 765. 172 at 74s 6d, 58 at 70s, 70 annual draft Merinos at 48s, 100 at 42s 6d, 77 at 40s. Wills and Le Cren, Snowdon: 106 annual draft Romneys at 86s 119 annual draft halfbreds at 68s, 84 at 635. P. Brown. Waterside. 130 halfbreds at 555. T. V. Harris and Son, Hororata: 39 five-year-old halfbreds at 58s. K. P. O’Sullivan, Hororata: 24 Romneys at 545. J. R. Todhunter, Cleardale: 98 one-shear Merinos at 58s, 100 annual draft Merinos at 365. 100 at 355. 106 at 40s. Upper Lake Heron Station: 104 annual draft Merinos at 30s. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., sold, on account of:— R. E. Oakley. Brockendale: 93 Romneys at 54s 6d, 136 at 58s 6d. 44 at *sls. E. A. Cooney: 24 mixed-aged Corriedales at 945. O. G. Oakley. Balaclava Lodge, Yaldhurst: 132 four-tooth Merinos at 475, 67 four-year-old Merinos at 44s 6d. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Association of Canterbury, Ltd., sold, on account of: D. F. Clinton, Darfield: ST Corriedales at 51s 6d. EWE LAMBS Dalgety and New Zealand Loan, Ltd., sold, on account of:— Wills and Le Cren, Snowden, Rakaia Gorge: 52 halfbreds at 645, 33 at 53s 6d. P. Brown, Waterside, Coalgate: 40 halfbreds at 655. Gerard and Murray-Aynsley, Bayfields. Rakaia Gorge: 66 half breds at" 58s 6d, 70 at 625, 147 at 655. G. Brown, Coalgate: 81 Romney cross at 695. W. Deans and Son, Sandown, Darfield: 52 Romneys at 565. Rockwood Farm, Ltd., Hororata: 84 Romneys at 83s 6d, 75 at 80s 6d, 71 at 755. R. G. Deans, Homebush: 162; Romneys at 755, 220 at 71s 6d. 52 at 66s 6d. J. G. Cran, Highlands. Rakaia Gorge: 44 Romneys at 68s, 77 at 735, 62 at 78s. P. H. Collison, Windwhistle: 93 Romneys at 745, 70 at 70s. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., sold, on account of:— A. D. H. Scott, Kirkstyle. Coalgate: 84 shorn Romneys at 58s. 66 at 525. W. E. Tilley, Terrace Downs: 68 Romneys at 80s, 85 at 73s 6d, 25 at 70s 6d. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op-erative Association of Canterbury, Ltd., sold on account of:— B. E. Wright, Willowniere: 120 shorn Romneys at 67s 6d. G. P. Dennis, Glenroy: 36 Romneys at 60s 6d.

Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd. sold, on account of: — Bangor Farm, Ltd., Darfield: 100 shorn Corriedales at 72s 6d.

1966 s to S 1965 s to s Two-tooths— Best Rom. .. 104 109 __ 100 Av. to good 95 102 70 80 Best finewools 100 109 82 92 Av. to good 85 97 70 78 Others 73 80 54 Four-Year-Olds— Best finewools — 80 — 77 Av. to good 70 75 60 67 Flve-Year-Olds— Best finewools —— 82 60 66 Good 63 70 50 56 Others 50 61 42 49 Details of sale are — Pyne. Gould. Guinness Ltd., sold on account of:— E. W. Syme, Grasslands: 50 Corriedales at 7 's 6d SO at 87s 6d. E M. Gray, Gunyah : 54 Rom neys at £5 Is, 197 at £5 Is.