Tussock Calves Bring Best Prices At Coalgate

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31345, 15 April 1967, Page 21

Tussock Calves Bring Best Prices At Coalgate

Best quality Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross steer calves were a little easier on Addington rates at the annual Coalgate calf sale yesterday. Hereford steer calves, however, met a good sale.

There was a yarding of 660 calves, comprising 445 steers, and 215 heifers. This was an increase of 105 on last year.

The ealves came forward in good order, the top pens carrying a lot of condition. Buyers, however, appeared to show more preference for the tussock-bred calves from the back-country properties. For the size of the sale, there was a good selection of Hereford cattle, and they met a steady inquiry. Compared with last year, values were from £4 to £6 lower. -Whereas steer calves sold to £34 last year, yesterday’s best price was £25 15s, while the top heifer calf price was £23 compared with £32 last year. Most of the offering was absorbed by local and downcountry districts, two lots going to Hawarden, and others to the Oxford area. The sale began with a pen of IS Aberdeen Angus steer calves realising £25 15s, and this remained the top steer calf price. They were offered by B. D. Richards (Horonata), who sold another pen of IS at £22. F. D. Belt, of Glentunnel, sold 22 Aberdeen Angus-Hereford Hereford cross calves at £23 IDs, and A. P. H. Scott (Coalgate) sold a small lot at £23. Top price for other breeds was £24 for 11 Hereford and Shorthorn steer calves from Bayfields Estate (Bakala Gorge). A. D. H. Scott sold 12 Herefords at £23 15s, and a second pen of 12 at £22. Coleridge Downs, which last year topped the Hereford section with a pen at £3O, again had a good, although lower sale, with 18 Herefords at £23 10s and another 19 at £23. A range of steer calf values

Best Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross, £23 to £25 15s; average to good, £lB to £22; and others, £l2 to £l7. Best Hereford and Shorthorn steer calves, £22 to £24; average to good, £lB to £2l, with smaller from £l5 to £l7. Halfar Calves

The small selection of heifer calves met quite a good sale, with values on a par with recent Addington sales. Coleridge Downs again topped the Hereford heifer section with a pen at £23, and Bayfields Estate sold a small pen at £2O. H. H. Deans again topped the black calf sectton wtth a pen ot

14 Aberdeen-Angus-Hereford cross at £2O 10s, compared with £25 15s for his top pen last year. A range of heifer calf values is:—

Best Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross, £lB to £2O IDs; average to good, £l5 to £l7 10s. Best Herefords and Shorthorns, to £23; average to good £l7 to £l9 10s. Main sales included:—

Steers: Rockwood Farm (Hororata), 23 Aberdeen Angus at £2l; Murchison Brothers (Lake Coleridge), 45 Aberdeen Angus at £l7 10s to £22; R. J. Hall (Whitecliffs), 16 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross at

£lB 15s, 14 Hereford's at £18; Bayfields Estate (Rakaia Gorge), 32 Hereford, Shorthorn and Shorthorn cross at £2l 10s to £24; High Peak (Rakaia Gorge), 63 Herefords at £l5 5s to £l9 15s; D. S. A. Bates (Whdtecliffs), 19 Herefords at £lB to £22.

Heifers: F. D. Richards (Horo* rata), 29 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross at £lB to £lB 15s; Coleridge Downs (Lake Coleridge), 37 Herefords at £l9 to £23; Bay fields Estate (Rakaia Gorge). 18 Hereford, Shorthorn and Shorthorn cross at £l7 10s to £2O; A. D. H. Scott (Coalgate), 12 Aberdeen AngusHereford cross at £lB 15s.