Good Sale For Well-Bred Store Cattle

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31498, 12 October 1967, Page 8

Good Sale For Well-Bred Store Cattle

Well-bred Cattle in forward condition met a strong inquiry at the spring sale of store cattle at Addington market yesterday. Values, however, were not quite as strong as at the comparable sale last year.

The entry numbered 1738 head compared with 1147 at last year’s spring sale. Values for some of the representative hill country lines ranged from a par with last year to $5 or $6 easier, but there were reductions of Up to $lO.

In the present economic circumstances, the sale was regarded as most satisfactory. One reason for the good demand for the well-bred cattle was the presence of two buyers from Dunedin. By the end of the sale they had purchased several hundred head including the tops of the station lines. Their only serious opposition appeared to come from some of the Banks Peninsula fatteners. The quality of the offering was much the same as at last year’s sale. While there were some well-grown forward yearling cattle, there was also a considerable tail-end. The two-year-old eattle were a good selection of both Hereford and Aberdeen Angus cattle. There were also quite a number of Frieslans, but many of these were in ' very light condition. The feature of the sale was the premium that buyers paid for the Aberdeen Angus-Here-ford cross over the straight beef breeds. There was also a very strong Inquiry for two-year-old heifers. These met an animated sale, with the tops of the entry going to a Gore buyer. Feature Lines

One of the feature lines at the sale was a consignment of 122 Hereford and Aberdeen Angus two-year-old steers from A. F. S. Rutherford (Montrose). These sold from >73.50 to 197, for an average of 184. Last year’s average for 89 steers was £43.

R. G. Morris (Cheviot) sold 51 Herefords from >73 to >BO for an average of >79, compared with an average of £45 for 55 Herefords last year. The estate of A. Deans (Darfleld) showed a drop of >ll on thia season’s draft. Fifty-four Herefords sold from >OO to >77 to average 573, compared with £42 for 50 Herefords last, season.

N. A. Riddle (Motunau) averaged >BB for 45 Aberdeen Angus cross steers, his prices ranging from >79.50 to >94.- His top price last year was £47 18s 6d. In the yearling steer section. R. A. Campbell, of Glen Dhu (Motunau), topped the market with a pen of Herefords at >07.50, and he also sold a pen of Aberdeen Angus steers at MO. His three pens of Herefords and two pens of Aberdeen Angus cross yearling steers averaged >Ol. For the straight Aberdeen Angus yearlings >00.50 was paid for the tops of 33 from R. S. Shearer (Glasnevin). The sale reached. Its strongest point with the offering of the two-year-old heifers. Under animated competition the best

of three pens of Aberdeen Angus from J. R. Murray (Clarence Bridge) realised 192.30. A second pen reached >92, and the third >B3. J. C. Murray, of the same district; sold a pen of Herefords at WO, and there were frequent sales of other heifers at >BO to >B5. One of the main vendors was the Bluff Station (Kekerengu),. which sold a tine of 110 Hereford. Aberdeen , Angus, and Aberdeen Angus cross from >74 to >84.50. Rango of Values A range of values is: i TWo-year-old steers: Best Herefords >BO to >9O, with an odd sale to >97: medium >7O to >7B, with others down to M 5. Best Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen. Angus cross >B5 to »4. medium >7B to M2, others down to >7O. Best Frieslans M2 to MS. with an odd sale to >100; medium >5B to >BO. others down to >53. Two-year-olds beifers: Best Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross, to >92.50: medium. >7B to >B3: small, down to >5O. Best Herefords, M 0 to >B6, with an odd sale to >9O; medium, >74 to >7B. Yearling steers: Best Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross >55 to MO, with an odd sale to >66.50: medium MS to M 3, with others down to >42. Best Herefords. >54 to MO. with an odd sale to >67.50; medium, MS to >52; small, down to >3O. Best Frieslans, >4O to >4B, with one sale at >5B, others >2B to >36. Yearling heifers: Best Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross. Ml to M 4.50: medium. MS to >49. Best Herefords. to Ml. Sales included:— Two-year-old steers: J. G. and D. L. Barnes (Cheviot), 16 Aberdeen Angus steers at >74.50 to >B4; J. D. F. Fleming (Cheviot), 25 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross at >76 to M 8; estate A. Deans (Darfleld), M

Herefords at M 9 to >77: D. W. and R. D. Ensor (Cheviot), 6 Aberdeen Angus and Herefords at >93; A. F. S. Rutherford (Montrose), 98 Herefords at >73.50 to >97, 24 Aberdeen Angus cross at >BO to >88.50; A. H. Woods (Motukarara), 4 Frieslans at >100: R. G. Morris (Cheviot), 51 Herefords at >73 to >9O: N. A. and estate R. A. Riddle (Motunau), 45 Aberdeen Angus cross at >79.50 to W4; I. F. H. Wilkinson (Cheviot). 22 Aberdeen Angus cross at >74 to M 7.50. Yearling steers: D. W. and R. D. Ensor (Cheviot), 6 Aberdeen Angus cross and Herefords at M2; R. S. Shearer (Glasnevin), 33 Aberdeen Angus at M 0.50 to M 6.50: D. B. Robinson (West Melton), 10 Aberdeen Angus at >60.50: estate D. W. Smith (Cheviot), 11 Aberdeen Angus cross at >5B; Mrs B. Woods (Motukarara), 7 Frieslans at M 8: H. A. Woods (Motukarara), 6 Friesian-Hereford cross steers at M 0; Glen Dhu (Motunau). 26 Aberdeen Angus and Aberdeen Angus cross at M 0 to M 6. 48 Herefords at M 4 to >67.50; J. R. Stanbury (Little River), 29 Shorthorn cross at >5l to M 3.50: Glens of Tekoa Estate (Culverden), 51 Herefords at >3O to M 6.50. Helfer Sales Two-year-old heifers: J. Ross Murray (Woodbank), 33 Aber-

deen Angus at M 3 to >92.50: J. G. Murray (Matarlkl). 18 Herefords at M2 to >9O; H. M. Good (Kekerengu), 10 Herefords at >B2; E. J. D. Good (Kekerengu), 11 Hereford and HerefordShorthorn cross at >7B; D. W. and R. D. Ensor (Cheviot). 5 Aberdeen Angus cross and Herefords at >B5; Bluff Station. Ltd (Kekerengu). 24 Herefords at >74 to Ml, 27 Aberdeen Angus at >79 to >BO, 59 Aberdeen An-gus-Hereford cross at >7B to M 4.50: G. A. Pearce (Coutts Island), 16 mated Aberdeen Angus cross at >79; T. G. Forrester (Rotherham), 10 Herefords at M 5; Purau Station (Purau), 11 unmated Herefords at MO. Yearling heifers: d; W. and R. D. Ensor (Cheviot), 4 Aberdeen Angus cross and Herefords at >50.50; C. A. and B. J. Loe (Burnham). 5 Aberdeen AngusHereford cross at >5O; estate E. S. Taylor (Woodend). 24 -Aberdeen Angus-Hereford cross at M 7 to Ml: Stevenson Farm. Ltd (Omihi), 16 Aberdeen Angus cross at Ml: G. A. . Pearce (Coutts Island). 17 Aberdeen Angus cross at M 8; estate D. W. Smith (Cheviot). 14 Aberden Angus cross at M 5; D. G. Todhunter (Ngaio Downs), 10 Herefords at Ml: N. A. and estate R. A. Riddle (Motunau). 52 Aberdeen Angus cross at >45 to MS,SO.