FRIESIAN SALE

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31726, 9 July 1968, Page 7

FRIESIAN SALE

Heifers In Demand Two-year-old heifers continued to sell strongly at a sale conducted by the Marlborough - Nelson Friesian Cattle Breeders’ Club at Blenheim last week. An offering of 21 pedigree heifers, on account of six vendors, returned an average of $213 a head, but there was little inquiry for an entry of eight bulls. Top price for heifers was $340 for one of nine lots from W. G. Parkes and Sons, of Tuamarina. The same vendors had another sale at $3OO, and their line averaged $222.70. R. C. Woolley and Son, of Tuamarina, sold a pedigree bull for $315. There was another sale at $l6O, but the remainder were passed in at auction. Local buyers took a fair proportion of the heifer offering, and other sales were made to buyers from the Christchurch district and Rangiora. Details of sales were:— Pedigree Helfers W. G. Parkes and Sons, Tua- ! marina: 1 at $340, 1 at $3OO, lat $220,1 at $2lO. 3at $2OO, 1 at $195, 1 at $l4O. R. C. Woolley and Son, Tuamarina: 1 at $260, 1 at $2BO. S. W. Woolley, Tuamarina: lat $300,1 at $230, lat $l9O. K. L. Looms, Mahakipawa: lat $220,1 at $l9O, lat $l6O, 1 at 130. H. C. Woolley and Son, Tuamarina: 1 at $2OO. White and Mcßae, Tuamarina: 1 at $l6O, 1 at $l5O. Grade Heifers R. C. Woolley and Son: 1 at $205, 1 at $l9O. A. A. White, Tuamarina: 1 at $155, 1 at $l5O. I