Romney Values Steady At Lamb Fair

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31922, 25 February 1969, Page 10

Romney Values Steady At Lamb Fair

Buyers operated within fairly fixed limits at the Ashburton ewe and wether lamb fair at Tinwald yesterday. For the offering of 16,500 head values were realistic but, in view of the small gallery which followed the sale, it was a sound market. ,

All except 870 of the entry were ewe lambs, and the largest proportion of them were Romneys. Quite a few Border-Romneys and BorderCorriedales were included, but there was only a small selection of Corriedales. Most of the lambs were weltgrown and in forward order. For the Romneys prices ranged mainly from about >5 to >5.70. The best quality pens appeared to sell at 30c to 40c above freezing rates for wether lambs, while the medium class of Romneys sold close to freezing rates, or fractionally better. The best of the Romneys sold

• from $5.80 to $6.20. with odd sales to $7.10, good average sold * from $5.40 to $5.70, with medium > from $5 to $5.30 and small down ' to $4.60. i Border cross lambs had a . rather hard sale, several pens [being passed. Values ranged from $5 to $6. With the swing to fine-wool production in Mid-Canterbury. . Corriedales had a good sale. . The best sold from $7 to $7.70. i with one sale at $8.30; good average sold from $6.30 to $6.80. I with plainer from $5.40 to $6. Leading Sales , Romney ewe lambs sold to $7.10. • this being paid just seven pens ; before the end of the sale for 200 from A. M. Robins, of RuaI puna. The balance of 100 in the!

same pen realised $6.70. Mr Robins's other pen, sold earlier in the day, fetched $6.80. The best of three pens from Waingairo Farm (Coldstream) realised $6.70, and a second pen of 272 head sold at $6.40. The next best price was $6.60 for a pen of 106 from R. J. Moore, of Lynford. Some other leading sales included: C. R. McLachlan (Coldstream), 116 at $6.35; R. F. Nish (Winchmore), 167 at $6.20: R. D. Mcßride (Wakanui), 106 at $6.05. Top price in the Corriedale section was $8.30 for a pen of 102 from O. H. Sprott, of Pendarves. The same vendor had other sales at $7.50. $6.65 and $5.80, his pen average for a consignment of 475 being better than $7. Elgin Farm, of Elgin, sold 139 at $7.70, and the estate of J. Sprott (Pendarves) sold three pens at $7. $6.80 and $6.20. C. H. Blain (Pendarves) had a sale at $6.80 and another at $6.40. while the best of two pens of halfbreds from the estate of R. G. Mowat (Fairton), realised $6.70. Romney-Corriedales sold to $6 for a pen of 123 from B. H. Gallagher, of Longbeach. The same vendor had another sale of 80 at $5.90. The best of the small entry of wether lambs sold from $4.65 to $5, with one sale of 68 Corriedales from Tuebrook Farm at $5.45.