Young ewes to $16.60 at Hawarden

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33776, 24 February 1975, Page 5

Young ewes to $16.60 at Hawarden

Both two-tooth and adult ewes reached their strongest point of the season at the Hawarden ewe fair last week. It again drew a large gallery of buyers, who were prepared to pay well for good sheep. As usual, quality was particularly good. Both the twotooth and adult lines were rated as being better than sheep seen at Amberley earlier in the week, and not surprisingly, values were higher. The fair left little doubt that there is a shortage of sheep this season. Very few of the annual lines were split among buyers — the top bidders regularly "took the line,” and in one case this involved more than 450 ewes. In both sections of the sale, prices were well above estimates made beforehand. Vendors felt they had had a very good sale for the season. The two-tooth sale never lacked for interest, as first a Mid-Canterbury buyer paid Sl5, and later the $l6 mark was reached, and duly exceeded. The top price of the sec-: tion was $16.60 paid by a Pleasant Point buyer for a ; pen of 70 from F. K. Forres’- ; ter (Heatherdale). F. E.i Booker (Longfield), obtained $16.40. also for a pen of 70, and Quigley Bros estate •. (Kingsmoor), received sl6' l for 78. BEST PEN AT FAIR R L. Brooker (Haddon) was, paid $15.80 for 70; L. C. Fincham; <T« Kouka), $15.20 for 84, and! Tenterden Downs, Ltd, Sl5 for 81. The pen from Tenterden : Downs was earlier judged the best pen in the fair, so winning! l the Clifton Cup. The two-tooth sale was in every I respect an excellent one for the season. and it gathered;' strength as selling progressed.; Competition on the smaUer tus- • sock sheep was 'as brisk as on the feature pens. A comparison of 17 pens of 1 two-tooths with 21 sold by the;; same vendors last year showed a decline of 30 per cent, but this was to be expected. However, breeding ewe prices have not fallen as far as the wool markets during the year, although they are in line with the decline in lamb. At the Christchurch wool sale! In January last year, the main weight of halfbred and Corriedale fleece ranged from 190 c to 210 c a kilogram, with top lines to 244 c. A 12.5 kilogram lamb, with wool opened in October.! 1973. at $10.44. By the end of January it was worth $8.70. ADULT EWES Adult ewes met a keen demand throughout, and the sale ended with many prospective , buyers unable to fill their re-J quirements. The ewes invariably l came forward in excellent order. This, also, was to be expected,; 1 for the district has never had . so much feed in February as,' this year. '( Most of the annual lines sold, in the $8 to $9 range. I Twenty lines averaged out ath >8.40 a pen. which was a little more than 40 per cent back on last vear’s rates. Several of the top pens fetched more than S 9. Timpendean Farm, Ltd iWaikarii led the section with a pen of 312 five-year-olds , at $9.80. Last year the line fetched $17.50. i K. A. Rutherford (Melrose) received $9.40 for 454 four-year-olds. This was one of the largest lines of the day. E. O. Carr • Bonjedward! was paid $9.20 for 374 four-year-olds. Two hundred ( five-vear-olds from J. K. For j; tester (Black Hills) fetched 59.10 , and 259 of the same description from P. A. Carr fGlenallenl ! reached $9. Buving inquirv was widespread,;, sheep being bought for Waiau , south to Pleasant Point. But the! 1 bulk of the yarding appeared to go to Mid-Canterbury buyers and early-lambing districts such I. as Ellesmere, Dunsandel, 1 Weedons. Halkett, and Aylesbury. 1 The fair drew a yarding of • 14.130, compared with 16.080 last , year, and consisted of 4380 two- , tooth ewes <4890 last year) and, 9750 adult sheep <11,190 last l year Details of sales were, all sheep , being Corriedale unless other- 1 wise stated:— 1 Pyne, Gould Guinness, Ltd, ' sold on eccount of:,— J. H. Lawrence /Hilton Downs); - at $llBO. 74 at $11.60. f J. L Quigley (Glendocharf: SO 1 at $12.40, 60 at $l3, 60 at $12.70. 1

I W. R. A. Mason and Sons (Masons Flat): 98 at $9.60, 79 at ’ $10.70. A. and R. Mason (Masons Flat): 58 at $lO.lO, 66 at $10.40. W. D. and A. C. Power (Tenterden Downs): 81 at $l5. J. H. A. Hollis (Awapunii: 54 , at $10.20. 54 at $lO. G. T. Newton (Mount Greba): 79 at $10.60. J. M. Inch (Seven Hills): 18 halfbreds at $ll.lO. 116 at $11.30. Melrose Trust: 50 at $9. A. G. and G. D. Lawrence (Mount Hilton): 94 at $12.10. J. J. O’Carroll (Waitohi Downs): 85 at $9.80, 65 at $9. Dalgety New Zealand, Ltd, sold i on account of:— Quigley Brothers estate (Kingsmoor): 87 at $12.30, 78 at $l6. 82 at $13.20. Timpendean Farm, Ltd (Waikari): 200 at $11.50. J. M. McMillan and Sons (Glenlea): 53 at $10.20. 74 at $10.20 51 at $lO.lO. E. J. Millar (Allandale) 53 at $13.70. F. R. D. Olorenshaw: 57 at $lO, 41 $9.60. A. D. F. Neill (Saddlewood): 79 at $13.30. Estate E. W. Pawsey (Double Tops): 69 at $9.20. 75 at $7.60, 88 at $7.50. H. R. Rutherford (Haydon Downs): 82 at $9.10. A. W. Harris (Broxton): 80 at $9.30. A. B. Dalzell (Willoughby): 73 at $9. J. R. Rutherford (Gola Peaks): 103 at $7. Wrightson NMA, Ltd, sold on account of:— F. K. Forrester (Heatherdale):' 131 at $12.20, 70 at $16.60. L. R. Forrester (Karetu Downs): 82 at $lO.BO, 72 at $10.50. Estate W. P. Earl (Hopetoun): 91 at $12.40, 68 at $12.50. W. A. Booker (Dalmeny Park):, 100 at $l4. F. E. Booker (Longfield), 701 at $16.40. Tenterden Downs. Ltd (Hawar-1 ! den): 65 at $13.40. J. L. Clark-Hall (Mount Macdonald): 95 at $lO, 57 at $B.BO. The New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Association, Ltd, sold on account of:— F. R. Meyer (Clearvale): 82 at $10.30. J. S. and J. W. Roberts (Sherwin): 77 at $9.50. I L. C. Fincham and Son (Te I Kouka): 84 at $15.20. R. L. Brooker (Haddon): 70 at ; $15.80. 70 at $12.30. ! A. J. Miller (Brynheulog): 100 I at $lO.lO. 80 at $11.20, 44 at $9.50. 1 W. E. Mulligan (Hawarden), 90 ;at $9. 103 at $7.10. P, A. Carr (Glenallen): 108 at 1 $12.50. 60 at $10.90. ; E. O. Carr (Bonjedward): 52 at! $B.lO. ADULT SHEEP The New Zealand Farmers' Co-, 1 operative Association, sold on account of:—

E. O. Carr (Bonjedward): 374 four-year-olds at $9.20. Estate C. W. McKeegan (Waitohi Hills): 179 four-year-old halfbreds at $7.20. A. J. Miller (Brynheulog): 360 four-year-olds at $B.lO. P. A. Carr (Glenailen): 259 five-year-olds at $9. A. H. Black (Lansdale): 227 five-year-olds at $B. W. E. Mulligan (Hawarden): 155 four-year-olds at $6.10 I. J. Steel (Kanuku Hills): 22 five-year-olds at $6.80. Wrightson NMA, Ltd. sold on account of:— L. R. Forrester (Karetu ?B°70 nS): 333 five ' year ’ oWs at J K. Forrester (Black Hills): 200 five-year-olds at $9.10 138 at $6.70. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd, sold on account of:— J. M. Inch (Seven Hills): 279 four-year-old halfbreds at $B. C. H. D. Inch (Mount Sell): 287 four-year-old halfbreds at $6.90. G. T. Newton and Son (Mount Greba): 150 four-year-olds at $7.90, 220 at $7.80. Mount Mason Partnership: 335 four-year-olds at $B.lO 108 five-year-olds at $5.60. T. H. Westenra (Donadea): 220 four-year-olds at $B. G. E. McDowell and Son (Kelinont): 100 four-year-olds at $7.10. K. A. Rutherford (Melrose): 454 four-year-olds at $9.40, 124 five-year-olds at $8.40. J. J. O’Carroll (Waitohi Peaks): 208 five-year-olds at $8.60. A. G. and R. D. Lawrence (Mount Hilton): 196 five-year-olds at $8.30. Mount Arden Land Companv: 205 five-year-olds !ht $7. Dalgety, New Zealand, Ltd, sold on account of:— ~W. P. Belton, Ltd (Pentland Downs): 363 five-year-olds at $8.50, 87 at $7.60. A. W. Harris (Broxton): 354 five-year-olds at $B.lO. Calder Farming Company (Mount Whitnow): 470 five-year-olds at $B. Timpendean Fann, Ltd (Waikari): 312 five-year-olds at $9.80. Tenterden Downs, Ltd (Hawarden): 285 five-year-olds at $8.70. J. M. McMillan and Sons (Glenlea): 223 five-year-olds at $B.BO, 166 at $B.lO, 176 at $7.40. Inverloch Farm (Scargill): 192 five-year-olds at $7.50. H. R. Rutherford (Haydon Downs)-: 329 five-year-olds at $7.90. P. R. Rutherford (Mount; Noble): 288 five-year-olds at $7.40.! Estate E. W. Pawsey (Double! Tops): 189 five-year-olds at $7.70.1 J. R. Rutherford (Gola Peaks) J 304 five-year-olds at $7.30. Estate O. G. Evans and Sons I (Haruna): 258 five-year-olds at; $7.50, 221 at $6.50. W. L. Hassall (The Glen): 105; five-year-olds at $6.60. I