Good calf sale at Coalgate

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33817, 14 April 1975, Page 13

Good calf sale at Coalgate

Buying inquiry was good when a yarding of 1645 head was offered at the second Coaigate calf sale of the season on Friday. The sale was fully firm on rates paid at Addington market on Wednesday, and distinctly better than the level of the market at Addington on Thursday. Most of the calves were drawn from tussock properties, and as such, a medium grade of calf. Best steer calves sold at ,$4B to $57, medium at $4O ito $46 and small to $3B. Heifers sold largely at $23! j to $2B, with the better selection of Angus to $37.50, and' 1 some Shorthorns to $42. Sales included:— Steer calves. — F. D. Bell' (Bayfields), 98 Angus at $33! t to $57; T. R. Richards I (Bryan’s Hill), 18 Angus at $46; D.S.A. Bates (Lowmount), 41 Herefords at $37 to $45: A. F. McArthur and (Sons (Steventon), 25 Angusl cross at $4l; H. J. Cooke (Big Ben), 60 Herefords I at $43.50 to $53; HighHighpeak Station (Rakaia Gorge). 160 Herefords at $24 ;to $42; Snowden Station '(Rakaia Gorge), 76 Angus and Angus-cross at $36 to $47; D. Reverley (Fighting Hill), 50 Herefords at $3B to i $46.50; Benmore Graziers '(Springfield), 26 Angus at

i $32. 21 Luing-cross at $37 to i ’ $47.50, 9 Limousin-cross at558.50, 26 Blond d'Aquitainecross at $44 to $45; Groters' and Webb (Peak Hill), 92 Angus-cross at: $34.50 to $44.50; T. H. Evans (Hororata), 14 Shorthorns at $55; i Coleridge Downs Ltd, (Lake • Coleridge). 130 Angus-cross ■ at $33.50 to $49; W. L. Nell : (Middle Rock), 21 at $47; A. i D. Robertson (Mount Oakden), 32 Angus-cross at , $23.50 to $36.50; Murchison ! Brothers (Lake Coleridge), i 132-Angus at $35 to $46.50. Heifers. — Groters and Webb, 39 Angus-cross at $23 ; to $29.50; T. H. Evans, 10 Shorthorns at $42; Coleridge : Downs, 50 Angus-cross at ’! $32.50; W. L. Nell, 19 at : $39; A. D. Robertson, 30 Angus-cross at $23.50 to $2B; Murchison Brothers, 13 Angus at $32; A. F. McArthur and Sons, 69 Hereford- ! cross at $29 to $34; J. H.: ‘ Cooke, 20 Herefords at $26; > Highpeak Station, 79 Here-; - fords at 123 to $27.50; ■'Snotvden Station, 46 Angus, and Angus-cross at $35.50 to ' $37.50.