Breeding heifers sell to $ll5

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33965, 4 October 1975, Page 20

Breeding heifers sell to $ll5

Buying inquiry was steady i I rather than strong when a < special sale of two-year-old heif-! ' ers and breeding cows was held lat the Addington market on Thursday. Considering the level of the current export schedule, and the ■! improved level of the local beef market prices were generally not as high as expected. HowI ever, the sale was a great deal i better than that for y earling heifers the previous day. Hereford heifers made up a 1 : large part of the yarding of 945 ; I head, most of them being from l :' Marlborough east coast vendors. ,: The Bluff Station iKekerengui. was again one of the principal vendors, and its line of 209 head , averaged almost 577, compared I with S7O last year. However, there was no detin ite trend about the level ol ■ values. Some vendors maintained . last year's rates; others recorded a small decline. 1 For most of the sale, best : heifers were selling at $lOO to . Silt), with some sales to $ll5. , good average at $B5 to $95, . medium $7O to $B2. and smalt i down to $57. A small offering of cows with : calves at foot sold mainly at $B6 to $95. witli one sale at ' $ll6. ‘ Canterbuy buyers provided most of the demand, but there , were several sales to the West Coast and Palmerston. Sales of heifers included;— Bluff Station (Kekerengu). 64 Angus-Hereford cross at $75 to i $81; 85 Angus at $67.50 tv $B6. '5O Hereford at $75 to $82.50; (John A. Murray (Clarence Bridge). 29 Angus at 589.50 to $113; Miss D. P. Greenwood (Amberley), 6 Angus at $115; J. R. Todhunter and Sons (Rakaia Gorge), 30 Angus at $56.50 to $69; K. M. J. O. Dixon (East Eyreton), 9 Angus, with calves at foot at $97; D. S. Latter | (Cheviot), 68 Angus at $63 to I $76.50; S. J. Chaflev (Kekerengu) 28 Hereford at SlO2 to $110; J. M. 1 : Macmillan and Sons (Waikari), ■ 29 Hereford at $lO5 to $111; Matariki Farm Account (Clar- , once Bridge), 22 Hereford at SBB to $9l; I. C. Mackintosh (Walpara). 30 Hereford at $BB to $97; R. D. Middleton (Clarence Bridget. 36 Hereford at $74.50 to S 88.50; D. R. Fraser (Hawarden), 28 Hereford at $95 to $103; E. J. D. Good (Kekerengu), 19 Here-

ford at $62 to $73; H. R. Rutherford (Hawarden), 12 Hereford at $74; Blvthe Downs (Cheviot), 24 Hereford at $103.50 to $ll2. 32 Angus at $92.50 to $105; C. Wlffen Ltd (Parnassus). 21 Hereford at $81.50 to $B9; estate J. A. Davies (Kekerengu). 10 Hereford at $76; Mount Arden Land Company (Hawarden). 57 Hereford at $5l to $7l; Davaar Ltd (Motunau). 23 Hereford at $65 to $73: P. M. Stewart (Hororata), 36 Angus at $66.50 to $Bl. Cows.—O. J. Osborne (Leeston), 5 Hereford-Shorthorn cross, with second calves at foot, at $ll6.