Ewe prices improve

Press, 25 February 1977, Page 20

Ewe prices improve

■ The breeding ewe selling sea- I son took a new lease of life at • the Hawarden ewe fair yester- I day. ' At a time when the market s generally was beginning to level : out. this was a welcome trend < for vendors, who must invari- i . ably have left the fair well pleased with the price paid. In most respects, the fair was ’ 1 I stronger than at Amberley onj Monday, but this was largely be-i cause quality was better. The■ I two-tooth ewes often had morel* size, and definitely more bloom, • while the adult ewes w ere the I best-mouthed selection seen at < Hawarden for some years. 1 The fair opened with a pen of ( | two-tooths fetching $22.80. and ' once under way. the tone of the • market improved as selling con- ‘ I tinued. ’ Tile well grown young ewes 1 from the “front” country were < I fully up to the rates paid for < the top lines at Amberley. All S other young ewes, however, (1 were fully $2 a head stronger. ' Sales ranged mainly from $lBl. : to $24, with a few pens to $30.40.1' In one or two cases vendors ob- . tained half as much again as last 1 | rear: for others the improve- [ ] ment was mainly about 20 to 25 ij . per cent, or about $4 to $6. I I The sale for the smaller ewesi 1 —most of them off tussock—was I a minor feature of the sale. They!; sold regularly at about $15.50 to I; '2O. compared with a range of l! Sil to $l4 lasht year. • I E. J. Millar, of Allandale. ob-r I tained the top price of $30.40 ; j "or a pen of 62 very attractive: l I Corriedales. Two commercial, breeders had earlier awarded', •hem first placing in judging for: I‘he Clifton Cup. Last year. Mr', , Tillar's top pen fetched $2O. so , us improvement on that figure vas one of the best of the sale. 1 , F K. Forrester iHeatherdale).l, ‘old a pen of big framed ewes;, i t $29.60. and F. E. Booker (Long- [ I told). who topped the sale last [ | ear with a pen at $27.80. obhtained the same price tills' , ear with a pen of 100. . Adult ewes met a buoyant:; I ale and the market must bey ated as one of the best of the i utumn in the Christchurch dis-,, rict and North Canterbury. (, Generally the market was $3 . , n $5 stronger than last year. . : iving most vendors a lift of 20 C : o 25 per cent and sometimes al, '. ’t‘to more than 30 per cent. l‘ Most of the ewes were five-! oar-old and they sold mainly at.' ’6 to S2O. with a few lines at I igher tnonev. ( | 'vimpendean Farm (Waikari).! as paid the ton price of $231, ' hr a pen of 282 robust five-’, nsr-old “wes. Last wear’s line' i “om this Propertv fetched', ,10 20 > I E O, Carr (Ronyedward) who!: 1 iso 'l6 20 last year, wasi, . >aid $21.40 for his annua' fine of ' 'IV ewes. N“t far.' | “a' at S2l ?n. was a line of! I ’it five-, oar-old ewes from P. A.,! I C?rr (Glenalleni. ■ This" wear's vardin’ was 16.820.1] I -ompared with 16.385 last year.!; j and it consisted of 7160 two-!’ tooths and 9660 adult sheep f Selling was very brjak—much 1

like an Addington market when a big rugby match is scheduled to start at Lancaster Park at 3 o’clock. There was almost a sense of urgency as the._sell>ng agents disposed of the 75 pens of two-tooths In two hours. It was a good effort. Details of sales were, all sheep being Corriedale or halfbred: TWO-TOOTH EWES The New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Association sold on account of: A. J Miller (Brynheulog), 94 at $17.40, 136 at $2O, 90 at $19.40; R. L. Brooker (Haddon), 67 at $23, 60 at $23; M. R. Hodgen (Hawarden), 86 at $18.40; F. R. and A. C. Meyer (Ciearvale), 58 at $19.20 , 60 at $24; P. S. and J. W. Roberts (Sherwin), 90 at $25; M. E. Mulligan (Waitohi Hills), 70 at $l4, 60 at $13.60; P. A. Carr (Glenalleni, 94 at $17.40, 1.41 at $21.80; E. O. Carr (Bonjedward), 79 at $17.80. Wrlghtson NMA Ltd, sold on account of: F K Forrester (Heatherdale),' a pen at $29.60. 130 at $24.60: F. E. Booker (Lbngfield), 100 at $27.80; W. A. Booker (Dalmeny Park), 100 at $27.60; estate W. P. i Earl (Hopetoun), 68 at $24.20, 90 I at $24; M. M. Earl (The Triangle), ,70 at $26.40, 70 at $25.20, 64 at. | '523.80: L. R. Forrester (Karetu I ‘Downs), 122 at $20.40, 103 at I 1516.40; J. L. Clark-Hall (Mount! iMacdonald), 99 at $15.60 . 84 at, $15.40, 151 at $15.80; Tenterden! Farm (Hawarden), 31 at $24.60. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd, sold on account of: i J. H Lawrence (Hilton Downs),! 67 at $17,80, 70 at $20.20. 90 at $17.60; A. G. and R. D. G. Law-' irence (Mount Hilton), 112 at : $18.80; W. R. A. Mason and Sou: ! (Masons Flat), 69 at $2l. 66 at $23. 58 at $20.60, 47 at $20.30: R. J. and R. L. Warwick iGleudo . chart), 69 at $19.20, 71 at $23.30.1 54 at $21.60: V. B. Jenson (Wai-' kari). 60 at $25.80; W. D. and A. C. Power (Tenterden Downs', 64 at 525.80. 64 at $17.30; G T Newton and Son (Mount GrebaU 121 at $l9: P. J. Hope (The ! Peaks), 119 at $18.20; J. H Hollis | .lAwapuni), 91 at $16.80; J. J.' O'Carroll (Waitohi Downs). 75 at : $20.60, 85 at $13.20: J M Inch 1 ['Seven Hills', 112 at $2O. 127 at $20.60; D. K. Rutherford (Mel(rose). 129 at $14.50; P. J. Lamb ‘Carvossa). 93 late-shorn at $14.50, Dalgety New Zealand, Ltd, sold on account of: Quigley Bros Estate (Kingsmoori, 92 at $22.30. 78 at $23.80, 61 at $23.60; J. L. Wright and Co ‘ (Lauriston), 111 at $l9, 132 at; $18.80; 100 at 518.40, 44 at $17.80: M. R Hodgen (The Pyramids).: 124 at $l9, 179 at $17.30: B. D. j and H. J. Purchas (Silverdale'. 70 1 at $2O; Inverloch Farm (Scargill).i 75 at $17.80. 66 at $lB.BO. 86 at' $18.20: Timpendean Farm (Wai-1 kari), 200 at 525.40: estate E. W. Pawsey (Double Tops). 82 at $16.40. 80 at $l7. 70 at $l5: R. E. McMillan (Arden). 59 at $18.60,' 68 at $20.20, 47 at $18; J R., Rutherford (Gela Peaks', 91 at ’

1 $15.80, 56 at $l5; I. C. McMillan i (Colmonell), 83 at $18.60, 50 at 1 $l9; F. R. D. Olorenshaw (Ka- ( nuku Downs), 101 at $18.60; E. 1 J. Millar (Allandale). 62 at $30.40, > 64 at $23; A. D. F. Neill (Saddle- ■ wood), 93 at $23; A. P. Barton (Limehurst), 70 at $22.40: IL R. Rutherford (Haydon Downs), 76 at $19.20, 62 at $18.20: A. W. Harris ‘Broxton), 82 at 517.40; P. R. Rutherford (Mount. Noble), 32 at $15.80. ADULT SHEEP Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd, sold on account of: D. K. Rutherford (Melrose), 349 ! late-shorn four-year-old at $20.10. I 180 at $17.40, 93 five-year-old at $18.10: J. M. Inch (Seven Hills), 256 four-year-old at $l9: C. H. D. Inch (Mount Self), 225 four-year- [ old at $15.60; Mount Mason . Partnership (Mount Mason), 304 four-year-old at $16.40, 142 five-year-old at $14.20; G. E. Mc- ’ bowel] and Son (Kelmont), 100 four-year-old at $15.60; Mount 1 Arden Land Company (Mount . Arden), 241 five-year-old at $15.30; . A. G. and R. D. Lawrence (Mount : Hilton), 146 five-year-old at $17.80; ( P. J. Lamb (Carvossa), 116 five- ' year-old at $l6: J. J. O’Carroll . (Waitohi Downs). 220 five-vear-I old at $lB.lO, 49 at $15.40. Dalgety New Zealand, Ltd, [I sold on account of: | Timpendean Farm (Waikari), ; 282 five-year-old at $23; Inverloch . Farm (Scargill). 265 five-year-old I I! at S 17.80; A. W. Harris (Brox- ! ton). 354 five-year-old at $17.20 ito $17.80; W. P. Belton (Pentland '(Downs). 320 five-year-old at $19.20. 116 at $16.20; W. D. and; • A. C. Power (Tenterden Downs).! [ i 133 five-year-old at $14.20; Calder ■ Farming Co. (Mount Whitnow). ' 207 five-year-old at $16.20. 400 at ’ 1 5.15.70 to $l6: IL R. Rutherford: ■: (Haydon Downs), 322 five-year-old. ■ at Sl6: P. R. Rutherford (Mount i Noble), 275 live-year-old at $15.40; • R. E. McMillan (Arden). 232 five- .. year-old at $16.60: 1. C. McMillan I ’Colmonell), 169 five-year-old at ’ 315.60; J. R. Rutherford (Gola Peaks), 257 five-year-old at $16.40; estate O. G. Evans and ■; bons ’Taruna), 245 five-year-old 100 at §15.50/ 150 at. ; $l3, 74 at 512.60. ;i Wrlghtson NMA, Ltd, sold on . account of: (, J. K. Forrester (Black Hills),: ' "J five-year-old at $18.40. 100 at i , slo.Bo, 138 at $15.60; L. R. For-1 . rester (Karetu Downs), 322 five-i year-old at $18.20; J. L. Clark-’ Hall (Mount Macdonald), 418: five-year-old at $16.20. The New Zealand Farmers'! • Co-operative Association sold on j account of: ! E. O. Carr (Bonjedwardi. 347 | four-year-old at $21.40; W. E. I Mulligan 'Hawarden.. 143 four-1 1 , year-old at $16.40: estate C. W. . . McKeegan ‘Waitohi Hills), 168! .I four-year-old at 515.40: P. A. Carr!, i (Glenalleni. 341 five-year-old at $21.20; M. R. Hodgen (Hawarden). ( ’363 annual draft at $lB. 111 at| , $15.20; A. J. Miller ißrynheulogy I 280 five-vear-old at $20.40, 151 at | '520.66, 98 at Sl5. !