National Angus sale has $2404 average
IPA Palmerston North. ! Strong demand for quality! cattle was the feature of the! national Angus sale at Palm-! erston North yesterday. A total of 75 bulls sold for an average of §2404,1 well above the previous record of §2203 set at the! 1974 national sales. Last! i year’s average was a dis-1 appointing §1956. The top price of the day I was §12,000 paid by Lopdell ! Bros (Napier), for Trojan ■ 422 of Rangatira. This bull 'was offered by his breeders, i the Rangatira Farm Partneri ship (Te Karaka). Earlier in i the day, the bull had come ; fourth in his show class. ! The champion bull of the I show was Tadcaster Batler,
, shown by his breeders, E. H. •'and D. Parker (Matamata). I At auction, he fetched §7500, j to the bid of H. C. McCalllum (Kumeu). I A Pirinoa breeder, lan Tilson, had a great sale with I his pen of two bulls winning ! their class and later making ■§7ooo and §3200 at auction. ! The §7OOO bull was sold to ■ the Akitio Stud (Dannevirke). The most active buyers at the sale were Sisam and Son (Whakatane) who took home eight bulls at a cost of $lO,BOO. Sales of South Island interest were: S. 1,, and B. E. Chambers (Southbridge). five bulls averaging £1620; A. J. Elliott (Blenheim), one bull at $3lOO, D. s.
/Latter (Cheviot), one bull at '51300; J. E. Mitchell and Son • (Invercargill), one bull at S 3000; ,I A. J. and D. K. Mackenzie -I (Hinds), three bulls averaging |51530. Southern purchasers inIcluded: J. Ross Murray (Kai- . ikoura), one bull at $2OOO and j one at $1900; the Ellerton Stud (Kekerengu), one bull at $3000; ! A. .1. and D. K. Mackenzie, one ’■bull at $2BOO. . | Show results were:— . ! Led two-year-old bulls: B. H. | Maxwell (Kaeo) 1, Ranui Hold- ■ j ings (Te Puke) 2, Rangitira Partnership (Gisborne) 3. Unled 1 two-year-old bulls: E. H. and D. c Parker (Matamata) 1, Rangitira! 1! Partnership 2, Lopdell Bros.; > (Napier) 3. Best pair of bulls/ f I. G. Tilson (Featherston) 1, Ra‘ngitira Partnership 2, H. F. ! Saunders (Tiraui 3. i Borthwick trophy for best pen 11 of four bulls: Ranui Holdings I, •I. G. Tilson 2. A. McGaffin (Palm-' I; erston North) 3. Supreme ■iehampion bull: E. H. and D. -.Parker. Reserve champion, B. H. . I Maxwell. I T
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