Prices up at ram fair

Press, 26 February 1980, Page 11

Prices up at ram fair

■f, While at the Ashburton ram •fair yesterday passings in some $ sections were heavy at auction, b in'others there was a very good clearance and prices were quite c a bit ahead of last years. „ ■•Among the flock rams, which made; up the bulk of the selec- 7 i)qn, the Border Leieesters had £ probably' the best sale of the t fdayi 71 Ollt of 74 finding buyers - at "auction. ~ Ift Prices for the breed ranged up ; to 5240 and the bulk of the ‘sales fell between about $l3O . t'.and $l9O. , H. M. and D. H. King bad two sales of pairs' of rams at $240 each and also sold rams at $225, 5 ■;.5220 and $l9O. For seven their 8 -average was a good .$228. S 1 P. 11. Letham realised $195 tor J two, and Longnewton stud sold 1 two at $l9O. Sales.at $l7O were t made by F. W. Allan for two, 8 T. H. Lemon for a single; the S estate R. V. R. Bennett for a r single, and J. H, F. Barton for I a : two. ' a All 10 English Leieesters s offered went at auction from J S $ll5 to $lBO. I!.' Bennett, of| Wakanui, selling four at slBo ‘ c and averaging $149 • for eight I b ranging down to $ll5. ThejS Bavenswood Stud, of Woodend, a . had sales at $175 and $l7O. - |■• The Romneys had a reason- j a able sale. 42 selling out of 66 and a fair proportion of sales s being made between $lO9 and t $lBO and prices ranging up to I* ’ $320. ' z in a sale to S. L. Lilley, Mere- ' oak Earm received 5320 and had t other sales at $2BO for one, $2OO s for two, $l9O for two, $lBO for a one and $l7O lor two. For nine < it averaged S2U. Ravenswood also sold a Rom- i ney ram at $250 — it went to i Geraldine — and others at $ $230 and $lBO. N. C. Davidson ? realised $225 for one. t Corriedales did not have such ; a good day. Only 13 out of 65 > rams were’ sold at auction — f only 20 per cent. Those finding a buver brought from $65 S to $95, C. P. Wright heading the '< sale with two at $95 and E. W. ■ Taylor selling two at $9O. Apart from the Southdowns and some of the crossbred rams 1 which were yarded in fairiv I ' small numbers, demand at 1 auction for the mutton breed •’ rams was not very animated. I Passings often were . quite ■ high. Eight out of 21 of Hampshires • sold from $65 to $75. Mrs N. M. I Allan had. tvyo at the top price and realised’ from $65 for five and the Oak‘Flat Stud-sold two ■ at $75. The Poll; Dorsets fared better, . 34 selling-out of 42, prices again 1 i-heing between $62.50 and $7O. 'Mrs S. • LiiWilliarits had one at $7O and Cairns and,Bennett had 120 of those which were sold at auction, ft These made from $62.50 to $67.50, averaging al.most $64. '

Suffolks made from $62.50 to $ll5 for the 23 which found a buyer at auction out of 32. Mrs C.. TH. Wade. from Christchurch; headed the sale with four sheep selling for $ll5 and with another making SlOO. They averaged $ll2 for five. G. D. and R..- D. Campion realised SBO for one and P. J. Hampton received the ‘ same price for two. A. J. Godsell averaged $72 for six selling from $65 to $75 and W. J. and M. D. Symes] averaged $63 for six ranging j from $62.50 (o $65. In the South Suffolk section 56 rams sold at auction out of 89 for prices ranging ' from $62.50 to $102.50. H. M. and D. 1-1. King, whose sheep featured in a number of sections during the day, sold single rams at $102.50 and $9O and a pair at $B5, and for a total of nine ranging from $7O upwards they averaged SBO. D. J. and J. Stewart sold two at $BO and for 18 selling from $62.50 averaged $70.50. All of the il Southdowns changed hands at auction at between $65 and $95. The Kings sold two at the top price and also two at $81) and for seven making from $7O to $95 they averaged $BO again. Only half of the 64 South Dorset Downs found an immediate buyer. They made from 562.50 to $lOO. A. J. and G. A. McArthur were paid $lOO for two which went to Gore. The next best price was 572.50. With seven selling from $62.50 to $7O H. M. and D. IL King had an average of $6B. Even fewer Dorset; Downs found buyers at auction. Only 14 out of 42 were sold at that stage, ‘the prices being from $62.50 to $lOO. R. J. Letham had two at $lOO, two. at $75 and two at $7O, to average $B2 for. six, and H. M. and D. H. King sold a single ram for $B5. . All nine Border Leicester South Suffolk cross rams sold at auction. All were from D. J. and J. Stewart, and sold from $65 to $BO to average $75. ‘ Seven of the Southdown Border Leieesters changed hands at auction out of 12, and from $65 to $82.50. The Stewarts sold three at $82.50 and the Kings two at $77.50 and two at $65. Neither of the two Southdown South Suffolk crosses nor any of the three Ryeland Dorsel Horns found a buyer, at auction. ftThe 11 stud rams, in . the' offering were sold at the-begin-ning of the sale and seven of these ,at prices from $175 to $470. The top money went to P. H. Letham for a Border Leicester ram which went to J. H. ■F. Barton.: H. Bennett sold an English Leicester ram for $4OO and Mrs R. J. Clucas received the same price for a stud Dorset Down ram.