Calf values improve

Press, 1 April 1980, Page 22

Calf values improve

Store calf values improved steadily at the three sales held last week. On -Wednesday at Addington there was a sound sale. Steer calves sold to 5246 and heifer calves to $204. On Thursday at Culverden, values for steers improved •by $lO to $l5 and heifers were on a par with the Addington sale. Steer calves were mainly $l7O to $l9O. but a pen of Angus and Angus cross made $202. Helfers ranged from $125 to $l4O. The best o£ these, a line of Charolais cross, made $lBO. The Culverden sale reflected the excellent growing season. There were few light calves, and nothing sold below $llO. At Coalgate on Friday there was only a light yarding. Steer values remained unchanged from Culverden, but heifers slipped back by ?4. Although the yarding was half the size of previous years, competition was weak and only two

Mid-Canterbury buyers showed enthusiasm for the calves. . The steers were all well-grown, especially the Hereford-Short-horn cross, which topped the c market at $214. Most of the heifers were medium-sized but two pens of young heifers were harder to sell. Sales of calves at Coalgate Included.—J. Deans (Homebush), 39 Shorthom-Angus cross and '» Angus steers at $lBO to $lB6, 38 Angus-Shorthorn cross heifers at $ll6 to $145; H. H. Harris (Silverstream). 25 Hereford-Shorthorn cross steers at $lB4 to $214, 18 Hereford-Shorthorn cross heifers / at $l3B to $172; Mrs L M, Phillips (Longford), 10 Shorthorn steers at $190; It. F. White (Sllverwood), 31 Murray GreyShorthorn cross steers at $157 to $lB7, 23 Murray Grey-Short-horn cross heifers at $lO7 to $133; A. F. McArthur and Sons (Steventon), six Angus steers at $lBO, 12 Angus heifers at $lll. and W. R. Deans and Son (Sandown), 37 Angus cross steers atslo7 to $166. 55 Angus and Angus cross heifers at $9O to $ll7.