Satisfactory Coalgate fair

Press, 13 February 1981, Page 8

Satisfactory Coalgate fair

Two-tooth and adult ewes in good order had a satisfactory sale at the first Coalgate ewe fair yesterday. The only real enthusiasm for ewes came from buyers looking for sheep with good mouths and carrying plenty of condition.

The best Romney twotooths sold at rates which were $1 to $1.50 ahead of last week’s special two-tooth sale at Addington • but the balance barely managed to keep pace with the tone set at Addington. Some excellent five-year Romney .and Coopworth ewes were offered with particularly strong competition from the, relatively small gallery." • ' ' ■ - Some of the ewes from' flatland farms • • showed obvious signs of the dry spell of the last few weeks. They were of low condition and attracted little interest.

Roy.- Robindale, Ltd (Te Pirita) provided some top stock for the sale, The best of' this farm’s Romneys and Coopworths both shared the highest price for the day — $25.20. Last year , the best money paid was $35.40 for a

pen of Coopworths from J. E. Redfern (Darfield). Most of the Romneys offered were between $l7 and $19.40 and Coopworths from $16.20 to $lB.- It took a good Coopworth to exceed $2O. The top price for old ewes was $18.20 paid for a lightlywoolled four-year Romney cross sheep from Terrace Farm (Russells Flat). Other Romneys and Coopworths were mainly between $l5 and $17.20.

The best old ewe price last year was $29.20 for a line of Coopworths from F. D. Richards (Glenroy). The’ few Perendales yarded were excellent representatives of the breed. Twotooths sold between $16.40 and §21.20. ' Some excellent first-cross Romney ewe lambs were offered on behalf of T. A. McKenzie (Hororata). The 295 lambs, made between $lB.BO and $l9. The yarding consisted of 2371.«‘tw0-tooths (1803 last year); 2751 adult ewes (2458), and 584 ewe lambs (420). Most sheep remained in North Canterbury. Some Perendales went to the West

Coast and some Coopworths to Mid-Canterbury. Sales of ewes included:— Two-tooths: Roy Robindale Ltd (Te Pirita) 113 Coopworths at $20.40, 91 at $24, 103 at $25.20, 100 Romneys at $25.20; Leighton Downs (Aylesbury), 82 Corriedales at $17.40, 43 at $l7; M. A. Neil (Hororata), 55 Coopworths at $l9; S. W. Beatty (Homebush), 95 Perendales at $19.40, 114 at $19.80, 78 at $21,20; T. S. and A. J. Newman (Hororata), 265 Romneys at $l7; H. Collison (Windwhistle), 106 Romneys at $18; Plummers Estate (Hororata), 72 Perendale at $19.10; W. R. Tilson (Glenroy), 85 Perendales at $16.40, 91 Romney cross at $l6, 40 at $17.60; T. A. McKenzie (Hororata), 105 Romneys at $18:80, . 61 Coopworths at $23.20; J. E. Redfern (Darfield), 64 Coopworths at $l7, 60 at $18; F. D. Richards (Windwhistle), 77 Coopworths at $12.80; Macks Downs Partnership (Hororata), 50 Coopworths at $14.20; S. J.! Hunt and Son (Hororata), 60 Coopworths at $18.20; Hunt and Ballagh (Hororata), 101 Romneys and Romney cross

at $18.40; Miss E. E. Richards (Windwhistle), 52 Romneys' at $18.40; J. B. Morten (Kowai Bush), 68 Coopworths at $18.20. ewes: D. J. Clinton (Darfield), 98 two-shear Corriedales at $14.40, 213 mixed age Corriedales at' $14.60, 100 mixed age Corriedales at $12.80; F. S. Collins (Horor a t a ) , 89 five-year Coopworths at $l2, 57 at $12.40; F. D. Richards (Windwhistle), 457 annual draft Coopworths .‘at $15.60; Miss E. E. Richards (Windwhistle), 95 annual draft Romneys at $14.40; Terrace Farm (Russells Flat), 197 four-year Romney cross at $18.20, 197 at $17.20: C. W. and S. C. Dennis (Glenroy), 94 mixed age Romney cross at $15.20, 154 annual draft at $14.20; T. S. and A. X Newman (Hororata), 196 annual draft Romneys at $l6; Estate W. G. ■ Gerard fHorarata), 385 annual draft Romneys at $14.80, 100 at :§ 13.30; Macks- Downs Parjtnership (Hororata), 158 I annual draft Coopworths at | $l5; Cullen Bros [l4l annual draft Romneys at $l5, 220 at $12.50.