Weak demand for calves
The start of the 1981 calf selling season on Thursday was very disappointing for vendors.
In spite of the guaranteed beef prices for next season, values at Culverden were well behind sales last year. Lack of feed in most North Canterbury districts was the main restriction at the sale. The buying power was limited to just a few farmers. Some cattle went to the West Coast but most stayed in the Amuri district. Some very well grown calves were offered. The best of the Cheddar Valley property of the Lands and Survey Department, a small line of Angus from J. Hunt, and the best of some Charolais cross steers from Mrs M. F. Vernon, attracted the attention of several buyers. The best price for steer calves was $lB2 and for heifers $l5l. Sales included: — Steer calves. Lands: and Survey Department (Cheddar Valley), 226 Herefords at $B4 to $l6B, X 7 Angus cross at $143; St Helens Station (Hanmer), 5 Herefords at $134, 4 Angus cross at $142; Mrs M. F. Vernon (Waiau, 58 Angus cross at $l3B to $142, 12 Charolais cross at $172; Hitchin Hills, Ltd, (Hawarden), 51 . Hereford cross at $156 -to $174, 12
Hereford-Angus cross steers at $170; Lands and Survey Department (Tinline Downs), 23 Angus cross at $lOB-, 51 Herefords at $95 to $104; R. H. Womersley (Waiau), 7 Angus cross at $ll7, 23 Herefords at $100; Nukiwai Partnership (Culverden), 44 Angus at $llB to $142; J. Hunt (Springs Junction), 16 Angus cross at $lB2, 16 Angus at $164; Eric Timpson (Springs Junction), 7 Angus cross at $126.
Heifer calves: Mrs M. F. Vernon (Waiau), 19 Charolais cross at $l4O, 15 Angus .cross at $120; R. Long (Hanmer), 26 Angus and Angus cross at $lOO to $120; A. F. S. and W. H. Rutherford (Montrose), 49 Angus and Angus cross at $9B to $134; J. Hunt (Springs Junction), 16 Angus and Angus cross at $l4O to $150; Lands and Survey Department (Tinline Downs), 18 Angus cross at $/5; Nukiwai Partnership (Culverden), 27 Angus at $lOO to $110; Lands and Survey Department (Cheddar Valley), 156 Angus and Hereford cross at $69 to $104; St Helens Station (Hanmer), 12 Herefords at $143, 28 Angus cross at $llO to $l5l. Twenty-month steers: J. Cottier (Waiau), 67 Angus at $207 to $244, 6 Herefords at $232, 31 Angus cross at $236 to $256.
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