Cattle prices unchanged

Press, 26 November 1981, Page 22

Cattle prices unchanged

Buyers were faced ■ with a yarding of 3137 store cattle at Addington market yesterday, but values remained similar to the last special sale earlier this month. Every available : cattle pen, apart from those for housing bobby calves, was in use yesterday. . ' The sale lasted until late in the afternoon but was supported strongly by buyers until ’the finish A feature of the market were the Simmentals offered by Scarborough Hill Farm. A line of two-year-old steers from this vendor sold from $440 to $5OO and 29 cows (with calves) which could be regarded as a line of genuine breeding cows, sold for $394. Althougn North Canterbury has experienced a late spring, he condition of most of the adult jattle offered was excellent. Local fatteners gave most of the support to the adult sale and strong competition ensured values remained firm on the last special sale. Yearlings were harder to quit and values eased for some lines. However, the tone of the market was unchanged from recent weeks, although auctioneers had to work very hard to maintain this. ■ - .

One auctioneer said the prices

were at a level which provided a reasonable profit for the seller but still left room for the buyer to operate with.confidence. Sales of store cattle included.— ' Adults (two-year-olds unless otherwise stated): Willesden Farm (Prices Valley), 12 Hereford heifers at $234;’S. J. and J. R. Spriggs (Waiau), 12 Angus cross steers at $352; R. .C. Reed (Sheffield), 10 Angus heifers at $304; S. J. Blakely (Culverden). 88 Angus cross and Hereford steers at $3lO to $336: J. S and L. H. Scott (Oxford), 18 Hereford heifers at $302; N. G. Harnett (Kaikoura), 20 Angus steers at $366 to $380; Glens of Tekoa (Culverden;, 12 Hereford heifers at $238; Scarborough Hill Farm (Sumner), 21 Simmental steers at $440 to $5OO. 9 Angus steers at $368, 29 Simmental cows, with calves, at $394;. Netherwood Farm Ltd (Omihi), 24 Angus steers at $366 to $384; M. K. Milne (Culverdem, 14 HerefordFriesian steers at $332 to $336; D. J L. Rutherford (Waiau), 54 Hereford steers at $276 to $356; M. A. Rivers (Waiau;, 28 AngusHereford cross steers at $296 to $332, 65 Angus steers at $222 to $3OB, 34 Hereford steers at $258 to $3OO, 26 Hereford heifers at $242 to $272, 45 Angus and Angus cross heifers at $214 to $275, A. D. McKnight (Hawarden;, 18

Angus and Angus cross steers at $320, 14 Angus and Angus cross heifers at $242; Orton Bradley Park (Charteris Bay), 33 Here- - ford steers at $372 to $384; G. R. Blakely (Hawarden), 18 Hereford and Hereford cross steers at $298; T. McFarlane (Parnassus), 12 Hereford and Hereford cross steers at $274. ’ i Yearlings: P. G. Cunningham . (Port Levy), 78 Hereford-Angus cross steers at $174 to $244. 58 Hereford-Angus cross heifers at 'sl66 to $204; Berriedale Farm (Amberley;, 24 Hereford steers at $lBO to $206, 41 Hereford heifers at $l5B to $180; A. D. McNight (Hawarden), 18 Angus steers at $196, 12 Angus heifers at $141; Lyndon Downs (Kaikoura), 25 Angus-Hereford cross heifers at $184; Hitchm Hills Ltd (Hawarden), 17 Angus cross heifers at $lB4, 37 Hereford cross heifers at $170: Glens of Tekoa Estate (Culverden). 16 Angus-Hereford cross steers at $246, 32 Hereford steers at $166 to $232: H. A. Fitzsimmons (Cheviot), 34 Angus steers at $222 to $252. 35 Angus heifers at $220 to $240; 13 Simmental cross heifers at $214 to $226; Te Tmii Pastures (Amberley), 36 Angus cross steers at $192 to sl9b; J. M. Jame (Ashburton;, 14 Hereford heiters at $240; L. F. Shearer (Waiau;,. 26 Here-

ford-Angus cross heifers at $l5B to $176, 30 Angus-Hereford cross steers at $l6B to $176; J. K. Fincham (Hawarden). 30 Charolais cross heifers at $202 to $226; N. W. Manson (Little River), 125 Angus heifers at $136 to $194, 91 Hereford heifers at $134 to $l9O, 70 Hereford-Angus cross heifers at $134 to $lBO. 19 Angus steers at $167; J. Upston (Irwell), 21 Angus heifers at $2lO, 12 Hereford heifers at $186; M. J. Brown (East Eyreton), 18 Hereford heifers at’s2lo; W. E. Haley (Port Levy;, 17 Hereford-Angus cross steers at $246; Netherwood Farm (Omihi), 25 Angus steers at $2lO to $232; E. L. Early (Greendale), 22 Angus cross steers at $2OB to $228; A. O and N. B. Tripp (Hororata), 17 Angus steers at $l4O, 16 Angus cross steers at $156, 17 Angus cross heifers at $138; A. and R. Tong (Southbridge), 117 Angus cross steers at $222 to $264, 7 Hereford steers at $282, 14 Shorthorn cross steers at $270 to $278; J. C. Douglas (Culverden). 25 Hereford steers at $222 to $238: M. G. Urquhart (Kaikoura), 20 Hereford steers at $222 to $238; R J. Clark-Hall (Hawarden;, 13 Hereford heifers at $162, Birch Hill Station (Oxford). 38 Angus and Angus cross steers at $2lO, 40 Hereford ana Angus heifers at $154; Mt Vulcan Ltd (Omihi), 68 Angus cross heifers at $248 to $258.