Temuka deer sale
PA Timaru Prices were fully firm on recent North Island rates when the first Temuka weaner deer sale was held yesterday. The Temuka saleyards pavilion was packed for the public auction at a venue thought to be the only one of its kind in the country with facilities for both cattle and deer through the one selling arena.
More than 340 weaner hinds and stags were offered and the hinds in particular, sold in spectacular fashion. They ranged in price from $2200 a head to $2BOO, with the top figure $2850 for nine New Zealand wapiti hybrids offered by the Hadlow Game Park, Timaru, and bought by Forest Park, Rotorua. Hadlow Game Park also topped the weaner stags with three wapiti hybrids making $ll5O and two at $BOO.
The auctioneers emphasised that stock was specially selected for the sale and this factor enabled them to command a premium. Buying power was widespread throughout the South Island, and buyers also came from the North Island. Bidding was strong and brisk, rising in $lOO bids for the hinds and $lO bids for the stags. The hinds sold for an average of $2428 and the average price for the stags was $295.
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