Mated ewe prices rise at special sale

Press, 12 July 1984, Page 20

Mated ewe prices rise at special sale

Prices of mated ewes at a special sale at the Addington market yesterday were $3 to $4 ahead of prices received at recent Tuesday store sheep sales. A big gallery of buyers followed the offering of 15,750 in-lamb two-tooths and aged ewes, the first time a special sale of breeding ewes has been held at Addington at this time of the year. A good quality yarding, combined with a keen demand, ensured the sale was a success. Prices were generally better than had been expected. Several lines of well-bred capital stock ewes sold at realistic prices and looked good buying compared with the money paid for many pens of one-year, low-mouth ewes. Sheep carrying a good fleece of wool also sold better than some well-bred, better quality shorn types. Late in the sale demand dropped away. Most good quality, heavily woolled aged ewes made more than $24, medium quality ranged from $l9 to $23, and one-year ewes mostly between $l6 and $l9. A big line of mixed age Coopworths from Strowan Pas-

tures, Ltd, Waiau, sold to $27.40, and C. D. B. Douglas, Amberley, sold mixed-age Border-Corriedales and Corriedales to $26.60. Coopworths from L. G. Coe, Irwell, made to $2B, Border-Romney cross from British Pavements, Ltd, sold at $27.80 and Romneys from P. and S. Walsh, Tai Tapu, sold to $26. Sales included.— Aged ewes: Sherwood Farm (Dunsandel), 145 1-shear Border-Corriedale cross at $28.60, 465 3 and 4-shear at $24 to $2B; J. Shearer (Glasnevin), 979 mixed-age Halfbred and Border cross at $17.60 to $23; C. Ansley (Atarau), 230 mixedage Perendales at $16.40 to $22.20; L. Couper (Amberley), 141 Romneys at $18.40 to $2O; B. T. Fisher (Greenpark), 434 Coopworth, Romney and Perendales at $23 to $24.60; P. McCullogh (Templeton), 41 3shear Corriedales at $31.60; P. and S. Walsh (Tai Tapu), 286 Romneys at $26; Greta Canyon Farm (Greta Valley), 132 Romney-jCoopworth cross at $l9; M. D. Lucas (Parnassus), 180 Borderdales at $20.60; Sherwood Partnership (Culverden), 308 Romneys at $18.20 to sl9*o, 90 Romney cross at

$19.20; British Pavements, 200 Border-Romneys at $27.80; L. G. Coe (Irwell), 155 Coopworths at $25 to $2B; M. F. A. Penfold (Amberley), 80 Romneys at $24 to $25; J. D. and D. A. Caldwell (Cheviot), 180 shorn Corriedales at $l7; Strowan Pastures, Ltd (Waiau), 3121 mixed-age Coopworths at $15.60 to $27.40; C. D. B. Douglas (Amberley), 1773 mixed-age Border-Come-dale and Corriedales at $17.20 to $26.60; J. M. Woodfield (Horrelville), 444 mixed-age Perendales at $lB.BO to $20.20; H. R. Rutherford (Hawarden), 90 mixed-age Halfbreds at $18.20; Garrymere Farm (Loburn), 326 1 and 2-year Corriedales at 419.60 to $20.20. Two-tooths: Strowan Pastures, Ltd (Waiau), 456 Coopworth two-tooths at $27.60 to $30.40; C. D. B. Douglas (Amberley), 161 Border-Corrie-dales at $29.20; Mt Lyford Station (Waiau), 60 Perendale two-tooths at $23.20; J. Shearer (Glasnevin), 140 Corriedales at $24.20 to $2B; J. E. Chisnail (Motunau), 180 Perendales at $l9 to $22.40; McDonald Downs (Hawarden), 88 Halfbreds at $20.60; C. G. Waters (Amberley), 50 Romneys at $28.80; O. G. Jenkins (Port Levy), 80 Romeys at $26. '<