Prices for breeding ewes steady

Press, 20 February 1986, Page 24

Prices for breeding ewes steady

Well bred ewes with sound mouths had the best of a sale of breeding ewes at Addington market yesterday. Prices for the better-qual-ity ewes were generally on a par with last week’s rates. Most top-mouthed annual draft sheep sold between $lO and $l3 while poor quality ewes were $4 to $7.

A feature of the market was a line of five-year-old shorn Romneys from the Estate S. Hall, Peraki, which

sold at $13.30. Four-year-old Corriedales, late-shorn, reached $15.50. Sales of early-shorn Corriedales were made at $B.BO to $12.40 and five-year-old shorn Coopworths reached $lO. Poor ewes sold.at less than $5. A yarding of medium-qual-ity two-tooth ewes attracted little interest The pick of the Corriedale two-tooths sold at $17.60 to $18.20 and Romneys reached $l7. The yarding of adult sheep

was 5400, compared with 12,300 last week. A small yarding of 3600 store lambs — compared with 6900 last week — was in firm demand. Medium-type lambs were up to $1 a head dearer than last week’s rates but prices of heavy lambs remained stable. Most lambs sold between $ll and $l5. A line of bigframed shorn lambs made $l3 and woolly lambs made to $lB. Sales included: Adult sheep: T. E. Elliott (Cheviot), 133 five-year Corriedales at $9.40; N. A. McFarlane (Rotheram), 115 five-year Corriedales at $10.20; P. W. Smail (Hororata), 212 mixed-aged Corriedales at $11.20; D. R. Shipley (Harewood), 390 Corriedales at $5.80 to $9; V. W. Reid (Omihi), 67 Corriedales at $11.20; Estate J. S. Allan

(Culverden), 200 annual draft Halfbreds at $10.60; Mrs A. P. Bennett (Swannanoa), .92 twoshear Halfbreds at $11.40; B. W. Page (Okuku)), 200 fiveyear Corriedales at $8.80; Estate S. Hall (Peraki), 248 five-year-old Romneys at $13,30; R. G. Morris (Cheviot), 286 four-year Corriedales at $15.50, 95 fiveyear at $13.90; Kinloch Farm (Little River), 200 five-year Coop worths at $lO.

Two-tooths: W. L. Gabble (Southbridge), 173 Romneys at $15.70 to $l7; P. W. Smail (Hororata), 266 Corriedales at $l4 to $17.60.

Lambs: Stormlea Farm (Rakaia), 488 shorn at $11.60 to $l2, 157 woolly at $l3 to $14.80; A. A. and R. M. White (Loburn), 35 Romney ewes at $15.80; 46 mixed sex at $11.90 to $18.30; Coleridge Downs (Lake Coleridge), 717 wethers at $10.40 to $l3.