Culverden calf prices ease
Most good quality steer calves sold between $230 and $290 at the second Culverden calf sale yesterday. A big yarding of calves and the declining beef export schedule contributed to a slight easing in demand compared with calf sales earlier this season, but the market generally remained satisfactory. Seven pens of steers from a total of more than 60 pens sold for $3OO or more. At last season’s corresponding sale, when calf prices were extremely buoyant and the yarding was much smaller, about half the steers exceeded $3OO. The calves were in excellent order, having benefited from the lush pasture growth this season.
Top price was $350 for a pen of Angus steers from W. S. Gardner, Waiau, followed by $340 for the top drafting of Angus-Hereford first-cross steers from H. R. Hammond, Culverden. Last season’s top price for Mr Hammond’s calves was $402.
Other big lines of steers to attract keen interest were Herefords from the Northcote Trust, Waiau, which sold to $334, and Herefords from the Lakes Partnership, Lake Sumner, which reached $3OO.
The yarding totalled 2064 (1071 last year), and comprised 1255 steers and 809 heifers.
Auction sales included:— Steers: W. S. Gardner (Waiau), 18 Angus at $350; E. R. A. Florence and Sons (Culverden), 15 Angus-Hereford cross at $290, 12 Hereford at $286, 18 at $286, 20 at $278; G. W. Ryder (Inland Road), 16 Angus-Hereford cross at $236, 5 at $2OO, 19 HerefordShorthorn cross at $240, 22 at $2lB, Conway Partnership (Inland Road), 8 Hereford at $244, 9 at $196, 5 Angus cross at $256; Percival Farm (Hanmer Springs), 10 Hereford cross at $268; H. R. Hammond (Culverden), 20 Angus-Hereford cross at $340, 21 at $338, 27 at $306, 20 at $258, 12 at $246; P. R. and M. A. Kinnimonth (Waiau), 10 Hereford at $310; W. R. McKeegan (Hawarden), 11 Angus and Angus cross at $2BO, 11 Hereford and Angus cross at $220; H. J. Inch (Hawarden), 11 Hereford at $244, 14 at $210; Estate H. A. Beavan (Rotherham), 9 Hereford cross at $282; Lakes Partnership (Lake Sumner), 23 Hereford at $3OO, 32 at $262, 43 at $240, 35 at $2OO, 21 Angus-Hereford cross at $230, 27 at $206; R. J. ClarkeHall (Hawarden), 31 AngusHereford cross at $270, 24 at $226; Northcote Trust (Waiau), 27 Hereford at $334, 43 at $290, 42 at $260, 16 at $224; Marchmont Partnership (Hanmer Springs), 14 Murray Grey cross and Angus at $246; D. K. Rutherford
(Hawarden), 10 South Devon cross at $272, 18 Hereford cross at $240, 19 at $220; K. D. and S. I. Topp (Culverden), 20 Angus-Hereford cross at $266, 25 at $224; E. A. Shand (Culverden), 14 Angus-Hereford cross at $2lO, 18 Hereford at $204; Hui Hui Farm (Hawarden), 9 Hereford and Angus cross at $294, 7 at $220; J. R. B. Menzies (Hawarden), 22 Hereford at $250, 22 at $222; M. G. Gould (Rotherham), 25 Hereford at $250, 30 at $216, 21 at $210; Glenns of Tekoa Estate (Culverden), 25 Angus-Hereford cross at $270, 25 at $232, 30 Hereford at $252, 41 at $208; Mount Mason Partnership (Hawarden), 30 Angus and Angus cross at $192, 35 at $128; Glyn Wye Station (Lewis Pass), 17 Hereford bulls at $lB4, 15 at $162; J. P. and B. J. O’Carroll (Hawarden), 15 Hereford at $244, 11 at $214. Heifers: J. R. B. Menzies (Hawarden), 16 Hereford at $166; Glens of Tekoa Estate (Culverden), 21 Angus and Angus-Hereford cross at $202, 22 at $154, 28 Hereford at $144; J. R. and E. E. Chambers (Waiau), 20 Murray Grey cross at $2lO, 20 at $190; D. K. Rutherford (Hawarden), 9 South Devon cross at $lBB, 24 Hereford cross at $162; K. D. and S. I. Topp (Culverden), 16 AngusHereford cross at $l6O, 16’at $144; M. G. Gould (Rother-
ham), 20 Hereford at $172, 21 at $152; Hui Hui Farm (Hawarden), 9 Angus cross and Hereford at $222; E. A. Shand (Culverden), 18 AngusHereford cross at $l4O, 17 Hereford at $152, 12 Angus cross and Hereford at $134; Mount Mason Partnership (Hawarden), 28 Angus and Angus cross at $108; H. R. Hammond (Culverden), 18 Angus-Hereford cross at $252, 25 at $220, 27 at $220, 13 at $210; W. R. McKeegan (Hawarden)-, 21 Hereford and Angus cross at $188; Lakes Partnership (Lake Sumner), 31 Angus-Hereford cross at $l4O, 23 at $l4O, 41 Hereford at $122; Northcote Trust (Waiau), 19 Hereford at $246, 16 at $240, 22 at $220, 25 at $180; R. J. Clark-Hall (Hawarden), 24 Angus-Hereford cross at $206; I. H. Atkinson (Hanmer Springs), 23 Charolais cross at $220, 26 at $198; Henderson Brothers (Rotherham), 6 Hereford and Hereford-Friesian cross at $260; E. R. A. Florence and Sons (Culverden), 11 AngusHereford cross at $2lO, 26 Hereford at $216; N. A. McFarlane (Rotherham), 26 Angus- Shorthorn cross at $176, 24 at $150; Percival Farm (Hanmer Springs), 11 Hereford and Angus cross at $214; G. W. Ryder (Waiau), 9 Hereford at $lB6, 15 Angus cross at $176; Conway Partnership (Inland Road), 9 Angus-Hereford cross at $212.
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