Leading prices

Press, 12 September 1987, Page 18

Leading prices

Three bales of 19.2 micron Merino from J. W. and T. J. Wadworth (Blenheim) topped yesterday’s wool sale in Christchurch with a price of 1403 c (70.5 per cent dry yield) followed by 1318 c (72.5) for seven bales of 19.4 micron from N. E. Giles (Blenheim). The Wadworths had two other sales at 135 c (71.4) for 12 bales of 19.7 micron and 1070 c (73.8) for 10 bales of 20.6 micron. Two Culverden fanners, M. J. and M. A. Loffhagen, sold four bales of 20.1 micron Merino at 1238 c (73.1) and J. G. Norman and Sons (Parnassus) sold seven bales of 20.6 micron at 1104 c (76). Another vendor to receive more than $lO a kilogram was H. R. Gluyas (Blenheim) with 1041 c (71) for four bales of 20.5 micron and 1027 c (70) for a single bale of 20.6 micron. Other good Merino prices included 992 c (70.1) for two bales of 20.4 micron from A. R. and C. D. Turnbull (Seddon), 972 c (70.1) for four bales of 20.4 micron from K. S. Duff (Blenheim), 956 c (73.9) for eight bales of 21.4 micron from L. M. and S. R. Harvey (Awatere Valley), and 940 c (73.8) for a single bale of 21.2 micron from Stevenson Brothers (Femside). A big consignment of very fine Halfbred from Macdonald Downs (Hawarden) reached 931 c (72.9) for seven bales of 22.1 micron woolly hogget. Other lines in Macdonald Downs’ offering included 19 bales of 24.2 micron two-tooth at 589 c (76) and 20 bales of 23.1 micron ewe fleece at 626 c (73). Another fine lot of Halfbred comprising five bales of 20.9 micron woQlly hogget from J. G. and D. A. Crawford (Belfast) sold at 855 c (73.2). J. H. Cooke (Hororata) received 627 c (76.8) for eight bales of woolly hogget, and B. R. Allan (Blenheim) had sales at 592 c (77.9) for. 19 bales, and 586 c (75.4) for six bales. B. J. Gray (Wairau Valley) sold five bales of Halfbred at 577 c (69), B. W. and L. D. Nell (Darfield) 15 bales at 565 c (73.9), Barrosa station (Mayfield) 24 bales of twbtooth at 564 c (75.8), P. S. Molineaux (Awatere Valley) five bales at 562 c (70), T. F. Davison (Culverden) four bales at 560 c (79.3), C. C. Bowron (Waihopai Valley) 20 bales at 560 c (77.8), and L. C. Gardiner (Waiau) 12 bales at

552 c (74.3). Corriedale reached 579 c (76.2) for nine bales of woolly hogget from D. A. Hutton (Darfield). S. J. Mackenzie (Wairau Valley), received 560 c (75.2) for five bales of woolly hogget and 541 c (73) for six bales, G. and A. Prattley (Rangiora) sold seven bales at 559 c (74.9), and Sandhurst Farm (Weka Pass) sold 11 bales of woolly hogget at 554 c (75.7). Twelve bales of Corriedale from Hight Brothers (Darfield) made, 551 c (73.9), 11 bales from R. W. A. Reid (Oxford) fetched 549 c (78.2), and Randolph Downs Estate (Amberley) received 548 c (73.3) for seven bales. Other prices for Corriedale included 543 c (78.6) for 20 bales from J. N. and G. A. Senior (Wairau Valley), 542 c (74.7) for six bales from P. J. and J. Lamb (Hawarden), 542 c (71.1) for seven bales of woolly hogget from J. W. and B. W. Murray (Seddon), and 541 c (72.6) for eight bales of shorn hogget from A. H. and V. Grigg (Blenheim). Among Romney wools were four bales from J. C. Home (Oxford) at 543 c (88.6), 15 bales of two-tooth, from D. Reveley (Hororata) at 537 c (88.4) another line of 20 bales of Romney from D. Reveley at 537 c (87.9), seven bales of shorn hogget from K. B. and L. M. Turpin (Amberley) at 535 c (85.5), and 22 bales from T. A. and D. R. Dale (Oxford) at 529 c (86.8). Fifteen bales of crossbred woolly hogget from Surrey Hills station (Ashburton) made 540 c (81.9), 12 bales of crossbred from G. Pagey (Methven) made 539 c (88.7), J. R. Stanbury (Little River) received 535 c (75.4) for 15 bales of crossbred two-tooth, and J. G. Cran (Hororata), sold five bales of crossbred woolly hogget at 530 c (80). Among Perendale wools were two lines from J. R.

Wilson Partnership (Hanmer Springs) at 530 c (87.2) for four bales and 527 c (86.7) for 11 bales, and two lines from R. T. and B. M. Bryant (Darfield) at 495 c (81.1) for eight bales of two-tobth and the same price for 12 bales of Perendale (79.1). Coopworth sold to 536 c (88.8) for 12 bales from P. Christey (Oxford) and 524 c (86.2) for 10 bales from M. G. and M. J. Barker (Kalkoura). Estate G. Van Asch (Cashmere) received 519 c (85.2) for 11 bales of Coopworth, L. C. Gardiner 510 c (76.6) for four bales, and R. H. B. and K. Foster (Darfield) received 508 c (83.4) for 20 bales. Two bales of Borderdale woolly hogget from Brownlea Partnership (Te Pirita) made 530 c (72.7), M. J. Richards (Windwhistle) was paid 529 c (79) for 10 bales, and A. T. Metherell (Rangiora) 522 c (77) for five bales. C A McDonald (Rangiora) sold 10 bales of Border Leicestercross woolly hogget at 515 c (75.8) Among second-shear sales were six bales of crossbred from' G. L. Millar (Marlborough Sounds) at 525 c (90.1), 18 bales of crossbred from Maruakoa Farm (Takaka) at 524 c (89.4), eight bales of Romney from R. E. Judson (Oxfordyat 520 c (88), and 12 bales of crossbred from J. R. and L. Murdoch (Kaikoura) at 519 c (88.2). Other second-shear prices included 512 c (83.8) for ,17 bales of Perendale from A?D. L. and M. J. L. Tapley (Banks Peninsula) and 512 c (88) for 15 bales of Coopworth from M. J. M. McKellow (Darfield). Sales of lambs’ wool included seven bales of Perendale from G. P. and J. Griffin (Christchurch) at 551 c (76.2), and 10 bales of Corriedale

from R. J. Bell (Aylesbury) at 505 c (68,8).