Christchurch leading prices

Press, 25 September 1987, Page 7

Christchurch leading prices

Easily the top price in the Christchurch and Timaru catalogues was 2160 c (72 per cent dry yield) for four bales of 18.1 micron Merino woolly hogget from P. H. and A. C. E. Gullidge (Ward). The same vendors received 1500 c (70.7) for three bales of 18.6 micron Merino. Four bales of 19.2 micron Merino from M. Giles (Blenheim) made 1272 c (70.9), A. O. H. and N. B. Tripp (Rakaia Gorge) sold three bales of 19.8 micron at 1200 c (75.8), and a single bale of 18.6 micron from R. J. Clark-Hall (Hawarden) fetched 1400 c (75.2). Richmond Brook station (Seddon) received 1144 c (67.4) for two bales of 19.6 micron Merino woolly hogget. D. J. and R. J. Grant (Methven) sold five bales of 19.7 micron at 1130 c (69.7), and R. W. and S. Loe (Wairau Valley) received 1124 c (67.4), for one bale of 19.7 micron.

Other good Merino prices included 1147 c (63.4) for three bales of 19.2 micron from Northwood Account (Rangiora), 1127 c (70.2) for three bales of 19.6 micron from H. A. Fitzsimmons (Cheviot), and 1114 c (69.4) for two bales of 19.6 micron from H. J. and P. R. Neill (Blenheim).

Among Halfbred sales were six bales of woolly hogget from Manilla Hills (Hawarden) at 637 c (73.4), five bales from A. D. Mcknight (Hawarden) at 551 c (72.2), and nine bales from B. M. Faulkner (Kowai Bush) at 530 c (76.7). A price of 523 c (76.7) was paid to The Lakes station (Hawarden) for nine bales of Halfbred, R. A. and M. P. Owen (Darfield) received 518 c (80.4) for 11 bales, G. and Y. Hibbert (Amberley) 517 c (74.7) for seven bales of two-tooth, and Estate J. Milliken (Darfield) received 51c (74.4) for 30 bales. ■ Two vendors received 512 c for Halfbred — Glens of Tekoa Estate (Culverden) for 16 bales (77), and M. A. Acland (Ashburton) for 38 bales (75.9). Corriedale reached 596 c (67.8) for a fine line (22.6 micron) of four bales from A. F. Shanks (Waihopai Valley). Koromiko Farm, Ltd (Cheviot) sold seven bales of woolly hogget at 531 c (69.6), Berriedale Farm (Amberley) sold five bales at 510 c (73.2), L. S. Shearer (Waiau) sold nine bales at 505 c (74.8), Blytheburn Partnership (Cheviot) sold nine bales of woolly hogget at 504 c (72.8), and L. J. O’Carroll (Hawarden) sold eight bales at 502 c (75.9).

Among leading Romney sales were five bales of shorn hogget from Rowallan Partnership (Hororata) at 539 c (83.7), and seven bales of shorn hogget from D. F. and H. J. Armstrong (Banks Peninsula) at 52c (83.8). H. G. Eggleston (Oxford) received 515 c (86.4) for seven bales, M. C. Feary and Sons (Oxford) received 513 c (83.9) for 13 bales of shorn hogget, and D. S. and J. M. Edmondson (Nelson) sold seven bales of two-tooth at 510 c (83.4). Four bales of crossbred two-tooth from T. M. and L. G. Woodbury (Nelson) made 535 c (89.3), 16 bales of crossbred from Mt Ella Farm Partnership (Nelson) sold at 519 c (89.1), six bales of crossbred shorn hogget from Rakanui Farm (Kaikoura) made 517 c (83.6), and nine bales of similar description from S. M. Jenkins (Culverden) made 511 c (85.9). Among Perendale wools were four bales of woolly hogget from High Peak station (Darfield) at 556 c (82.6) and eight bales of similar from the same vendor at 525 c (84.5). Quartz Hill station (Darfield) had several good sales, including 11 bales of woolly hogget at 537 c (83.6) and five bales of twotooth at 519 c (82.7). Glencoe Partnership

(Banks Peninsula) sold seven bales of Perendale at 513 c (86.1) N. A. Fraser (Banks Peninsula) received 510 c (83.4) for 14 bales, and Pakihi and Westport Holdings (Westport) were paid 505 c (87.1) for nine bales. Eight bales of Lincoln from A. McLean (Omihi) fetched 511 c (83.7) and two bales of Lincoln from Mrs A. P. Bennett (Swannanoa) sold at 509 c (83.1) Glenroy Farm (Darfield) had two good sales of Coopworth, 528 c (87.5) for 24 bales and 516 c (85.7) for 10 bales of two-tooth. W. W. Diedrichs (Greymouth) sold 12 bales'of Coopworth at 527 c (87.6), and P. F. and L. E. Berry (Greymouth) sold four bales of shorn hogget at 500 c (87.3). Five bales of Border Leicester from T. J. Ward (Ashburton) fetched 508 c (84.5) and four bales of Polwarth from L. Couper (Amberley) made 645 c (73.8). Among second-shear sales were four bales of Romney from I. C. Stanbury (Little River) at 512 c (88.6), 11 bales of Perendale from Land Corporation (Kapitea Creek, Hokitika) at 509 c (85.8), and 10 bales of Perendale from R. W. Burgess (Rotomanu) at 503 c (87.7).