Cattle prices boost sale

Press, 3 December 1987, Page 45

Cattle prices boost sale

Buyers remained confident and kept prices firm to last week’s levels at yesterday's store stock sale at Addington, in spite of large numbers of animals offered for sale.

Several highlights in the cattle sale gave the market a sound tone.

The annual consignment of 2*£ year steers from the Mendip Hills station averaged at $525 and was in excellent condition. Some sales reached $556.

A line of 48 Hereford steers from R. G. Morris, Cheviot, was another feature of the adult steer sale with prices reaching $536.

Medium adult steers made $4BO to $5OO. Another mainstay of the cattle sale was a line of Mt Virginia station-bred Hereford breeding cows with calves at foot which sold at $604.

Some outstanding pens of yearling (15-month) steers were offered. A line of 12 Simmental steers from J. C. Hiatt, Cheviot, made $466.

Twelve Angus steers at the same age from D. M. and P. E. Wilding, Conway, made $454.

Most good yearling steers made $4OO to $420 with mediums making between $360 and $4OO. Small yearling steers made about $3OO.

Yearling heifers did not improve on last week’s prices with the best making $3OO to $330, mediums about $270 and above, and small heifers making $250 or more. Lamb prices saw little change with the top prices being $22 and $23 for Romneys. Top prices for other wool breeds were $l9 and $2O.

Down cross lambs were not so well sought after, making $l6 to $lB. Black faced lambs were not as popular as last week.

Some lines of small lambs met strong inquiry from buyers. The yardings were: lambs 12,807 (8216 last week), sheep 1200 (1647), and cattle 1850 (832). Sales included.—

Adult cattle: Mendip Hills station (Parnassus), 278 Hereford steers at $476 to $556; Wilson Brothers (Waiau), 14 Angus steers at $468 to $504, 62 Hereford steers at $4lO to $496, and 25 Freisian cross steers at $372 to $550; H. R. Rutherford (Hawarden), 12 Angus cross steers at $512; Mt Virginia (Hawarden), 115 Hereford cows and 114 calves at $604; R. G. Morris (Cheviot), 48 Hereford steers at $452 to $536; E. A. Shand (Culverden), 25 Hereford and Angus cross steers at $4lO to $450; Acheron Bank Partner-

ship (Lake Coleridge), 28 Angus heifers at $326 to $330 and 11 Angus steers at $428.

Yearling cattie: V. and S. Whyte (Scargill), 11 Shorthorn cross steers at $400; G. L. Ryder (Waiau), 8 steers at $350 and 9 heifers at $274; A. G. Moreland (Southbridge), 444 Simmental cross heifers at $3OO to $340; A. F. McCarthur and Sons (Whitecliffs), 42 Angus steers at $384 to $424, 79 Angus cross heifers at $2BO to $316; P. S. Northcote (Waiau), 20 Hereford steers at $404 to $410; Mrs M. R. Harris (Omihi), 10 Angus cross steers at $408; R. M. Ensor (Hamner), 29 Hereford steers at $352 to $390; L. S. Shearer (Waiau), 9 Hereford steers at $326 and 9 Hereford heifers at $282; Mt Stewart Partnership (Waiau), 54 Hereford-Angus and Angus cross heifers at $268 to $310; J. C. Hiatt (Cheviot), 12 Simmental steers at $466; D. M. and P. E. Wilding (Conway), 12 Angus steers at $454; Wairipi Partnership (Glenroe), 12 Hereford steers at $340 to $394; Acheron Bank Partnership (Lake Coleridge), 15 Angus steers at $382; Hayes Brothers (Halkett), 12 Murray Grey heifers at $330; M. V. Obourne (Akaroa), 11 Hereford heifers at $270; H. A. Fitzsimmons (Cheviot), 48 Angus and Hereford heifers

at $316 to $330. Lambs: Achray Partnership (Rotherham), 840 Corriedale rams at $10.60 to $16.40 and 532 Corriedale ewes at $9 to $12.80; N. G. Heffernan (Birdlings Flat), 382 rams at $l4 to $16.20 and 228 mixed sex at $16.30 to $16.60; C. B. Tacker Estate (Okains Bay), 62 Romney rams at $11.60 and 42 Romney ewes at $l3; A. R. Bishop (Dunsandel), 50 rams at $lB and 43 ewes at $17.80; Fingest Farm (Tai Tapu), 103 mixed sex at $l3 to $16.80; P. Schrink (Oxford), 193 mixed sex at $15.20 to $l7; Mountain Meadows (Amberley), 246 mixed sex at $14.60 to $17.80; R. J. H. Coop (Kaituna), 1250 Romney wethers and crpytorchids at $12.20 to $22.40; P. J. Scott (Mt Vernon), 500 mixed sex Corriedales and Black faced at $8.40 to $18.80; P. and F. DeLatour (Lavericks Bay), 507 Romney crpytorchids at $8.60 to $14.10; D. C. Hay (Pigeon Bay), 294 at $ll to $17.80; J. R. Wigley (Amberley), 1155 Corriedale rams at $13.40 to $20.60; W. D. Latham (little River), 876 Romney crpytorchids at $9.60 to $19.60.

Sheep: F. L. and C. C. Burrows (Springfield), 120 English Leicester-Corriedale cross ewe hoggets at $22.25 to $22.75; M. Bradley (Leeston), 91 Romney ewes at $15.50.