Merino bale gets $23

Press, 16 January 1988, Page 5

Merino bale gets $23

One bale of 17.6 micron Merino woolly hogget of outstanding style from M. A. Jackson (Wairau Valley) topped the Christchurch woo) sale with a price of 2300 c (68.6).

Other good Merino prices included 1895 c (74.2) for five bales of 18.3 micron woolly hogget from R. J. Walker (Lees Valley) and 1850 c (72.3) for two bales of 18.7 micron from the same vendor. Leatham Run, Ltd (Blenheim), received 1622 c (71.9) for five bales of 18.9 micron, Sandhurst Farm (Weka Pass) 1600 c (66.7) for two bales of 18.8 micron, and Clarence Reserve (Kaikoura) 1518 c (59.2) for six bales. Fine Halfbred from Keast and Crowe (Rakaia Gorge) made 598 c (67.1) for four bales of shorn hogget, and Stevenson Brothers (Flaxton) received 549 c (79.2) for five similar bales. Several lines of Halfbred from Chatham Islands growers, Zimmerman Brothers, exceeded 500 c, including 10 bales of shorn hogget at 544 c (79.2) and seven bales at 532 c (79.1). Glenhope station (Lewis Pass) sold six bales of woolly hogget at 550 c (73.9), E. W. Feary and Company (Oxford) eight bales of Halfbred at 503 c (75.2), Estate J. S. Allan (Culverden) 21 bales at 490 c (74.6), J. K. and J. L. Lissaman (Seddon) 20 bales at 489 c (73.4), and Foxdown Pastures (Amberley), 16 bales at 488 c (77.3). Ten bales of Corriedale woolly hogget from H. A. N. Lublow (Nelson) reached 515 c (77.5) while four bales

of woolly hogget from G. J. Baker (Amberley) made 481 c (74.4) Sales of Corriedale shorn hogget included four bales from J. S. Allan (Culverden) at 490 c (76.8), eight bales from Davaar, Ltd (Cheviot), at 488 c (74.3), 10 bales from T. and H. O. Abbott (Darfield) at 487 c (71.4) and five bales from H. E. Jenkins (Darfield) at 476 c (70.4) Other Corriedale fleece prices included 486 c (76.2) for eight bales from T. and H. O. Abbott, 475 c (73.4) for 10 bales from H. W. and M. E. Squire (Seddon) and 475 c (73.3) for 24 bales from Sandhurst (Weka Pass). Crossbred shorn hogget made 507 c (88.3) for four bales from P. W. Sims (Takaka), 487 c (76.3) for 12 bales from Tuanui Brothers (Chatham Islands), 487 c (78.8) for 9 bales from J. Tuanui (Chathams) and 482 c (85) for seven bales from M. B. Smith (Takaka). Five bales of Romney shorn hogget from T. H. Lanauze (Chathams) sold at 494 c (78.2), 21 bales from F. D. and H. B. Richards (Darfield) made 493 c (79.1), five bales from J. A. Heberley (Marlborough Sounds) made 490 c (79.1), and 11 bales from G. and O. Johanson (Chathams) sold at 489 c (79.8) Other good crossbred fleece prices included 496 c (83.9) for seven bales from L. A. Barnett (Takaka), and 485 c (88.5) for six bales of two-tooth from J. Ferguson (West Coast). Ticino Farm (Ashburton) received 491 c (77.5) for 13

bales of Borderdale shorn hogget, and G. T. Newton and Son (Hawarden) sold seven bales of similar description at 483 c (75.8). Six bales of Border-Corriedale shorn hogget from D. C. Johnston (Kirwee) made 517 c (81.3) and five bales of BorderCorriedale woolly hogget from W. E. Bird Farm (Ashburton) sold at 479 c (76.9). Perendale reached 503 c (88) for eight bales of shorn hogget from R. W. Burgess (West Coast) and 502 c (89.8) for 29 bales of early shorn from Land Corporation (Mawheraiti).

Halfbred second-shear from Winterslow station (Ashburton) sold at 510 c (76.6) for nine bales and A. E. and M. E. Birdling (Little River) received 489 c (79.6) for nine bales of similar description, Five bales of Romney secondshear from R. J. Reynish (Pigeon Bay) made 485 c (85.1) Among lambs’ wools were eight bales of Perendale from Davison Holdings (Pigeon Bay) at 525 c (79), four bales of Halfbred from A. E. and M. E. Birdling at 513 c (73.9), five bales of Perendale from D. W. and 0. J. Calder (Little River) at 507 c (80). 15 bales of Halfbred from P. S. Northcote and Son (Waiau) at 491 c (76.1) five bales of threequarterbred from J. M. L. Dillon (Blenheim) at 490 c (77.8), seven bales of Borderdale from Sulphur Springs Partnership (Amberley) at 484 c (78.2), and 11 bales of Corriedale from Rangatahi Downs (Amberley) at 480 c (75.5).