Keen bidding for angoras

Press, 29 January 1988, Page 10

Keen bidding for angoras

Bidding for the 180 goats at the tenth premier South Island angora sale at the Addington Show Grounds yesterday was brisk, but no records were set. The large gallery appreciated the quality does and bucks presented and competitive bidding for the best rose in leaps of $5OO. Only 31 per cent were passed at auction and some sales were completed later. Auctioneers described the over-all quality as an improvement on last year with the best of the South Island stock, including several Royal Show winners, going at realistic prices. Mr David Cassells, the stud and bloodstock manager for Pyne, Gould, Guinness International, said that although the prices paid did not reach the dizzying heights recorded in previous years they were in line with recent North Island and South Island sales and the market displayed confidence. Sixty-two does were sold at auction for a total of more than $40,000 and an average price of $647 each. The offering included 59 two-tooth does which sold-at an average of $605 compared with an average of $1270 last year. However, the average price paid for angora twotooths at Landcorp’s recent Waitangi angora sale was $665. The top price paid for a two-tooth doe yesterday was $2200 compared with $6OOO at last year’s sale. At the Waitangi sale, $2200 was also the top two-tooth doe price. The top price of the day of $4BOO went to a mixed-age buck from Taegar Partnership Angoras, of Culverden. The buck was bought by Okaruru Angoras, of Akaroa. A two-tooth buck from the Faulkner’s Cora Lynn Angora Stud, Springfield, took the second highest bid at $4500 and the buyers, the Gould’s of Marlow Angoras, Amberley, received the gallery’s applause for their determined bidding. The large yarding of twotooth bucks was a feature of the sale" and the total bids rose to $56,850 with an average price of $916 compared with $1498 last year.

More than 142 registered buyers were recorded for the sale and most sales went to South Island buyers. The only bid above $3OOO to go to the North Island was for a twotooth buck from P. and F. McCulloch, of Templeton, bought by Mr W. McCarthy, of Opotiki, for $3400. The best prices for does were paid to P. and F. McCulloch, with three at $2200, $1750 and $1500; J. G. and H. E. Gunn, of Darfield, with four at $l3OO, $B5O, $BOO and $675; B. M. and L. A. Faulkner, with four at $lO5O, $875, $650 and $6OO. M. Day, of Wintori, with two at $l4OO and $1000; Taegar Partnership, with one at $1100; J. Spary, of Arrowtown, with one at $900; Sandown Partnership, of Darfield, with three at $9OO, $B5O and $800; V. H. Ward, of Ashburton, with one at $850; G. D. and H. M. Norris, of Oxford, with one at $750; Coatbridge Partnership, of Blenheim, with two at $625 and $650; P. M. B. and M. K. Whatman, of Darfield, with two at $650 and $600; and M. S. Brosnan, of the Hakataramea Valley, with two at $6OO. The best prices for bucks were paid to B. M. and L. A. Faulkner, for three at $4500, $llOO and $700; P. and F. McCulloch, for three at $3400, $2500, and $2300; J. G. and H. E. Gunn, for three at $2OOO, $7OO and $600; Coatbridge Partnership, for two at $2250 and $3000; Taegar Partnership, for two at $4BOO and $BOO. R. S. and L. D. Mills, of Wanaka, for one at $2500; A. K. Bunn, of Oxford, for one at $2000; C. J. and J. M. Mulvaney, of Alexandra, for one at $2100; Smillie Partnership, of Christchurch, for two at $lOOO and $800; Braithwaite Trust, of Christchurch, for one at $850; Sandown Partnership, for one at $850; W. H. and R. Croft, of Amberley, for one at $750; H. L. and E. A. Steele, of Pleasant Point, for one at $700; A. Heard, of Kekerengu, for two at $lOOO and $700; V. H. Ward, for one at $650; P. M. B. and M. K. Whatman, for one at $600; and D. R. and J. Moorhead, of Leeston, for one at $6OO.