Steer calf demand limited at Culverden

Press, 24 May 1988, Page 38

Steer calf demand limited at Culverden

The demand for steer calves was limited compared with that for heifer calves which sold well at the third Culverden calf sale. A medium crowd attended the sales, and most calves stayed in North Canterbury, although buyers came from as far as Ashburton and central Canterbury. A pen of 11 SimmentalCross steer calves from J. S. Rutherford, Waiau, made the top price for steers ($290). The next highest vendor’s price went to the Clark Children’s Trust, Culverden, for 11 Hereford steers at $292. Other vendors fielding high prices were Messrs N. A. Vowles and Son, Hanmer Springs, for 15 Angus-cross, $272, and 11 Herefords for $252. Messrs A. A. D. and E. M. Barker got the next highest steer price of $244 for eight Herefords. J. Shearer, Lewis Pass, was the top vendor in heifer calf prices for 14 Herefords at $192. No other vendor managed to get anywhere near that price. The next highest was Messrs N. A. Vowles and Son at $l7B for nine Anguscross heifers, and J. Gray who got $172 for seven Sim-mental-cross heifers. The yarding of 1308 calves contained 875 steers, and 433 heifers. Sales included: Steers: Glenhope station (Lewi£;Pass), 10 Angus-cross

at $l7O, 15 Hereford at $l7O, 14 at $l5O, 6 Angus-cross at $142, 10 Hereford-cross at $116; Hui Hui Farm (Hawarden), 12 Herefords at $lBO, 15 at $164, 13 at $138; Clark Children’s Trust (Culverden), 11 Herefords at $282; I. S. and A. J. Price (Marua), 11 Herefords at $170; Mount Mason Partnership (Hawarden), 8 Herefords at $138; 12 Angus-cross at $l7B, 13 at $l5B, 18 at $l5B, 21 at $l3B, 12 at $132, 8 at $136; G. O. Fletcher (Culverden), 7 Herefords at $130; R. Cowper (Hanmer Springs), 11 Herefords at $236, 15 at $220, 15 at $202, 16 at $lBO, 13 at $158; Messrs Stewart and Rae (Hanmer Springs), 9 Anguscross at $228, 14 at $l9O, 25 at $l6O, 21 at $216, 20 Herefords at $lBB, 22 at $lB2, 20 at $166; J. S. Rutherford (Waiau), 11 Herefords at $290, 14 at $258; N. A. Vowles and Son (Hanmer Springs), 15 Angus-cross at $272, 11 Herefords at $252, 8 at $182; Messrs A. A. D. and E. M. Barker (Waiau), 8 Herefords at $244, 14 at $220, 23 at $lBO, 21 at $l4B, 22 at $l4B, 19 at $144, 24 at $2OO, 13 at $144, 18 at $138; J. Shearer (Lewis Pass), 13 Herefords at $l6O, 24 at $l4O, 16 at $132; Messrs W. R. and A. Dixon (Waiau), 7 Angus-cross at $194, 11 at $l5O, 11 Herefords at $l6B, 17 at $144; M. A. Rivers (Waiau), 16 Herefords at $168; Calder Farmtgg Co

(Hawarden), 9 Shorthorncross at $lB4, 12 at $l6O, 24 at $l4O, 5 Angus-cross at $124; Estate H. P. Ginders and Sons (Hawarden), 7 Hereford at $200; J. S. Rutherford (Marua), 7 Herefords at $l4O, 7 at $lBO, 14 at $l5B, 7 Angus-cross at $lBO, 5 at $162. Heifers: Glenhope station (Lewis Pass), 6 Simmental at $l7O, 7 at $172, 5 at $l5O, 13 Herefords at $llB, 6 Anguscross at $122, 9 at $100; N. A. Vowles and Son (Hanmer Springs), 9 Angus-cross at $l7B, 14 Herefords at $152, 4 at $128; Messrs Stewart and Rae (Hanmer Springs), 8 Angus Cross at $l5O, 17 at $136, 17 at $l3O, 9 at $l2O, 16 Hereford at $l3O, 26 at $l2B, 25 at $124, 20 at $126, 22 at $108; R. Cowper (Hanmer Springs), 8 Herefords at $l4B, 8 at $132, 14 at $148; Messrs A. A. D. and E. M. Barker (Waiau), 11 Herefords at $162, 13 at $140; J. Shearer (Lewis Pass), 27 Herefords at $122, 14 at $192, 12 at $140; Messrs W. R. and A. Dixon (Waiau), 12 Angus-cross at $l5O, 6 at $132; Calder Farming Co (Hawarden), 7 Short-horn-cross at $l6O, 19 at $l4B, 17 at $128; J. S. Rutherford (Waiau), 10 Herefords at $lBO, 5 at $118; Henderson brothers, 10 Angus-cross at $l9O, 7 Herefords at $170; Estate H. P. Ginders and Sons (Hawarden), 10 Herefords at $l5B.