COALGATE SALES

The market for heavy prime lambs softened, but light to medium lambs held their value at livestock sales at Coalgate last week. Prime lambs Values: Heavy lambs eased and medium to light lambs held their value. Tops made $120 - $133, good $110 - $120, medium $95 - $105, light $80 - $95.

Sales included: Moorepark (Wakanui) 269 lambs at $113 - $117, Hauora Properties (West Melton) 153 lms at $116 - $120, Scottville Farm (Cust) 193 lms at $108 - $128, GR & RWWilson (Halkett) 92 lms at $128 - $129, Fitzallan Park (Southbridge) 87 lms at $119 - $125, JG & DA Crawford (Oxford) 78 lms at $101 - $125, AR & KJ Maxwell (Amberley) 63 lms at $116 - $122. Prime ewes Values: Tops made $100 - $115, good $80 - $100, medium $70 - $80 and light $50 - $65.

Sales included: JG Truscott (Kirwee) 60 ewes at $30 - $83, JG & DA Crawford (Oxford) 64 es at $55 - $80, Glenone Holdings (Burnham) 25 es at $40 - $82, GW& FM Martin (Tai Tapu) 17 lms at $90, Brooklands Farm Ltd (Southbridge) 15 es at $117, J Belton 14 es at $75 - $110, HG Gilbert (Leeston) 13 es at $97, JD & ML Stewart (Barhill) 12 es at $86 - $108, HJ Boulton (Coldstream) 11 es at $100. Store lambs Values: Tops made $80 - $95, good $70 - $80, medium $60 - $70 and light $30 - $45.

Sales included: BW& KJ Murray (Blenheim) 606 lambs at $45 - $92, JG & DA Crawford (Oxford) 753 lms at $65 - $87, Bellview Enterprises Ltd (Okuku) 252 lms at $55 - $70, IB Deans (Scargill) 221 lms at $40 - $67, ML Hoban (Hawarden) 123 lms at $82, PG & NB McKellow (Greta Valley) 90 lms at $45 - $58, Florance Farms (Waiau) 15 lms at $46. Prime cattle Values: Steers made $3.04/kg - $3.18, heifers $2.20 - $3.10 and cows $1.16 - $2.02.

Sales included: Grafton Farm (Rakaia) 17 steers at $1309 - $1435, RJ & CE Wright (Charing Cross) 16 strs at $1711 - $1730, WD& SA Heslop (Brookside) 18 strs at $1687 - $1879, High Country Horse Adventures (Glentunnel) 6 strs at $1520 - $1600.