COALGATE STOCK SALE
Prices lifted by $5 to $10 for lighter store lambs and medium to good ewes with top ewes reaching $150 at livestock sales at Coalgate last week. Prime lambs
Values: Prices increased slightly on previous weeks. Tops made $115 $132, good $100 - $115, medium $95 $100 and light $85 - $90.
Salles included: B Doig (Ashburton) 150 lambs at $99 - $104, Paisley Farming P/ship (Ashburton) 130 lms at $91 - $99, PG Ross (Mayfield) 183 lms at $95 - $102, Island Hills Station (Culverden) 71 lms at $103 - $121, P& K Gardner (Mayfield) 61 lms at $104 - $126, MP & DG McCormack (Cust) 56 lms at $91 $100, Fitzallan Park (Cust) 56 lms at $108, JG Truscott (Kirwee) 39 lms at $117, RW & HM Taylor (Hororata) 37 lms at $91, T Ross-Marsh (Sheffield) 37 lms at $115 - $130, CA McPherson (Southbridge) 30 lms at $112 - $125, F Gardner (Mayfield) 28 lms at $97 $102, Westland Processors (Dobson) 25 lms at $98, DJ & SE Neal (Coalgate) 22 lms at $111, TS & TA Chapman (Darfield) 22 lms at $132, PJ & BN Sinclair (Amberley) 16 lms at $124 - $131.
Prime ewes
Values: Prices reached $150 a head for very heavy ewes. Medium to good ewes lifted by $5 to $10 per head. Tops made $120 - $150, good $100 - $120 medium $90 - $100 and light $60 - $80.
Sales included: EB & WJ Chamberlain 53 ewes at $64 - $76, Taki Na Holdings (Blackball) 49 es at $40 - $109, Brooklands Farm (Southbridge) 37 es at $40 - $128, M & J Schulter (Kaiapoi) 26 es at $61 $92, TW & RM Marett P/ship (Ashburton) 26 es at $80 - $112, Jersey Oaks Farm (Culverden) 21 es at $77 - $111, TS & TA Chapman (Darfield) 14 es at $87 - $112, Wyatt Farm (Hari Hari) 14 es at $83 - $113. Store sheep
Values: Lighter store lamb prices lifted by $5 to $10 a head and heavier store lambs $2 to $5. Tops made $85 - $90, good $80 - $85 medium $75 $80 and light $65 - $75.
Sales included: HA Faulkner (Kowai Bush) 387 lambs at $77 - $81, Coleridge Downs (Rakaia Gorge) 300 lms at $84, DP & RE Dennis (Glenroy) 210 lms at $80 - $87.50, Westland Processors (Dobson) 182 lms at $85 $90, Haldon Pastures (Hororata) 113 lms at $88, BM & KM Forrester (Hawarden) 191 lms at $77 - $80, JF & RM Christie (Leeston) 21 lms at $68 $89.
Prime cattle
Values: Beef steers made $2.85/kg - $3.17, heifers $2.74 - $2.90, cows $1.50 - $2.20 and bulls $1.80 - $2.56.
Sales included: Atherton Farm (Leeston) 6 strs at $1501, J Cochrane (Leeston) 4 strs at $1870 - $2095, DJ & DC Walker (Kowai Bush) 2 strs at $1358, PS Cossey (Darfield) 1 str at $1937, Aitkens Road Dairy (Hororata) 24 hfrs at $600 - $828, IM & AL Fleming (Irwell) 16 hfrs at $1090 $1232, Sakura Pastoral (Rakaia) 6 hfrs at $1010.
Store cattle
Values: About 40 friesian in-calf cows to a hereford bull made $1230 to $1320. Two-year-old steers made $1190, two-year-old friesian heifers $760 - $970 and bull calves $460 $580.
Sales included: MB & JL Schwass (Culverden) 41 in-calf dairy cross cows at $1230 - $1430.