COALGATE STOCK SALE

A pen of ewes sold for $245 each in a market rising $2-$4 market at livestock sales at Coalgate last week.

Top lambs reached $155-$170.

Prime lambs

Values: Most lamb weights sold on par with recent weeks. Tops made $155-$170, good $130-$145, medium $115-$130 and light $95-$110.

Sales included: ATE (Ohoka) 177 lambs at $109-$132, IB Deans (Cheviot) 174 lms at $117-$134, Haldon Pastures (Darfield) 90 lms at

$92-$103, Ben More Graziers (Coalgate) 84 lms at $97-$130, ML & DK Hide (Oxford) 81 lms at $122-$132, RW Mander (Waikari) 50 lms at

$119-$157, DJ Petrie (Swannanoa) 69 lms at $112-$130, Alex Lowery (Leeston) 42 lms at $116-$150, CM & BA Nordquist (Tinwald) 23 lms at

$128-$143, Raywell Farm (Leeston) 23 lms at $144, MJ Stanbury (Ladbrooks)

23 lms at $155-$159, AJB & AL Shipley (Greendale) 17 lms at $156-$170, PC & BR Macaulay (Ashburton) 15 lms at $152-$157, Kirsopp & Fraser P/ship (Springston) 12 lms at $171.

Prime ewes

Values: Most weights increased by $2-$4 per head. A pen of heavy ewes made $245 per head. Tops made $200-$245, good $150-$180. medium $110-$130 and light $80-$105.

Sales included: Hilvue Farming P/ship (Burnham) 214 ewes at

$105-$161, IB Deans (Cheviot) 160 es at $129-$156, KC & JE Serra (Greendale) 114 es at $146-$169, BW & LD Nell (Rakaia Gorge) 96 es at

$135-$149, AB Reveley (Rakaia Gorge)

56 es at $141-$159, RW Mander (Waikari) 54 es at $95-$148, JP & GJ O’Neill 50 es at $112-$149, GJ & BJ Broughton (Coalgate) 39 es at

$90-$131, WN & SJ Suckling P/ship (Culverden) 35 es at $102-$160, RB & LA Armstrong (Cheviot) 17 es at

$87-$188, ND & KA Penney (Rakaia)

22 es at $106-$172.

Store sheep

Values: Prices were up and a line of corriedale ewe lambs made $111 per head. Tops made $95-$105, good

$85-$95, medium $80-$85 and light

$55-$70.

Sales included: Esk Head Station (Hawarden) 380 lambs at $56-$76, ID Deans (Cheviot) 329 lms at $85-$111, Ian Lucas Farms (Mt Hutt) 224 lms at

$79-$89, RB & LA Armstrong (Cheviot) 133 lms at $82-$98, GP & RE Dennis (Glenroy) 119 lms at $88-$97, NF Hickey (Ashburton) 49 lms at

$90-$99, ATE (Ohoka) 48 lms at $97.

Prime cattle

Values: Steers made $2.69/kg$3.12, beef heifers $2.60-$2.90, dairy heifers $2.22-$2.60, cows $1.55-$1.85 and bulls $2.40-$2.68.

Sales included: Norwest (Glentunnel) 3 steers at $1579, BD Wilkinson (Cheviot) 3 strs at

$1312-$1484, Wairiri Pork (Glentunnel)

2 strs at $1563, Single Malt Farm (Methven) 2 strs at $1663, T & SK Lee (Christchurch) 1 str at $1635, I Fleming (Brookside) 2 strs at $1627, Dryden P/ship (Burnham) 16 hfrs at

$830-$950, Norwest (Glentunnel) 5 hfrs at $1421, J Opie (West Melton) 4 hfrs at $1606, Woolomee Dairies (Burnt Hill) 22 cows at $876-$1178.