CHRISTCHURCH STOCK SALES
Heavy ewes made $150 to $190 in a solid market at livestock sales at Canterbury Agricultural Park, in Christchurch, this week.
Smaller yardings resulted from the long Easter weekend.
Heavy lamb prices reached $155. The best steers made $2.84/kg-$3.
Prime lambs
Values: A light yarding from the Easter break resulted in the market remaining unchanged from last week’s sale. Heavy lambs made to
$155, medium $125 to $140 and light
$110 to $120.
Sales included: P Sharpe (Rolleston) 10 lambs at $148, Hough & Taylor (Parnassus) 15 lms at $123, M & L Winskill (Cheviot) 13 lms at $122, J & L Greenslade (Southbridge) 15 lms at $113-$131, Erickson P/ship (Rangiora) 12 lms at $131-$140, Dunstan Grimwood P/ship (West Melton) 13 lms at $126-$144, G Abbott (Dunsandel) 13 lms at $125-$144, JE Evans (Aitkens) 27 lms at $124-$141, D & K Webster (Dunsandel) 14 lms at
$141, S Young (Okuku) 26 lms at
$121-$152, F Endacott (Clarkville) 22 lms at $124-$139, Grafton Farming Company (Oxford) 27 lms at
$140-$160, RT & ER Abbott (Leithfield) 10 lms at $134, KJ O’Loughlin (West Eyreton) 32 lms at $139-$146, AR Owen (Prebbleton) 13 lms at $124-$152, GL McDonnell (Kaiapoi) 18 lms at $132-$142, DC Harkness (Amberley) 11 lms at $151.
Prime ewes
Values: The market remained on a par with last week. Heavy ewes made
$150 to $190, medium $120 to $140 and light $80 to $110.
Sales included: D Pattullo (Peraki)
119 ewes at $77-$137, Pureora Properties (Ashburton) 25 es at
$140-$188, D Ginders (Medbury) 7 es at $149, Waller Family (West Melton)
15 es at $132-$166, WA & CV Foster (Dobson) 14 es at $116-$160.
Store lambs
Values: Prices remained unchanged from the previous sale in a light yarding. Better shorn lambs made to $110, medium $90 to $100 and light $60 to $85.
Sales included: M & L Winskill (Cheviot) 91 lambs at $109-$110, Hough & Taylor (Parnassus) 48 lms at $101-$112, S Steward (Kumara) 47 lms at $90-$103.
Prime cattle
Values: Steers made $2.84/kg-$3, heifers 2.60/kg-$3.04, cows $1.75/kg$1.98 and bulls $2.55/kg-$2.86.
Sales included: M E & L M Winskill (Cheviot) 3 charolais cross and angus steers at $1125-$1499, J M & M R Foster (Southbridge) 1 hereford x str at $1420, G Hills 5 murray grey x heifers at $1759, Wibble Holdings (Rangiora) 2 murray grey x & ang hfrs at $1306-$1462, G A Logan (Sheffield) 2 ang x hfrs at $1124, Vital Farm (Early Valley) 1 ang herf x hfrs at $1139, The Prairie (Waiau) 19 fries x cows at $844-$1435, Willdo Farming (Leeston) 4 fries cows at $769-$980, J G McDrury (Dunsandel) 3 fries cows at $1255-$1318, B F Atkins (Leeston) 1 ang bull at $2073, NA Sharpe (Irwell)
20 strs at $1787 to $1907, Empire Trust (Brookside) 5 strs at $1657 to
$1729, MP & C McDermott (Halswell)
3 strs at $1378 to $1443, 4 hfrs at $141 to $1510, WJ & G Radford (Lincoln) 1 hfr at $1283.
Store cattle
Sales included: M E & L M Winskill (Cheviot) 7 char x steers at $1500 &
18 char x heifers at $1340-$1350, J M & M R Foster (Southbridge) 7 herf fries x strs at $1180, Greenfields Farm (Aylesbury) 34 herf fries strs at
$1080-$1350 & 24 ang x strs at
$1000-$1290, Vital Farms (Early Valley) 23 char x hfrs at $1080-$1170, Tara Holdings (Oxford) 21 ang R2 strs at $1060 to $1085, LE Walker (Aharua) 4 mg R2 hfrs at $1125, Goldvale Farm (Amberley) 12 herf/ fries R2 strs at $900 to $1090.