COALGATE STOCK SALE
Top lambs made $160 in a market that held its value at livestock sales at Coalgate last week.
A small yarding of prime ewes was unchanged from sales the past few weeks with the best ewes at $160-$175.
Top store lambs made $105-$114. Steers made $2.73/kg-$2.90 in a steady market.
Prime lambs
Values: Heavy lambs held their value in a small yarding. Tops made
$145-$160, good $130-$145, medium
$120-$130 and light $105-$120. Sales included: Peak Hill Station (Rakaia Gorge) 47 lambs at
$120-$158, LC Gardner (Waiau) 38 lms at $122-$158, Alexdale (Hawarden) 34 lms at $147, T Coursey (Rangiora) 23 lms at $117-$126, D Evans & I Davis Farm (Amberley) 20 lms at $136-$146, PE Harris (Hororata) 26 lms at
$111-$120, AJB & AL Shipley (Greendale) 20 lms at $166, RJ & DS Scott (Waddington) 15 lms at $136, Cleland Children (Springfield) 15 lms at $111-$119, Ben Lomond Est (Rotherham) 11 lms at $115, MC George (Lincoln) 10 lms at $135-$136.
Prime ewes
Values: A small yarding of ewes sold on par with recent sales. Tops made $160-$175, good $130-$150, medium $110-$120 and light $85-$100. Sales included: LC Gardner (Waiau) 207 ewes at $84-$107, Griffiths Trading Co (Amberley) 54 es at $108-$135, SG Walls & EL Blecher (Amberley) 33 es at $136-$167, GW Martin (Lincoln) 14 es at $130-$156, DC Johnston (Dunsandel) 9 es at $151-$168.
Store sheep
Values: Good lambs held their value, but fine wool lambs were harder to shift. Tops made $105-$114, good $100-$105, medium $90-$100 and light $60-$80.
Sales included: PE Harris (Hororata) 235 lambs at $96-$105, Alexdale (Hawarden) 185 lms at
$107-$114, Lake Coleridge Station (Lake Coleridge) 175 lms at $82-$109, CJ Dobby (Waiau) 173 lms at
$103-$115, Peak Hill (Rakaia Gorge) 53 lms at $87-$105.
Prime cattle
Values: In a smaller yarding due to the short week steers held their value from the previous week. Steers made $2.73/kg-$2.90, beef heifers
$2.69-$2.75, dairy heifers $1.69-$2.70, cows $1.70-$1.80 and bulls $2.30
Sales included: B Carter (Rangiora) 5 steers at $1280-$1340, R & D Holliday (Darfield) 1 str at $1387, Fairfax Stonehouse (Dunsandel) 35 heifers at $642-$934, Mt Alford Station (Methven) 4 hfrs at
$705-$1165, Riverstone Farming (Dorie) 16 cows at $1047-$1380.
Store cattle
Values: In a smaller yarding a good line of friesian bull calves sold at $3/kg to $3.35. Yearling bulls made
$2.30/kg, heifer calves $3.80-$4.10 and steer calves $3-$3.36.
Sales included: A Hawker (Cust)
20 18mth heifers at $600-$760, PG Ross (Mt Somers) 64 friesian bull calves at $640-$720, RJ & J Williams (Amberley) 27 second calving in-calf hfrs at $1300-$1550.