Prime ewes

Values: No heavy ewes broke through the $200 barrier, but medium and and lighter types had a solid sale. Tops made $180-$192, good $151-$166, medium $140-$150 and light $90-$110.

Sales included: PE Harris (Hororata) 57 ewes at $89-$123.50, R & F Saunders (Darfield) 45 es at $90-$125, Rapaki Farms (West Melton) 56 es at $68-$98, R & J Ewart (Leeston) 40 es at $128-$148, FDC & IC Brown (Glentunnel) 28 es at $150, RB & LA Armstrong (Conway) 26 es at $90-$151, P Jenkins (Sheffield) 36 es at $126-$175, GE Morris (Southbridge) 12 es at $166, PJ Coleman (Oxford) 12 es at $145.

Sales included: Glenthorne Station (Rakaia Gorge) 943 lambs at

$74-$106, Selwyn Thompson (Rakaia)

114 lms at $101-$106, RJ & HE Gardinier (Dunsandel) 64 in-lamb ewes at $171-$176. BD Russell (West Melton) 4 strs at

$1308, MR & GC Woods (Rangiora) 6 strs at $1222-$1407, Willowgrove Farm (Rangiora) 4 strs at $1430, J & E Patterson (Oxford) 2 strs at

$974-$1548, GML & CA Logan (Christchurch) 1 heifer at $700, Flockhil Holdings (Flock Hill) 13 cows at $617-$1202.

$1610 per head. Two year steers made $760-$1000.

Sales included: J & K Phillip (Rangiora) 13 R2 steers at

$1130-$1200, PA & ME Lucking (Oxford) 8 R2 strs at $860-$1115, G & L Weakley (Rangiora) 3 R2 strs at

$870, Lower Farm (Hanmer Springs)

76 PTIC cows at $740-$1580, Lake Coleridge Station (Darfield) 47 PTIC cows at $1200-$1260, Mount Mason Station (Hawarden) 20 PTIC cows at

$1600-$1610, G & L Weakley (Rangiora) 3 R2 strs at $870.