COALGATE STOCK SALE
Prime ewe prices rose again in the biggest yarding this season at livestock sales at Coalgate last week. Prime lambs
Values: Prices eased only slightly in line with schedule reductions. Tops made $120 - $125, good $110 - $120, medium $100 - $110 and light $90 $100.
Sales included: TD Gilbert (Lincoln) 161 lambs at $92 - $118, AH & JR Wilkinson (Rangiora) 106 lms at $116 $125, Rangiora Nursery (Rangiora) 68 lms at $94 - $105, Rangiora High School (Rangiora) 59 lms at $100 $109, Mt Pleasant Farm (Leeston) 54 lms at $98 - $102, MR Hale (Aylesbury) 69 lms at $111 - $120, R Hughes (West Melton) 54 lms at $90 - $105, MA & AC McManus (Burnham) 55 lms at $89, Melrose P/ship (Hawarden) 54 lms at $100 - $104 , HA Faulkner (Sheffield) 48 lms at $102 - $117, KB & DH Ford (West Melton) 59 lms at $97 - $112, MJ Stanbury (Ladbrooks) 32 lms at $123 $127.
Prime ewes
Values: In the biggest yarding of the season ewes increased $5. Tops made $100 - $110, good $85 - $100, medium $75 - $85 and light $60 - $75.
Sales included: BJ Read (Waiau) 411 ewes at $65 - $89, JR Wigley (Amberley) 350 es at $89 - $100, Glenthorne Station (Rakaia Gorge) 315 es at $59 - $63, DG Feast (Charing Cross) 174 es at $68 - $92, WT & AW Copland (Rakaia) 119 es at $87 - $113, KF Early (Ashburton) 102 es at $94 $104, MR & SA Rutherford (Hawarden) 101 es at $65 - $87, AE & JR Wilkinson (Rangiora) 73 es at $68 - $99, GR & PA Woods (Leithfield) 93 es at $55 - $85, M Dekker (Rakaia) 74 es at $89 - $105, Ryeland Farm (Cust) 80 es at $80 $92, Sinai (Oxford) 60 es at $48 - $108. Store lambs
Values: Tops made $75 - $82, good $70 - $75, medium $65 - $70 and light $50 - $55.
Sales included: JF & J Curragh P/ship (Weedons) 207 lambs at $73 $87.50, Mt Pleasant Farm (Leeston) 131 lms at $78 - $82, Lochlyn Farm 2009 (Lakeside) 115 lms at $75, Scotswood (Windwhistle) 129 lms at $78.
Prime cattle
Values: Steers made $2.79/kg $2.90, heifers $2.78 - $2.91, cows $1.44 $1.86 and bulls $2.51 - $2.73.
Sales included: Equine Breeding (Ladbrooks) 9 steers at $1587 - $1674, Ashgrove Farm (Dunsandel) 7 strs at $1682, Vanickleburn (Dunsandel) 7 strs at $1334 - $1411, WJ Wyllie (Oxford) 4 strs at $1630 - $1687, Oliver K (Ashley) 4 strs at $1725 - $1773, I& B Frazer (Amberley) 2 strs at $1571, B& C Carter (Rangiora) 2 strs at $1554, Addie Contracting (Ohoka) 2 strs at $2343, BH & JM Greenwood (Southbridge) 16 hfrs at $1414 - $1488. Store cattle
Values: A good line of charolais cross steers made $1180 to $1290 and heifers $910 to $1065. Yearling steers made $1180 - $1290 and yearling heifers $910 - $1065.
Sales included: I Mills (Blenheim) 11 18mth steers at $750 - $850, 5 18mth hfrs at $810, 3 18mth bulls at $850, Putiki Farm (Port Levy) 64 yrlg charolais cross strs at $1185 - $1290, 43 yrlg char x hfrs at $910 - $1065.