COALGATE STOCK SALE
Prime lamb prices rose $3 to $7 a head at livestock sales at Coalgate last week.
Prime lambs
Values: Prices were up $3 to $7 per head in a medium sized yarding with all lambs achieving good prices. Tops made $120 - $130, good $110 $115, medium $90 - $100 and light $80 - $85.
Sales included: HA Faulkner (Sheffield) 388 lambs at $100 - $108, Maxwelton Stock Company (Amberley) 161 lms at $96 - $101, Loch Ard (Hawarden) 186 lms at $104 - $117, Tweedcoat Farm (Okuku) 89 lms at $75 - $96, Chatterton Farming (Hanmer Springs) 87 lms at $106 $115, IB Deans (Cheviot) 82 lms at $95 - $99, KH & TR Cookson (Hororata) 58 lms at $101 - $111, KH & HM Gallagher (Weedons) 34 lms at $90 $110, GW & FM Martin P/ship (Greenpark) 22 lms at $123 - $130, Parkfields Farm (Ashburton) 28 lms at $109 - $125. Prime ewes
Values: Ewes met with strong demand in a light yarding. Tops made $125 - $140, good $105 - $115, medium $90 - $100 and light $70 $80.
Sales included: Mt White Station (Cass) 406 ewes at $36 - $89, Coleridge Downs (Rakaia Gorge) 33 es at $87 - $99, M Ferguson (Dobson) 25 es at $58 - $108, Scotsburn Farm (Ashburton) 28 es at $65 - $93, Brooklands (Leeston) 25 es at $115, Westland Processors (Dobson) 12 es at $108.
Store sheep
Values: A good sized yarding of quality lambs met an active buying gallery. Tops made $80 - $95, good $75 - $80 and medium $65 - $70.
Sales included: Chatterton Farming (Hanmer Springs) 589 lambs at $82 - $89, Awapipri Stn (Blenheim) 546 lms at $55 - $88, IB Deans (Cheviot) 450 lms at $82 - $92, Coleridge Downs (Rakaia Gorge) 230 lms at $74 - $86, Maxwelton Stock Co (Amberley) 240 lms at $74 - $90, BJ Read (Waiau) 230 lms at $88, Westland Processors (Dobson) 150 lms at $88, Matiawa (Kekerengu) 135 lms at $72 – $90, HA Faulkner (Kowai Bush) 152 lms at $90, Loch Ard (Hawarden) 83 lms at $68 - $89, Taraghur (Glentunnel) 88 lms at $79 $89.
Prime cattle
Values: Beef steers made $2.85/kg - $2.90, heifers $2.82 - $3.06, cows $1.80 - $2.20 and bulls $2.70 - $3.38.
Sales included: Wairiri Pork (Coalgate) 9 steers at $1447 - $1545, Queenlea Farm (McQueens Valley) 5 strs at $1854, DA & SM Paulin (Coopers Creek) 3 strs at $1627 $1658, DA & GE Kesseler (Ohoka) 3 strs at $1578, Kenmare Dairy (Culverden) 3 strs at $1861, Queenlea Farm (McQueens Valley) 12 hfrs at $1560 - $1681, MB Farming (Rangitata) 12 hfrs at $811 - $920, Brooksdale Station (Springfield) 11 hfrs at $1132 - $1143,, WR & C James (Flagpole) 22 bulls at $1270 - $1933. Store cattle
Values: Two year old steers made $1280, two year old heifers $1180 $1430, yearling steers $950 - $1050, yearling heifers $700 - $950, steer calves $650 - $740 and bull calves $490.
Sales included: AW & RE Preece (Motukarara) 39 18mth steers at $780 - $1030, 40 18mth hfrs at $700 - $865, 23 yrlg hfrs at $730 - $915.