COALGATE STOCK SALE

An exceptional pen of prime lambs made $174 a head at livestock sales at Coalgate.

Top lambs ranged from $155-$170 and some scanned in-lamb store ewes made $148 to $170 per head. Prime lambs

Values: Another good sale with an exceptional pen making $174 per head. Tops made $155 - $170, good $140 - $155, medium $130 - $140 and light $120 - $130.

Sales included: Wilvar Farm (Middlemarch) 396 lambs at $123 $148, Birkett Farming (Leeston) 180 lms at $143 - $155, Paisley Farm (Ashburton) 126 lms at $138, KC & JE Serra (Aylesbury) 80 lms at $144 $153, Brooklands (Southbridge) 63 lms at $138 - $150, DG Feast (Aylesbury) 78 lms at $142 - $150, Otekura Farming (Balclutha) 54 lms at $141 - $160, GW & FM Martin (Greenpark) 50 lms at $140 - $150, Dabton Farm (Greendale) 49 lms at $147, Abilene Farm (Leeston) 48 lms at $144 - $156, Chatterton Farming (Hanmer Springs) 48 lms at $127 $155, Carter Ag Ent (Lakeside) 43 lms at $146 - $147, BM & M Gardner (Amberley) 22 lms at $170, Someset Farm (Mayfield) 12 lms at $174, O’Neill Growers (Rakaia) 11 lms at $157. Prime ewes

Values: Prices were similar to previous weeks but there was a lack of heavy ewes. Tops made $130 $149, good $110 - $125, medium $100 - $110 and light $80 - $100.

Sales included: Seaview P/ship (Omihi) 126 ewes at $96 - $121, Rotoiti (Scargill) 60 es at $112 - $122, Putiki Farm (Port Levy) 46 es at $115 - $122, Morchard P/ship (Homebush) 32 es at $115 - $124, Beltana Farming (Cheviot) 26 es at $108 - $121, Brandon Downs P/ship (Hawarden) 16 es at $111 - $134, HG Gilbert (Southbridge) 14 es at $118 - $135. Store sheep

Values: Scanned in-lamb ewes made $148 to $170 per head, medium $100 - $110 and light $80 $90.

Sales included: Organic Farm (Waipara) 54 lambs at $84 - $103, HM Inch (Kaikoura) 33 lms at $93 - $108, JM Adams (Sheffield) 29 lms at $103, DJ Petrie (Swannanoa) 15 lms at $107, RW & HM Taylor (Hororata) 321 AD es at $148 - $170, M Ransome (Whitecliffs) 33 AD es at $161.

Prime cattle

Values: A medium sized yarding of mixed quality cattle. Steers made $2.75/kg - $2.96, heifers $2.75 - $2.80, cows $1.93 - $2.30 and bulls $2.60.

Sales included: WT & AJ Barton (Leeston) 7 steers at $1314 - $1465, TW & AJ Fleetwood (Oxford) 5 strs at $1488 - $1792, K& W Wilson (Doyleston) 4 strs at $1358 - $1542, GT Body (Darfield) 1 str at $1551, Pannetts Dairy (Ashburton) 11 hfrs at $836 $1166, Cameron Farming (Wakanui) 7 hfrs at $1325, Xcell Breeding (Woodend) 3 hfrs at $999 - $1269, Kolmar Dairy (Ashburton) 3 hfrs at $1134 - $1781, G Taege (Oxford) 2 hfrs at $1274 - $1344, Kolmar Dairy (Ashburton) 16 cows at $1013 - $1354. Store cattle

Values: Yearling bulls made $750 $850 and bull calves $630.