COALGATE STOCK SALE
A pen of poll dorset ewes reached $199 a head at livestock sales at Coalgate last week.
The ewe market was steady from previous weeks and lighter ewes made $75-$85.
Values were the same as last week for the prime lamb yarding with top lambs at $160-$175.
The lightest lambs made $120-$130.
Top store lambs reached $100-$120 in a stronger market.
Prime steers made $2.72/kg-$2.96 in a small cattle yarding with prices similar to last week.
Prime lambs
Values: Lamb prices were similar to previous weeks.
Tops made $160 - $175, good $140 - $160, medium $130 - $140 and light $120 - $130.
Sales included: Cameron Contracting Company (Homebush) 218 lambs at $122 - $133, Brooklands Lynlea (Lakeside) 136 lambs at $125 $162, Willisden Farm (Southbridge) 105 lambs at $143 - $152, Carter Cropping (Leeston) 100 lambs at $140 - $148, Tutaki Run (Tutaki Valley) 65 lambs at $128 - $142, GR & RW Wilson (West Melton) 49 lambs at $159 - $169, Fitzallen Park (Leeston) 44 lambs at $142 - $155, RJ & RJ Reed (Parnassus) 40 lambs at $145 - $156, TS & TA Chapman (Darfield) 36 lambs at $175, Brooklands (Southbridge) 31 lambs at $164 - $165, AW Thwaites (Hororata) 32 lambs at $120 - $136, AP Heslop (Southbridge) 30 lambs at $169, Abilene Farm (Southbridge) 31 lambs at $151 - $167, Rangiora Nursery (Rangiora) 28 lambs at $164 - $171, LS & SA Parnham (Southbridge) 23 lambs at $144, RM & MM McKay (Mt Somers) 22 lambs at $139, T Abbott (Hororata) 21 lambs at $165, GR & CA Lamb (Bennetts) 17 lambs at $141, P & K Gardner (Mayfield) 16 lambs at $149 $169, MJ & JK Smith (Russells Flat) 19 lambs at $120, GJ & BJ Broughton (Darfield) 17 lambs at $137, HM Roberts (Scargill) 16 lambs at $155 $170, MG & AM Millar (Darfield) 12 lambs at $122, R Gargett (Horriville) 14 lambs at $115, Tara Holdings (Oxford) 12 lambs at $151, P Coleman (Oxford) 11 lambs at $115, RW Croft (Leeston) 10 lambs at $155.
Prime ewes
Values: The ewe market was steady on previous weeks although one pen of outstanding poll dorset ewes reached as much as $199 per head.
Tops made $150 - $199, good $120 - $150, medium $90 - $120 and light $75 - $85.
Sales included: BLH & N Atinson (Hanmer Springs) 133 ewes at $60 $94, High Peak Station (Rakaia Gorge) 91 ewes at $75 - $115, PJ & BS Earl (Scargill) 65 ewes at $89 - $125, DB & PA Wilson (Waiau) 59 ewes at $82 - $125, JG & LM Murchison (Waipara) 42 ewes at $54 - $106, Mt Pleasant Farms (Leeston) 23 ewes at $80 - $94, LB & NJ Parnham (Southbridge) 14 ewes at $93 - $154, Tutaki Run (Murchison) 13 ewes at $95 - $108, DG Spencer (Cheviot) 10 ewes at $120, Schikker Farms (Mt Somers) 10 ewes at $133.
Store sheep
Values: The store lamb market was slightly stronger than last week.
Tops made $100 - $120, good $90 - $100 and medium $80 - $90.
Sales included: Bellview (Loburn) 400 lambs at $82 - $114, BLH & N Atkinson (Hanmer Springs) 342 lambs at $95 - $102, BD Wilkinson (Cheviot) 99 lambs at $114, LJ & AA Sandrey (Winchmore) 56 lambs at $111, Griffiths Trading Company (Amberley) 52 lambs at $94 - $115, DB & PA Wilson (Waiau) 41 lambs at $120, R Gargett (Horriville) 48 lambs at $104 - $106, Hunters Rahu (Springs Junction) 22 lambs at $97 - $105, Ben Lomond Estate (Rotherham) 21 lambs at $110, OA Gould (Charing Cross) 182 in-lamb hoggets at $150, Schikker Farms (Mt Somers) 21 inlamb ewes at $140, T Bagrie (Ohoka) 15 in-lamb es at $138.
Prime cattle
Values: A small winter yarding of prime cattle met with prices on par with previous weeks.
Steers made $2.72/kg - $2.96, heifers $2.60 - $2.78, cows $1.94 $2.04 and bulls $2.60 - $2.86.
Sales included: Wakelin Contracting (Ashburton) 7 steers at $1553, Rangiora Nurseries (Rangiora) 2 steers at $1396 - $1583, RW Stevenson (Oxford) 1 steer at $1102, Rangiora Nurseries (Rangiora) 12 heifers at $1235 - $1381, Riverstone Farming (Rakaia) 3 heifers at $1238, Fastnic (Ashburton) 8 cows at $1140 $1436, Riverstone Farming (Rakaia) 6 cows at $964 - $1180, RW Stevenson (Oxford) 2 cows at $1019, W Meatchem (Christchurch) 1 bull at $1816.
Store cattle
Values: A small yarding of store cattle.
Sales included: AG Redmond (Rakaia) 2 steers at $530, Over the Ditch Farming (Maruia) 1 heifer at $520, AG Redmond (Rakaia) 1 bull at $400.