Encouraging tone to sheep sale

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

WITH short yardings of store lambs coming out and a solid demand from local farmers well supplied with good grass, the strong market for them at Matawhero yesterday was not unexpected.

A total of 1863 lambs and a couple of pens of prime sheep comprised the entry and in very high tempertatures auctioneers hurried the sale along.

An average sized bench had a selection of some nice healthy lambs. The top lines had weight and even the smaller late lambs were full of energy and their colour showed they had had plenty of water.

Pukepapa Station led the male lambs and accepted $70.50 for 131 shorn ram lambs.

Koura Station’s 152 woolly males were close behind at $70.25.

A price of $64 was paid for two big lines of Puketia Station males and Koura Station shared that price for a second cut.

Well grown shorn ewe lambs from Pukepapa Station were popular and sold at $53.50 and $58.

In the entire auction just one pen of little fellows sold at less than $47.

In the prime section the only lambs made $93 and three ewes brought $56. There was an encouraging tone to the whole sale.