Slight rise in prices

These 38 store male lambs from Haha Station, at Rangitukia, were sold for the best price of $99 in the weekly sheep sale at the Matawhero saleyards yesterday, where just over 2300 head of store lambs were yarded. Picture by Trevor Brown

There was a slight rise in the prices paid for the 2307 store lambs presented yesterday in the weekly sheep sale at the Matawhero saleyards.

The best price paid was $99 for a pen of 38 well-presented store male lambs from Haha Station at Rangitukia.

A top price of $85.50 for store ewe lambs went to Te Aroha Farming Ltd, at Pehiri, for a pen of 183, and the highest price paid for prime lambs was $117.

The countryside is drying out, so everyone is hoping for rain this weekend.

Best prices —

Prime lambs: Wes Judd, 7, $117; Mangapoi Station Ltd, 9, $117; Othmar G Zimmermann, 2, $117, 9, $116, 14, $113, 4, $81.

Store male lambs: Haha Station, 38, $99, 32, $71; CNA & JM Marr, 186, $95, 326, $95, 326, $95, 173, $81, 48, $57.50.

Store ewe lambs: Te Aroha Farming Ltd, 183, $85.50, 321, $77.50, 128, $62, 85, $44; Haha Station, 46, $82, 17, $52; CNA & JM Marr, 112, $78.50, 30, $71.50; Bill Fisher, 35, $74, 69, $71, 21, $57, 33, $50; Mangapoi Station, 35, $46, 25, $40.  Store mixed sex lambs: Mangapoi Station, 30, $75.