Stortford Lodge: Quality ewes fetch top prices

Friday's mixed-age ewe fair at Stortford Lodge saw an offering of mixed quality. Top price of $184 paid for 18 5-year-old romney ewes

Good ewes sold well in an offering of mixed quality at the mixed-age ewe fair at Stortford Lodge on Friday.

About 3000 head were on offer to buyers from Hawke's Bay.

Top price of $184 was paid for 18 big 5-year-old romney ewes offered by the Manahi Family Trust, Pakipaki. The next best price was $170 for 229 romney two-tooths offered by Richard Hunt, Havelock North. Last year's top price was $113 for mixed-age romney capital stock ewes.

PRICES:

R Hunt, Havelock North, 229 2th rom, $170; T Chambers, Tutira, (All cap stock) 104 2th rom, $151; 91 2th rom, $141; 44 2th rom, $100; 64 m/a rom, $125; 63 m/a rom, $120.50; 49 m/a rom, $95; Martin Farming, Porangahau,160 2th rom-cross, $140; 65 2th rom-cross, $120; Kayley Farming, Puketapu, 123 4th romdale, $156.50; 56 4th romdale, $156; G and E Cameron, Chatham Island, 121 m/a rom, $130.50; 114 m/a rom, $120.50; Maungataniwha Station, Putere, 180 5yr peren, $141; 207 5yr peren, $120; 107 5yr peren, $113.

C and J Lee, Kaiwaka, 105 5yr rom, $140; Williams Hill, Puketitiri, 220 5yr romdale, $140; 95 5yr romdale, $125; Matariki Trust, Ashley Clinton, 116 5yr rom, $140; Te Ngaio Farm, Chatham Island, 80 rom m/a, $140; Merlindale, Kereru, 91 4 5/yr rom-cross, $143; R Tuuta, Chatham Island, 34 m/a rom, $138; 72 m/a rom, $111.50; Waipunga Ltd, Kaiwaka, 66 5yr rom, $120; 56 5yr rom, $105; Forest Home Farm, Wakarara, 58 2th rom, $151.

48 5yr rom, $130; and W Holmes, Waipukurau, 28 m/a composite, $98; Manahi Family Trust, Pakipaki, 18 5yr rom, $184; J and M Wilson, Ongaonga, 21 2th rom, $151; Colbrae, Ashley Clinton, 48 m/a rom, $126.

Small yardings of cattle and lambs sell well

Small yardings of cattle and lambs sold well at yesterday's Stortford Lodge store sale.
About 45 cattle, mostly bulls, were offered along with about 1550 sheep.

A feature of the lamb yarding was the 414 mixed-sex lambs from Chatham Island vendor Te Awatapu Downs. The shorn lambs averaged $107.50.

PRICES
CATTLE

Bulls: Okapua P/ship, Wallingford, six 18mnth ang, av weight, 433kg, 277c/kg, $1200/head; Flinders Fishing, Chatham Island, four 2yr crossbred, av weight, 487kg, 254c/kg, $1240/head; six 2yr here-cross, av weight, 299kg, 234c/kg, $700/head; three yrling shthrn-cross, av weight, 233kg, 244c/kg, $545/head; S Bentley, Swamp Rd, four wnr fries, av eight, 111kg, 446c/kg, $495/head.

Steers: Okapua Ps/ship, Wallingford, five 18mnth ang, av weight, 340kg, 317c/kg, $1080/head.

SHEEP

Ewes: Marino Fishing, Chatham Island, 27 2/4th, m/s, $100.50; 10 2/4th m/s, $82; 10 2/4th, $105; nine 2/4th, $60; 26 m/a ewes, $95; 26 m/s ewes, $87.50; W van Gestal, Whakapirau, six m/a, $148.50; seven m/a, $120.

Lambs: Te Awatapu Downs, Chatham Island, 126 m/s, $116.50; 220 m/s, $110; 68 m/s, $96; Ngahiri P/ship, Kotemaori, 68 ram, $108.50; 137 ewe, $109.50; 23 ewe, $69; Marino Fishing Co, Chatham Island, 68 m/s, $85.50; 44 m/s, $89; 57 m/s, $60; G and D Smith, Ruakaturi, 115 male, $104.50; 115 male, $104; 69 male, $90; A and S Newton, Wairoa, 39 m/s, $117; 22 m/s, $130; S and P Rogers, Wanstead, 29 m/s, $95.50; D and J Yule, Dartmoor, 27 m/s, $108.50; Tiro-moana P/ship, Blackhead, 37 m/s, $47.50; Horiana Downs, Waimarama, 19 ewe, $167; 19 m/s, $90; 54 m/s, $125.

Prime sale

The biggest yarding of lambs and cattle for some time sold well at Monday's prime sale.
The offering of 100 cattle was only the second this year. There were also about 500 sheep and 350 lambs yarded. Most were of good quality and all sold well.

PRICES
CATTLE

Oxen: (Here-fries, ang, here-cross) Av weight, 453kg to 628kg, 282c/kg to 309.5c/kg, $1278/head to $1994/head.

Bulls: (Ang cross) Weight, 455kg, 251c/kg, $1116/head.

Heifers: (Ang, ang-cross, here-fries) Av weight, 420kg to 547kg, 266c/kg t 285.5c/kg, $1117/head to $1560/head.

Cows (Ang) rwb, av weight, 555kg, 654kg, 215c/kg, $1193/head, $1406/head.

SHEEP

Ewes: Woolly, good, $134; med, $112. Shorn, good, $140 to $144; med, $124 to $129; lighter, $1'09 to $133.

Lambs: Hoggets, l/t, m/s, $130.50; ewe, $100. Spring, male, $98 to $140; b/f, $168; ewe, $136.50; b/f, $170; m/s, $122 to $144; b/f, $90 to $162.