Stortford Lodge Stock Sale Report

Strong demand for good quality cattle was the feature of this week's store cattle sale at Stortford Lodge.
There were 734 head on offer and a big bench of mostly local buyers.
Steers:
Waiotea Station, Mohaka, 32 2 -year angus, average weight, 523kg, 240.1c/kg, $1255/head; 31 the same, av weight495kg, 236c/kg, $1170/head; C Ward, Otamauri, 17 18-month, av weight, 393kg, 224.3c/kg, $882/head; nine the same, av weight 371kg, 206.5c/kg, $655/head; 35 the same, av weight, 250kg, 256.0c/kg, $640/head; Pengur Farms, Taupo, 17 2 -year angus, av weight 486kg, 230.0c/kg, $118/head; 16 the same, av weight, 485kg, 237.2c/kg, $1152/head; 17 the same, av weight, 2 -year, av weight, 499kg, 237.6c/kg, $1185/head; nine 18-month, av weight, 376kg, 216.7c/kg, $815/head; Aspen Grove Trust, Taupo, 31 18-month, av weight 379kg, 240.1c/kg, $910/head; Paranui Farm Trust, 34 18-month, av weight, 387kg, 239.8c/kg, $930/head; Te Kahurangi Farm, Kereru, 28 18-month angus-x, av weight, 372kg, 237.8c/kg, $885/head; Aratiti Farm, Wairoa, 23 18-month angus, av weight, 398kg, 235.5c/kg, $937/head; B Farquharson, Glengarry, 26 18-month charolais, av weight, 435kg, 235.7c/kg, $1025/head; 18 18-month whiteface, av weight, 235.5c/kg, $1035/head; McCartland Farm, Okawa, 29 18-month, av weight, 368kg, 242.8c/kg, $985/head; Kopanga Station, Havelock North, 26 18-month angus, av weight, 400kg, 23 18-month whiteface, av weight, 391kg, 238.8c/kg, $935/head; Natusch p/ship, Maraekakaho, 20 2 - year here/friesian x, av weight, 431kg, 236.5c/kg, $1020/head; 20 the same, av weight, $59kg, 2371c/kg, $1088/head; J Cropper, Lawn Rd, seven 18-months, av weight 338kg, 243.7c/kg, $835/head.
Heifers:
P and K King, Te Pohue, 13 18-month av weight 225kg, 226.7c/kg, $510/head; 17 18-month hereford, av weight, 208kg, 227.8c/kg, $475/head; M and S Bond, Waipukurau, 200.4c/kg, $680/head; Z K Farms, Mutiny Rd, eight yearling, av weight, 283kg, 226.8c/kg, $642/head; Carisbrook, Apley Rd, 16 here/friesian weaner, av weight 99kg, $300/head.
Bulls:
A and M MacMillan Argyle, 18, 18-month bulls, av weight 270kg, 2264c/kg, $612/head; 20 the same av weight, 238kg, 245.8c/kg, $585/head; Pengur Farms, Taupo, 16 18-month, av weight, av weight 356kg, 185.1c/kg, $660/head; Reiharangi Farm, Taihape Rd, six 18-month av weight 183kg, 237.3c/kg, $435/head.
In the sheep section prices were firm on last week for better quality stock. There was a big yarding of 9594, mostly lambs.
Buyers were mostly local with one or two from Feilding.
Prices:-
Ewes:
D R Heays, Tutira, 120 woolly five-year, $116, 33 the same, $95; Williams Hill, Puketitiri, 114 five-year, $100; Southern Spring, Puketitiri, 68 mixed-age, $114.50.
Lambs: (all shorn unless stated)
G and M Baynes, Wairoa, 151 male b/f, $109.50; 140 b/f ewe, $108.50; 124 b/f ram, $103; 196 b/f ewe, $93; Patoka Station, 206 ram, $19.50; 76 romney ram, $96; 60 ewe, $95; Netherton, Elsthorpe, 231 b/f ewe, $102.50; 220 ram, $96.50; 166 ewe, $93; 147 b/f ewe, $$91.50; 205 ewe, $86; A W Parsons Trust, Wallingford, 205 b/f ram, $105.50; 128 b/f ewe, $102.70; 121 the same, $94; Allen Farming, Mangleton, 50 cryptorchid, $105.50, 202 the same, $101.20; Tyrone Farm, Ongaonga, 219 wether, $105; 98 the same, $95.50; Waipapa Station, Mangakino, 564 ewe, $94; 250 b/f ewe, $89, 112 the same, $86.50; 269 c/o, $92.50.
Good quality cattle were in strong demand at Monday's prime sale.
Cows were up 10c a kg and heifers five cents, reflecting a rise in the schedule. The yarding of 103 head was made up of 55 heifers, 34 cows, 10 ox and four bulls. Buyers were from Waikato, King Country and Hawke's Bay.
Heifers: Angus, angus/hereford cross, crossbred, and devon, average weight, 451kg to 543kg, 222c/kg to 235c/kg, $1140/head to $1181/head.
Ox: Simmental-cross, angus-cross, devon, average weight, 486kg to 630kg, $228.5c/kg to $236.5c/kg, $1124/head to $1449/head.
Cows: Angus, angus-cross, hereford, friesian, average weight, 411kg to 611kg, 113c/kg to 182c/kg, $465/head to $1057/head.
Bulls: Hereford, angus, friesian, Simmental, weight, 545kg to 755kg, 234c/kg to 238.5c/kg, $1281/head to $1801/head.
Prices for ewes and lambs continued their steady rise. The offering of 849 head was made up of 667 ewes and 182 lambs. Buyers were from Wairoa, Hawke's Bay and Wellington.
Top price was $135 for five heavy ewes. In the lamb section a pen of 18 woolly lambs went for $128.50. a pen of good blackface lambs made $128.
nEwes: Six heavy slipe, 132.50; two heavy shorn cryptorchids, $127; 61 heavy ewes, $118; four heavy shorn, $115; 10 woolly, $115; 40 heavy, $112; 25 good slipe, $111; 12 heavy, $107.50; 14 heavy, $100.50; 12 good, $99.50; 29 good slipe, $96; 43 good slipe, $94.50; 21 good, $91.50; 21 good slipe, $90.50.
Lambs: 21 good males, $125; five woolly, $123.50; seven the same, $112; 12 good, 17 good woolly, $110; 27 good shorn b/f, $108.50; 12 good, $107.50; five good coloured, $98.50; 10 good shorn, $98.