Stortford Lodge: Outstanding yarding of lambs nets strong sales

Lambs sold well at Stortford Lodge.

A quality yarding of about 4500 store lambs sold on a strong market at Stortford Lodge yesterday.

Most of the lambs came from three vendors: Motere Station, Omakere, sold 1200 head, Glendale Station, Aropaoanui, sold about 1500 and T Chambers, Tutira, offered 695 head.
A feature of yarding was the outstanding quality of most of the lambs.

A small yarding of about 90 head of cattle also sold well.

Buyers were from Hawke's Bay with support from Marton and Atiamuri.

PRICES

CATTLE

Heifers: Te Awanga Downs, Te Awanga, six crossbred heifers with six calves at foot, av weight, 542kg, 248c/kg, $1345/head; five 2yr sth dev, av weight, 483kg, 275c/kg, $1330/head; R Kempster, Eskdale, two yrling ang, av weight, 302kg, 258c/kg, $780/head.

Bulls: 2yr, T and R Moore, Puketitiri Rd, 12 fries, av weight, 558kg, 277c/kg, $1550/head; three here, av weight, 642kg, 295c/kg, $1900/head; three jersey, av weight, 473kg, 265c/kg, $1255/head; Barnsdale Dairies, Makaretu, 20 ang, av weight, 595kg, 294c/kg, $1750/head; six the same, av weight, 542kg, 287c/kg, $1560/head.

Steers: 2yr, Te Awanga Downs, Te Awanga, five ang, av weight, 530g, 280c/kg, $1487/head; Jose Farming, Maraekakaho, five dairy-cross, av weight, 519kg, 266c/kg, $1385/head

SHEEP

Lambs: Motere Station, Omakere, 176 weth, $100; 156 ewe, $88.50; 326 weth, $94; 269 weth, $85; 146 ewe, $79; 49 m/s, $91; 39 ewe, $68; 36 m/s, $68.50; Glendale Station, Aropaoanui, 98 weth, $106; 343 weth, $96; 171 weth, $82.50; 68 weth, $103; 223 weth, $79; 93 weth, $63.20; 198 ewe, $77; 122 ewe, $65.50; 53 ewe, $106; 84 ewe, $58.50; 46 ewe, $75; R and R Thompson, Crownthorpe, 57 m/s b/f, $86; G Charteris, Gwavas, 37 m/s b/f, $116; Puro Puro P/ship, Takapau, 23 ewe, $80.50.

Prime sale

Small yardings of sheep and cattle sold on a solid market at Monday's prime sale.
Agents said good forward orders for ewes were keeping the market up.

There were five cows and one bull, all south devon, on offer in the cattle sale with about 1100 ewes and 242 lambs in the sheep section.

PRICES

CATTLE

Bulls: weight, 965kg, 202c/kg, $1949/head.

Cows: Av weight, 631kg, 685kg, 193c/kg, 1219/head, $1322/head.

SHEEP

Ewes: Shorn, heavy, $163; good, $120 to $133; med, $105 to $118; lighter, $88.50 to $99.50; light, $73 to $85. Woolly, good, $120; med, $102 to $105; light, $90.50.
Lambs: Hoggets, l/t, three ram, $100. Spring, m/s, $111 to $128.50; b/f, $110.50 to $145.50; male, $108; ewe, b/f, $124.50.