Good Sale For Medium Old Ewes At Culverden

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31000, 4 March 1966, Page 17

Good Sale For Medium Old Ewes At Culverden

The feature of the sale for four-year-old ewes at the Cui- \ er den fair yesterday' was the very’ sound inquiry for the medium class of ewe, which looked decidedly dearer than the top class ewe in this age group.

Four-year-old ewes pre-1 dominated in the older ewe | yarding and the better class, of e«e looked reasonable buy-. ing at prices which were not a ’great deal different froml last year. At these levels the top four-year-old ewes were considered to be a little easier in relation to current market rates. The lower grade four-year-old ewe was. however, bringing very good money and was fully firm on current rates. While top ewes were selling to about 80s, a good part of the varding of four-year-olds sold at 70s or better and there wa s a fairly narrow range between the top and lower grade sheep in the entry. Quality for quality the vounger ewes were considered to be making up to about late rates. Smaller Yarding

The yarding was a little smaller than last year. It totalled 20.691 head, compared with 22.780 a year ago. It included 4502 two-tooth ewes, compared with 3300 at the last fair, and 15,818 older ewes, which was about 3000 fewer than a year ago. There were also 371 ewe lambs.

The Culverden offering comprises largely hill country s heep and are favourably regarded by buyers for shifting to other localities. This year there was a feeling among some observers that the selection did not perhaps quite come up to the standard of previous years in the older ewe sections, and one authority put forward the view that some of these sheep ur-? still showing the effects of the protracted 1964 drought. The two-tooth ewe entry perhaps showed a little more variaton in the sia; of the sheen Can at other recent North Canterburv fine wool fairs but nme of the smaller sheep sold remarkably well. A measure of the strength of the market was that 13 pens sold yesterday made a little more than 12s a head better than 12 pens of the vendor’s sheep a year a;o. This advance was fully in line with that registered at other recent fairs in the district. The best of the two-tooths made from £5 10s to £6. with gnod ewes selling from £5 to £5 10s, average at 90s to 98s. others at 80s to 90s, and small and plain at 70s to 80s. Top Place There was an outstanding sale for a large pen lot of 445 Corriedales from C. G. Gardner. Emu plains. Bids ranged up to £6 for this offering and the top bidder took 200 of the ewes. The balance of the pen went in lots of 150 and 95 all at £5 17s, giving Mr Gardner an average of £5 18s 4d for the line. Last year the same vendor received £5 9s for his line of 451. The estate C. C. Douglas /Hemingford) sold 76 Corriedales at £5 17s and G. R. Gould • Ben Lomond) received £5 12s fnr 193 Cnrriedales. Mr Gould also had 254 at £5 9s and 94 at £5 SS. For another big line of 417 Corriedales R. Bethell, of Terrace Paddocks, was paid £5 10s. Last year Mr Bethell topped the sale at £5 Ils with 85 and then sold another 84 at £5 10s. Seventy halfbreds from Burrows Brothers fEudunda) also made £5 10s. Last year their top price was £5 Is. Four year-old ewes brought prices ranging from 63s to 80s and a sizeable proportion of the offering made 70s or better. It was obviously the medium class of sheep that was having the best of this market. Compared with similar sheep sold last year, 15 pens sold yesterday showed an average advance of 6s 6d a head. The best of the four-year-olds made from 76s to 80s. with good at 70s to 75s and average at 63s to 695. Macfarlane Estates /Kaiwara) headed the section with part of a big pen offering of halfbreds selling for 80s. A second cut out of the same pen made 77s 6d and a third cut 765. Frequently buyers elected to take only part of a pen but auctioneers had no difficulty in disposing of the balance of the sheep satisfactorily and sometimes they made the same money as was paid for the first cut. Last year four year-old’s from Kaiwara sold to’ 79s and top prce of the day was also 80s. Two sales were made yesterday at 78s. H. T. Grigg (Cascade) so’d 332 Cnrriedales at 795. wh ; ch was the same as he received for the tons of Ms entry last year. David Grigg, of Grax-singtori, also received up to 78s for 250 Corr*edales and be had another 88 at 775. E. G. 0 Rutherford (Lochtel) also realised 77s for 308 halfbreds. Five-year-olds There was only a small se’.ect’on of five-year-old ewes and they sold well with some vendors. showing gains of upwards of 20s a head on last year and over seven pens sold yesterdaythe average advance over 10 pens sold last year was about Ils 6d a head. The best of the five-year-olds Bald from 70s to 80s, w’th average to good at 62s to 68s, and others at sOs to 595. The estate A. Earshmanf Hitch n had a notable sale with 200 Corriedales which brought 80s. Last year they B ’so headed th's section, but at 675. j. a. Calder (The Home Btead) also realised 70s for 410 halfbreds. and for 396 Corrieda’es H. R. Hammond (Mandamus Downs) was pa’d 68s. For two pens of four and fhe-year-old ha’fbreds from Stewart and Rae. Hostsack Downs—the only four and five-year-olds penned—prices ranged from 64s to 675. The sale concluded with the offer ng of four pens of ewe lambs which so’d mainly between 65s and 695. The sale as usual attracted buyers from widely scattered ar eas and significant numbers °f sheep went to districts in-

eluding Ashburton, Rak ala. bandy Kno’Js, Dunsandel and Rangiora. Although rain fell early !n the and caused a scatter for coats, it conveniently held off I for most of the time, although threatening clouds were hang}mg over the district. i The following is a range of jva.ues, with figures for last ■year’s fair being given for comJ par-son:

TWO-TOOTH EWES Dalgety aad New Zealand j Loan, Ltd., sold on account of:— J. R. Johns, Waverley: 76 Corriedales at 955, 65 at £5 11s. W. J. Hoban and Son. Parham Hill: 35 Corriedales at £5 4s, 65 at £5 17s. H. R. Hammond. Mandamus Downs: 101 Corriedales at £5 Is. C. T. Burrows, Beechwood: 70 halfbreds at 935. L. M. Rutherford. Indiana: 39 halfbreds at 91s, 71 at 83s. Estate C. C. Douglas, Hemingford: 76 Corriedales at £5 17s. Estate H. A. and E. J. Beaven, Delamere Downs: 69 Corriedales at £5 Bs. D. H. Rutherford. Leslie Hills: 214 halfbreds at 73s 6d. Estate H. Snushall, Conway Hills: 120 Corriedales at 78s. Kaiwara Farm, Kaiwara: 91 halfbreds at 935, 130 at 98s, 170 at 87s, 95 at 86s. L. E. Dalzell, Parkvale: 59 Corriedales at £5 13s. Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold on account of:— ■ H. R. Roxburgh. Barcaldine: 76 Corriedales at 87s. Glynn Wye Station. Lewis 'Pass: 52 halfbreds at 88s, 65 at i93s. 98 at 87s. Henshaw Brothers, Kia Ora ’Downs: 141 halfbreds at £5 3s. . G. R. Gould, Ben Lomond: 254 ■ Corriedales at £5 9s, 94 at £5 ss. 1193 at £5 12s. • R. Bethell. Terrace Paddocks: ’417 Corriedales at £5 10s. | J. G. Armstrong, Greenbraes: 32 at 775. ; M. S. Walter, Cairnbrae: 66 ’ Corriedales at 98s. National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Ltd., sold on account of:— Mount Benger Estate, Hurunui: 155 Coriredales at 91s, 190 at 965, 74 at £5 7s. J. L. Rutherford. Ltd., Morna: 74 halfbreds at 87s, 75 at 775. Burrows Brothers, Eudunda: 70 halfbreds at £5 10s. Estate F. J. D. Parsons, Kei Runga: 130 Romney cross at £5 Is. C. G. Gardner, Emu Plains: 200 Corriedales at £6, 245 at £5 17s. New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op-erative Association of Canteri bury, Ltd., sold on account of : I J. A. Calder, The Homestead: 161 halfbreds at 90s, 95 at £5 3s, 1 81 at £5 9s. Older Ewes Pyne, Gould, Guinness Ltd., sold on account of:— Estate W. H. Atkinson, Mason Hills: 220 four-year-old halfbreds at 72®, 179 at 70*, 104 at

Glynn Wye Station: 390 four-year-old halfbreds at 75®, 1331 at 765. Glen of Tekoa, Balmoral: 227 four-year-old halfbreds at 73®. ■306 at 68s, 308 at 655. 300 at l 1635. 84 five-year-olds at 575. Henshaw Brothers: 64 halfi breds at 765. 156 at 765. ! H. T. Grigg. Cascade: 332 four-year-old Corriedales at 78®, 128 at 71s, 110 four-year-olds at 675. Estate F. and J. Northcote, Whalesback: 100 four-year-old halfbreds at 7fc. 386 at 755, 248 at 71s. D. Grigg, Grasswigton: 88 j four-year-old Corriedailes at 775, 250 at 78s, 118 at 765. Shand Brothers., Psfland Hills: i 303 four-year-old halfbreds at | 675, 66 five-year-olds at 61s. ; A. G. Green. Karaha*. 248 . four-year-old halfbreds at 70s. j J. G. Armstrong: 254 Four- i year-old halfbreds at 675. The Gates, Ltd., Waiau: 164 ; five-year-olds at 575. G. A. Heard, Kaikoura: 50 five-year-old halfbreds at 345. National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., sold on account of:— i A. F. S. Rutherford, Montrose: 600 four-year-old halfbreds at 745, 125 at, 735. T. C. Dickson. Terako: 438 four-year-olds at 655. Jamieson and Beaded, Marble • Point: 691 four-year-old half-! breds at 645. The Grampians Run Company, i Culverden: 32 four-year-old half- i breds at 735. A. D. and D. B. McKay, Davidson: 200 four-y ear-old halfbred® at 70s, 247 five-year-olds at 655. Estate A. Earshman, Hirtchin HUL’ls: 200 five-year-old Corriedales at 80s. J. L. Rutherford, Ltd.: 300 five-year-old halfbreds at 55s 6d, 126 at 555. Dalgety and New Zealand Loan, Ltd., sold on account of:— E. G. O. Rutherford, Lochiel: 190 four-year-old halfbreds at 725, 308 at 775, 284 at 725. Macfarlane Estates, Kaiwara*. 192 four-year-old halfbreds at 765, 200 at 80s, 180 at 77s 6d, 137 at 765. Estate F. and J. Northcote: 352 four-year-old halfbreds at 725, 280 at 76s 6d, 100 at 74s 6d. N. A. Vowles, Medway: 317 four-year-old halfbreds at 745. T. and J. Barrett, The Poplars: 224 four-year-old halfbreds at 655, 320 at 745, 32 five-year-olds at 51s. D. H. Rutherford: 258 four-year-old halfbreds at 765, 69 five-year-olds at 60s. J. R. Rutherford, Gola Peaks*. 302 four-year-old halfbreds at 70s. Mount Palm Estate, Mount Palm: 313 four-year-old halfbreds at 655. Estate H. Snushall: 370 four-year-old Cotriedales at 71s, 229 five-year-olds at 655, 91 at 60s. E. M., C. S., and R. K. Heard, Hawk Hills: 175 four-year-old halfbreds at 695. O. M. and M. J. Dalmer, Annandale: 256 four-year-olds at 68s 6d, 108 four-year-olds at 60s 6d. L. M. Rutherford*. 275 five-year-old halfbreds at 595. H. R. Hammond: 396 five-year-old Corriedales at 68s. Stewart and Rae, Hossack Downs: 70 four and five-year-old halfbreds at 645, 335 at 675. New Zealand Farmers’ Cooperative Association of Canterbury sold on account of:— G. W. Ryder. Goat Hills: 269 four-year-old halfbreds at 655. J. R. Johns, Royden: 211 five-year-old Corriedales at 51s 6d. J. A. Calder: 410 five-year-old halfbreds at 70s.

1966 1965 s to 9 to S Two-tooth Ewes Best .. 10 120 100 111 Good .. 100 110 90 99 Average 90 98 80 88 Others .. SO 90 60 76 Small 70 80 Four year-old Ewes: Best 76 80 76 80 Good 70 7.i 68 74 Average 65 69 60 66 Others .. —— —— 50 59 Five-year-old Ewes: Best 70 80 60 67 Average to good 63 68 50 58 Others .. 50 59 40 48 Details of sales were:-