Cheviot yards open

Press, 12 April 1979, Page 19

Cheviot yards open

The new cattle yards and indoor selling complex at Cheviot would be of benefit in some way or another to everyone in the county, said the chairman of directors of the Cheviot A. and P. Cattleyards Society (Mr J. D. Caldwell) at the opening of the new facilities. Mr Caldwell recalled that the yards ahd been built in spite of opposition from the Health Department. He said he considered that sense had prevailed over bureaucracy. But for this opposition the yards would have cost about $4OOO less and there would have been a saving on the part of the taxpayer too. The yards would also have been opened last year instead ctf this year. Several people had made large contributions to the project, Mr Caldwell said. Initial plans had been drawn up by two Cheviot farmers, Mr A. Hyde and Mr A. Cropp, who had also produced the final plan for the yards. The timber for the yards had come from trees donated by the Cheviot Domain Board and the Cheviot Agricultural and Pastoral Association had co-operated greatly and made all the gates used in the yards. Mr Caldwell also praised the work of the builder of the yards, Mr G. Edge, Of Cheviot, and of the indoor selling complex, Peter Hood and Company, who had completed the building on time by working in adverse conditions. Commenting o’n current beef prices, Mr Caldwell said that it had been described as a cattle bonanza, but he refuted this when it was realised that in most countries the price of beef

was almost double the present price in New Zealand.

The new complex was officially declared open by the chairman of the Cheviot County Council, Mr R. G. Anderson. The new facilities worked well in their first trial. About 1200 calves were yarded for the first sale in them, which proved to be a very sound sale with values very firm on the preceding Addington sale and possibly slightly higher than at tile Kaikoura sale. Most of the calves went to destinations outside the district including Kaikoura, Amberley, Christchurch, Waiau, Hanmer and the West Coast. The best of the steer calves made from about $lBO to $207, with average to good at $l6O to $177 and others down to about $l3O. The pick of the heifer calves were bringing from about $l6O to $lB5, with average to good at $145 to $l6O and others ranging down to about $l2O. Sales included. — J. D. Caldwell (Cheviot), 45 Hereford steers at $144 to $l7l, 'lO Hereford heifers at $165; Hawkswood Estate (Parnassus), 14 Angus Hereford cross steers at $l7O, 41 heifers of the same breeding at $l2B to $151; E. J. Henderson (Ethelton), 37 Hereford and Hereford Angus cross steers at $l4O to $lBO, 51 heifers of the same breeding at $ll7 to $168; P. R. Henderson (Parnassus), 43 Hereford and Angus Hereford cross steers at $139 to $177, 57 heifers of the same breeding at $132 to $160; J. C. Hiatt (Tormore), 22 Angus Hereford cross steers at $l7B, 10 heifers of the same breeding at $167; G. R.

Hiatt (Tormore), 28 Hereford and Hereford Angus cross steers at $165 to $175, 10 Hereford heifers at $150; P. D. H. Bush (Parnassus), 46 Hereford steers at $136 to $180; H. M. Cooper (Tormore), 45 Hereford and Hereford Angus cross steers at $l5l to $177; E. E. Spencer (Parnassus), 59 HerefordA n g u s-Shorthom cross steers at $147 to $177, 81 heifers of the same breeding at $ll7 to $150; B. C. and D. R. Wright (Parnassus), 39 Chianina and Murray GreyAngus cross steers at $139 to $lBl, 23 Murray Grey Angus cross heifers at $l2B to $154; Clifton Farming Company (Cheviot), 13 Simmental Angus cross steers at $176 to $297, 33 Angus steers at $l6O to $184; D. A. Anderson (Ethelton), 29 Hereford steers at $162 to $l7l, 20 Hereford heifers at $156; C. M, Souter (Blythe), 30 Hereford and Hereford Angus cross steers at $l7O to $l7B, 32 heifers of the same breeding at $152 to $185; I. E. and M. E. Winskill (Caverhiil), 24 Angus steers at $145 to $l6l, 24 Angus heifers at $122 to $143; J. G. and the estate D. L. Barnes (Ethelton), 60 Angus steers at $152 to $177; P. D. H. Bush (Parnassus), 12 Hereford heifers at $140; B. D. and T. Childs (Fernhill), 32 Hereford and Hereford Angus cross heifers at $122 to $159; A. and D. A. Stone (Scargill), 24 Angus cross steers at $l7O to $lB3, 30 heifers of the same breeding at $156 to $176; R. G. A. Stevens (Leamington Valley), 40 Hereford and Hereford Angus cross steers at $162 to $lBl, 22 Hereford heifers at $136 to $l7O and 28 Hereford Angus cross heifers at $127 to $l7O.