Chatham Island cattle go to market

Bulls comprised most of the cattle yarding at yesterday's Stortford Lodge store sale. Photo / Supplied

Bulls comprised most of the cattle yarding at yesterday's Stortford Lodge store sale and most of them sold on a solid market.

Good R2 steers continued to sell to strong demand.

Much of the yarding of more than 400 head came from Chatham Island vendors.

In the sheep pens, good store lambs held their value, while some pens of longer-term lambs were harder to sell. Other pens of smaller shorn lambs sold well.

Buyers were from Hawke's Bay, Hamilton, Taupo and Whanganui.

PRICES - CATTLE

Steers: R3, V Tuuta, Chatham Island, six here-cross, av weight, 453kg, 272c/kg, $1235/head.

R2, Seaview Station, Patoka, 24 ang, av weight, 488kg, 313c/kg, $1530/head; 17 the same, av weight, 441kg, 328kg, 328c/kg, $1450/head; C Edwards, Maraekakaho, nine ang and ang-here, av weight, 455kg, 315c/kg, $1435/head; Duffin Holdings, Waipukurau, eight ang, av weight, 417kg, 324c/kg, $1355/head; C Lee, Waipawa, five4 ang-cross, av weight, 352kg, 281c/kg, $990/head; Ludeman Horticulture, Dartmoor, five here-cross, av weight, 361kg, 281c/kg, $1015/head. R1, Makino P/ship, Dannevirke, 10 ang, av weight, 219c/kg, 420c/kg, $920/head; Montdale Farm, Glengarry Rd, nine here-cross, av weight, 290kg, 344c/kg, $1000/head; Clifton Station, Clifton, four ang, av weight, 188kg, 476c/kg, $900/head.

Bulls: R2, Awahuri Pastoral, Ohiti, 25 fries, av weight, 459kg, 294c/kg, $1350/head; R Paine, Raukawa, 23 fries, av weight, 395kg, 311c/kg, $1230/head; Duffin Holdings, Waipukurau, 16 fries, av weight, 475kg, 282c/kg, $1340/head; Glengyle Station, Tuai, 34 fries, av weight, 446kg, 292c/kg, $1305/head; 28 the same, av weight, 410kg, 284c/kg, $1165/head; 18 ang, av weight, 409kg, 292c/kg, $1195/head; I and P Reube, Te Awa Rd, nine fries, av weight, 453kg, 286c/kg, $1300/head; V Tuuta, Chatham Island, nine ang-here, av weight, 260kg, 269c/kg, $700/head; nine the same, av weight, 351kg, 262c/kg, $920/head; CJM, Chatham Island, 17 here-cross, av weight, 283kg, 251c/kg, $710/head; K Lanauze, Chatham Island, eight here, av weight, 428kg, 257c/kg, $1100/head; 12 shthrn-cross, av weight, 316kg, 252c/kg, $800/head; Muirson Farming, Chatham Island, six crossbred, av weight, 198kg, 292c/kg, $580/head. R1, K Lanauze, Chatham Island, 12 here, av weight, 212kg, 277c/kg, $590/head; Muirson Farming, Chatham Island, six sth dev-cross, av weight, 149kg, 335c/kg, $500/head; V Tuuta, Chatham Island, six ang-here, av weight, 169kg, 295c/kg, $500/head.

Heifers: Tukemokihi Station, Wairoa, 15 R3 ang and ang-here, av eight, 422kg, 276c/kg, $1170/head. R2, Muirson Farming, Chatham Island, 11 simm-cross, av weight, 290kg, 278c/kg, $810/head; G Cooper, Tamumu, eight here-cross, av weight, 382kg, 261c/kg, $1000/head; Glenrich P/ship, Tikokino, eight here-fries, av weight, 396kg, 275c/kg, $1090/head. R1, N and J McMIllan, Ridgemount, 30 here, (CS) av weight, 278kg, 329c/kg, $915/head; Parkwith Farm, Ongaonga, 10 here-fries, av weight, 164kg, 384c/kg, $630/head; Clifton Station, Clifton, seven ang, av weight, 166kg, 402c/kg, $670/head.

SHEEP

Ewes: Windrush P/ship, Whanawhana, 10 m/a, rwr, $122; R Kells, Eskdale, 10 m/a, rwr, $102.50; Glengyle Station, Wairoa, 28 m/a, rwr, $95.

Lambs: R Hunt, Bennett Rd, 123 ewe, $99.50; 27 ewe, $93.50; K and J Farquharson, Puketitiri, 155 ewe, $97.50; 202 ewe, $92; 33 ewe, $84; Moananui Farm, Bay View, 285 ewe, $98; Falomai P/ship, Patoka, 60 b/f ewe, $105; 66 b/f ram, $108.50; Mangataura Station, Wakarara, 102 ewe, $99; 100 b/f ewe, $97.50; 130 ewe, $93.50; 143 ewe, $85; 70 b/f ewe, $87.50; Wedd Farming, Puketitiri, 96 ewe, $100.50; 58 c/o, $108; 56 ewe, $100; Beckford Holdings, Makaretu, 96 c/o, $107; T Anderson, Ngatarawa, 75 male b/f, $103; 49 b/f ewe, $100.50; 148 ewe, $92.50; 85 ewe, $69; 54 male, $85; M Dalziell, Nuhaka, 43 ram, $91; 42 ewe, $71; Te Ngaio, Porangahau, 33 c/o, $90; Seaview Station, Patoka, 65 m/s, $103; Tukemokihi Station, Wairoa, 41 m/s, $79.

Prime sale

All classes of stock sold strongly at Monday's prime sale.

In fact, two very heavy ewes reached what is believed to be a record price of $174.50. They were sold by a Meeanee vendor.

Although the rest of the ewe offering did not reach such heights only a few of the pens on offer made less than $100. The next best price was $126 for a small pen of woolly ewes and wethers. A good-quality lamb yarding also rose with one pen of black-face ram lambs making $166 and another $158.50.

The cattle yarding of 54 head was also of top quality with the best of the angus oxen making $3.19/kg and one 680kg angus-hereford ox making $2040/head.

PRICES - CATTLE

Oxen: (Ang, ang-here) av weight, 499kg to 680kg, 300c/kg to 319c/kg, $1592/head to $2040/head.

Bulls: (Ang), weight, 554kg, 214c/kg, $1517/head.

Heifers: (Ang) Av weight, 498kg, 600kg, 279c/kg, 283c/kg, $1390/head, $1698/head.

SHEEP

Ewes: Shorn, heavy, $111 to $115; good, $102 to $110; med, $99. Slipe, heavy, $112, $113; med, $91. Woolly, good, $107, $126, med, $102.

Lambs: Male, $110 to $142; b/f, $106 to $166. Ewe, $94.50 to $133.50; b/f, $120 to $114. M/s, $19 to $139.