Stortford Lodge: Chathams flock brings strong prices

Store lambs were in demand at the Stortford Lodge livestock sale.

Short-term store lambs made good money at yesterday's Stortford Lodge sale.

A feature of the yarding was the number and quality of lambs from the Chatham Islands. The best of the more than 1100 on offer topped the sale at $154.

The rest of the offering of about 3000 head also sold well to buyers from Hawke's Bay with one from Tolaga Bay.

The best of the in-lamb ewes made $195.50. These were a pen of mixed-age ewes scanned in-lamb with triplets.

Two pens of in-lamb five-year-olds made $180 and $178.50.

The cattle offering was about 65 head. The best of the two-year-old steers made $1320 a head or $3.01/kg.

PRICES

Cattle — steers: 2yr, Glendowie Farm, Patoka,12 here-cross, av weight, 494kg, 288c/kg, $1425/head; five here-cross, av weight, 438kg, 301c/kg, $1320/head; D Phillips, Te Aute Trust Rd, seven here, av weight, 389kg, 292c/kg, $1140/head.

Heifers: 2yr, Glendowie Farm, Patoka, seven here-cross, av weight, 458kg, 278c/kg, $1275/head; 11 here-cross, av weight, 440kg, 282c/kg, $1245/head; Walton Family Trust, Kaiapo Rd, five here-fries, av weight, 401kg, 266c/kg, $1070/head. Yrling, Maaka Farm, Waimarama, nine ang and ang-here, av weight 180kg, 348c/kg, $625/head.

Sheep — ewes: (SIL) Kiltanan Farm, Dannevirke, 155 5yr, $180; 147 5yr, $178.50; Mertzon Trust, Hiranui, 57 m/a, sil 300 percent, $195.50; Glengyle Farm, Weber, 171 m/a, $151; 24 rams, $77; Tully Farming, Waipukurau, 12 6th, $164.

Lambs: Silver Range, Elsthorpe, 121 c/o, $135.50; Punawaitai Farm, Omakere, 270 male, $146.50; 129 male, $136; R Holmes, Chatham Island, 100 male, $152.50; R and E Seymour, Chatham Island, 87 m/s, $130; 77 m/s, $127.50; 57 m/s, $116.50.

G and E Cameron, Chatham Island, 309 m/s, $140.50; 84 m/s, $133; Te Ngaio Farm, Chatham Island, 198 m/s, $148.50; 31 m/s, $134.50; Chrystall Farming, Wakarara, 202 ewe, $136; Smedley Station, Tikokino, 202 ewe, $137; 274 ewe, $129; 90 ewe, $127; C and S Cutbush, Norsewood, 95 male, b/f, $152; 74 male, $147.

Lockwood, Otamauri, 101 ram, $144; Braylin Farm, Porangahau, 97 male, $137.50; 97 male, $137.50; 31 c/o, $130.50; Kaiara Enterprises, Chatham Island, 75 male, $150; Waikonini P/ship, Otamauri, 94 ewe, $137; Te Whangai P/ship, Rotohiwi, 81 ewe, $135.70; 64 ewe, $123; 45 ram, $137.50.

Girvan Farm, Wanstead, 100 ewe, $128.50; Jaislamer P/ship, Tukituki, 82 ewe, $154; P and H Whiteside, Waitara Rd, 57 male, $140; 30; 30 ewe b/f, $129.50; Parkwith Farm, Ongaonga, 58 ewe, $129.

S Norman, Chatham Island, 63 weth, $144; Te Matarae, Chatham Island, 90 m/s b/f, $154; Beckford Holdings, Makaretu, 81 c/o, $135; 37 ewe, $120.50.

Pinoaks, Wilder Rd, 99 c/o, $139.50; R Tuuta, Chatham Island, 86 m/s, $124.50; Petomics Trust, Otane, 40 male, $136; Huatoki Farm, Wallingford, 44 weth, $145; 33 ewe b/f, $141.50; Can Farming, Te Haroto, 40 ewe, $140; 33 ewe, $118; 30 male, $136.