PRICES
CATTLE
Cows: (VIC) Trelinnoe Ltd, Te Pohue, 22 m/a stabilizer-cross, av weight, 575kg, 244c/kg, $1405/head; five stab-cross, av weight, 405kg, 222c/kg $1035/head; 30 3yr ang, av weight, 492kg, 315c/kg, $1550/head; 30 3yr stab-cross, av weight, 494kg, 291c/kg, $1440/head; 12 3yr stab-cross, av weight, 448kg, 268c/kg, $1205/head; 11 3yr ang, av weight, 448kg, 283c/kg, $1270/head; 31 2yr stab-cross, av weight, 429kg, 279c/kg, $1200/head; 27 stab-cross, av weight, 447kg, 291c/kg, $1305/head.
18 2yr stab-cross, av weight, 392kg, 269c/kg, $1060/head; Horiana Downs, (Cap stock) 23 m/as here-cross, av weight, 631kg, 253c/kg, $1600/head; 10 m/a here, av weight, 570kg, 243c/kg, $1390/head; five horned here, av weight, 677kg, 230c/kg, $1465/head; Kotete Ltd, Elsthorpe, 18 3yr here, av weight, 554kg, 292c/kg, $1620/head.
Steers: 3yr, Dever Family Trust, Waikare, 19 ang, av weight, 598kg, 313c/kg, $1875/head; G and J Chambers, Te Onepu, 11 ang-here, av weight, 518kg, 301c/kg, $1560/head; six ang, av weight, 481kg, 324c/kg, $1565/head; Franklin Farm, Waiohiki, seven ang-cross, av weight, 589kg, 307c/kg, $1810/head. 2yr, Puhoro Ltd, Putere, 15 ang, av weight, 520kg, 309c/kg, $1610/head; Franklin Farm, Waiohiki, 19 ang, av weight, 486kg, 328c/kg, $1595/head; J and P Cropper, Havelock North, 13 here-cross, av weight, 467kg, 294c/kg, $1376/head; Four Kings, Pakipaki, six ang, av weight, 406kg, 287c/kg, $1005/head. Yrling, A J Arnold and Co, Kaiwaka, 25 charo-cross, av weight, 258kg, 412c/kg, $1065/head; 28 charo-cross, av weight, 235kg, 421c/kg, $990/head; Turinui Farm, Wairoa, 24 here-cross, av weight, 242kg, 372c/kg, $900/head; Hautope land Co, Hautope, 14 ang, av weight, 233kg, 423c/kg, $990/head; Rangiora Farming Trust, Tutira, 13 ang and ang-here, av weight, 251kg, 410c/kg, $1010/head; S and R Martin, Tutira, 16 ang, av weight, 204kg, 428c/kg, $878/head; B Donovan, Tutira, 16 here-fries, av weight, 278kg, 384c/kg, $1070/head; Four Rings, Pakipaki, seven ang-cross, av weight, 212kg, 363c/kg, $770/head.
Bulls: 2yr, Wairunga Ltd, Maraetotara, 31 fries, av weight, 448kg, 309c/kg, $1385/head; Ahunui Farm, Patoka, 17 fries, av weight, 464kg, 299c/kg, $1390/head; R Thompson, Nuhaka, 28 fries, av weight, 390kg, 303c/kg, $1185/head; 14 fries, av weight, 381kg, 301c/kg, $1150/head. Yrling, J Johanson, Chatham Island, 10 ang, av weight, 216kg, 282c/kg, $6120/head; five crossbred, av weight, 206kg, 279c/kg, $575/head; T Jenkinson, Tutira, seven ang, av weight, 181kg, 248c/kg, $450/head.
Heifers: 2yr, H and A McCallum, Taupo, 20 ang, av weight, 450kg, 310c/kg, $1400/head; 30 ang, av weight, 404kg, 310c/kg, $1255/head; Puhoro Ltd, Putere, 12 ang-here, av weight, 392kg, 302c/kg, $1185/head; Emerald Hill, Waihau, 30 ang-here, av weight, 449kg, 301c/kg, $1355/head; six charo-cross, av weight, 430kg, 302c/kg, $1300/head; Est A M MacKay, Waikare, 11 ang, av weight, 329kg, 313c/kg, $1030/head; K and C McIlroy, Clive, five here, av weight, 556kg, 293c/kg, $1630/head; Four Rings, Pakipaki, five ang-cross, av weight, 410kg, 293c/kg, $1205/head. Yrling, A J Arnold and Co, Kaiwaka, 29 charo-cross, av weight, 249kg, 408c/kg, $1020/head; 25 charo-cross, av weight, 223kg, 397c/kg, $890/head; Tahara Trust, Aorangi Rd, 35 here-fries, av weight, 252kg, 352c/kg, $890/head; N and S Reeve, Ohiti, 16 here-fries, av weight, 173kg, 366c/kg, $635/head.
SHEEP
Ewes: (SIL) Top Run Station, Waipunga, 118 ewe, $172.50; Prins Family Trust, Puketapu, 27 2th, $190; P and G Nesdale, Mangaorapa, 85 5/6yr, $186; Wakarara Farm, Kereru, 48 5yr, $185; Rangiora Farming Trust, Tutira, 18 m/a, $161.
Ewes, lambs at foot: C Bogard, Tait Rd, 34 ewes, 55 lambs, $111.50 all counted; Maraenui Farm, Meeanee, seven ewes, eight lambs, $95; S Fussell, Havelock North, 10 ewes, 14 lambs, $98; Whenua Rehia Iti, Pakipaki, seven ewes, 12 b/f lambs, $113.50; Mowat Bezares P/ship, Valley Rd, four ewes, seven b/f lambs, $96.50.
Lambs: Rangiaria Ltd, Otane, 129 male, $181; 112 b/f ewe, $178.50; Rangitupae, Tikokino, 231 c/o, $177.50; Riverbank, Rissington, 415 male, $172.50; 424 male, $169.50; 277 male, $164; Totara Valley, Ongaonga, 120 male, $167.50; 31 ewe, $159; Waipiropiro Station, Poukawa, 190 c/o, $176.50; 51 male, $149; 46 m/s b/f, $153.50; 22 c/o, $184.50; LMP P/ship, Mangaorapa, 130 male, $174; Waikareao, Te Aute, 449 ewe, $163; 428 ewe, $159.50; 331 ewe, $150.50; Belmont Station, Eskdale, 222 male, $171; 147 male, $160.50 58 ewe, $139; 81 ewe, $138.50; J Powdrell, Te Aute, 327 ewe, $161; 159 ewe, $156.50; Trigham Station, Patoka, 300 ewe, $161; C and J McCool, Kereru, 216 ewe, $164; M and C Radford, Akitio, 252 ewe, $149.50; 237 ewe, $141; 120 ewe, $131;53 male, $148; M Johnson, Haumoana, 148 ewe, $175; 120 b/f ewe, $172.50; 154 ewe, $157; Tangiwai Holdings, Wairoa, 150 ewe, $147.50; T Brain, Wakarara, 100 ewe, $142; Johanson Farms, Chatham Island, 104 m/s, $140.50; C and S Cutbush, Porangahau, 70 b/f ewe, $155.50; M and K O'Grady, Kotemaori, 59 ewe, $143.50; B Harrison, Tukituki, 57 m/s, $169; G and J Steenkamer, Maraetotara, 55 c/o, $163; J Lawrence, Glenross, 111 ewe, $149.50; Wakarara Farm, Kereru, 88 ewe, $162.50; Parks Peak Station, Wakarara, 39 male, $175.50; R Dalziell, Nuhaka, 69 male, $156; Rangiora Farming Trust, Tutira, 51 b/f ewe, $151.50; 57 ram, $164; 40 ram, $153; Mangarohi, Te Awa, 55 ewe, $166.50; Caithness Farm, Sherenden, 62 male, $141.50; Bird Holdings, 40 male, $154.50; Wynne-Lewis Farming, Porangahau, 35 male, $157.
PRIME SALE
The good news continued for suppliers of ewes and lambs at Monday's prime sale.
Lambs were particularly buoyant with even second-tier lambs selling strongly.
The best of the male lambs made $226 with more pens than usual in the yarding of about 1200 head breaking through $200.
In the ewe yarding of about 620 head the best, a pen of four woolly ewes, made $189.70.
The rest of the yarding also sold on a sound market.
The small yarding of 26 head of cattle sold to expectations with a pen of vic angus cows making 245c/kg. One big angus-cross ox made 293.5c/kg or $2302/head.
PRICES
CATTLE
Oxen: (Ang-here, simm-cross, ang-cross) Av weight, 540kg to 785kg, 292c/kg to 296c/kg, $1576/head to $2303/head.
Heifers: (Ang, here-fries, here) Av weight, 500kg to 555kg, 285c/kg to 296c/kg, $1427/head to $1642/head.
Cows (Ang) Av weight, 616kg, 245c/kg, $1513/head.
SHEEP
Ewes: Slipe, Slipe, heavy, $162.50, $170.50; med, $134 to $137; 2th, $131.50 to $137. Woolly, 2th, $181. Shorn, good, $166.50; med, $141, $145.50; light, $105, $128.
Lambs: Male, $150 to $226; b/f, $186, $220. Ewe, $170.50 to $190.50; b/f, $170 to $210.50. M/s, $148 to $190; b/f, $150 to $190.
