Romney ewes get $170 at Tinwald

05-07-2010 | Not Specified

NORTHLAND
All 96 steers offered at the WELLSFORD store sale on Monday were sold.
Steer prices ranged from $1.50-$2.26/kgLW, heifers $1.54-$2.38/kgLW, bulls $1.63-$2.75/kgLW, cow and calf $1.32/kgLW and store cattle $1.50-$2.75/kgLW.
Prime bulls sold for $1.96/kgLW at the WELLSFORD prime sale on Tuesday.
Prime steers $1.84-$2.10/kgLW, prime heifers $1.01-$1.97/kgLW, boner cows $1.06-$1.34.
Store lambs sold for $25-$68.50, prime lambs $78-$108, prime hoggets $55, ewes $31-$90.50.
One of the smaller yardings for some time produced a stronger market than the previous week at KAIKOHE on Tuesday.
About 450 head were offered, PGG Wrightson's Vaughan Vujcich said.
Two-year whiteface and exotic cross steers fetched $2-$2.06/kgLW, light yearling dairy beef steers $2.20-$2.40/kgLW, lighter Friesian yearling bulls to $2.60/kgLW, middle cut beef bulls $2.20/kgLW, heavy Simmental bulls $2.05-$2.08/kgLW. Beef cross cows $650-$700, 2-year whiteface, Angus and Simmental heifers $1.78-$1.85/kgLW, heavy yearling dairy beef heifers $1.85/kgLW, lighter to $2.10/kgLW. Heavy cows made $1.55-$1.65/kgLW and middle $1.25-$1.35/kgLW.

AUCKLAND
The market for killable cattle is very strong at PUKEKOHE and looks set to continue with steers making to $1580 and heifers $1325 on Saturday June 26.
The surprise was the easing of interest in younger cattle on previous weeks.
Weaner steers and heifers were down slightly in price despite good quality stock on offer.
However, before this sale prices have been exceptionally good in contrast to many other sales.
Cattle: best prime steers $1250-$1580, other good steers $1025-$1130, medium crossbred steers $558-$745, medium weaner steers $410-$440, small crossbred steers $270-$365, best prime heifers $968-$1325, light crossbred heifers $790, medium 15-month heifers $455-$578, weaner heifers $338-$355, small heifers $268-$325, boner cows $462-$745.
A pleasant winter's day saw a good bench of buyers at the KUMEU sale last Monday but most seemed to have come for the lunch.
There was some good buying to be had in places but also some cattle sold very well indeed, especially small whiteface weaner heifers which made $345.
The older or killable cattle are selling well and as spring draws closer the demand will grow for the younger cattle.
Cattle: medium 2-year steers $742-$965, small weaner steers $272-$378, 15-month heifers $630, medium weaner heifers $345, small crossbred bulls $250.
Sheep: store lambs $42-$61, ewes $35-$51.

COUNTIES
Good quality R3 steers sold up to $1190 at TUAKAU last Thursday, Elders agent Craig Chamberlain said.
The yarding of 670-head included some quality older cattle which held value on the previous week.
Forward-conditioned R3 steers in the 500kg-plus range traded at $2.02-$2.10/kgLW and R2 steers, 450-500kg, returned $1.86-$1.97/kgLW. R2 steers at 400-450kg made $1.91-$2.10/kgLW and 330-400kg steers earned $1.85-$2.08/kgLW.
R1 steers, 200-260kg, sold at $520-$582, with those under 200kg making $430-$500.
The R2 heifer section included some good quality exotic and traditional beef breeds. Most were in the 350-400kg weight range and achieved $1.85-$1.95/kgLW. Lighter R2 heifers, 300-350kg, earned $1.91-$2.00/kgLW. R1 heifers at 200kg-plus traded at $390-$435, with 150-200kg heifers making $315-$410.
Chamberlain said heavy steers and heifers also held value at last Wednesday's prime sale, despite schedule decreases. However, animals of lesser quality were discounted.
Heavy steers, 650kg-plus, traded at $2.04-$2.16/kgLW and medium steers, 550-650kg, fetched $2.02-$2.12/kgLW. Trade-weight steers earned $1.93-$2.08/kgLW.
Heavy heifers, 550kg-plus, sold at $1.92-$2.00/kgLW and trade heifers at $1.91-$2.01/kgLW.
Boner cows also held value, with heavy Friesians making $1.45-$1.53/kgLW and medium cows $1.22-$1.38/kgLW. Even lighter cows returned $1.02-$1.14/kgLW.
At last Monday's sheep sale, heavy prime lambs traded at $95-$108 and medium lambs at $88-$95. Lighter lambs fetched $78-$88. Prices for store lambs eased slightly, with good lambs selling up to $64 and medium lambs making $50-$60.
Good prime ewes made $70-$84 and medium types $55-$70.

BAY OF PLENTY
The average sized entry at RANGIURU sold to recent rates with heifers the largest group presented.
Cattle with condition continue to attract good prices as do young steers and heifers.
Information from PGGW shows the better R2 heifers traded at $770-$920, $1.88-$1.97/kgLW and those weighing 350-400kg brought $665-$700, $1.89-$1.93/kgLW while $430-$672 took lots over 250kg and, depending on quality, made $1.52-$1.98/kgLW.
The 150-250kg group fetched $400-$470, $2.02-$2.66/kgLW and smaller heifers brought $315-$325, $2.57-$2.88/kgLW.
Big framed older steers returned $985-$1145, $1.99-$2.09/kgLW and $600-$735 secured steers weighing 350-400kg, $1.51-$1.88/kgLW.
A pen of 117kg steers fetched $440, $3.73/kgLW. Young bulls also sold well with150-250kg lots bringing $370-$450, $1.86-$2.20/kgLW and a106kg lot went at $140, $1.32/kgLW.
Not many boner cows came forward but sold well, making $520-$685, $1.35-$1.46/kgLW. $1650 was paid for very heavy bulls, $2.30/kgLW and the best prime heifers fetched $1030-$1135, $1.98-$2.10/kgLW.
Just over 400 sheep were penned and solid prime lambs went to $100 while the few store lambs sold at $45-$61. Some in-lamb ewes made to $79.

WAIKATO
A smaller yarding of cattle at the FRANKTON prime sale saw ox sell to $2.20/kgLW.
The better heifers held to recent rates but light lines, lesser quality and cows were much harder to quit.
The heavier ox made $1169-$1525, $2.07-$22.20/kgLW and medium weights fetched $790-$933, $1.82-$2.03/kgLW. $1030 was top price for heifers but many sold at $589-$923, $1.45-$2.03/kgLW according to information from Allied Farmers.
Boner cows over 480kg returned $628-$851, $1.25-$1.67/kgLW and 400kg plus cows made $480-$748, depending on yield, $1.18-$1.56.kgLW. Light cows just over 250kg brought $291-$369, $0.94-$1.12/kgLW.
Fewer than 300 sheep penned saw store lambs make to $55 and some useful hoggets, $90.

POVERTY BAY
Good store lambs sold to expectations and quality in-lamb ewes attracted spirited bidding at MATAWHERO.
Big boned mixed age Romney ewes scanned 136% made $122.50 and capital stock mixed age, also Romney, RWR sold to $95.50. Some of the plainer types of ewe were sound buying at $50-$74. Buyers were offered 1334 breeding ewes.
The store lamb section held 2116 lambs.
Good framed lambs in tidy order were wanted with 31/34kg males selling at $77-$84, $2.48-$2.59/kgLW and a couple of small lots of solid mixed sex returned $90-$96.
There was a distinct difference in per kilogram rates between shorn and woolly lines. Off-shears 28kg males sold at $77, $2.75/kgLW and 31kg woolly males also made $77 but at $2.48/kgLW.
The majority of lambs were penned in small to very small lines with quality dropping off rapidly and with wet paddocks the bench was reluctant to bid.
The result: a lot of lots traded at $40-$57.
The prime section was quite small with just 140 ewes and 22 lambs. Good yielding ewes made $85 but $76-$80 was sufficient for the rest and good lambs peaked at $98.

TARANAKI
Despite a drop in schedule boner cows sold very well at STRATFORD on Tuesday.
Prime Hereford-cross ox 645kg-700kg, $2.03-$2.05/kgLW, prime Angus/Friesian steers 567.5kg $1.99/kgLW, prime Hereford/Friesian heifers 600kg, $1.985/kgLW, prime Limousin-cross heifers 485kg, $1.87/kgLW, 30-month Friesian steers 565kg, $1.80/kgLW, 30-month Angus/Friesian steers 430kg, $1.83/kgLW, 2-year Hereford-cross steers 523.3kg, $1.90/kgLW, 2-year Hereford/Friesian steers 515kg, $1.93/kgLW, 2-year Friesian-cross steers 515kg, $1.90/kgLW, 2-year Friesian steers 545kg, $1.93/kgLW, 2-year Hereford-cross steers 415kg, $1.45/kgLW, 2-year Murray Grey bulls 400kg, $1.82/kgLW, 2-year crossbred bulls 400kg, $1.76/kgLW.
Limousin-cross cows 340kg, $1.50/kgLW, Hereford/Friesian cows 465kg, $1.35/kgLW, store Friesian cows 386-495kg, $1.17-$1.37/kgLW, store Jersey cows 376.3-420kg, $0.98kg-$1.175/kgLW, empty Friesian heifers 405kg, $1.40/kgLW, empty Ayrshire-cross heifers 287.5kg, $1.19/kgLW, empty crossbred cows 285-365kg, $0.84-$1.22/kgLW, empty Friesian cows 430-480kg, $1.24-$1.50/kgLW, in-calf crossbred cows 385-451kg, $1.195-$1.33/kgLW, Jersey-Hereford bulls 240kg, $250.
A useful yarding of around 400 cattle at STRATFORD on Wednesday saw yearling values lift.
Jersey cow and runner 415kg, $600, Hereford-cross cows 365kg, $430, in-calf Hereford-cross heifers 510kg, $870, in-calf Hereford-Friesian-cross heifers 476.7kg, $790, in-calf Friesian heifers 690kg, $1150, 30-month Angus heifers 348.3kg, $565, 2-year Simmental-cross steers 454.2kg, $880, 2-year Hereford-Friesian steers 340kg, $650, 2-year Hereford-cross steers 420kg, $760, 2-year Angus steers 431.7kg, $815, 2-year Angus bulls 385kg, $730, 2-year Hereford-Friesian bulls 485kg, $950, 2-year Angus rigs 400kg, $730.
Two-year Charolais heifers 390kg, $640, 2-year Angus-cross heifers 435kg, $680, 2-year Angus-Friesian heifers 380kg, $500, 20-month Shorthorn-cross steers 317.5kg-393.3kg, $600-$715, 20-month Murray Grey-cross steers 445kg, $760, 20-month crossbred steers 360kg, $600, 20-month Angus-Friesian steers 481.9kg, $920, 20-month Friesian-cross steers 380kg, $630, 20-month Hereford-Friesian steers 365kg, $675, 20-month purebred White Galloway bulls 311.7kg, $520, 20-month Shorthorn-cross heifers 295kg, $505, 20-month Hereford heifers 405kg, $765, 18-month Murray Grey-cross steers 358.3kg, $660, 18-month Angus-Friesian-cross steers 380kg, $720, 18-month Angus-cross steers 295kg-345.6kg, $595-$690, 18-month Hereford-cross steers 360kg, $680, 18-month Friesian steers 255kg, $400. One-year purebred Angus bulls 197.5kg, $445, 1-year purebred Murray Grey bulls 220kg, $440, 1-year purebred Hereford bulls 205kg-215kg, $500-$510, 1-year Hereford-Friesian bulls 290kg, $525, 1-year Friesian bulls 188.8kg-271.7kg, $385-$485, 1-year Friesian-cross bulls 220kg, $200, 1-year Murray Grey-cross steers 150kg, $310, 1-year crossbred steers 255kg, $515, 1-year Angus-Friesian steers 230kg, $480, 1-year Friesian steers 235kg, $410, 1-year crossbred heifers 217.5kg, $315, 1-year purebred Hereford heifers 260kg, $480, 1-year Hereford/Friesian heifers 137.5kg-250kg, $240-$490, 1-year Hereford-cross heifers 196.7kg-197.1kg, $380-$385, 1-year Angus-Friesian heifers 137.5kg-192.5kg, $325-$395, 1-year Angus-cross heifers 195kg-262.5kg, $435-$480, 1-year crossbred heifers 220kg, $350, 1-year Simmental-Jersey heifers 185kg, $305, weaner Hereford-cross bulls 240kg, $430, weaner Simmental-cross steers 177.1kg-250kg, $560-635, weaner Angus-Friesian steers 135kg, $365, weaner Hereford-cross steers 210kg, $555, weaner Hereford-Friesian steers 101.4kg, $380, weaner exotic heifers 157.5kg-196.7kg, $315-$430, weaner Hereford-Friesian heifers 146.7kg, $365, weaner Friesian heifers 155kg, $340, weaner Jersey-cross heifers 90kg-110kg, $95-$130, autumn-born Friesian bulls 91.4kg-155kg, $250-$390, autumn-born Hereford-cross heifers 97kg, $235.
Sheep: prime lambs $59-$65, wether lambs $52.50-$60.50, mixed sex lambs $48-$63, store lambs $45, mixed age ewes $58.50-$60.50, ewes $26, C/O lambs $68.

HAWKE'S BAY
A decent yarding of around 6500 store lambs which were a bright healthy lot took the interest of buyers at STORTFORD LODGE and buyers opened their purses a little wider than they had the previous week.
The heavier males made $79-$86, $2.44-$2.58/kgLW and one lot fetched $106, $2.43/kgLW. Smaller males made as much as $2.50-$2.70/kgLW. $70-$82 bought most ewe lambs, $2.52-$2.67/kgLW and mixed sex lines achieved similar rates. Best in-lamb ewes sold at $101-$103 and five-year ewes scanned 175% made $108.50. Other useful ewes RWR sold at $85-$89.
Only 175 cattle went through the rostrum, most of them steers. Good R3 steers fetched $125, $1.99/kgLW and the better R2 steers traded at $830-$850, $1.92-$2.08/kgLW. Two pens of R1 steers weighing just under 200kg returned $720-$692, $2.42-$2.39/kgLW. $900 was best money for R2 heifers at $2/kgLW and 342kg R1 heifers fetched $600, $1.75. A handful of cows with calves brought $685.

MANAWATU
A good yarding of up to 16,000 lambs was on offer at FEILDING on Friday.
The sale was strong with prices up $2 to $3 a head on previous sales and some of the better lines making $4-$5 a head more, Elders agent Chris Hansen said.
The top lambs in a line of 300 from Field's Track Station at Wanganui made $80.70.
The market for good to medium male lambs was also stronger and medium to lighter ewe lambs were on a par with the previous week.
Ewes SIL were also mostly on par though some lines eased by $1-$2.
In the cattle section good R3 steers made $1.95-$2.15/kgLW. A good line of R2 Angus steers made $2.10-$2.20/kgLW and crossbred dairy types $1.90-$2.05/kgLW. Heavy R2 heifers made $1.90-$2/kgLW and others $1.75-$1.90/kgLW. A good line of yearling Charolais steers made $2.30/kgLW and lighter made $2.30-$2.50/kgLW. Angus yearling heifers made $2.20/kgLW and the rest $1.80-$2/kgLW.

CANTERBURY
Prime steers made $1.43-$1.98/kgLW at CANTERBURY PARK on Tuesday. Prime heifers $1.40-$1.91/kgLW, prime cows $1.18-$1.42/kgLW.
A yarding of 1076 prime lambs sold for $41-$154. Prime rams $15-$60, prime wethers $46, prime ewes $30-$107.
In the store market steers sold for $1.59-$1.70/kgLW, heifers $1.50-$1.69/kgLW, bulls $1.30-$1.43/kgLW, steer calves $1.68/kgLW, heifer calves $1.16-$1.71/kgLW, bull calves $1.33-$1.48/kgLW and feeder calves $80-$200.
Store lambs sold for $50-$78.50, ewe lambs $75-$79.50, ewes $41-l$53.

MID CANTERBURY
The annual in-lamb ewe fair at TINWALD saw good ewes sell well before a limited buyer gallery that picked the eyes for quality from the 6000 ewes offered leaving lesser quality sheep a bit sticky to sell with not all ewes finding a home under the auctioneer's hammer.
The sale generally followed the trend of a declining sheep industry, PGG Wrightson livestock manager Greg Cook said.
A capital stock line of Romneys offered on behalf of AG and PJ Tait of Lowcliffe, Ashburton, proved a feature of the sale with one and two-shear Romney ewes scanned in lamb 187% fetching up to $170 while the ewe lambs returned $119 and hoggets $103. The four-shear line again met strong demand selling at $140 with mixed age and older Romneys earning $123-$134.
In the rest of the sale one-shear Perendales returned $122 with two and three-shear Perendales earning $124 and four and five-shear selling from $103-$110. The best of the Coopworth ewes sold from $106-$110 while four and five-shear Corriedales struggled to make $95. Mixed age Border Leicesters earned $116 while a line of annual draft Highlander ewes sold at $125 and annual draft Border Romneys $88.
A reasonable yarding of prime stock was sold at the weekly sale with the tops of the heavy prime lambs earning $115-$148, medium types $100-$114 and lighter lambs $84-$97.
Heavy prime ewes fetched up to $120 while medium types returned $80-$100 and lighter sorts $50-$65.
Store lambs sold similar to the previous week with forward lambs earning up to $85, medium types $64-$70 and smaller lambs $50-$64.

SOUTH CANTERBURY
Prime steers and bulls lifted 5c/kg at TEMUKA while store lambs also improved on the previous week strengthening $3/head, PGG Wrightson livestock manager Joe Higgins reported.
Steers 600-750kg earned $1.95-$2.05/kgLW, 480-600kg $1.85-$2.02/kgLW, 400-480kg $1.75-$1.85/kgLW and dairy types 500-650kg $1.74-$1.92/kgLW.
Heifers sold on a par with the previous week with 500-650kg earning $1.82-$1.92/kgLW, 450-500kg $1.79-$1.89/kgLW, 380-450kg $1.75-$1.85/kg LW and dairy types 450-550kg $1.56-$1.80/kgLW.
Bulls 900-1000kg fetched $1.30-$1.50/kgLW, 550-900kg $1.80-$1.97/kg LW and 450-550kg $1.60-$1.72/kgLW.
Beef cows 500-750kg returned $1.20-$1.49/kgLW, 400-500kg $1.05-$1.20/kgLW and dairy types 500-750kg $1.12-$1.35/kgLW and 340-500kg 65c-$1/kgLW.
Store lambs had a strong sale lifting $3/head with the best earning $75-$85, medium $65-$72 and smaller lambs $50-$62.
Prime lambs held firm on the heavy and medium types while lighter lambs strengthened $4/head. The best of the good heavy types fetched $120-$140, medium $105-$119 and lighter lambs $88-$104.
Heavy one-shear ewes returned $90-$112, medium types $80-$89 and lighter sorts $65-$75. Adult butcher ewes sold on a par with the previous sale with good heavy types realising $100-$135, medium $80-$98, light $66-$75 and stores $51-$60.
OTAGO
A big yarding of prime lambs and prime ewes sold on a par with last week's sale at BALCLUTHA on Wednesday.
There was good demand in all categories though the sale was without the star lines of the previous week, Barry Osborne, of PGG Wrightson at Milton, said.
Prime sheep: heavy lambs $128-$140, medium $110-$121, light $89-$104. Good quality two-tooths $95, medium $86, light $72. Heavy ewes $92-$107, medium $80-$90, light $68-$79, lower condition $31. Heavy local trade rams $68, medium $57, light $40.
A small yarding of store sheep with average quality met limited demand.
Top woolly store lambs $80, medium $69, light $52. Top shorn store lambs $77.50, medium $68.50, light $57.
A small yarding of store cattle sold well with values and demand both lifting, Osborne said.
Good 2.5-year Hereford-cross steers 550kg, $1040, $1.89/kgLW, good 2.5-year Angus-cross steers 391kg, $790, $2.02/kgLW, medium 1-year Hereford-cross heifers 312kg, $555, $1.78/kgLW, medium 1-year Hereford-cross heifers 363kg, $640, $1.76/kgLW.

SOUTHLAND
A large yarding of prime sheep met with firm demand and prices on a par with the previous week at LORNVILLE on Tuesday.
Prime sheep: lambs, heavy $115-$123, medium $95-$110, light $78-$90. Two-tooths, good $84.50-$99, medium $75-$81, light $50-$60. Ewes, heavy $95-$120, medium $75-$90, light $55-$70, lower condition $30-$46. Local trade rams, heavy $50-$63, medium $30-$40, light $20-$25.
Store sheep: woolly store lambs, top $65-$78, medium $58-$63, light $45-$53. Tail end lambs $15.
Breeding ewes: Border-Leicester cross, two-tooths $160, 2nd shear $151, 3rd shear $141, 4th shear $110, full mouth $91.
A medium yarding of prime cattle sold on a good market.
Prime cattle: good steers 450-500kg, $1.50-$1.65/kgLW, good heifers 500-550kg, $1.50-$1.70/kgLW, medium heifers 420-480kg, $1.50-$1.70/kgLW, medium cows 500kg, $1/kgLW.
A medium yarding of store cattle was offered with a good market for 2-year-olds.
Good 2-year Murray Grey steers 464kg, $795, 2-year medium Hereford-cross steers 405kg, $705, 2-year medium beef heifers 345-354kg, $530-$575, 1-year medium Angus-cross heifers 161kg, $1265.
Heavy lambs were on a par with previous weeks at the CHARLTON sale on Thursday, PGG Wrightson agent Ross McKee said.
Heavy dry ewes were in good demand and store lambs were on par but numbers eased.
Prime sheep: heavy lambs $110-$125, medium $98-$105, light $85-93. Good quality two-tooths $85-$90, medium $78-83, light $50-$60. Heavy woolly ewes $120. Heavy shorn
Ewes $110$120, medium $90-$100, light $75-$85. Lower condition ewes $50-$60 and very light $15. Heavy local trade rams $65-$75, medium $50-$55, light $20-$30.
Store sheep: top shorn store lambs $77-$80, medium $60-$70, light $40-$50

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