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Buyer numbers and onlookers were smaller today for the standard weekly sale, compared with the large crowds present at the two Ewe Fairs last month.

Prices eased for the trade pens, with the top prime lambs fetching from $119 to $140; medium $103 to $114, lighter $79.50 to $98.

Top ewes $105 to $116, medium $85.50 to $96, lighter $66 to $80.50, light $56 and $61; six rams $80 a head.

The first pen in the store section, 136 black faced, mixed sexed lambs from Huiarau Station made $118.50.

Store details:
Huiarau Stn, 136 m/s b/f lbs $118.50, 155 m/s b/f lbs $105.50, 70 m/s b/f lbs $109; MS & TA Frame, 50 c/o lbs $115; KC & SA Norman P/ship, 123 c/o lbs $114; Harwood Farm, 240 c/o lbs $114, 202 c/o lbs $107; Hopelands Trust, 186 ram lbs $94; TJ & DR Horne, 71 Rom wth lbs $96; MW Braddick, 38 c/o lbs $111.

TR & LT Hislop, 65 m/s lbs $83, 21 m/s  b/f lbs $87, 24 m/s lbs $68, 11 c/o lbs $83; AK & MA Brislane, 22 m/s lbs $98, 42 m/s lbs $80, 20 m/s lbs $62.50; Te Rehunga Hall, 11 lbs $110, 2 lbs $60: unlisted 9 lbs $100.50

There will be no sheep at next weeks sale, the yarding will consist of  2 1/2 year old steers  for the Steer Fair which will be held on Wednesday 8^th Feb and the Dannevirke 18 month Exotic & Traditional Steer Fair will be held on Thursday 9th.

Judy Babe

Prices for ewes at today’s combined Dannevirke and Pahiatua Ewe Fair in Dannevirke were more reasonable, compared with the record prices paid at the first ewe fair a fortnight ago. However, well presented lines still sold strongly with the top price of $244 for 250 head of the first cut on account of Huia Farm Trust. 

One of the many ewes standing out from all the others ......... she has great teeth and a good lambing rate which many were looking for today.

They were all four tooth Romney (capital stock) with a 130 percent lambing rate last year; another 200 head fetched $241 each and the remaining 205 head, $220 each. The Trust’s six tooth Romney ewes (601 head) made $206 each, while 332 four and five year ewes sold for $165 a head.

There was a large crowd of buyers, vendors and onlookers from the lower North Island, which is still enjoying unseasonable grass growth for this time of the year, helping to push up the demand for well-bred ewes. 

Other prices:

N.R. and L.E. Graham P/ship, 27 two tooth ewes $200, 109 5yr ewes $160; M.M. Hartstone, 56 2th Romney ewes $179, 63 4yr ewes $160; Herekawe Farm, 55 two 2ths $144; M.K. Poulton, 19 2th ewes $180, 63 4&6 tooth ewes $156, 52 5yr ewes $155; Benmore Farming, 75 two tooth Rom ewes $177; Kiltannan Farm, 247 4 tooth ewes $147, 451 5 yr shorn ewes $145, 156 5yr ewes $121;R.G. Champion, 220 5yr ewes $180, 175 same $178; G.D & Est J. Kendrick, 165 4 and 5 year ewes $167; G.A. Brown, 194 six yr shorn ewes $159.

 A.A. & T.J. Fetch, 198 5yr ewes, 198 5yr ewes $160, 48 5yr ewes $144; Rangedale, 450 5yr ewes $150, 224 same $148; Donald Land Co Ltd, 195 5yr shorn ewes $132; Woodhouse Rural Ltd, 207 5 yr ewes $132; W.V. Bengston, 138 5yr ewes $175; Glanworth Farming, 152 5yr shorn ewes $160, 73 5yr ewes $159;  Harwood Farm, 139 5yr ewes $152; Homewood, 112 5yr ewes $158; R.C. Ellingham, 53 4^th ewes $177, 48 6^th ewes $170, 49 4yr ewes $171.

Haunui Stn, 180 5 yr Rom ewes $145, 52 5 & 6yr ewes $139; Avoca Trust, 129 6yr ewes $140; Simon Franklin, 97 5yr ewes $150; Huia Farm Trust, 202 5 & 6yr ewes $155, 122 6yr ewes $137; C & T Anderson, 112 5yr ewes $130, 41 5yr ewes $150; A.W.Thomas & Son, 177 m/a ewes $122, 55 m/a ewes $109, 31 5 & 6yr ewes $104, 7 m/a b/f ewes $99; GT May 105 5yr ewes $160, 57 5yr ewes $145; GP & JA Olsen, 120 5yr ewes $148. Landcorp – Rangeda, 124 5yr ewes $142; WP & C Marshall P/ship, 87 5yr ewes $131;
DI McGregor, 99 5 & 6yr ewes $130; M & C Radford, 77 4 & 5yr ewes $165, 40 5yr ewes $135, 43 4 & 5yr ewes $140.

Karen Blair & Judy Babe

Last week’s record prices for breeding ewes still stand but today it was back to `business as usual’ at today’s well attended sale, with a good crowd of buyers and onlookers.

In the prime section, bidding was brisk and ewes fetched from $101.50 to $123.

Top price for lambs was $143 a head for five black faced. Four full coated lambs made $92 each, m/age c/o $66 a head and eight fresh two tooths $68 a head.

Top store lambs - Huia Farm Trust with 224 high   quality black face lambs fetching $135.50 a head

The store section got off to a strong start with the first up on account of Huia Farm Trust with 224 high quality black face lambs fetching $135.50 a head.

Second pen under the hammer on account of Mangahuia Station fetched $135 for 140 black faced lambs, from here prices slightly eased .

Store details: 
Huia Farm Trust, 224 b/f  lbs $135.50, 280 b/f lbs $115, 231 male lbs $112.50, 374 male lbs $107, 281 male lbs $94.50, 217 ewe lbs $140, 321 ewe lbs $128, 279 ewe lbs $106, 44 male lbs $91, 144 b/f lbs $101.50, 67 ewe lbs $77, 37 b/f lbs $86.

Mangahuia Stn, 140 m/s b/f  lbs $135; Rakaunui P/ship 266 m/s b/f lbs $112; Farnham Stn, 158 c/o lbs $130.50, 360 c/o lbs $129, 346 c/o lbs $110.50, 264 c/o lbs $103, 184 c/o lbs $99; Tautane Stn, 229 c/o lbs $111, 288 c/o lbs $100, 272 b/f lbs $107, 233 b/f lbs $106; Pipibank Stn 81 c/o lbs $121, 303 c/o lbs $104.50.

Bellamck Farm 102 male lbs $108; TR & LT Hislop, 350 c/o lbs $107.50, 191 c/o lbs $103.5094 c/o lbs $102; Melness Farm Ltd, 330 m/s lbs $106.50; R & J Cave, 34 c/o lbs $97.50, 57 c/o lbs $88, 31 c/o lbs $78.50; Pongaroa Domain, 20 ewe lbs $107, 14 male lbs $112; GW & T Eastwood, 12 m/s lbs $107; Fountaine Farming 47 m/s lbs $80
Next Thursday, January 26 is the Pahiatua and Dannevirke cominbed ewe fair, starting at 11.30

Karen Blair & Judy Babe

Record prices were fetched at today’s Wimbledon and Dannevirke Ewe Fair, held at the saleyards in town, with the first pen of 728 Taumata Station, Wairere bred, two tooth Romney ewes selling for $295 a head.

Agents and vendors were more than pleased with the outcome, with around half the well presented pens fetching $200 plus a head.

There were a large number of buyers from the lower North Island, plus one from Canterbury who bought two tooth ewes for $231 a head. Top pice at the former Waipukurau ewe fair, held at Stortford Lodge on Tuesday was $270 and a sale average $235.

Dannevirke PGG Wrightson manager, Roger Watts, said the record prices reflected the shortage of sheep numbers needed to increase stocking rates on farms, especially with the current good grass growth in the North Island. Overall, lambing percentages have also been down the last two years.

There was no prime section today.

Details -

Two tooths ewes: Taumata Station, 728 @ $295; Pine Grove P/ship, 276 @ $231, 388 @ $260, 188 @ $240, 85 @ $246, 20 @ $225; B.F. Dillon & C.D. Thompson, 202 @ $258; Kiltannan Farms, 419 @ $264; K. and B.J. Davenport, 295 @ $264, 194 @ $268; N.R. and L.E. Graham P/ship, 222 @ $257, 253 @ $258, 172 @ $263, 141 @ $258.

D.M. and D.J. Henricksen, 246 @ $260; A.J. Clark, 202 @ $238; Korotawa Ltd, 207 @ $264; M. & C. Radford, 417 @ $231, 175 @ $225, 175 @ $225, 71 m/a ewes @ $202; S.L. & P.G. Brass Livestock, 183 @ $236; Sutherland Partnership, 93 @ $230; Anui Farm, 70 @ $252; Dunromin Farms Ltd, 100 @ $233; A.A. and T.J. Fetch, 92 @ $233, 22 @ $230; P.M. Cleghorn, 41 @ $230; Skye Farm P/ship 101 @ $190; Harding Farms Ltd 121 6yr ewes @ $212, 218 6 yr ewes @ $172; RQ & P Haldane 313 5 yr ewes @ $187; Harwood Farm 283 5yr ewes @ $181;

Kiltannan Farms, 158 4yr ewes @ $202, 124 4yr ewes @ $198, 86 4 yr ewes @ $192, 81 4 yr ewes @ $200, 117 4&5yr ewes @ $140; Pine Grove P/ship 383 5yr ewes @ $176; Pipibank Stn 242 5yr ewes $192, 119 5yr ewes $174; StrathnaShalloch Trust 171 5yr ewes @ $188; Waione Farm 321 6 yr ewes @ $160, 133 m/a $151, 34 six th ewes $192; Wai- Totara 224 4 yr ewes @ $206; Fountaine Farming 162 m/a @ $175.

M M Hartstone 201 4 yr ewes @ $218; Pukarimu Stn 221 6 yr ewes @ $193; MK Poulton 208 5 yr ewes @ $170; Forest P/ship 190 6 yr ewes @ $166; LCM & RA Tylee Trust 375 6 yr ewes @ $130; Moanaroa P/ship 104 m/a ewes @ $196; AJ Clark 93 5yr ewes @ $152; R & R Barnett Family Trust 82 m/a ewes @ $186; D.K. Smith, 147 4yr ewes $222; B.M. and L.A. Wrenn, 201 five year ewes $180; A.W. Thomas & Son, 25 five year ewes $164, 182 @ $127; Homewood, 68 m/a ewes $195; Ora Station, 40 six yr Romdale ewes $131.

Judy Babe

There was an average sized yarding of mainly lambs at today’s Dannevirke stock sale, the first for the year, and forward lambs fetched good money. Two small lines of lambs in the prime pens, 10 mixed sex and 12 black faced, fetched $165 a head.

Other good lambs ranged from $129 to $150 (five pens), followed by three pens ranging from $106 to $116.50; eight hoggets with lambs’ teeth sold for $106 a head.  Top priced ewes $$124 to $137.50; medium $100 to $110.

In the small pens one ram sold for $182, another for $128 and a single two tooth $110. Five shorn ewes made $137.

T.R. and L.T. Hislop’s 139 mixed sex, black faced lambs topped the store lamb section at $125 a head with a well sought after line.

Other store lamb prices:  Bellmack Farm, 152 c/o lbs $124; Gardiner P/ship, 168 wether lbs, $121, 210 wether lbs $111; Triple Springs Farm, 112 m/s b/f lbs $115.50, 119 m/s b/f lbs $109, 40 b/f; Donald Land Co Ltd, 268 c/o lbs $118, 419 c/o lbs $114.50, 237 c/o lbs $105; Hopelands Trust, 251 ram lbs $118.50, 77 Down X m/s lbs $110.50; 130 w/face shorn lbs $107, 26 m/s lbs $119.

I.R. and C.A. Nagel, 49 c/o lbs $110, 54 ewe lbs $98.20; P.J. and H.J.Hill, 88 c/o lbs $112.50; T.R. and L.T. Hislop, 179 m/s b/f lbs $116, 298 m/s b/f  lbs $106, 98 b/f lbs $106, 98 b/f lbs $105.50; Triple Springs Farm, 40 b/f lbs $88; Dunmahon P/s, 23 c/o lbs $123; J.J. and D.L. Edwards, five m/s lbs $105; G.W. & T. Eastwood, 20 b/f lbs $116.

Oporae Station, 135 m/s b/f lbs $118, 274 m/s b/f $112.50; Michael Bealing Family Trust, 198 c/o lbs $116; H. L. Butler 30 wthr and ram lbs $115, F. Jeffery, five shn wthrs $114.

Next thursday at the sale yards will be the first Ewe Fair for 2012.

Judy Babe

Dannevirke Stock Sale today saw a small yarding especially in the store pens.  Top price in the prime pens was $129  for 180 prime ewes, four hoggets with lambs teeth made $117 and top price in the lambes was $115.50. 

Top store pen on account of Freelands Farming fetched $109 for 93 cryptorchid lambs per head.   

Store details: Freelands Farming, 93 c/o lbs $109, 73 b/f m/s lbs $103.50, 91 c/o lbs $100, 59 b/f m/s lbs $94,  57 ewe lbs $97, 50 ewe lbs $85 Glenathel Farm, 14 m/s lbs $110.

Have a Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy new Year, look forward to seeing you back here on the
5th January for the first Dannevirke stock sale for 2012.

Judy Babe

Today’s  yarding at the Dannevirke stock sale saw a fewer number of prime ewes and lambs yarded compared with recent weeks, while the store pens were up.  Next week Thursday 22^nd will see the last yardings for 2011.

Two of the hardest workers seen each   week at the Dannevirke Sale, taking a   short break in between yards are from   the front Dell and Quin.

Top price in the prime pens was $178.50 for four hoggets in one of the small pens.  Six hoggets with lambs teeth made $135 a head,  top lambs made from $122 to $167, top price for one ram lamb.  Best of the heavy shorn ewes $122 to $159 (three pens); medium $106 to $118.

The top store pen went on account of  Alta Farm for 113 high quality cryptorchid lambs fetching $130.50 a head.

Store details:  AC & S Herbert, 14 Hgts with 14 lambs @ foot $100;  Harwood Farm, 118 Sth Sflk m/s lbs $116.50, 212 c/o lbs $125, 195 c/o lbs $113.70, 173 Sth Sflk lbs $110; Farnham Station 114 b/f lbs $125, 122 b/f lbs $110, 59 b/f lbs $98; Haunui Station 109 c/o lbs $125.50, 173 rom c/o lbs $118, 45 b/f lbs $115.50, 45 b/f lbs $105.50, 73 rom c/o lbs $97.50.

Tautane Station 490 rom c/o lbs $116, 557 rom c/o lbs $110, 228 rom c/o lbs $105.50; Alta Farm 113 c/o lbs $130.50, 108 c/o lbs $113, 41 c/o lbs $98; Makawai Farm 173 c/o lbs $92.50; RD Taylor Farms 137 ram lbs $99.50

Judy Babe & Karen Blair

Prices were strong at today’s sale, with medium grade pens up by $7 - $8 a head on recent sales. PGG Wrightson manager Roger Watts said.

Top prime lines of lambs sold from $140 up to $163 a head; top pen going to 39 outstanding lambs with real weight.  Medium grade lambs fetched $134 - $139; best of the ewes made $118 - $137, medium from $96 - $115; 35 ewe hoggets with lambs teeth $127.50 and 23 male hoggets fetched $148.  In the small pens three heavy prime ewes sold for $184 a head.

In the store section the top lamb price was up on last week  with  Huiarua Station fetching $138.50 for  218 b/f lambs.

Store details :  Huiarua Station, 218 b/f lbs $138, 279 b/f lbs $121.50, 73 b/f m/s lbs $106.50, Pipibank Station, 310 rom c/o lbs $120, 314 rom c/o lbs $108, Taumata Station,  176 b/f lbs $116, 240 rom c/o lbs $111, Alta Farm, 91 c/o lbs $120, 239 rom c/o lbs $108.50, 93 c/o lbs $100.50.

Tautane Station, 222 m/s b/f lbs $116.50, 297 m/s b/f lbs $ 108, 152 b/f m/s lbs $102.80, GE & KM Eastwood, 126 c/o lbs $115, 83 b/f m/s lbs $115.50, 39 m/s lbs $91, R.D Taylor Farm, 154 b/f lbs $105, G & T Eastwood, 20 b/f m/s lbs $123.50 and R Green, 12 m/s lbs $109.

Judy Babe

Offically the first day of summer, and it was with the sun streaming down on the yardings at the Dannevirke stock sale today. There were more than 40 pens of prime sheep, lambs and hoggets but only nine lines of store lambs.  With the moist warm weather we are having at the moment there is plenty of grass growth, so the district's farmers are hanging on to their stock.

Good prime ewes, lambs and hoggets sold well but the store market was back.

Top price paid in the prime yarding was $148 a head for 25 two and fresh four tooth ewes and 61 four and six tooth shorn ewes fetched $147 a head. Other good lines ranged from $138 to $144 a head; medium, $123.50 to $130.50; three pens $101 to $110; remaining two pens $85.50 and $95.50.

Twenty eight male lambs and another pen of 12 head topped the lamb market at $161 a head; six black faced ram lambs made $148 a head and four other lines fetched $152, $132.50, $131 and $130.50 respectively.

One hogget with lamb’s teeth, in the small pens, sold for $159 while other hoggets (some also with lamb’s teeth still) fetched from $116 up to $171 a head over seven pens, with the largest pen tally being 20.

In the store section the top lamb price went to on account of Alta P/s with 55 rom c/o lambs which made $124  a head. Other store prices: M. A Bedingfield, 31 m/s PDX lbs $120, 170 m/s PDX lbs $107.50, 129 m/s PDX lbs $93, Alta P/s, 55 rom c/o lbs $124, 120 rom c/o lbs $103.20, JGE & KM Eastwood, 87 m/s lbs $105, Tamata Station, 293 c/o lbs $111, Hopelands Trust D X m/s lbs $116, R Beckett, 15 m/s lbs $109

Judy Babe

The prime yarding today was the largest seen in Dannevirke for some months, causing the store pens which included 30 pens of top spring lambs from seven coastal and eastern inland stations, to start 15 minutes later than usual.

Top prime$186 a head for 24 ram hoggets (lambs teeth)

Prices for the better prime lines were strong and top money paid was $186 a head for 24 ram hoggets (lambs teeth) which Elder’s auctioneer Phil Robson said should weigh 28 – 30kgs on the hooks. 

Best of ewes, from two and four tooth up to full mouth, ranged from $133 to $143 (11 pens), medium $143 down to $120, lighter $129 down to $71.

In the store section, slightly down on last week the top pen of lambs fetched  $138 for 117 m/s b/f lambs on account of Alta Farm followed by $130.50 for 113 on account of G & P Raleigh.

Store details:  G & P Raleigh, 113 b/f lbs $130.50, 110 w/f lbs $125, 65 m/s lbs $105.50, Alta Farm P/s, 117 m/s b/f lbs $138, 162 m/s b/f lbs $107, 106 m/s b/f lbs $96, Haunui Station, 195 m/s b/f lbs $110, 128 m/s b/f lbs $95, 18 m/s b/f lbs $80.50

Fowler Burns, 102 m/s lbs $118, 170 m/s lbs $109, 148 m/s lbs $99, Tautane Station, 357 c/o lbs $113.50, 781 c/o lbs $104.80, 719 c/o 1^st split $101.50, 2^nd split $101, 482 c/o lbs 1^st split $97.20, 2^nd split $97, 150 Romney c/o lbs $89.

Mangahuia Station, 232 wthr lbs $$117.50, 284 lbs $106, Waimarie Farming P/ship, 163 c/o lbs $106, 71 c/o lbs $97.50, Woodbank Station, 124 m/s b/f lbs $105, 117 c/o lbs $100.20, D & S Maher, 90 ram lbs $98.50, 186 ram lbs $87, 65 ram lbs $76.50, K Houston, 20 m/s lbs $101, R & D Palmer m/s lbs $125

Judy Babe

The prime yarding at today’s sale was up in number and price compared with recent sales and there were two rows of stores, many of them this seasons’ lambs which attracted a lot of interest.

Top price for prime store ewes was $155 a head for 31 shorn ewes, followed by 84 woolly ewes (the first pen up) that made $150 a head. Three other good pens fetched $143, $137, $136 and $134 a head respectively. Medium $110 to $130 (five pens), lighter $80 to $90 (three pens.

Seven woolly male hoggets (lbs teeth) made $145, another pen of 10 $140.50 a head, six woolly ewe hoggets (lbs teeth) $145.

The best pens of two and fresh four tooth ewes made $153, $150 and $148 a head while three other smaller pens ranged from $100 to $139.
Three pens of new season lambs sold for $136, $124 and $120.50 respectively.

Small pens: One woolly ewe $150; one b/faced c/o hogget $112, three shorn hoggets (lbs teeth) $150.50; three new season’s lambs $141, one fresh two tooth ewes $135 a head.

Last week saw the first yarding of new season’s coastal lambs and entries were strong again this week, with the top price going to Waimarie Partnership fir 190 b/f lambs fetching $140.50

Store details:  Gunwalloe Farm, 32 fresh 4^th ewes $160, Watchweel Ltd, 100 b/f m/s lbs $124, 214 b/f m/s lbs $118.50, 196 m/s lbs $106, Waimarie Farming P/ship, 190 b/f lbs $140.50, 224 b/f lbs $117, Mangahuia Stn, 133 b/f m/s lbs $123, 269 b/f m/s lbs $112.

Tautane Stn, 220 b/f m/s lbs $125, 343 c/o lbs $116, 298 b/f m/s lbs $109, 375 b/f m/s lbs $108, 322 b/f lbs $97.50, 237 b/f m/s lbs $95.50, 94 c/o lbs $86, 80 b/f m/s lbs $95.20, 228 c/o rom  $76.50.

Owahanga Stn, 390 c/o P/dale lbs $ 114, 432 c/o lbs $99.50, 270 c/o lbs $76, 199 c/o P/dale lbs $90, 81 c/o lbs $70, Woodbank Stn, 159 b/f m/s lbs $106.50, 94 c/o rom $103.50, D & S Maher, 67 m/s lbs $108.50, 46 m/s lbs $102.50, M.A Beddingfield, 52 m/s Dox $128, 31 m/s PDX $114.50

Judy Babe

Buyer attendance and prices increased in leaps and bounds at yesterday’s sale – the only negative was the drop in Dannevirke’s temperature to 11 degrees.

There was much interest in the first large draft of black faced Tautane Station  lambs (Herbertville) which sold strongly – despite being drenched by an inch of rain overnight in the Dannevirke holding paddocks, after three days of mustering, drafting and transport into town.

With their listing, plus other good lines of lambs and also a good entry for the Spring Cattle Fair that followed, ``the first Spring Fair was more than satisfactory,’’ PGG Wrightson livestock manager Roger Watts said.

Prime ewe prices were also up, with the best selling from $130 to $145.

Top woolly two and four tooth ewes made from $135 to $146.50; four tooth to five year also made top money at $135 tops, down to $85. There were a few pens of rams, m/a and woolly, which ranged from the $90`s to $85. Mixed aged ewes made $117 and $116 for two pens and a good pen of 26 well-shorn ewes fetched $122.      
The store section saw the number of buyers, vendors and onlookers quadruple on recent months, with the first big draft (3133 head) of new season’s black faced lambs from Tautane Station (Herbertville) yarded.

The mixed sex lambs, which had been in the station yards for two days to be weaned and drafted before being trucked to town on Wednesday to overnight in the holding paddocks – drenched with an inch of rain – still looked `chipper’ when selling started. 

Apart from one line being split, the others were bought outright, with the top pen fetching $135 a head, just a dollar less than two other pens of well presented older ewes.

Store details: A.K. and M.A. Brislane, 418 five year ewes $118; Bowood Farm, 77 m/a shorn Romney ewes $136; Pipibank Station, 19 four tooth – five year woolly ewes $136; Tautane Station, 566 b/f lbs $135, 566 b/f lbs $128, 400 b/f lbs $119.50, 430 b/f lbs $119, 829 b/f lbs $105, 342 b/f lbs $91.

Girvan Farm, 120 m/s lbs $122.50, 57 Poll Dorset / b/f x lbs $110; Rakanui P/ship, 61 hgts with lbs teeth $116; Pipibank Station, 35 ewe hgts with lbs teeth $115, 10 fresh two tooths $98; Waipunga, 13 m/s hgts, lbs teeth $114.50; unlisted, two hgts with lbs teeth $87.

Yesterday’s sale also included a consignment of weaner pigs, which sold from $61 to $81 for the top three.

Judy Babe

The yarding at Thursday's sale was up slightly from last week in numbers and prices. Next week’s sale heralds the first main spring yarding, with the first cattle sale of the season which should see 300 two year steers, 500 yearling steers, 150 yearling heifers yarded, following the first big entry of new season’s black faced coastal spring lambs.

Thursday's prime yarding included  several small lines still with lambs teeth which sold from $135 to $159. Best of the two and four tooth ewes or cryptorchids fetched from  $121 to $141, lighter $78 and $81. 

Top ewes $140 to $143; medium $127 to $135,, others $100.50 to $120.50. Many of these lines had a good fleece on them.

Small lines of hoggets (many still with lamb’s teeth) made $124 to $190.

Store details: C.R.H. Beetham, 10 m/a ewes with 14 lambs at foot %110 all counted; Glenbourne Ltd, 25 m/s hoggets (lambs’ teeth) $120, four m/s same $94; K. Lane, 15 male lbs  $120; M. Bealing, five m/s hoggets (lamb’s teeth) $119, unlisted, seven m/s later born lambs $123.

Judy Babe

Today’s prime yarding was up on recent weeks but store numbers were still small. Next week’s sale should be a similar yarding but the following one, November 10 will see the first of the new season’s lambs, plus the Spring Cattle Fair.

Today the stores included three ewes with four well grown lambs at foot that fetched $107 all counted.

Best two pens of prime lambs fetched $151 and $149 (small tallies), with two small pens @ $93 and $141. Top two and fresh four tooth wethers and ewes made $129 - $130 (shorn) a head, medium $115 to $117, followed by two pens at $99 and $83.

Ewes made up two thirds of the prime section with the top entries selling for  $100.50 to $121; medium $91 to $99, grazers $87 and $84. Five pens of rams (a total overall of 51 head) sold from $66 to $132.

Prices for the other store pens: A. Thomas, 35 m/s shorn hoggets $131, 20 others $101.50, Rakanui Partnership, 57 ewe lambs $128; unlisted, 23 m/s lambs $93; two fresh two tooths $70.

November 10 is a date for farmers and buyers to mark on their calendar, if they haven’t already, as the first drafts of spring lambs will be yarded, followed by the annual Spring Cattle Fair.

Judy Babe

Today's yarding was small at the Dannevirke saleyards with the top price paid $157 for 14 prime male lambs.
Other good pens of ewes $112, $117 and $127; medium $76 to $104.50; two and fresh four tooths $91 to $116. Lambs  $120 and $131; two lambs with fresh four teeth $169..

Stores: M. and M. Hartstone, 32 c/o lambs $108, 30 woolly whether lbs $$99.50; unlisted, two lambs $138, 10 m/sex $113 a head.

Judy Babe

Given the time of year, today’s prime yarding was the largest for the last two months, with two rows auctioned. The store section was again small and included just one line of ewes with lambs at foot.

A good number of entries were full woolled, adding on average an extra $15 per head to their value.
Top prime ewes fetched from $114 up to $130, medium $96 to $110.50, lighter $76 and $81.
Top pens of our and fresh six tooth ewes $128 to $135 (four pens), medium $105 and $112, lighter $63 a head.
Best of the prime lambs, $170 to $184, medium $150 to $152, lighter $131 and $148.
Stores: R.J. Hansen seven ewes with 13 lambs at foot $76 a/c; Kelvin Grove, 11 m/s lbs $119; A.J. Clark, 15 shorn male hoggets $115.

Above top - A sign that lambing is well underway was this pen of seven ewes with 13 lambs at foot which fetched $76 all counted.
An even line of 14 full wool cryptorchid lambs in the prime section at Dannevirke sale today which fetched $176 a head.
Judy Babe

Today’s yarding was of similar size to those of the last four weeks and included ewes in full wool and ewes with lambs at foot, with some of the lambs well grown.

Best of the prime ewes ranged from $120 to $152, medium $110 to $117, followed by $89 to $105, lighter $71 and $85. Top lambs sold from $163 to $166 for three pens; another three lines made from $121 to $135.

Two and fresh for tooths fetched $134 and $135 for the top three pens; another pen $116 a head and, lighter $42. Three pens of rams sold from $85 to $95 a head.

Stores: Brian McCathie, 10 ewes and 15 lambs $78.50 all counted; Est. K.R. Milligan, four m/a ewes and eight lambs $98 a/c; Minto Trust, 17 ewes and 29 lambs $85 a/c; T.J. and D.R. Horne, 31 m/s lambs $90.

Judy Babe

Today’s yarding was one of the smaller for quite some time, as was the attendance of buyers and farmers. No doubt many were taking advantage of the fine day to catch up with farm chores during the busy lambing period.
In the prime pens, top price paid for lambs was $181 a head for four woolly cryptorchids; other good lamb prices were $180 a head for 24 shorn c/o and five other good pens sold from $165 to $175. Two other small pens of lambs fetched $160.50 and $146 a head.

Top price for prime ewes was $135 for 70 head, with wool; followed by $132.50 down to $113 (five pens). Fresh two and four tooths fetched from $105 to $130 (three pens) and two woolly rams made $90 each.

Stores: M.A. Bedingfield, 48 Poll Dorset wether and ram lbs $151.50, six male lbs (two gratis) $113; unlisted, seven c/o lbs $148.

Judy Babe

Today’s yarding was back in numbers compared with recent weeks, as were the number of buyers present.

The top pen of prime lambs made $161.50 (six head) and the top store lambs $147 a head for nine cryptorchid lambs.

Other small entries of prime lambs sold from $111 to  $151; two and four tooth wethers (three pens) ranged from $120 to $129.50 a head; four and six tooth wethers: eight @ $126 a head.

Heavy prime ewes $102.50 to $129.50 (three pens); lighter $82.50 and $86 a head. Two and fresh four tooth ewes, 33 @ $130 a head.  Ram lambs, nine well shorn $186 a head, one @ $145, eight @ $80 and five rams and c/o lambs $70.

Store details: G.B. and R. L. McClelland, 203 ewe lbs $135.50, 40 ewe lbs $122; B.D. and A.E. Speedy P/ship, 22 m/s shn lbs $135, six m/s shn lbs $120; D. and E.M. Beardsall, 18 woolly male lbs $136.50 - and 28 ewe lbs $130; J.A. and M.J. Hopkins, 13 male lbs $138; Cullin Hills, nine m/s woolly lbs $134; J.G. and K.M. Eastwood, nine c/o lbs $147; unlisted, four m/s lbs $135; T.D. Dodd, 11 ewe lbs $123; W.M. Bly, 12 m/s woolly hgts $134, six m/s woolly hgts $71.

Judy Babe

Prices remained firm for good lines of prime lambs and ewes at today’s Dannevirke stock sale and the prime yarding was the largest for some weeks.

And a sign that spring is here, the first pen for the season of 10 store ewes with single lambs at foot fetched $73 all counted, sold by Elders on account of Sherwood Station.

Another sign, this time of the impending World Cup Rugby tournament, was the interest four visiting Springbok players took in the sale, especially the two who farm at home. 

Heinrich Brussow, Jannie Du Plessis, Bismark Du Plessis and Willem Alberts took a short break from their training routine in Wellington to visit Dannevirke, staying with a Dannevirke farming friend.

While the top prime lambs sold strongly, they commented that (allowing for the exchange rate) prices per kilogram seemed lower than they’d expect at home.

Top prime lambs ranged from $161 to $190, medium $138 to $152. Two and fresh fours $131 to $135.50, lighter $106. Best of the ewes, many lines with a full fleece, sold from $119.50 to $139, medium $101 to $115, lighter $75.

Two and fresh four tooth ewes fetched from $131 to $135.50 and a lighter pen $106. Best of the older ewes, some lines quite woolly, sold from $119.50 to $136, medium  $101 to $115, lighter $75.

Store Section:
Alltwood Farm, 54 c/o lbs $174.50, 99 c/o lbs $155; Gardiner P/ship, 65 wthr lbs $127.50, 75 ewe lambs $131; T.R. and L.T. Hislop 41 shorn Per c/o lbs $131, 200 shorn ewe lbs $131.50, S.L. and P.G. Brass Livestock, 50 ewe lbs $149, 27 male lbs $139; Waikuku Farm Ltd, 62 ewe lbs $149; T.D. Dodd, 14 shn ewe lbs $133; Mesa Farm Ltd, 12 m/s lbs $125; Easthills, 10 m/s shorn $109; A.K. $ M.A. Brislane, 14 woolly m/s lbs $159; J.P. Harold, seven m/s lbs $140; unlisted, 76 m/s lbs $100.

Judy Babe

A good crowd of local buyers and from further afield, Central Hawkes Bay and the Manawatu attended the Dannevirke Sale today. Prices were very strong in both the prime and store sections.
Top priced pens in the prime section 14 very outstanding ram lambs fetched  $180 per head other lamb prices  between $170 - $115.50,  a pen of 42 handy ewes fetched $134 per head others around the $133 - $128 mark and two pens of 2th/fresh 4th ewes both fetching $132.

Store section prices were up on last week with the first pen up of 152 cryptorchid lambs on account of Rakaunui P/ship fetching $162.50  averaging 37kg  and their second pen followed $3.50 less at $159.
Store details:
Rakaunui P/ship 152 c/o lbs $162.50, 124 c/o lbs $159, 43 c/o lbs $140;  Gardner P/ship 86 romney lbs $128, 172 romney ewe lbs $136; E D Bradley 127 romney lbs $141.50, 48 romney ewe lbs $140.50.
 
Landover Farm 33 ewe lbs $121, 11 ewe lbs $98; R & J Cave 66 ewe lbs $115.50, 8 c/o lbs $128, 21 ewe lbs $95;  T D Dodd 19 ewe lbs $139, 5 male c/o lbs $140; G & P McGhie 17 m/s lbs $135; Time Gone By 24 m/s lbs $134; J & J.M Lee 3 m/s hgts $130.

Karen Blair

Entries were up on recent weeks at today’s Dannevirke Stock Sale, especially in the store section, as were prices.Top price in the prime section was $179 a head for 11 well grown lambs and 12 black faced ram lambs made $165 a head. Three other pens of prime lambs fetched $158.50, $135 and $126 a head.

Best of the ewes, 32 with good fleeces, made $122 a head with two other pens, each of 12 head, selling for $80 and $71.
Two pens of two and four tooth ewes made $130 and $131 (woolly) and another eight that included six tooth woolly lambs $117.

Store prices also firmed on recent sales plus there was a bigger selection for buyers. Top price paid was $157 for 34 well grown cryptorchid lambs sold on account of S.C. Brown.

Store details:   Branscombe Farm, 35 m/a ewes $124.50; M.A. Bedingfield, 60 male lbs $60; Gardiner P/ship, 179 wether lbs $130; K.J. Cameron, 25 shorn ram lbs $145; M.M. Hartstone, 101 Romney wether lbs $127, 30 b/f c/o woolly lbs $145, 26 woolly ewe lbs $140.50.

Rakanui P/ship, 341 Romney woolly ewe lbs $135, 218 second draft $124, 134 b/f ewe lbs $130; S.C. Brown, 164 woolly ewe lbs, $137, 34 well grown c/o lbs $157, 23 m/s lbs $115; Mangahuia Station, 86 wether lbs $125, 21 wether lbs  $101; A.A. & T.J. Fetch, 134 ewe lbs (later born) $125, 35 Romney c/o lbs $131.

G.T. May, 62 Perendale ewe lbs $121.50, 20 Per. c/o $147; S. and H. Lewis, 48 m/s lbs $123.50, 15 m/s b/f lbs $105; Freelands Farming, 12 shorn c/o lbs $128.50 Wai-Totara P/ship, 30 Romney ewe lbs $141. Unlisted, 39 m/s lbs $98; 14 m/s lbs $101.50.

Judy Babe

With an even smaller yarding than last week at today’s sale, there was plenty of time for those present to exchange `snow stories’ between selling the prime and store entries.

Of the five pens of ewes auctioned, the top two pens fetched $121 and $128.50 respectively and the remainder $92 to $110.Two tooth and fresh four tooths (two pens) made $119 and $125 while a lighter small pen made $68 a head.

Store pens: Taumata Station, 75 Romney c/o lbs $146, 28 c/o lbs $140; A.E. Small & Co, 30 ewe lbs $129.50; unlisted, eight ewe lambs $133.

Judy Babe

As the season is coming to the end there was a smaller yarding compared with last week, in both of prime and store sections, there was good buyer attendance along with strong prices at today’s Dannevirke stock sale.
Two pens of well grown prime lambs offered today fetched $153 for six per head and $145 for four, four big framed ram lambs fetched $161.

A pen of 42 good quality heavy ewes with half-length wool made $118. Two other pens of ewes fetched $111 for 13 a head and 10 sold for $103.

Top price for two tooths and fresh four tooth ewes was $120, with medium quality fetching between $85 and $101 and a small pen of light weight ewes, $61 a head.

Top price in the store pens was $144.50 a head for the third pen on account of Waewaepa Station, for 49 ewe lambs, Minto Family Trust with a pen 14 m/a ewes scanned in lamb with singles fetched $140.

Store details:
Minto Family Trust,14 m/a ewes $140; G & R McClelland, 50 c/o lbs $133; Waewaepa Station, 49 ewe lbs $144.50, 30 ewe lbs $136; MG & G Hart 43 ewe lbs $125, 17 b/f m/s ewe lbs $126 and G Eastwood, 9 m/s lbs $130.50

Karen Blair

Many in the district woke to a very foggy misty morning with it lifting just before the conclusion of the sale at 12noon. There was a larger prime section at the Dannevirke Stock Sale today, with quality good ewes selling strongly.

Pgg Wrightson agent Bjorn Andersen auctioning a pen of 96 ewes which made $120 per head in the prime section. Top store pen 173 wth lbs fetching $137.50

As in past weeks ewes comprised the majority of the prime section.  Top price in this section was for 9 male lambs which made $180 per head, top ewes ranged from $107 – $121, the two and four tooth ewes fetching $91 -120, mediums $78 - $98 and lighter between $70 - $78

Top prices in the store section , one of several larger lines on account of KC & MI Martin with 173 big framed wether lambs fetching $137.50 , Farnham Station with eight m/s lambs fetched $140.50.

Store details:
CD & BM Blatchford, 33 ewes $130; K.C. & M.I. Martin, 173 wth lbs $137.50, 25 wth lbs $119; Woodbank Stn 151 ewe lbs $115.50, 54 ewe lbs $126.50, 46 ewe lbs $109; GT May 119 ewe lbs $116.50; Brentwood Farm 160 ewe lbs $117, 13 m/s lbs $103.

T & S Keast 24 ewe lbs $128; Landover Farm 8 m/s lbs $113; Times Gone By Farm 24 m/s lbs $125.50; T & J Everitt 8 m/s lbs $114; CG & A Beech 6 m/s lbs; Spring Creek 17 m/s lbs $121, 19 m/s lbs $99;  Farnham Stn 18 c/o lbs $ 96, 8 m/s lbs $140.50; N L Pinfold 3 m/s lbs $85.

Karen Blair

Monday 1st August 2011

Spring Feeder Calf sales begin in earnest this week in Dannevirke. 

Today saw the Dannevirke sale yards new calf selling complex christened for the very first time with a small yarding of four day old calves, these good quality friesian bull and heifer calves made between $60 and $98 each.

Pen of six friesian bull calves fetching $98 per head

PGG Wrightson Dairy Livestock agents Tim Pickering and Richard Fraser were very pleased with the good turnout of buyers and the strong prices.

Over the past couple of weeks work has been carried out on what has been known as the stables at the sale yards which is now the new stock pens, which are filled with sawdust and under cover, which will make this better for both the calves and buyers on sale days.

Dannevirke sale yard calf sales are being held twice a week on Mondays and Wednesday from now until early november.

Karen Blair