Top prices stayed below $30,000 and sale averages below $10,000 as the two-year-old beef bull winter sale season reached week four.
Clearances have been satisfying but vendors have seen their averages trimmed by $1000 to $2000 and top-dollar highlights are few in number.
Martin Farming, Wakefield, sold Angus and Hereford bulls to a top of $28,000 paid for MF Angus Paycheck T 27, bought by Dave Stuart, Komako Angus, Ashhurst.
The Angus bulls averaged $8500 and 29 out of 30 were sold.
In the Hereford section Martin Farming sold seven of nine and averaged $7900.
Top price was Lot 32 MF 2202 to Simon and Claire Vincent, Wantwood, for $13,000.
Transfers were Lot 31 to Robert Peacock, Orari Gorge Herefords for $12,000 and Lot 33 to Jack Murray, Matariki Herefords, for $5000.
Silverstream Charolais and Herefords, Christchurch, made $24,000 for Lot 18, Silverstream Transtasman T217, sold to Don Dittmar and Rimu Charolais, Taumarunui.
The Charolais clearance was 49 from 49 with an average price of $8466.
Silverstream Herefords sold a top price of $10,000 for Lot 62 Pute Tyson T43, to Okare Station, Wairoa. The average was $7345 for 12 out of 15.
Brent and Anna Fisher said the results were pleasing considering the hard times in farming at present and the sale was strong and steady right to the end.
The Atahua Angus final bull sale saw Lot 9, Atahua 9-22 sold for $11,500 to Taimate Angus, at Ward. He is the son of the top-selling cow at the dispersal earlier this year.
Lot 13 sold to Meadowslea Angus, Fairlie, for $9000.
Michelle Dalziel said the Atahua hosts were very pleased with the turnout and the support from long-time buyers. The average price was $6823 and 17 sold out of 20 offered.
Mt Mable Angus, Dannevirke, had a top of $16,500 made twice, by Patoka Station and Timihanga Station. Oregon Angus paid $14,000 for Mt Mable 2250.
Mt Mable sold 26 of 27 and averaged $8500, a good outcome in a tough selling year.
Two northern Waikato Angus studs had good averages – $9804 for Rolling Rock, Te Akau, and $9153 for Twin Oaks, Te Akau.
Rolling Rock sold 23 out of 24 and had a top of $17,000 paid by Kincardine Angus, Queenstown.
Twin Oaks sold 52 of 60, averaged $9153, and also had a top of $17,000, paid by Roger Landels, Clinton, followed by one at $16,500 and another at $16,000.
Waitangi Angus, Bay of Islands, sold 46 of 50 and averaged $6260, with a top of $13,500 for Waitangi T243, paid by Jagre Holdings, Nick’s Head Station.
Riverlands J Angus, Cheviot, had a full clearance of 22, an average price of $7850 and a top of $15,000 paid for 2200731.
Grassmere Polled Hereford sold 10 of 14, averaged $5500 and had a top of $8000 twice, one paid by Matapouri Herefords.
Earnscleugh Angus, Alexandra, sold 50 from 52 and averaged $8290 with a top of $16,000. Earnscleugh Herefords sold to a top of $20,000 from Woodburn Herefords and averaged $6920 for 19 sold out of 29.
Earnscleugh Composite bulls reached $12,000, paid by the McNeish family of Roxburgh, and sold 29 of 33 offered, averaging $6276.
Wilencote Polled Hereford, Gisborne, sold 27 of 29, averaged $7759 and had a top of $13,000.
Mt Possession Angus, Ashburton, sold 13 of 18, averaged $6120 and had a top of $10,500.
Maungahina Speckle Park and Hereford, Masterton had a top price of $20,000 for the SP Lot 36, Thumper 231, paid by Cochrane Farms.
Top price for the Herefords was $18,000, Maungahina Giant 220079, sold to Mokairau Stud.
The averages were $7900 for 10 Speckle Parks sold and $9388 for 27 Herefords out of 32.
Totaranui Angus, Pahiatua, sold 29 out of 34 and had an average price of $8155, with a $14,000 top price paid by David Dalziel.
Ranui Angus, Whanganui, sold 36 out of 39, averaged $7208 and had a top price of $12,000 paid by Owen Maher.
