North Canterbury News: January 14, 2021
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HAWARDEN EWE FAIR<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>January</strong> <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Summer rain likely to alter sale dynamics<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Summer rain has changedthings<br />
dramatically aheadofthis month’s<br />
HawardenEwe Fair.<br />
Stockagents expect ewe numberstobe<br />
well down at the Hawarden Saleyards on<br />
Friday, <strong>January</strong> 29, after lastyear’s sale<br />
was splitover two daysbecauseofits size.<br />
But the turnaround from the pre<br />
Christmas dry spell to lush,green pastures<br />
meansthere could be somekeen interest<br />
in bidding for ewes,despitethe global<br />
uncertainty.<br />
‘‘It’s changeddramatically. <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
has endeduphavingapretty good<br />
season,’’ Peter Walsh&Associates<br />
auctioneerAllister Orchard says.<br />
‘‘From whatIunderstandfrom the other<br />
agents, the overall numbersare going to be<br />
back on lastyear as we haven’t got those<br />
largelinesofcapital stock we had last<br />
year.<br />
‘‘So it will put abit more demandif<br />
there’sless numbers, but there’s alsoabit<br />
of caution aboutatthe momentgiven the<br />
wholeworld scene with Covid.’’<br />
RuralLivestock <strong>Canterbury</strong> livestock<br />
manager DonaldCooke says<strong>Canterbury</strong>’s<br />
ewe fairs,beginning with Hawarden, are<br />
goingtobe‘‘a bit of unknown’’.<br />
‘‘Anyone who was dry preChristmas<br />
wouldhave reviewed theirstock numbers.<br />
Therewouldhave been alot of marginal<br />
ewes that werekilled,sothere willbethe<br />
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‘‘But with what’s happening aroundthe<br />
world, people are in that conservative<br />
frame of mind.’’<br />
The agents anticipate the eweprice will<br />
be underpinned by the strong mutton<br />
price of $4.50 to $5 akilogram.<br />
Lastyear’sHawarden Ewe Fair was<br />
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18,000 mixedage ewes and 30 rams on the<br />
opening day, with the top pens of ewes<br />
attractingmore than $250.<br />
More than8500 twotoothewes were<br />
entered the following week, but struggled<br />
to sell amidhot, dry and dusty conditions,<br />
with onethird of the sheepreturning<br />
home unsold.<br />
The top priceacross the two days was<br />
$280 paidfor apen of twotooth ewes sold<br />
by Benmore Station of Marlborough.<br />
Just 12,000 eweswent underthe<br />
hammer at the 2019Hawarden Ewe Fair.<br />
The sale will start at 11am, with the<br />
ewes being penned and available for<br />
inspection from 9am on theday of the sale.<br />
Once again,the local Hawarden<br />
combined churches willbecatering for<br />
the event, continuing alongstanding<br />
tradition.<br />
The Hawarden Ewe Fairhas been going<br />
for morethan 100 years. It is the only ewe<br />
fair still running in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>,<br />
while across the Waimakariri Riverthe<br />
Sheffield Ewe Fair will be held next<br />
month.<br />
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