June 9, 2025 • 5 mins
We wrap “International Day” here on The Country by heading to the exotic locale of Pio Pio in the King Country, as we take our monthly look at the state of the livestock market with the team from PGG Wrightson.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Monthly. Here on the Country we catch up with the
team from PGG Rights and have a look at the
states of the live stock market. And it's damned hot
at the moment. Kevin Mortensen Morty is our man in
the King Country and Morty today on the show is
a bit of an international day. I've got correspondence from
the UK, China, Australia and Pu Pew which is you.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
That's right, You've got them probably in about the right
order though, I think, But no, that sounds about right, Jamie.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Yeah, you had a drought, quite a severe drought in
the king Country, but the late autumn has been kind.
How are you looking heading into winter?
Speaker 2 (00:37):
You know, we did. We had it very very dry,
and the water tables reflected that, you know, some of
the some of the water ponds and things like that
were very very dry, in the dry that we've ever seen.
And of late the last month we've had some pretty
good rain. All the good country has recovered and recovered
remarkably well. But at the hills are still struggling a
(01:00):
little bit. Up in the steeper country. It hasn't really lifted,
but the good country has responded very very well though
game a year let's have.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
A look at those stock sales recently, particularly when it
comes to beef. We've finished the cards, the bull sales
are on. They're probably coming to an end as well,
but we've had record prices for both. This is the
beef industry I'm talking here.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Yeah, you did right there. The beef industry has been
very good. The bull sales have gone very very well
and probably exceeded expectations, to be honest, the last ten
days we've been doing the rounds up here in the
king Country with our bull sales on farm bull sales
and the prices have been very very good. But what
surprised us the most probably is that the clearance the
(01:45):
numbers that have been sold, so a lot of full
clearances are gone or those that haven't had full clearances
have gone very very close to it, which is very
surprising considering the number of cows that have exited the
industry for the want of reasons. We all know.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Are you talking pine trees here, Morty, I take it
you're not a fan. As a stock agent, you wouldn't
be a fan of carbon farming.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
We'll leave it at that, Jamie, I think you know
my thoughts quite well on that one, Jamie.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Yeah, the calves, I mean they were like gold trying
to buy a beef calf the sautumn.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Yeah, no, they were in Those prices were something again
of the ordinary, I tell you. But it's just a
reflection on where all the schedules are sitting at the moment,
and perhaps the confidence going forward as to where the
schedules are going and the numbers that are out there,
and you know, you're looking two or three years down
the track is looking pretty good and there is confidence
out there, a lot.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Of confidence in the future of beef. What about the
sheep farmers. The schedule's been a real surprise this season.
It's kept going up and up. But we know we're
losing a lot of critical mass in the sheep meat
industry and there's some real capacity issues I think for
the red meat industry full stop, but just in terms
of the sheep farmers, because king Country, where you're based,
(03:00):
is one of the great and probably is still one
of the great sheep farming provinces.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Yeah. Well, as you know, with the drought that we had,
we were fortunate enough that we were able to get
rid of a lot of our lambs over the east
coast or the other parts of the country that had
rain and grass, and it certainly left a big hole
coming into the winter as far as any winter trade
lambs are concerned. And it is having an impact on
the works. You know, a couple of our local works
(03:26):
here have already put one shift off and another works
has laid off forty staff. They've closed earlier for maintenance,
which you know, so it's not looking good going forward
for one employment locally, and where is it going to
be sort of comes September October, we just won't have
(03:47):
the numbers there for them because it's just decline and
cheap numbers and the season that we've had. It's sort
of a couple of factors there that is really sort
of not helping them out at all.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Will you be heading over the hill to help to
field days?
Speaker 2 (04:00):
No, unfortunately, might be able to get over there. You've
got a few stop Kelly Telly's and things to do
Jamie and things like that. So it's just sort of
busy enough just locally here unfortunately. But they tell me
you'll be up there again being the mirror of the
manor up there.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Well, I have to go, Marty. I don't really get
a choice to be perfectly ho, it's just a final
plug for your local golf club. There and Pew Peugh
pew Peugh Aria Golf Club, one of the great golf clubs.
One of the great golf tournaments is your annual tournament.
But I think you've got your Farmer's tournament on this weekend,
have you.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
It's right to you. We've got our local Farmer's Day
coming up to Sunday. So yeah, we're always looking at
a sponsorship and anybody that feels free to want to
come along and join them more than welcome on Sunday,
especially if they want to bring a checkbook and want
to be an onboard sponsor. We'll never say no. If
you're sick of a few days by then, Jamie, you
come on down. We know you won't upset the price
(04:51):
table too much because we know how you perform, so
but you're more than welcome to come along anyone. Ah.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Well, of course I come from Royal Belle mckill or
the Royal Otago Golf Club. We get penalized far too
much when we go to local courses like PUPU can't
play to our handicap. That's my excuse Morty, what's yours?
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Yeah, just golf, Just golf in generale.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Well actually works getting in the way of my golf
at the moment, Morty. But that's another issue for another day.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
I gotta go.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Always good the chat mate.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Thanks Jamie, thanks for having me on your show Mate.
Monthly. Here on the Country we catch up with the
team from PGG Rights and have a look at the
states of the live stock market. And it's damned hot
at the moment. Kevin Mortensen Morty is our man in
the King Country and Morty today on the show is
a bit of an international day. I've got correspondence from
the UK, China, Australia and Pu Pew which is you.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
That's right, You've got them probably in about the right
order though, I think, But no, that sounds about right, Jamie.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Yeah, you had a drought, quite a severe drought in
the king Country, but the late autumn has been kind.
How are you looking heading into winter?
Speaker 2 (00:37):
You know, we did. We had it very very dry,
and the water tables reflected that, you know, some of
the some of the water ponds and things like that
were very very dry, in the dry that we've ever seen.
And of late the last month we've had some pretty
good rain. All the good country has recovered and recovered
remarkably well. But at the hills are still struggling a
(01:00):
little bit. Up in the steeper country. It hasn't really lifted,
but the good country has responded very very well though
game a year let's have.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
A look at those stock sales recently, particularly when it
comes to beef. We've finished the cards, the bull sales
are on. They're probably coming to an end as well,
but we've had record prices for both. This is the
beef industry I'm talking here.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
Yeah, you did right there. The beef industry has been
very good. The bull sales have gone very very well
and probably exceeded expectations, to be honest, the last ten
days we've been doing the rounds up here in the
king Country with our bull sales on farm bull sales
and the prices have been very very good. But what
surprised us the most probably is that the clearance the
(01:45):
numbers that have been sold, so a lot of full
clearances are gone or those that haven't had full clearances
have gone very very close to it, which is very
surprising considering the number of cows that have exited the
industry for the want of reasons. We all know.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Are you talking pine trees here, Morty, I take it
you're not a fan. As a stock agent, you wouldn't
be a fan of carbon farming.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
We'll leave it at that, Jamie, I think you know
my thoughts quite well on that one, Jamie.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Yeah, the calves, I mean they were like gold trying
to buy a beef calf the sautumn.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
Yeah, no, they were in Those prices were something again
of the ordinary, I tell you. But it's just a
reflection on where all the schedules are sitting at the moment,
and perhaps the confidence going forward as to where the
schedules are going and the numbers that are out there,
and you know, you're looking two or three years down
the track is looking pretty good and there is confidence
out there, a lot.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
Of confidence in the future of beef. What about the
sheep farmers. The schedule's been a real surprise this season.
It's kept going up and up. But we know we're
losing a lot of critical mass in the sheep meat
industry and there's some real capacity issues I think for
the red meat industry full stop, but just in terms
of the sheep farmers, because king Country, where you're based,
(03:00):
is one of the great and probably is still one
of the great sheep farming provinces.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
Yeah. Well, as you know, with the drought that we had,
we were fortunate enough that we were able to get
rid of a lot of our lambs over the east
coast or the other parts of the country that had
rain and grass, and it certainly left a big hole
coming into the winter as far as any winter trade
lambs are concerned. And it is having an impact on
the works. You know, a couple of our local works
(03:26):
here have already put one shift off and another works
has laid off forty staff. They've closed earlier for maintenance,
which you know, so it's not looking good going forward
for one employment locally, and where is it going to
be sort of comes September October, we just won't have
(03:47):
the numbers there for them because it's just decline and
cheap numbers and the season that we've had. It's sort
of a couple of factors there that is really sort
of not helping them out at all.
Speaker 1 (03:56):
Will you be heading over the hill to help to
field days?
Speaker 2 (04:00):
No, unfortunately, might be able to get over there. You've
got a few stop Kelly Telly's and things to do
Jamie and things like that. So it's just sort of
busy enough just locally here unfortunately. But they tell me
you'll be up there again being the mirror of the
manor up there.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Well, I have to go, Marty. I don't really get
a choice to be perfectly ho, it's just a final
plug for your local golf club. There and Pew Peugh
pew Peugh Aria Golf Club, one of the great golf clubs.
One of the great golf tournaments is your annual tournament.
But I think you've got your Farmer's tournament on this weekend,
have you.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
It's right to you. We've got our local Farmer's Day
coming up to Sunday. So yeah, we're always looking at
a sponsorship and anybody that feels free to want to
come along and join them more than welcome on Sunday,
especially if they want to bring a checkbook and want
to be an onboard sponsor. We'll never say no. If
you're sick of a few days by then, Jamie, you
come on down. We know you won't upset the price
(04:51):
table too much because we know how you perform, so
but you're more than welcome to come along anyone. Ah.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Well, of course I come from Royal Belle mckill or
the Royal Otago Golf Club. We get penalized far too
much when we go to local courses like PUPU can't
play to our handicap. That's my excuse Morty, what's yours?
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Yeah, just golf, Just golf in generale.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
Well actually works getting in the way of my golf
at the moment, Morty. But that's another issue for another day.
Speaker 2 (05:19):
I gotta go.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Always good the chat mate.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Thanks Jamie, thanks for having me on your show Mate.
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