ABERDEEN ANGUS SALE
22 Bought For N.Z. At Perth
(NZ.P.A. •Reuter—Copyright) EDINBURGH, February 8.
New Zealand buyers took 22 cattle for a total price of £34,382 at the three-day sale of pedigree Aberdeen Angus cattle just ended at Perth, Scotland.
The Argentine topped the export list with 42 bulls for a total of £91,490. New Zealand was next, followed by Canada and the United States. Both total turnover and overall averages were well down on last year’s prices, but the export trade showed a marked improvement. In all, 669 bulls and heifers changed hands for £428.200.
A total of 84 animals were sold for export for £152,370. A highlight of the sales was the payment by two Argentinian buyers of an alltime British record price for the reserve junior champion bull. Jumbos Eric of Candacraig.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19620210.2.214
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CI, Issue 29744, 10 February 1962, Page 17
Word Count
135ABERDEEN ANGUS SALE Press, Volume CI, Issue 29744, 10 February 1962, Page 17
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.