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6d for a Friesian. There were bt\eral sales between £5O and £65, while small bulls sold down to £4O Store Cattle With several large drafts of station-bred cattle on offer, the store cattle yarding was one of the best for a considerable time . The advertised cattle met a very free sale from a large gallery, and prices were buoyant One of the feature sales of the day was that of 89 Aberdeen Angus cross steers, aged from 18 to 20 months, from C. W. Humm and bon. of Waikuku. These cattle were in fat and forward condition and averaged more than £4O 15s a pen. A consignment of 95 two and a half-year-old Hereford steers from The Poplars Station, Lewis Pass, also met a ready sale, and averaged £4l 7s. The yarding included a pen of Aberdeen angus steer calves —the first pen of the season—and they made the very good price of £25 3s 6d. Some quotable lines included: C. W. Humm and Sons (Waikuku), 66 Aberdeen Angus cross steers, aged 18 months, from £36 18s 6d to £43 8s 6d, 23 Aberdeen Angus steers, aged 20 months from £3B 18s 6d to £42 8s 6d; T. and J. Barrett (The Poplars, Lewis Pass), 95 two and a half-year-old Hereford steers at £37 8s 6d to £47 3s 6d; J. H. Jackson (Jacksons), 9 Aberdeen Angus steer calves at £25 3s 6d: Lands and Survey Department (Harihari), 21 mated Aberdeen Angus cross cows at £26 18s 6d to £29 18s 6d; Clarence Reserve, Ltd. (Kaikoura), 19 Aberdeen Angus cross two and a half-year-old steers at £44 13s 6d to £46 13s 6d; seven Herefords at £44 8s 6d. Vealers The veal entry for this week stood at 145. As in the two previous sales values were sound with liittile fluctuation. The best of the vealers sold from £29 17s 6d to £33 2s 6d with one sale to £34 12s 6d. Medium vealers sold from £23 12s 6d to £2B 17s 6d and small from £2O Os 6d to £23 10s. Best calves sold from £lB 2s 6d to £2O 2s 6d, medium calves from £l5 2s 6d to £l7 2s 6d, and > small calves from £lO 7s 6d to £l3 7s 6d. 1 Fat Pigs , There was a heavy, yarding in the pork section this week and ; values were back slightly, espec- > iaKy on the average and lighter types. Values for the best qualj tty pigs were on a par with ' last week. Heavy pork and light bacon i met a firm sale, and the bacon ‘ entry was larger, with values fully firm on last week’s good ' rates, especially for the top J pigs. Not so many choppers • were yarded, but values were fully firm for the best pigs. Values were:— Light pork, £6 16s 6d to £8 2s 6d. Medium pork, £9 6s 6d to £lO j 0s 6d. Heavy pork, £lO 7s 6d to £ll 9s . 6d. Light bacon, £ll 15s 6d to £l2 15s 6d. Medium and heavy bacon, £l3 4s 6d to £l5 4s 6d. Choppers, £lO 8s 6d to £l5 8s 6d. Store Pigs The store pig entry was the largest for some time and quality was quite good. Values were firm at the start of the sale but as buyers filled their requirements, the sale eased, especially for the last race, when some of the smaller pigs were hard to quit. Demand was stronger for the bigger pigs, there being only limited buying power for the weaners. The entry in the sow section was small, and competition was limited. Two advertised Large White sows made £27 and £2B l respectively, while one older inl pig sow sold for £2O. , Values were:— Small weaners, 45s to 645. Best weaners, 72s to 88s. Slips, 90s to £5. Small and medium stores, £5 • 3is to £5 17s. Large stores, to £6 10s.