RECORD SALE
Prices for Herefords
Record prices were paid for eows and heifers at a dispersal sale of horned Hereford cattle held on account of L. J. Williams, of Fernside, Ranglora The top price of $6OOO for a cow was a record for the breed, and the average of $3056 for 22 female cattle of all ages, was also a New Zealand Hereford record. The stud, which for some years has gained top prices at the annual South Island Hereford sale, drew buyers from Auckland to Invercargill. Eleven in-calf cows returned an average of $4386, with a top price of $6000; five in-calf heifers average $1458, the top price of $3000; and six heifer calves average $458. the top price being $2OOO. The stud sire fetched soooo, end six rising two-year-old bulls ranged from $5OO to $3500. Sales Included:— Cows: 1 at S5OOO (Beachcroft Stud Southbridge); 1 at S4SCO (b. M Malloch, Otago); 1 at S5OOO <J Hodgson. Gisborne); 1 at $5500 (C. E. Johnston. Palmerston North); 1 at $3500 and 1 at $l5OO (R. Williams, Fox Glacier); 1 at
$5OOO (D. M. Malloch. Otago); 1 at $4OOO 'C E Johnston. Palmerston North); ! at S6OOO (T. J. JexBlake Gisborne); 1 at $5OOO (R Murphy. Gisborne); 1 at $3250 (B. Murdoch, Ashburton).
In-calf heifers: 1 at $l3OO (R. Williams. Fox Glacier): 1 at $2OOO (A. R. Macintosh. Whiterock); 1 at $1750 (W R. Lemon, Ashburton) ■ 1 at $2OOO (C. Turnbull, Timaru): 1 at $3OOO <T. J. JexBlake. Gisborne).
Heifer calves: 1 at $2OOO (A. R. Macintosh Whiterock); 1 at $l5OO (B Murdoch. Ashburton); 1 at $750 'H. Martin, Invercargill): 1 a* $2OOO (R Shanks. Gisborne); 1 at $750 (Blackford Station. Rakaia Gorge); 1 at $1730 (H. Martin, Invercargill). Stud sire: 1 at $5OOO (J- G. Murray. Clarence Bridge). Rising two-vear-old bulls: 1 at $750 (A. J. Turnbull, Amberley); 1 at $lOOO (J. J. McLean, Omihi); 1 at $3599 (J. L. Falconer and Company. Otago); 1 at $7:)0 (Blackford Station, RakMa Gorge); 1 at $1750 <G. Cliff. Te Kauwhata); 1 at S5OO (Malloch Brothers. Invercargill).
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33534, 15 May 1974, Page 11
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343RECORD SALE Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33534, 15 May 1974, Page 11
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