PAHIATUA

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 6, 2 October 1941, Page 12

PAHIATUA

Dominion Special Service

PAHIATUA, September 30.

The Associated Auctioneers report on today's Pahiatua sale states that a medium yarding of run entile and sheep came forward and were offered to a large attendance of the public. Bullocks were in keen demand, a nice pen of well-grown forward-conditioned cattle realizin'/, £l9 15/- Another pen of 4-year bullocks, lower-conditioned, made £lO. Sales in other grades in this section were on a nar with late rates. The offering of sheep comprised mostly hoggets, and competition was spirited throughout the sale, a total clearance being made at auction at values satisfactory to vendors. Dairy cattle and pigs were in short supply, and prices here appreciated considerably on our previous sales.

Cattle: Bullocks, £lO/I.>/- to £9/8/-; three-year steers, £B/14/-; two-year steers', medium. £6/11/- to £6- medium yearling steers, £5/1/- to £4/4/-; eniptj P A cows. £4/15/-; Hereford cows, r.w. p“U bulls, £5/17/6; yearling.P.A heifers, £3/11/-; empty cows, ex dairy, £u to £<> Sheep: Fat hoggets. 25/6 to 21/9; ewe hoggets, 33/3 to 24/4; wether hogge s, 23/2 to 22/-: medium wether hoggets. “1/9 to 18/9: low conditioned wether hog"ets 17/9 lo 16/6; b.f. hoggets. 20/- to 16/6; b.f. hoggets, fat. 23/-: ewes and lambs, all counted. 13/1 to 8/6. Dairy heifers. £l2/5/- tn £9/5/ ; ;gtd. cows, £ll. Pigs, weaners, 18/- to l'o/6; slips, good, 24/- to 23/-.