STOCK SALES

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 112, 8 November 1933, Page 12

STOCK SALES

CATTLE AT MASTERTON

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held a very successful cattle fair at Masterton on Monday. The cattle, .which were well bred and in good condition, came forward well up to advertised numbers, and were submitted to a/ representative attendance of buyers. Prices on the whole showed an advance. On account of the recent good rains, bullocks were in strong demand, and young cattle met with a ready sale. Fat bullocks and cows met with keen competition, and realised prices satisfactory to the venders. The total offering amounted to approximately 1000, head, our entry comprising some 540 cattle. Quotations:—Account G. Moore and Sons: P.A. bujloeks £4 6s, P.A. and Hereford cross steers £3 7s, 3-year P.A. and Hereford cross heifers £3 ss, 3-year P.A. heifers £3 8s; account Kouarau Station: Yearling Hereford steers £2 Is, £3, yearling P.A. steers £2 10s, £3 6s, yearling P.A. heifers £1 12s, yearling Hereford heifers £1 12s, yearling P.A. heifers and steers £1 4s, fat cows £5 4s; account H. G. Groves: Shorthorn bullocks £5, 3ycar Shorthorn steers £4 16s, fat bullocks £5 14s; account P. H. JTathan: 2-year P.A. heifers £2- 18s, £2 13s, 2-year P.A. steers £3 13s; account Tikitapu Station: 2-year P.A. steers £3, 2-year P.A. heifers £2 14s, yearliw; P.A. steers £1 19s; account H. J. Rayuer: Bullocks £3 16s, P.A. yearling steers £1 14s; account Okau Station: P.A. cows and calves £3 12s 6d; account A. and J. Gray: Fat bullocks £7 fls and £6 18s: account R. and F. Gray: Fat cows £3 16/; account other venders: Yearling P.A. steers £2 16s and £2 4s; fat cows £2 14s, Shorthorn bullocks £4 6s.