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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 14 July 1925, Page 10

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SKINS AND HIDES. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report the following current prices tor sheepskins and hides:— Sheepskins. —Hailbred, 113 d to 14d ; fine crossbred, lOd to 113 d; medium rc coarse crossbred, 9A d to 11-£; short to half wool, 8d to lid; punbs, 8d to 12d; dead and damaged crossbred, 7d to 10 T \d; inferior and badly damaged, 2d to 13d; pelts, 4d to Old; damp, salted and green, os to 9s lOd ; peits, salted, not quoted; lambs, salted, 2s 6d to- 6s Uld. Hides. —Ox, heavy, TOlbs and over, 9ffd to 9£tl; ox, heavy, 59 to 691bs, B£d to 9-id ; ox, medium, 53 to 581bs, 7£d to S 3 cl ; ox, light, 45 to 52ibs, 6d to 7d; cut, slippy and inferior, 2d to 8d; cow, heavy, 53lbs and over, fid-to 7d; cow, medium, 45 to 52ibs, 6d to 63d; cow, light, 33 to 441bs, 6gd to 6-gd; cut, sl.ppv and inferior, o.jd to 6J-d; bull, stag, 3.£d to old; yearlings, 11 to 16 ibs, 63d to 83cl; yearlings, 17 to 321bs, 7cl’to BAd ; calf, superior, up to lUlbs. not quoted; calf, medium to good, up to 101 bs, 63d to 13Jd; calf, damaged. 3-id to 11-id. DISTRICT STOCK SALES. Ale.swr.s-. Newton King, Ltd., report as- under: Om Saturday, July 4. we held a (bearing sale in our Stratford yards 011 account of Air. F. Hall. There was a fair attendance of buyers. Best cows made from £8 to £lO, latei! cal vers £-1 !.0s to £7 K)s. On Tuesday, July 7. we held our usual yard sale at Stratford. A fair yarding of cattle came forward, and we report practically a total clearance. Quotations: "Fat and forward heifers £4 Is to £5 11s, forward cows to £0 6s. store cows £1 10s to £2 11s, incalf heifer* £2 Gs, weaner heifers £3, hull £6. In, the dairy* pens the demand for lows was poor, owing no doubt to the number of clearing sake being held in the vicinity. Best cows sold from £7 to £ll, while lowconditioned and late calving cows were neglected. On Wednesday, July 8, we held a .'-learing sale on account -of Air. J. A. Borchait, of Clieal Rbad, Ngaere. The whole of Mr. Borch art's herd were grade Friesian*, and very satisfactory prices were realised. Top price for the sale was £l7 los, while- several other cows made from £l3 to £l6 15s. The average price for the herd of 60 cows was in tho vicinity of £lO 1 Os. In-calf heifers made from £4 to £6 2s Rd and the weaner heifers were knocked down, at £2 18s. On Thursday, July 9, we held a. clearing sale on account of Air. J. T. Hughes, Toko Road, Toko. There was a. large attendance' of buyers. Best cows made from £lO 10s to £l3, implements and sundries realising satisfactory prices. Om Friday, July 30, a clearing sale was held on. aoeownt of Mr. F. Ferguson, Brooks Road, Stratford. Top nric-es for oow.s were from £l3 10s to £l6 10.9, others from £5 10s to £l2.

A small range of implements sold at satisfactory rates. • Saturday, July 11, we conduetei ■ sale in our Stratford yards on aeerunib of M's. M. Melvniglit. Best cows made from £ll to £l3 10s, later cal vers £5 10s up. v.eaner lieifets £2 7s, wc-aner bull £2 15s.