NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 22 May 1915, Page 3

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.

On Monday, 17th inst., at my Urenui yards, I had a good yarding of sheep and qattle, with a fair attendance. Bidding for sheep was quiet, but cattle were; improved/ there being a better tone in the., cattle yards, practically everything being sold at the iollowing prices:—-Two-tooth ewes 17s to 17s 10rl, 6-tooth and 4-year empty ewes 15s Bd, f.m. ewes.7s tnd 7s 6d, wethers 18s 6d, small lambs 7s, springing heifers £5 to £5 12s 6d, very prime fat heifers £8 to £8 10s, good £6 to £6 10s, fat cows £7 to £8 14s, light framed fat cows £6 3s to £6 17s. forward bullocks £8 10s to £9 9s, small fat heifers £5 10a, IS-mont'bs steers £3 6s to £4 4s, 18----months heifers £2 3s to £3, store cows £2 to £3 10s, forward cowi £4 to £4 10s, 2^-year steers £6' 12a, weaner steers £1 15s to £1 17s, weaner Jersey heifers £1 4s. ' . At Rabotu on Tuesday. 18tTi inst., I hf\A a small entry, all of which I was ftl>le to clear p+. th* following rates:— Wearier heifers 16r, to 235. weflrmr steers 20s to 3os, fat cows £8 8s 6d, forward cows £4 9s to £4 15s, store cows £3 4s to £3 los, df>irv cows £7 ss. 2-year steers £4 Is, springing heifers £5. ■•