NEWTON KING'S REPORT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 20 April 1918, Page 4

NEWTON KING'S REPORT.

At Kaponga. on Friday, 12th there ■38. a fuli J ardins of »*»*£ S with a good attendance of buyers Weaners were the only cattle unsold! 7*t EFI made trom £1° 5* to £13 5? 17*%\ 7*H forward cows from ai *%~ \£° £ 9 os* &t °re cows £4 7s 6d to £/ 10s, 20-month heifers £4 10s big weaner heifers £3 7s 6d, small weaners 20s * 3-yearforward" coAditioned steers £13 ss, old cows £3 12 s 6d forward ewes 21s 9d, aged ewes 5s * At Rahotu on the same day weaner steers made £2 9s to £3 10s, weaner heifers 34s to £2 3s, mixed weaners (good) up to £3 13s, others 28s to £2 los empty cows £6 9s to £7 ss: fat heifers £10 10s. '

At Urenui on Monday, 15th, there was a small yarding. Jersey weaner steers made 23s to 255, mixed weaners ■TT -in » 2*-year steers £9 5s to £10 14s, 18-month steers £7 5s forward cows £8 10s to £9 19s, weaner heifers Jss store cows £4 15s to £7 ss, fat and forward ewes 26s 9d, f.m. ewes in lamb 17s 7d.

~A.t Stony River on Tuesday, 16th. there was a full yarding with a slackened demand. There was no sale for weaners. Fat cows sold up to £10 8s 6d, forward cows to £9 12s 6d, store cows £4 15s to £6 15s, 18 to 20-month steers £6 5s to £6 15®, empty 18----month heifers £4 10s to £5 3s, 2*-year good conditioned steers £10, calved heifers £6 5s to £10, fat ewes and ™ «J* 29s > fat lambs 21s- age<i e^e® 10s 3d, f.m. ewes 15s 6d, lambs 12s 2d to 13s.