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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 11 February 1921, Page 6

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NEWTON KING, LTD., REPORTS

At Stony River, on February 1, cattle came forward in big. , numbers, there also being a . good muster of sheep, mostly lambs. A very good clearance of both classes was made, cattle showing little* improvement in prices, and sheep, compared with the previus sale, were a shade'easier in values. Weaner pigs 4s 6d to 7s 6d, store do. 18s to 225, shorn cull lambs 3s, woolly lambs 8s 3d to 10s 6d, forward'do. 12s 6d to 13s, rape do. 15s 7d, ewes with lambs 15s 6d, fat ewes 20s, weaner steers 225, weaner. ■ heifers 355, 16-month empty heifers £3 2s to £3 10s, in-calf heifers £4 to £6 2s, 18----month steers £3 to £3 2s 6d, store cows £2 10s to £8 los, fat do. £7 12s €d to £9 14s, cows and calf £7 7s 6d, dairy heifers £8 10s to £9 10s, Shorthorn bull. £3 15s.

At Waiwakaiho, on 4th inst., the yarding was small and enquiry, dull. Weaner heifers 10s, mixed weaners 255, empty heifer £5 12s 6d, cow and calf £6 ss, store cows £3 10s to £5 ss, fat do. £8 17s 6d.

At Awakino sheep and cattle fair on February 5 we report a full yarding of both sheep and cattle, -and fair attendance of buyers. Grown bullocks comprised the bulk of the cattle offering, iand all lines in good condition sold readily. The sale for other classes had a dragging tendency, but vendors in most cases were prepared to meet present market values, and little remained unsold. The offering of sheep, with one exception, was quitted at the hammer, there being good enquiry throughout.