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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 60, Issue 4333, 20 September 1950, Page 5

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KOPU STOCK SALE DAIRY HEIFERS REACH £29 u . — i —' ' ' / Messrs Dalgety and Company Ltd. report that large yardings of all classes of stock came forward at the fortnightly. Kopu’salfe before a large bench of buyers and a very buoyant tone prevailed throughout the sale. Record prices for many years were paid for both dairy and beef cattle. Top dairy heifers reached £29 and £2O/5/- was. paid for beef cows. YearHng,Jersey heifers were?also in keen demand, £ll/13/‘- beinfc paid for a line of good quality yearlings; Prices realised were as follows:— Dairies:,Top quality heifers, £25 to £29; good, £2O to £24/10/-; medium, £l7 to £lB7lO/-; average, £l4. to £l*6/10/-; smaller and backward, £lO to £lB/10/-; average dairy cows, £l3/10/- to £l6; aged rind backward, . £lO to £l2/10/-. Store cattlei Good yearling Jersey heifers, £ll/18/-; average, £B/16/.- to £B/19/-; smrillr £6/10/- to £6/16/-. Beef: Beef showed a sharp rise and met strong competition.. Good cows and heifers, £lB to £2O/5/-; medium, £l5/107- to £l7/5/-;-aver-age, £l2/10/- to £l4/15/-; light, £lO to £11; plain and unfinished, £8 to £9/I's/-; .paddock, cows, £7 to. ffi/W--Pigs: Store and weaner pigs sold freely. Light baconers, £6 to £6/12/6; . heavy porker?, to £5/16/-; medium, £4/15/- > £l5/5/- light and

store, £4 to £4/10/-; weariers, good, £2/5/- to £2/127-; medium, £2 to £2/2/--Sheep: Shorn prime wether, £3/8/-; / shorn b.f. wethers, £2/7/-; dteun fwd. ? wethers, £2/11/3.; woolly wethers, £477/-; woolly hoggets, £3/6/- t0£3712/-. £3712/-. /