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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 4746, 14 September 1935, Page 8

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TAUMARUNUI SALE. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Taumarunui on Tuesday we yarded 206 sheep, 103 head of cattle, and 130 pigs. There was a good attendance of buyers, prices being on a par with recent sales. •We quote: Fat woolly ewes 245; medium fat wethers 245; wether hoggets 18s 6d; 2-year P.A. steers £4 19s; yearling P.A. steers £4 lis; yearling P.A. heifers £2 2s 6d; store cows £1; Jersey bulls 25s to 355; dairy cows and heifers 35s to £2 ss; weaner pigs 9s to 14s; store pigs 16s to 235; empty sows 10s to £2; Tamworth boar 2 gns. PIO PIO SALE. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., Te Kuiti, report having held their usual sale at Pio Pio on the 12th inst., when a small yarding of sheep and cattle came forward. The yarding of sheep consisted, of hoggets for which there was a keen demand at increased rates. Cattle sold at late rates. Quotations: —Medium mixed sex hoggets 21s lOd; good wether hoggets 225; good dairy cows to £6 ss; late calvers to £3 ss; small heifers to £1 17s 6d. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual triweekly sale at Pio Pio on the 12th inst., when a small yarding of sheep and cattle came forward. The entry of hoggets attracted keen competition, whilst cattle sold to late rates. More interest was shown in dairys and prices on medium sorts were higher. Quotations: Pat hoggets 22s 3d; good ewe. hoggets 28s 6d; good wether hoggets 225; small m.s. hoggets 18s; light fat cows £4; medium 2-year P.A. steers £5 Is; medium yearling P.A. steers £3 18s; yearling

P.A. heifers £2 12s to £2 15s; rough 2-year S.H. heifers £2 4s; forward conditioned Jersey cows 30s; good dairy cows £4 to £4 2s 6d; medium sorts £2 15s to £3 7s 6d; later calvers 30s to £2 10s; good dairy heifers £3 7s 6d to £4; medium sorts £2 5s to £2 15s; later calvers £2; hacks £5 to £6; light mare (chains) £ll. LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house dated 10th inst.:— At the September sales expect market firm, probably merino 5 to 7i per cent higher; halfbreds and crossbreds 5 per cent, higher; crossbred, medium and coarse, rather higher. J