DISTRICT SALES

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4811, 17 July 1939, Page 8

DISTRICT SALES

OTOROHANGA AND TE KUITI. SHEEP PRICES HARDEN. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on Otorohanga sale on Friday as follows: —A medium yarding- of sheep, cattle and pigs came forward. There was a good attendonce and a ready sale for all classes. Sheep values showed a continuance of the hardening tendency, cattle and pigs selling on a par with recent ruling rates. Quotations: Light fat 2-tooth

Southdowns 15s 6d; late shorn 2tooth wethers 13s; poor quality to 10s 6d; fair mixed age ewes r.w.v., 12s 6d; late shorn 2-tooth ewes 22s 6d; m.s. hoggets 12s; cull hoggets 4s to 6s; fair fat Jersey cows £5 2s 6d; good boner cows £3 to £3 6s; plain £2 5s to £2 10s; potter bulls to £6 2s; plain springing heifers £6 to £6 15s; fair dairy cows £6 to £7; rough sorts £3 10s to £5. At Te Kuiti on the 14th we had a small yarding of sheep and cattle, which sold to a small attendance. Quotations: Light fat wethers 18s; good store wethers 14s; cull ewe hoggets 9s; poor quality f.m. ewes r.w.r. lis 6d to 12s 8d; cull ewes 5s to 6s; dairy cows to £7 15s.

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