LIVE STOCK MARKET

Northern Advocate, 16 August 1933, Page 10

LIVE STOCK MARKET

CATTLE SALE AT KATTATA. (Special to “Northern Advocate/’) KAfTATA, This Day. At the cattle sale held at Kaitaia on Monday by the North Auckland Farm* ors Compnnv, about 000 head were , entered and 'there was a good attendance of buyers. Dairy j stock were slow of sale, but beef was in good demand. There was a disposition on the part of vendors to meet buyers when the bidding approached anywhere near reserves and nt 1,10 inclusion of the sale few lines remained unsold, P.eef steers made up to .Co 2/0; prime ™ f V W to £-1 10/; good cows, . <n V 1; V; four-year-old steers, £3 •>/ to £,! ,12/0; two-year-old steers £2 W to £2 17/0; empty cows in y oo d condition, to 27/; aged and lighter cows, 10/ to 10/; weaner Jersey heifci‘S, 10/ to 22/; best dairy cows, £3 to £4; Jersey heifers, close to profit, £3 0/ to £4 V; Jerseys, good sorts, three 1 to four weeks off profit, £2 10/ to £3 ! o/; cull cows, 10/ to 30/. 1 Clearing Sale. |

On Hominy the company conducted a clearing sale at Awaimi on behalf of Hr. A. R. Clark. The attendant was large and the competition keen throughout. The herd was a particularly good one, and for the majority of the cows prices ranged from £4 to £6, but three of outstanding merit brought £lO 10/, £9 5/ and £9. Farm horses sold at £lB, £l3 10/ and £*o.