Stock Sales At Kamo And Ruakaka

Northern Advocate, 10 December 1937, Page 9

Stock Sales At Kamo And Ruakaka

j Walter Wakelin reports having held I sales at Ruakaka and Kamo during j tiio week. Fair yardings came forward and good clearances resulted. Ruakaka.—Dairy cows and heifers. £5 to £6; fat steers. £10; fat cows, Jerseys, to £5; forward-conditioned cows, £3 to £4; cows and calves, £4 2/ to £5/5/; yearling crossbred heifers, to £2/15/; yearling Shorthorn steers, £3/5/ to £4; yearling Jersey bulls. £2 to £4: boner bulls, £3/10/ to £5, according to weight; boner cows, £l/5/ to £2/15/. Pigs: Heavy baconers, to £3/12/; medium, to £3/6/; heavy porkers, £2/6/ to £2/15/; medium porkers, £2 to £2/7/: light porkers, £l/10/ to £l/17/;. large stores, £l/5/ to £l/18/3; slips, £1 to £l/8/; weaners, 5/ to £l/6/6. One hack realised £6/2/6.

Kamo.—Baconers, to £3/11/; heavy porkers, £2/8/ to £2/16/; medium Porkers. £2 to £2/6/; light porkers, £l/11/ to £l/19/; large stores, £l/9/ to £l/18/6; slips, £1 to £l/13/; weaners, 6/ to £l/8/; choppers, £l/5/ to £2/10/; breeding sows, £l/10/ to £4. Cattle: Fat cows, £4 to £O7IO/; cows and calves, lu £4/9/; store cows, £3 5/ to £4/4/; boner cows, £l/5/ to £2 15/; yearling Jersey bulls, £2/10/ to £5; dairy cows and heifers, £4 to £6; yearling Jersey heifers, £2/6/ to £3/10/; yearling coloured steers, £2 14/; fat and forward ewes, 19/-; eight working bullocks, with gear included, realised £8 per head,