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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13394, 30 May 1914, Page 5

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The N.Z. Loan .and Mercantile .Agencr Co.. ,Lijnlteci, report on their fortnightly stock sale hold at Matawhero yards on Thursday, May 28th, as follows:— There was a. good 'attendance and spirited. ;bftlding for all alines- of sheep. Owing to the recent bad weather and the, state of the roads, a good many^.ots did not come in. The deinand, was excellent, ajid, good lines of .wethers -';'ahd M hpgget;s 'shpwe.d a rise of Is to is'tfd^iei'heaav We sold a line of 300 t'wtirtooth wethers, hred by Mr R. Mitchell,' of Hills, which constituted a record, at £1 is' 7d-ppr head; also. a line" of ' woolly hoggets oh behalf 1 ot.MessEs. J. , arid G.' jfoncs, . ,and bred by., Messrs. R. Qerry,; and. Son., of; Tinirp,to, reached' tiie^.record price, of *,Ij§s 3d. Fat sheep: Only a, very, small ontfy and not a keen demand. Light-weight ewes, 4'4s 9d. Store sheep: 'W?' yarded 2490 and sold 2279; two-tooth wethers, fat and forward, £1 Is 7d; empty ewes, fat and forward , Mg.-,fraine sheep), , IBs ..Mi empty ewes in ,14s V S<l, 4qin low .cpndltiori rflf id; 2, 4,'' and 6-tooth, ewes; in lamb, . 20s;|Ccf; '2-tootJi te '6-year ewos, Iji ,lamb,' l^fs; aged l ewes, in' lamb. lis fid to 12s' 4d;: woolly hogget^ (best), l^s j3d M do. (medium sorts) 16s . -7d, do,/ (smaller) . 13s. Cd; shorn, hoggets (small), lls 9d. /Fat cattle:. Only .flye . qows : were offered, and passed,, the demand 'bejng slack. .Store cattle: We yarded. 240 and sold 171. The demand was good, espocß ally for well-bred young steers land heifers., Dairy neifers, £4 18s Cd; Polled Angus t.weaner to yfearlinff Jjteers, £3 \5& to £4 4s; 15 months' . steqrs, £3 ,15s; 18 months' steers, £.4 10s; mixed Aveancrs. small', £2-. 6s; weaner steers, £2 15s; 'cows in; calf (low cpndijlipn). £p 12s' 6d;' empty cows, £4*los. Our next sale \vill be,,liol,d on Thursday, Jlth J»nP» top WtycU We. invite. entrjps.