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*,- "- — ■. m •- ■ ■ ■■■> ■• The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report ort their live stock sale,' held at the Ma'tawherb ya^'dis on Wednesday, ' 15th iri^t; ' There was a good yarding of sheep' and a fair number of "cattle were offered. There Vas again 'an improvement ; m the ; demand) for hoggets aiid forward ewes, while wethers only held their own. Store cattle met a ready saj.e at -prides slightly easier- than ruled of late. Our offering included 3541 sheep, of which. 3000 Were sold; 84 head of dattle, 70 spldj 2 pigs, all sold. ' The following prices ruled/ during the day: Pat ewes 23s'6d to 26s 6d, extra; prime' 295,' fat wethers 27s 6d to 29s 6d, 4-tooth wethers 27s 3d ? 2-th wethers 25s to 265 . 3d, forward ewes 17s 3d to 19s; store ewes "l3s 9d- to 15s 3d, small 2-th. ewes l^s; aged ewes 7s lOd to lls 3<J, woolly 4ambs 14s 3d to 14s 6d, shorn lambs 10s £fd, cull lambs 6s 6d^ Cattle: Bucket-fed weaners £4 2s 6d, -weaner steers £6 17s 6d, Jersey a'oss (weaners) £2 7s 6d' to £3, 2^-year heifers £10 10s, 2i-year steers £11 to £12, I^-year heifers, £7;, Jersey 3-year steers £^7 17s jSd, dairy" cows £10 to £14. Pigs: Ba,coiierß, £3 ss. ■ .
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14608, 18 May 1918, Page 4
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212COMMERCIAL. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14608, 18 May 1918, Page 4
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