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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 72, 16 March 1914, Page 7

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Newton King's Weekly Report. On Friday, 6th inst.', at Urenui, for my supplementary sheep fair, t had a full yarding, sheep coming forward in excess of advertised numbers. | Good competition was obtained j throughout for all classes, the whole entry, with the exception of 3 pens; being cleared' at the hammer at the| following prices:—Good rape lambs 9s Gel to 10s Id, nice pen of woolly lambs 10s, shorn lambs 8s 6d,'Bs 3d, 8s 2d, 7s 6d,- 7s sd, 7s, 6s 6d, 5s Bd, j 5s sd, 5s 3d, ss, 4s 6d, 4s Id, 3s 9d, v faf and forward wethers 18s, fat ewes and wethers 18s id, fat ewes 15s 3s, 15s, fat ewes and lambs 16s 4d, 2-tooth ewes (good line) 15s 10d, 2tooth wethers," fat 17s 7d, forward in condition 16s, other lines, mostly small sheep 12s 4d to 13s 7d, good 14s 6d, 2-tooth ewes and wethers (culls) lis and lis 6d, mixed aged; wethers 15s sd, 4 and 6-tooth wethers ' 17s od, 17s 4d, 16s Bd, small 14s, i-tooth ewes 16s 7d, 16s 6d, 14s 2d, mixed sheep 12s Id, 2,4, and 6-tooth' ewes 15s, 4 and 6-tooth and f.f.ra.j ewes 14s 6d, 6-tooth and i'.rn. ewes| lis to 12s Id, forward ewes 12s lid, fan. ewes 10s 9d, 10s sd, 10s 3d, 9s, 8s 9d, 8s 6d, 8s 3d, 7s 3d, 6s yd,, rams from 1 to Signs. 9 At Urenui on Monday, 9th inst., I' bad a small entry which sold as fol-j lows:—Weaner steers £1 10s, £1 ss/ £l, weaner heifers £1 Bs, mixed weaners (poor) Us 6d and 12s 6d, 18-month iieifers £2 16s, poor £1 lis, dairy ( cows £5 15s, springing heifers £3 15s, bulls £2 15s to £5 10s, 18-month steers £3 6s 6d to £3 lis, 2-year steers £4 ss, forward and fat cows £6 is, £5 15s, £5 12s, £5 9s, £5 7s, £5 6s, £5 ss, £4 12s, £4 10s, £4 9s 6d, store cows £4 ss, £4 3s 6d, £3 17s, y 15s] £3 lis, £2 lSs„£2 lis, £2. j i/ On Tuesday, 10th, at Ilahotu, there 'was a fair entry of which I was able 'to clear practically the whole yarding. The weaners offered were a poorer ■ quality than at recent sales. A *-ood conditioned line, of 2A-year steers realised £5 16s 6d, other prices were: /.Weaner steers 27s 6d, 275, 26s 6d, 255, 23s 6d, 17s 6d, 17s, weaner j -heifers £1 15s, 20s 6d, 7s, mixed \ weaners 16s to £1 Us, 18-month heifers, color £3 4s 6d, bulls £4 5s to £6 17s 6d, springing heifers £3 12s 6d, I 18-month sters ; £2 Is to £3 Us, for-; ward cows £sffif£s 10s, £5 6s, £O,l £4 15s, £4 Us 6d, £4 Us, £4 ss, £4j 3s 6d, store cows £3 18s, £2 4s, £2. 2s, £1 18s 6d, £1 ss. I

On Wednesday, 11th inst.; at my Kohuratahi yards, there was a good entry of sheep and a fair y yarding of cattle., The quality of both was not equal to the average of my "previous sales in these yards consequently competition was not so keen, but fair business was done privately. Prices obtained were: 15-month steers £\ Bs, 2Kvear steers £4 8s to £5 7k 6d, f.m. ewes 9s Id, Bs, 7s Id, 6s 9:1, 0s 3d, 6s, 5s 6d, 5s sd, ss, 4s, 2s 9d, 4, 6 and;f.f.m. ewes 13s, 13s 3d, 345, forward-ewes 13s 4d, lambs 9s 6d, 8s 6d, 8s 3d, culls 3s 9d to ss, 2-tooth wethers 14s lOd, 14s 7d, 14s 3d, Romney rams up to 2|gns, aged ram* up to 16s.

At Toko on Thursday, 12th ins;:., for Mr J. C. Shield's clearing sate. I had a fine attendance of buyers with good competition throughout for all lines offered at the following prices:— Dairy cows' at from £4 10s to i:% forward cows £5, empty heifers £4 os, in'calf heffers £3 to £3 15s, weaners 6d 6d to 19s, 2-tooth ewes 14s Bd, rams lgn, lambs 7s to 10s, fat ewes 13s 3d to 14s 4d, Lincoln ewes lCs, bulls £3 17s 6d'to £5 os, 3-year gelding £22 10s, gig £8 10s.

Private Sales during this week as follows: —Weaner heifers £l''to £1 Bs, 15 to 18-month steers £3 10s to £3 12s Tkl, 18-month in calf heifers £3 ss, well grown line of 106 Shorthorn 2£year steers in forward "condition £6 6s, other 2-i-year steers £5 ss, good lambs 9s 6d, 8s 6d, 8s 3d, Bs, 7s lOd, culls 4s, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 15s to 15s 3d, f.m. ewes lis, 10s, 9s 3d, 5s 9d, rams \\ to 4gns.