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TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE Messrs Dalgety and Company Limited report having held their usual tri-weekly stock sale at Te Awamutu last Thursday, when a large yarding of beef and boner cattle came forward. In the beef section the market was slightly quieter, and boners sold at late rates, a total clearance being effected in both sections. A small yarding of store cattle met the market. Two pens of fat bullocks on account of Messrs Perham and Larsen realised £l2 12s 6d and £ll 10s respectively, a pen of lighter cattle on account of Mr P. A. Cullen £ll ss, a pen of heifers and two pens of cows on account of Mr G. 0. Bayly brought £9 2s 6d, £8 7s, and £8 15s, and several pens of cows and heifers on account of Mr S. J. Harding sold at £6 15s to £7 10s. Quotations:— Cattle: Fat bullocks £ll 15s to £l2 12s 6d, light ditto £ll to £ll 15s, fat Polled Angus heifers £8 10s to £9 2s 6d, fat Polled Angus cows and heifers £7 to £8 10s, heavy Polled Angus cows £7 IQs, to £8 15s, fat Holstein cows £6 to £7, fat Jersey cows £5 to £6, Jersey cows and runners £5 to £6 10s, heavy boners £4 to £4 15s, medium £3 5s to £3 17s 6d, light £2 to £3, others 5s to £1 ss, 3-year springing heifers £7, empty Hereford heifers £5 to £5 ss, Hereford cows and calves £7, medium Polled Angus steers £7. Sheep: A full entry of sheep sold well up to late rates to a full bench of buyers. Fat lambs made 22s to 245, forward-condition wethers 20s to 21s, forward-condition lambs 17s J2d to 19s, good store lambs 13s 6d to 15s, medium Ils to 12s 6d, smaller 6s to 9s, small 2-tooth ewes to. 245, f.m, breeding ewes 12s to 14s, one-shear Southdown rams 7 to 8J gns., f.m. Southdown rams 3 to 4 gns. Pigs: Prime fat baconers £4 10s to £4 15s. fat baconers £4 to £4 Bs, medium's 15s to £3 18s, light and heavy porkers £3 8s to £3 12s, medium £2 10s to £2 15s, light £2 2s to £2 Bs, choppers £3 10s to £6 2s 6d, large store? 15s to 17s, smaller 8s to 12s, weaners 3s to 7s. MONDAY’S STOCK SALE AT TE AWAMUTU Messrs Newton King Limited and Messrs Wright Stephenson and Company Limited report having held their fortnightly sale at Te Awamutu on Monday, when a small yarding of sheep and cattle sold at late rates: Quotations:— Sheep: Sound-mouth ewes 12s 2d, fat wethers 26s 6d, fat ewes 13s 6d, black-face lambs 10s. Cattle: Fat cows from dairy £5 IDs, boner cows £3 10s to £4 10s, potter bulls £3 to £5 ss. Pigs: Light porkers £1 17s to £2 16s.
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 66, Issue 5599, 31 March 1943, Page 5
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