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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11752, 9 December 1916, Page 5

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CARTERTON STOCK SALK.\ Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Masterton, report having held their usual weekly sale at Carterton on Friday, Bth iiist., when there was thai usual attendance and a fair yarding <- f of stock', for which there was very . keen competition. A total clearance was made under the hammer at the following prices :—.Slieep: Fat shorn wethers 3(5 5, do. ewes 3os, m.s. 2tootlis 2os Bd, small 2-tooths 16s 7d to 23s 7d. Cattle: Fat cows £l3 1-ls, forward cows £8 9s, £9 to £ll 6s, forward heifers £8 os, yearling he'fer s £3 17s, 18-months empty heifers £5 3s (5d to £5 I,os, 2yr steers £l2 7s, 18-months steers £r> 15s 6d, £6 4s to £7 15s. Pigs: Porkers 295. MART IXBOROUOH STOCK SALE. N M essrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report having held their usual weekly sale in their Martinborough saleyards on Thursday, 7th December, when they offered a good yarding of sheep and cattle, as advertised. There was a good attendance of buyers from all parts of the district, and, competition being keen, we had a total clearance at prices well above late sales. 'The following is a rang'* of the valuer received : —4toot.ii to f.m. ewes with 100 per cent of h.f. lambs (52s (id. f.m. shorn ewes with 100 per cent iambs 38s 3d, woollv forward ewes 43s Bd, woolly 0-tooth wethers 4 Is- 7d. woollv hoggets 34s 3d. fat bullocks £]9 ss. 4yr bullocks 1" 1 ;-is. fat cows £l3 19s to £ll 17s fid. fair -tore rows £]] 10s. cows and calves til 10s, heifer,, and c-ilves £K 2y steers C 9 18s. 3vr Holstein heifers £9 17s. 3vr Ayrshire b' ifeiv <JI) 3yc forward heifers CIO 10s, Holstcin bull £l2.