CARTERTON SALE.
Associated Live Stock Auctioneers, Ltd., report: We held our usual weekly sale at Carterton yesterday, when we offered a fair yarding to the usual attendance. Sheep sold well and at advanced prices. Springing cows and heifers met with a dragging sale, although the majority were backward and of not much quality. Fat and store cows sold at par values. Pigs were in very strong demand, and prices showed a sharp rise on previous sales. Following are our prices:— (Sheep.—Four-year ewes r.w. S.D. ram, 13/1; cull ewes, 4/-; forward hoggets, 9/8 to 9/9; fat hoggets, 10/1. Cattle.—Springing heifers, £4 to £5 10/-; backward heifers, £2/10/- tO' £3 5/-; cows on drop, £4/10/- to £6; fat cows, £3 to £4/6/-; forward cows, £2 10/-; store cows, 20/- to 25/-; cull cows, 10/-.
Pigs.—Baconers, 36/-; porkers, 25/6; slips, 14/- to 16/6.
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Wairarapa Age, 30 July 1932, Page 7
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140CARTERTON SALE. Wairarapa Age, 30 July 1932, Page 7
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