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Waipa Post, Volume 47, Issue 3371, 23 September 1933, Page 8

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PRICES AT PIRONGIA. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Co., Ltd., Hamilton, report on their Pirongia stock sale held on Wednesday, as follows: —Fat and store cattle were yarded in very model ate numbers, and late rates for these ruled. Several pens of yearling heifers met with a good reception, and made full recent market values while a few dairies were not in demand. We quote: Medium fat cows £? 5s to £2 17s 6d, light and forward do £1 15s to £2 3s, medium stores £1 4?, to £1 lis, good qearling heifers £2 19s to £3 4s, medium do £2 4s to £2 lis, good dairy cows and heifers £4 5s to £5 10s. OTOROHANGA DAIRY SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. Hamilton, report on their Otorohanga dairy sale held on Wednesday as follows: —A good average yarding of practically nil heifers, with a good proportion of quality animals almost all changed with no alteration in prices from the previous sale's recordings. We quote: Best quality dairy heifers £5 10s to £6 15s, good quality do £4 15s to £5 10s, poorer £4 5s to £4 10s, medium dairy cows £4 5s to b 15s, others £3 15s. TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE. At Te Awamntu stock sale last Thursday the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company had a fat cattle entry very similar to that of the previous sale, it being composed mostly of medium, .fat cows, but a few quality animals and several pens of ox beef were included. Generally

late rates prevailed, practically everything selling. Competition was also maintained for a good entry of store cows. Very keen interest centred round the sale of the yearling heifers., which were yarded in excess of the advertised number of 250. Buyers were many, and keen competition ruled throughout, complete satisfaction being expressed by the vendors for values received in comparison with late

rates. The dairy entry was practically all heifers, and with a large bench of buyers competing practically a total clearance was effected at values right

up to late market prices. Good-quality ox beef made £5 6s to £6, lighter ditto £4 1.7 s 6d to £5 ss, prime fat cows, and heifers £4 12s 6d to £5 ss, good-qual-ity ditto £3 15s to £4 10s, medium ditto £3 2s 6d to £3 12s 6d, lighter ditto £2 7s 6d to £3, forward ditto £1 17s 6d to £2 ss, good stores £1 8s to £1 15s, others to £1 Bs, best-quality Jersey yearling heifers £3 12s 6d to £4 Is, good-quality ditto £2 15s to £3 10s, medium ditto £2 5s to £2 12s Od, inferior £1 10s to £2, best dairy Jersey heifers £6 15s to £B, good-quality ditto £5 15s to £6 10s, medium ditto £4 10s.to £5 Is, inferior to £4 ss. The yarding of sheep was a small one of miostly fats, and generally there was no alteration from, recent Frankton quotations. Good-quality fat wethers made 19s to 225.. mediium ditto 17s to

19s, prime hoggets 17s 6d to 225, medium ditto 15s to 17s 6d, medium fat ewes 14s to 17s 6d. Despite the fact that the yarding of pigs was as big as any we have yet handled at this centre, and good competition ruled throughout. A fair proportion were fats, which buyers were keen to secure, and the remainder of stores and weaners were very readily absorbed under the keen demand ruling. Heavy baconers made £2 7s 6d to £2 12s, medium baconers, and heavy porkers £1 18s to £2 ss, light porker's £1 8s to £1 15s, large stores £1 5s to £1 10s, smaller ditto 18s to £1 3s, slips 15s to 18s, large weaners 12s to 18s 6d, smaller ditto lis.