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Fat And Store Sheep Sold Well At Wanganui Sale Yesterday
Because of the election, there was only a light yarding of stock at Freeman R. Jackson and Co.’s Wanganui sale yesterday. The attendance of buyers was small. Both fat and store sheep sold we’l with a total clearance at late rates. The cattle sale was rather neglected, passings at auction being fairly heavy, but quite a few head were sold privately after the sale. Only two pens remained unsold. Prices were as follow: Sheep: Fat 2-tooth wethers, 41s to
41s 6d; light 4-tooth wethers, 40s; fat ewes, to 28s; store 2-tooth wethers, 38s 6d to 38s Bd. Cattle: Fat ex-dairy cows, £9 5s to £11; good boners, £7 5s to £9; average. £3 17s 6d to £5 2s 6d; two and threeyear Polled Angus heifers, £l2; 2-year steers, £l3 15s; Shorthorn heifers and calves, £lO 17s 6d; store Polled Angus cows, £lO 2s 6d to £lO 9s; Jersey heifers, r.w.b., £ll 8s; good fat heifers (runners), £9 to £l2; vealers, £4 10s to £4 15s; calves, £2 15s. Pigs: Porkers, to £4 13s; stores, to £3; weaners, 36s to 40s.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 1 December 1949, Page 10
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