STOCK SALE

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 74, 21 March 1933, Page 5

STOCK SALE

The Waipukurau Market LARGE ENTRY OF CATTLE SMALL YARDING OF SHEEP At the Waipukurau stock sale today there was a larger yarding of cattle than has been the case for some time, but the sheep entry was smaller. Tho cattle were unfinished sorts, chiefly of mixed breeding. Cow beef sold at prices on a par with those “obtaining at recent sales, while steer beef was perhaps a shade better. Lambs were a shade easier. Fat Cattle A pen of 5 medium Jersey steers passed at £2 18/6; 2 P.A. and 2 P.A.Hereford cross cows, medium condition /made £2 18/6; 2 light P.A. heifers £3 15/-; 5 medium Hereford cows £2 10/-; 1 heifer and 1 cow. Hereford, in fair condition, £3 3/-; 3 light Hereford cows £2 17/-; 3 medium P.A. steers £4 7/6; 1 heavy Hereford bullock, £5 18/6; 3 medium P.A. heifers £2 10/-; 2 smaller P.A. heifers £1 17/6; 1 heavy Jersey bullock £5 17/-; 1 lighter Jersey bullock £4 18/-; a nice lino of 7 P.A. cows passed at £2 9/6; 2 medium P.A. steers made £4 17/6; 3 forward Hereford cross steers £4 5/-; 5 medium P.A. cows £2 15/-; 1 Jersey heifer £2 12/-; 5 light Jersey cows £1 .17/6; 9 light P.A. steers passed at £3 15/-; 1 prime Shorthorn cow £3 6/-; .1 prime P.A. heifer £4 8/-; 1 medium P.A. cow £2 10/-; 1 smaller £2; 1 medium .Jersey heifer £2 15/-; 1 ditto £2 7/6; 1 forward Jersey steer £3 11/-; 3 Hereford steers £3 18/-; 2 light Jersey steers £2 12/-. Store Cattle

A pen of 17 forward P.A. steers made £3 10/-; 6 fair Shorthorn cross steers £2 10/-; 5 fair steers, mixed breeds, passed at £2 12/-; 7 good P.A. steers £3 6/-; 4 big Hereford bullocks low condition, £2 14/-; 3 forward P.A. bullocks, £3 16/-; 0 yearling P.A. heifers £1 4/-; 1 good P.A. steer £3 5/-; 4 weancr P.A. heifers, passed at 10/-; 1 P.A. cow’ with calf at foot, made £1 16/-; 1 fair Holstein, cross steer £2 10/-; 3 young P.A. steers £2 14/-; 1 P.A. cow with calf. £2 10/-; 4 good P.A. bullocks £4. Fat Sheep Three fat wethers made 10s; 3 prime lambs 11s lOd; 12 medium wethers 10s 9d; 19 prime lambs 11/5; 39 medium ewes 5/5; . 12 ditto 6/-; 14 medium ewes 5/8; 21 ditto 5/4; 58 prime ewes on account Mt. .Vernon, 6/6; 106 medium wethers 10/-. Store Sheep A pen of 167 good wether lambs made 7/-; 144 4 and 5-yr ewes ex Argyll 7/4; 156 4 and 5-yr s.m. ewes 5/9; 127 good woolly wether lambs 7/6; 88 wether lambs ex Pourercre, 6s 4d; 61 good 2-th wethers with odd 4 and 6th passed at 9/8; 99 S.D. lambs good condition, made 6/4; 60.. good wether lambs 7/-; 48 fair 2-th wethers 8/6; 53 4 and 5-yr ewes, guaranteed s.m.’. passed at 5/3; 68 m.a. ewes. 4-th to 5-yr made 7/-; 69 forward wether lambs 6/10; 26 2-th wethers, low condition 7/9; 55 2-th ewes, 7/6; 58 medium wether lambs 6/-; 41 good ewe lambs 7/2; 28 small m.s. lambs 4/2; 35 S.D. cross lambsj good condition 6s 9d; 32 aged ewes 3/-; 15 ditto 2/-; 6 forward lambs 6/-; 5 m.a. ewes 6/. _ >; 5 good 4-th ewes 9/6; 20 aged owes 3/9. 44 b.f. lambs, forward condition, G/. ; ’ 44 ditto 7/10; 40 forward wether lambs, ex Pourercre 8/8; 27 forward m.s. lambs 8/7.