IN-CALF HEIFER FAIR

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 294, 16 April 1941, Page 5

IN-CALF HEIFER FAIR

SUCCESSFUL FIXTURE

PRICES SHOW INCREASE!

j Large entries, and a big attendance of buyers at the annual incalf heifer sale conducted by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency at Morrinsville tended to make the fixture one of the most successful sales on record. Despite the present outlook for meat andl butter exports, prices realised were in excess of last year's. The top price of the sale was £9 10s, this sum being realised for several pens, the majority of which were good-* quality Jersey heifers. It was noticeable that the heifers right throughotit came forward in better order than has been the case for the last few years, this no doubt being attributable to the abundance of feed. Special lots were sold as follows :—

Account Mr F. W. Jones, Eureka: Choice quality Jersey heifers realised £9 10s. Account Mr A. J. Freegard,, Motumaoho: Two pens of Jersey heifers sold from £9 to £9 ss. Account Mr V. W. Jon'eSj Tauwhare: Two pens of Jersey heifers sold from £8 10s to £9. Account Mr J. K. Watson, Te Puninga: Two pens of Jersey heifers sold from £8 to £9 ss. Account Mr E. A. W. Webber, Te Puninga: Two pens of Jersey heifers sold from £7 5s to £9'. Account Mr R. Belton, Kereone: 12 Jersey heifers sold at £9 ss. Account Mr H. W. Young, Mor— rinsville: 24 Jersey heifers sold from: £8 to £8 10s. Account Mr R. C. Harve3*, Morrinsville: Three pens of two year old Jersey Cross heifers sold frons £7 10s to £8 15s. Account Mr R. G. Griffin, Tau-* wliare: Two pens of three year oldf heifers sold at £8 10s. The following is a range of prices: Choice quality two year old Jer- ' sey heifers £8 10s to £9 10s. Medium quality two year old Jersey heifers £7 10s to £8 ss. Small two year old Jersey heifers* £6 10s to £7 ss. Two year old Ayrshire heifers £7 10s to £8. Shorthorn-Tcrsey cross heifers £7 10s to £8 10s. Good three year old Jersey heifers £8 to £8 10s. • Others £7 to £7 15s.