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Sensational",prices were .made at the Bale of the prize animals: at the. recent Pat Stock ShowJof,the:Royal .Society of, Argentina., .Th?; champion ;of -tho show, a Shorthorn -steer, owned^by' ; r:-Benor j ; Miguel Av .Martiiiez was' sold.' • at £750-.to'th'e'-Lai,Plata >:Gbld'.Storage' Company, : .AvWle.. the : :re.ser.ye.;.champiori steer: made f^. ; of the day, however,''was that of a" Hereford steer, which made£92o ; ... . ; The ordinary run of prices was in the Tegion of £120, though that .represents a large price for butcher cattle. .' The Aberdeen-; Angus champion, the property of Messvs.,\Brown.,,^as, purchased by the La: Plata £250, and they bad'another" pair at *£185,-.and six at £150, these'being" all .'Aberdeen-Angus steers. The La Plata: Company were : th<y purchasers, of a haridsontrrcrossbred Aberdeen-Angus steer shown- •by the V Samuel B: Hale Co., and, probably one of.'the best butchers' beasts in the ard, it £325.;
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2690, 9 February 1916, Page 8
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140RECORD PRICE FOR A HEREFORD Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2690, 9 February 1916, Page 8
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