COMMERCIAL

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20095, 15 November 1939, Page 12

COMMERCIAL

EAST COAST CATTLE SALE IN MORRINSVILLE IMPROVEMENT IN RATES At a special sale of East Coast cattle held in Morrinsville on Monday, there was a large attendance .of buyers, including a number from North Auckland, South Auckland and the Waikato districts. Competition throughout was steady. Grown steers sold more freely than younger cattle, keen interest being taken particularly in the offering of Polled Angus cows and Herefords heifers. A satisfactory sale resulted in a general clearance under the hammer at slightly improved rates. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report that the principal sales were from the following owners:— Matahaia Station. —Three and four year Polled Angus steers, £lO to £lO 10s.

Maungatarata Station. Grown Polled Angus steers, £7 17s to £lO

I-likurangi Station. —Crown Polled Angus steers, £7 6s to £9 7s. Mr. R. Fraser. —Three-year ' Hereford steers, £8 2.s Gd to £9 17s. Mr. 11. J. Jackson. -4- Three-year Polled Angus steers. ‘£7 7s’. Mr. Rarigi Ford.—-Three-year Polled Angus steers, £6 3s to £7 3s. Matahaia Station. Three-year Polled Angus heifers, £5 6s to £6 16s; Polled Angus cows, £5 13s to £6 14s.

Maungatarata Station. —Throe-year Polled Angus heifers, £5 15s to £6. Polled Angus cows, £5 17s to £6 9s. Paurniki Station. Three-year Hereford heifers, £5 16s to £6 6s.

Mr. Geoff Gotterill.—Polled Angus heifers. £5 4s to £6 9s.

Mr. F. R. JefTerd.—Polled Angus heifers, £5 11s to £6 6s. Mr. 11. M. Jackson. —Polled Angus heifers, £5 12s. General Quotations. —Three and four-year Polled Angus steers in forward condition, £9 14s to £lO 10s; 3 and 4 year Hereford steers, £9 17s; 3-year Polled Angus steers in store condition, £8 13s to £9 10s; 3-year Hereford steers in store condition, £8 2s Od to £8 15s; 3-year Polled Angus and Hereford steers, £7 2s Od to £7 10s; 2-year Polled Angus steers,- £5 10s to £0 12s; 2-year Hereford steers, £5 5s to £5 8s; 2 and 3-year mixed coloured steers, £4 to £4 18s; 2 and 3-year Jersey steers, £3 2s; yearling Polled Angus steers, £3; 3-year Polled Angus heifers, £5 4s to £6 16s; 3year Hereford heifers, £5 15s to £6 9s; forward condition Polled Angus cows, £6 6s to £6 14s; young Polled Angus cows, £5 14s to £5 17s; Polled Angus store cows, £4 5s to £4 17s: 2-year Polled Angus and Hereford heifers, £3 11s to £3 18s O.jd; store cows and heifers, £3 14s to £3 17s; yearling Polled Angus and Hereford heifers, £2 14s.