DANNEVIRKE FAIR

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 85, 27 April 1937, Page 7

DANNEVIRKE FAIR

TetesrraDh— Own Correspondent.)

Heavy Yarding Offered at Stock Sale EXCELLENT PRICES

(By

DANNEVIRKE, April 24. Messrs Williams and Kettle, Ltd. report having held tlteir annual cattle fair yesterday, when they offered a very heavy yardittg of cattle of all classes and also a big yarding of sheep. The atttendance of the public was the biggest seen at a Dannevirke sale for sonie time} buyers from the Manawata, Taranaki, Wairarapa, Bush, and Northern Hawke's Bay districts competed freely ifor stock of all classes and took the bulk of the yarding. Both sheep and cattle realised excellent prices and practically a totai olearance was oftected. Quotations are: — A/c Pukeatua Station, Kaitoke, 16 fat P.A. builocks, £11 7s 6d; 8 fat P.A. builocks, £10 2s 6d.' A/c F. C. Franklin,Ti Tree Point. 6 fat P.A. cows, ££7. A/c 0. J. Franklin, Ti Tree Point, 63 P.A. sows; r.w. i'.A. bull, £5 18s 6dj 34 P.A. weaner steers, £6} 29 PA., weaner heifers, £3 16s. A/c James Galloway, Kiritaki, 42 P.A. cows r.w. P.A. buB, £6 4s; 41 P.A. weaner steers, £3 14s. A/c C. Kilford, Mangahei, 37 P.A. cows r.w. P.A. btill, £6 5s. A/c H. W. Geison, Rua Roa, 27 PA. cows r.w. PA. bull, £6 7s. A/c C. V. FrederickSon, Raumati. 14 P.A. weaner heifers, £3 13s; 5 P.A weaner steers, £4 5s. A/e Eikate P. Bassett, Weber, o ' fat P.A sows, £6 11s. A/o J. McL. Harvey, Waitahora, 16 19-mth PA. steers, £7 10s. A/c Bond Bros., Weber, 6 fwd. builocks, £9 10s; 3 fwd. builocks, £9; 12 PA. steers, £8 6s. A/c J. W. Kerr, Mangatuna, 14 P.A.M.S. weaners, £3 15s; 6 18-mth. steers, £6 9s. A/c Tiratu Btation, Tiratu, 12 2$yr. PA. steers, £8; 15 ISmth. PA. steers, £6 10s. Sheep. — A/c Woodbank Station, Wimbledon, 77 ewe lainbs, 27b 9d; 24 Wether lambs, 17s lOd. A/c F. R. Cowper, Waione, 87 6yr. ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 23s 7d; 71 4 and 6-th, ewes t.w. S.D. rams, 32s 3d. A/c Mrs A. M. Brieskie, Tipapakuku, 90 4yr. ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 31s Cd; 99 MA. ewes r.w. S.D rams, 29s. Other prices were: — Fat PA. cows, £6 10s to £7 2s 6d; fat Jersfey cdws and iheifers, £3 12s to £5 2b 6d; vealers, £2 4s to £3 14s; 30 PA. 18-mth. steers, £6 7s 6d; 7 PA. 38-mth. steers, £6 11s; 16 P.A. steers, £7 11s; Hereford cross lSbith. steers, £6; 19 M.A.P.A. weaners, £3 15s; 20 PA. heifers, £5 7s 6d; 46 PA.- heifers r.w. PA. bull, £7; 11 Hereford cows ir.w. Hereford bull, £5 4s; 10 Hereford scows r.w. Herfeford bull, £6 8b 6d; 15 |PA. cows r.w. PA. and H. bulls, £4 13 fc; jll PA. cows r.w. Hereford bull, £4 16s; Hereford cows and calves, £4 17s 6d to £6 6sj P.A. heifers and calves, £6 15s; Jersey cows and calves, £3 10s; Jeraey stedrs, £5 15s; Jersey weaners, £1 19s to £2 6s; store Jersey cows, £2 10s to £3 9s; Jersey bulls, £7 ls; PA. bulls, £5; good fat ewes, 22s 3d to 22s 6d; medium fat ewes 20s to 21s; light fat ewefc, 17s 9d; 125 5 and 6yr. ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 24s 9d; 100 MA. ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 23s lOd; 24 MA. ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 28s ld; 112 6yr. ewes t.w. S.D. rams, 20s 3d; 203 4 and 5yr. ewes r.w. S.D. rams, 24s; 64 do. 22s; 18 2-th. wethers, 26s; B.F» lambs, 15s 9d to 17s 3d; 129 weaner lambs, 14s; 63 do., 15s 9d; 65 do., 13s 3d; 100 do., 13s 7d; 134 do., 13s 3d; small wether lambs, 5s 7d to 7s 9d; 108 small ewe lambs, 15s; 36 ewe lamb3, 20s 6d; others, 11s to 17s; store ewes, '7s 9d to 9s 6d; weaner pigs, 3s 6d to 5s 6d.