STEERS MAKE £5 14/-

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 169, 4 August 1937, Page 6

STEERS MAKE £5 14/-

Mixed Entry in Store Cattle Section With the exception of several lines of weaner steers and heifers, the entry in the store cattle section at to-day 's sale at Stortford Lodge was oa the mixed side, and prices varied accord* ingly.' Weaner steers and heifers, of goocf breeding and in good order, met with steady demand, £5 14/- being obtained for a quality line of P.A. steers from Mr D. Wilson's property at Waimarama. Heifers mad6 to £3. Selected entries and prices paid are as follow: — A bid of £4 19/- secured a good line of 32 P.A. weaner steers, on account of Mr V. H. Monson, Otamaire. A pen of 33 P.A. weaner steers, in from Waimarama and on account of Mr D. Wilson, well grown and in good condition^ nicely bred quality young cattle, mot tho market at £5 14/-. A pen of 32 weaner P.A. and P.A.Hereford crossbred heifers, medium framed and in fresh store condition, realised £2 17/-, passing at this figure. A further entry on account of Mr Monson, a pen of 16 P.A. weaner heifers, clean bred, in similar order to the previous pen, sold at £3. On account of Mr Monson, 16 P.A. and crossbred weaner steers, mediuu grown. and store to fresh conditioned, sold at £3 16/--