DALGETY AND CO.'S REPORT
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HAMILTON, Tuesday. Messrs Dalget'y and Company, Limited, report having held their weekly stock sale at Frankton yards to-day. Sheep : There was an average yarding of fpt sheep, which sold at last week's values. Fat wethers (good quality) made 13s 6d to 15s; fat ewes from 5s 9d to 7s 3d; fat lambs from 9s to 16s 6d. Only a few store sheep were yarded. Shorn lambs made 5s 4d to 5s 6d; woolly lambs up to 7s, cull ewes 9s 9d. Cattle: Tbere was an average yarding of fat cattle. Prices were a shade better, although there 'was no appreciable rise. Average weight bullocks made £3 16s to £5 2s; Jersey bullocks, £2 19s; choice Folled Angus heifers, £2 17s 6d to £3 lQs ; heavy Hereford cows £2 10s to £4; vealers made 12s to 20s. There was a fair yarding of store cattle, for which there was a very weak demand. Fifteen-months Polled Angus and Herefojrd steers made 20s; Hereford empty cows, £1 ; empty Polled Angus cows, 23s; aged Polled Angus cows, 17s; weaner Polled Angus and Hereford calves, 10s. Dairy cows: A line of dairy cows close to profit made £3 10s to £6 5s. Pigs: A full yarding of both porlcers and stores came f orward with very few good baconers. We sold best baconers at £2 to £2 4s; medium baconers £1 12s to £1 17s; best porlcers, £1 to £1 8s; lighter porkers, 12s to 18s; choppers, £1 12s to £2 9s; best stores, 10s to 13s 6d; slips, 6s to 9s; weaners, 4s 6d to 6s 6d.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 226, 18 May 1932, Page 7
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270DALGETY AND CO.'S REPORT Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 226, 18 May 1932, Page 7
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