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Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 64, 3 December 1896, Page 2

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Tine Waikato A nous Office. Wednesday \V. .!. IiUNTLR'S oiiAuro SALE. At Mr Hunter's sale nt Ohaupo en Tuesday, about.'-'."O head of cattle were yarded, all of .i good class and in fair condition. There was a fair muster (if dairy cows, many of them really good, for which there was a brisk demand at advanced prices, nearly all selling under the hammer. Then: were several pens of nice yearlings, hut the demand for that class of stock was a bit dull. Two and a-lialf year old steers sold fairly well, there 'was also a fair demand for young empty cows. No grown steers were offered. Prices were as fellows : Dairy eows, from .I': 1 , to £8 iis, with a good demand ; yearlings, mixed sexes, from '27s (id to .'!2s (jd; good yearling heifers, 27s : 2.', year old steers from I*2 :;-. to .'.'.". 2s, with a good demand : empty cons from £2 IS-s to .£.'! ; 2 year old heifers £2 5s ; 1 pen small fat heifers, £3 10s ; fat cows, from C) 17s to £4. Sheep : l):i!v a few were yarded, tat owes hi wool selling at 0s (jd. MoNICOL'S TE MATA SALE. Ml SMC- MoXieoi, .\.VI> t'o.'s KKI'OKT. — At Tc Ma.ta to-day there was a eery small lmist'-r of cattle, about 1(H) thicu-year-old steer i and empty cow:; advertised did not turn up. However, about 150 head wera yarded, but piices were no improvement on Waikato ones, and onlv about SO head were sold Youi ling steers, ."2s (id ; one am! a-lialf year-obi steers, £-2 2s lid to C2 10; ; two and two and a-half year old steers, .'.'.-' I;"« to »'3 17" (id : duply cows and