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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 August 1942, Page 6

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MASTERTON SALE FAT SHEEP VALUES INCREASE. KEEN DEMAND FOR DAIRY CATTLE. The Associated Auctioneers report as follows on their Masterton sale yesterday:—A good yarding came forward and all classes sold well to a keenly competing bench of buyers. Fat sheep appreciated in value from 2s to 3s a head, and in-lamb ewes were in keen demand. A special entry of dairy cattle attracted keen competition, several lots selling at prices well above those attained in neighbouring districts during the season. A line of good Jersey cows offered on account of the Estate of F. W. J. Percy, made from £9 to £ll ss, the whole line averaging £lO Is 6d. An attractive entry offered on account Mrs E. E. Wilson made up to £l2 10s, the line averaging £lO. Another line of highproducing cows offered on account of D. N. Perry made £ll 15s, and the line averaged £9 ss. Other good dairy sorts made £8 10s, £9 to £lO ss. A total clearance of the entire offering was made under the hammer. Realisations are.-—Sheep: Fat wethers 34s 7s, 35s 9d, lighter sorts 29s to 30s 9d. Heavy ewes 225, 23s 6d, light 19s to 20s. Fat hoggets 29s 3d to 30s. Fat Southdown ewes, 22s 9d, 4yr ewes running with S.D. rams, 27s to 27s lOd, four-tooth ewes running with S.D. rams 275, mixed aged ewes, running with S.D. rams, 20s to 21s 9d, medium shorn wether hoggets 17s to 18s 6d. An extra good line of woolly wether hoggets made 23s 3d, while woolly ewe hoggets made up to 265. SALE AT PAHIATUA SHEEP MAKE LATE RATES. KEEN COMPETITION FOR PIGS. The Associated Auctioneers report that at the Pahiatua sale a large entry of both sheep and dairy cows and heifers, were yarded, and offered to a good attendance of local and outside buyers. Realisations in the sheep were on a par with late sales, and a total clearance was made at auction, wether hoggets meeting with keen competition. In the dairy section the yarding was greatly in excess of the advertised number, but with a large bench of buyers operating practically a total clearance was made, with good values according to quality. The entry of pigs offered met with very keen competition, which no doubt was due to the change back to butter, and realisations here were again high. Quotations: Fat wethers, 325, 31s 6d to 28s, store wethers 27s Id to 265, syr ewes, S.D. rams, 23s to 18s, two-tooth ewes, S.D. rams, 30s, ewe hoggets 26s 4d to 235, w. hoggets, 20s to 19s, b.f. hoggets 16s to 13s, fat ewes 20s, dairy cows (good) £l3 to £lO 10s, others £9 10s to £B, poorer sorts £6 to £4 15s, springing heifers (good) £ll to £B, others £8 to £6 10s. Pigs:, Weaners, 32s to 265, stores £2 4s to 395.