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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 March 1943, Page 4

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SALE AT CARTERTON. LATE RATES MAINTAINED. Messrs Wright Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report as follows cn their Carterton sale yesterday:—A good yarding of sheep, cattle and pigs came forward. Prices were on a par with late rates and practically a total clearance was effected under the hammer. The following are some of the realisations: — Sheep: Fat lambs. 19s 3d, 20s, 21s to 22s 6cl; fat wethers, 245, 24s 9d to 255; fat ewes, 12s 8d to 13s 3d; small 2-th. wethers, 15s 9d to 17s 4d; b.f. lambs, 15s 5d to 16s; small b.f. lambs, to 10s; w.w. lambs, to 15s; medium w.w. lambs, Ils, Ils lOd to 12s 3d; small w.w. lambs, 6s 7d, 9s 9d to 10s 9d; woolly ewe lambs, 12s to 15s; f.m. ewes, 9s 9d, 10s, 10s 6d, 11s, 12s 4d to 12s 6d; 6-year ewes, 13s to 13s sd; maiden 4-th. ewes, to 19s B<J; small 2-th. ewes, 14s 6d to 15s 9d; S.D. rams, l%gns. to 4gns. Cattle: Jersey heifer calves, £2 10s, £2 18s, £3 Is, £3 2s to £3 ss; fat cows, £5 ss, £5 Ils, £6 to £6 Is; forward cows, £4 Is, £4 6s to £4'los; store cows, 375, £2 10s to £3 2s 6d; buffs, £4 ss, £5 5s to £6 las; cows and calves, to £8; for-’ ward condition steers, to £9 17s 6d; Hereford heifers, to £5 3s; P.A. cows, to £6 7s. Pigs: Baconers, £4 12s, £4 16s, £5, £5 6s to £5 11s; heavy porkers, £3 14s, £3 15s to £4- porkers, £3, £3 ss, £3 6s to £3 12s; light porkers, £2 12s, £2 14s, £2 18s to £2 19s; store pigs, £2 Is, £2 4s, £2 5s to £2 10s- slips, 26s 6d, 295, 335, 345, 35s 6d to 39s- weaners, good, 20s to 255; medium, 17s to i9s; small, 12s, 14s, 15s, to 16s; choppers, 365, 39s to £2 ss.