CATTLE FAIR

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 May 1943, Page 2

CATTLE FAIR

LATE RATES MAINTAINED. The Associated Auctioneers held their supplementary Cattle Fair at the Colombo Road yards yesterday. There was a good average attendance. Buyers from the South Wairarapa, Manawatu and other districts operated freely. The entry consisting of some 1,200 head camo forward in fair condition and the prices were on a par with previous cattle fairs. Vendors were satisfied with the realisations and a total clearance was effected under the hammer. The following are some of the principal prices:— Fats:—Bullocks, £ll 12s 6d, £lO 10s; heifers £9 7s 6d, £8 10s to £8; cows, £8 15s, £7 19s, £7 ss, £7, £6 17s to £5 15s cows, ex-dairy, £4 12s 6d; vealers, £3 17s 6d. Store cattle:—Bullocks, a/c Kumukumu, £9 4s; 2’--yr. steers, a/c E. W. Cheetham, £8 6s; a/c Te Roto, £8 Is; a/c Castlepoint, £8 4s; a/c Wyeth Estate, £8 Is; a/c Raiohiti, £7 18s; a/c Eparaima, £7 15s; others, £7 10s, £7, £5 14s to £4 15s; 18-mos. steers, a/c Te Roto, £6 10s; a/c Castlepoint, £6 4s; a/c Richmond Beetham, £5 Ils; a/c C. H. Vallance, £5 7s; a/c T. V. Caverhill, £5 17s 6d; a/c York Bros., £5 12s; a/c C. C. Jackson, £5 2s; others, £5 7s 6d to £4 4s; weaner steers, a/c Mrs J. C. Wrigley, £3 12s; a/c C. H. Vallance, £2 ss. Two and a half year heifers: A/c C. C. Jackson, Herefords, £5 12s; a/c Eparaima, £5 6s; a/c Wyeth Estate, £5 2s; others, £4 16s; horned heifer, £4 12s 6d.

Eighteen-month heifers: A/c W. F. McLaren, £4 7s; a/c Castlepoint, £3 19s; a/c E. T. Wilton, £3 15s; a/c Geo. Shaw, £3 11s; a/c C. C. Jackson, £3 10s; a/c Richmond Beetham, £3 6s. Weaner Jersey heifers, £3 15s, £3 to £2 Is; cows, r.w.b., a/c York Bros., P.A., £4 7s; a/c J. D. Crozier, Herefords, £3 ss; others, £4 ss. Station cows: £3 13s, £3 12s, £3 6s, £3, £2 18s, £2 15s, £2 12s 6d to 30s. Potter bulls: £6 15s to £6 9s.