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Wednesday, 23 May 2012 09:46

Demand strong for weaner heifers at Wellsford

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A tidy 400 head of cattle were offered at Wellsford today, of which weaner and R1yr cattle filled the most pens.  Though the buying bench was mainly local, the arrival of one buyer from Tuakau helped move proceedings along in the weaner pens 

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