HAMILTON STOCK SALE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 267, 8 November 1923, Page 6

HAMILTON STOCK SALE.

5 The Fanners' Co-op. Auctioneering Co., %ti. t report:— ■■"At "Hamilton, oil 6th. -November, we Jiflu a moderate yarding of sheep and cattle, but s-plgß were again present In full supply, lac ■■;sheep seemed to draw rather tetter coin- - petition, and the ■wiiole of the entry was : cleared. Wethers, shorn, made rfroni 30/b ' to a.V; forward hoggets, 26/; store hoggets, : email, 20/3 to £2/6. Beef again met with a ? dull reception, bidding; being slow and f epiritless. Kverythlns was, however, cleared at miction. Best steers made from t£9 to £10 10/; lighter weights, SS 5/ to £9; heavj-, from £6 4/ to £8; lighter -weights, £i 10/ to £5 13/; forward cows, £3 ■2/6 to £3 16/: store cows, irom £1 to £2 IJ<&. i There was a lair entry of empty neifera for "wlilca competition was (fair. Jersey cross made to £A J. 3/; Shorthorn and Shorthorn cross, £2 5/ to £2 15/. Dairy cattle were not plentiful, nor was the quality noteiwortny. Oows made from f5 to £7. Tigs, which were yarded In full numbers, declined. -In value. Heavy baconers made to £4 U/; 'light baconers, £2 02/6 to £3 10/; porkers, £2 to £i 10/; .wcaner and store pigs "old ■well In comparison, slips making to '•£>/• - weuners W to'3l/6.