FRANKTON STOCK SALE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 174, 25 July 1928, Page 4

FRANKTON STOCK SALE.

(By Telegraph—Own Correspondent.)

HAMILTON", this day. The Farmers' Co-operative Auction-1 eering Company, Limited, report:— i At the weekly stock market in the I Frankton yards yesterday we had a full yarding of beef, principally of good qual- i ity, and prices were slightly easier. There j was a short market of fat sheep and I values were equal to the previous week's ' rates. A fair entry of fat and store pigs was submitted, the majority of fats b<?mg of the unfinished class. They sold at the usual rates, while all classes ot etores showed an improvement Quotations:— . Cattle.—Medium weight fat bullocks. ! £13 to £14 2/6; prime light weights, £10 i 9/ to £10 11/; prime fat cows, £9 2/6 to £9 10/; good quality, light to medium, fat heifers. £8 18/ to £9 10/: plain and unfinished cows, £5 12/6 to £6 7/; good veil 1 ' ~. 'II" to £4 7/; small, 37/; good reu. Hn;; Jei :y-cross heifers, £4 12/6; small yea*'i'.v's. £2 17/6. Sheer 1 . Heavy prime wethers. 40/6; lighter prime, 35/: fat ewes. 27/6; fat hoggets. 25/: forward conditioned black-face hoggets, 22/6. Pigs.---Medium baeoners, £3 12/ to £3 10/ ; light baeoners, £3 to £3 6/; heavy corkers, £2 10/ to £2 18/: light porkers, £1 18/ to £2 2/\ slips, 18/ to 25/; weaners, 10/ to 16/.