LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 243, 14 October 1931, Page 4

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

PRICES AT FRANKTON

ADVANCE IN BEEF,

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report haing held their usual weekly stock sale at their Franktou saleyards on Tuesday, October 13, as under: — Fat Sheep.—There was a smaller yarding than usual, .but there was no alteration in quotations from last week. We sold fat woolly wethers at 17/11; fat hoggets, 14/6 to 16/; fat, woolly ewes, 10/6 to 12/6; inferior forward ewes, 6/ to 7/6. Store Sheep.—A small yarding. We sold two lines mixed aged woolly evvee with black-faced-lambs at. foot at 8/10 all counted, under good competition. Fat Cattle.-—There was a small yarding, and there was a sharp advance, prices being from 10/ to 30/ per head higher than late rates, especially in the good quality fat cow and heifer class. We sold fat steers at £8 12/6 to £9 5/; fat cows and heifers, £8 5/, £8, £7 l/; lighter sorts, £6 to £6 10/; light cows and heifers, £2 15/ to £5 7/6.Store Cattle. —A medium yarding which sold at late rates. Forward good quality cows, £2 15/ to £3 10/; inferior cows, 15/ to 30/; small Jersey yearling heifers, £3; crossbred Jersey yearling heifers, £2 5/; small Jersey yearlings, 27/6 to 30/; yearling bulls, 25/.to 45/. Fat Pigs.—There was a particularly heavy yarding of fat pigs, and a sharp decrease in prices resulted. Best heavy baconers made from £2 10/ to £2 14/; lighter, do., £2 to £2 7/6; porkers, ibest, 30/ to 37/6; ! light, 23/ to 28/. There was a good yarding of store and weaner pigs, and prices were firm at late rates. Medium stores, 23/ to 27/6; smaller, 18/ to 22/6; slips, 17/ to'£l; weaners, 10/ to 17/6.

The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneer ing Company, report as follow: —Sheep Heavy fat wethers, 16/ to 17/; medium 14/3 to 15/6; heavy fat ewes, 11/ to 11/9 medium, 9/3 to 10/6; ewes and lambs all counted, 13/6 to 16/6; fat hoggets, 13/ to 15/6; spring Jambs, 18/6 to 22/. Cattle Prime fat bullocks,' £10 to £10 12/ medium, £9 to. £9 17/; lighter, £8 4, to £8 14/; a consignment of medium weight prime ox sold , on account o Crossing Estate, Putaruru, averaged £10 a draft sold on account of Mr. H/ S Hawkins averaged £10 7/6; prime fa cows, heavy, £7 12/ to £8; medium, £i 5/ to £7 7/6; light; £5 4/ to £5 15/ killable cows and ''heifers, £3 to £3 19/ 6tore cows, 28/ to £2 12/; boners, 6/ tc 18/; two-year empty Jersey heifers, 20/ to £2 2/; Jersey and Jersey-cross yearling heifers, £3 3/ to £3 10/; young Shorthori heifers, 30/ to 38/. Pigs: Prime baconers £2 8/ to £2 14/; medium, £2 2/ to £5 6/; light, 36/ to £22/; heavy porkers, 30/ to 34/; light, 26/ to 29/; heavy choppers, 32/ to £2 li/; stores, 24/ to 28/; slips, £1 to 23/; weaners, 12/ to 17/. i TAUMARUNUI. The yarding at the Taumarunui stock sale comprised 200 sheep, 50 cattle and 40 pigs. There was a fair demand for the weaner pigs, but the sheep were -hard to quit. Good' dairy heifers made up to £7 10/, but 12 nice two-year-old Black Poll bulls failed to make the reserve and were not sold under the hammer. Ewes and lambs made 11/, and prime wethers made 15/1. The following prices were realised:—Pigs: Weaners, 6/, 17/6, 13/, 14/, 15/, 16/, 17/6 to 19/6. Sheep: Prime wethers, 15/1; four and six-tooth wethers, 10/2; wether hoggets, 8/9; ewe hoggets, 10/9; ewes, with 100 per cent lambs, 11/. Cattle: Fat steers, £3 14/; fat oows, £6 6/; empty cows, 30/; dairy cows, £4 10/; dairy heifers, £4 10/, £6 5/, £6 10/ to £7 w. PAEROA. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report:—At our Paeroa , sale cattle came forward in increased* numbers, the pens being well filled. Competition was keener than the previous sales for all classes -of cattle, and there was a good sale with cattle selling at advanced values. Best dairy heifers, £7 10/ to £9 10/; others, £6 to £7 5/; backward sorts, £3 10/ to £5 5/; fat cows, £6 to £7 12/6; others, £4 15/ to £5 15/; forward cows, £3 to £4 5/; good store cows, £2 to £2 15/; boners, 15/ to £1 6/; two-year-old steers, £2 10/ to £3 6/; one-year-old steers, £1 8/ to £2 2/; yearling heifers. £3 to £3 15/; others, £2 5/ to £2 15/; bulls, £1 10/ to £6 6/.