LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 3, 5 January 1938, Page 4

LIVE STOCK MARKET.

OPENING FRANKTON SALE.j I ADVANCE IN SHEEP PRICES. j EASING TENDENCY IN BEEF. j The first fat stock sale of the New Year! was held at Frankton yesterday. Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report that a medium yarding of fat wethers, fat ewes and fat lambs met with a ready sale at prices in advance of those ruling at the last sale held. Good quality prime fat wethers especially elicited very keen competition and showed an advance of over 2 per head. Prices were as follows: — Heavy prime wethers. 30/; lighter ditto, 27 : small fat two-tooths. 25,3 to 26 3; good fat ewes, 21 ; good fat lambs, 23 ; medium ditto, £1 1/ to £1 '2,3; light I lambs. 19 3. I Cattle Mere yarded in very small nmn- | hers, and both cow and ox beef showed ail easing tendency and bidding was not keen. We quute: —Good -Jersey cows (cross), lat. £5, £5 5/ to £5 15 ; others. £4 10/ to t-5; lieavv vealers, £2 J6 : lighter ditto, £1. 13/; small calves. 14/ to 21,'. Competition for boner cows "was good, and practically a total clearance was made under the hammer. Heavy boners (Hol-stein-cross). £4 1, ; ditto (Jersey sorts), £3 8/ to £3 12 ; boner cows, with small calves at foot, £4 5/. There was a smaller yarding of fat pigs than usual. Competition was keen throughout. and late rates Mere maintained. Extra prime fat baconers, £3 17/; ditto prime, £3 10' to £3 16 ; medium, £2 10/' to £3 8': light baconers and heavy porkers, £2 12/ to £2 18/; good porkers, £2 6/ to £2 11/: lighter, 36/ to £2 4/; unfinished, 32/ to 35,/. For stores competition Mas keen and a , good clearance resulted. Best stores. 35/ to £2; others. 30/ to 34/; best slips, 26' to 20 others, 19/ to 25/; weaners, 15/ to 18/. < Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Sheep: Extra prime two-tooth wethers, 30/; prime fat wethers, 27 6 to 29,/; medium, 25/6 to 26. 9; light, 23/3 to 24/6; heavy fat ewes, 16/3 to 18/; medium, 14/3 to 15/6; medium fat twotooth ewes, 24/6 to 25/3; fat lambs, 23/ to 24/6. Cattle: Medium prime cows, to £7 ' 19/; fat Jersey cows, £4 10/ to £5; light fat Jersey cows, £3 13/ to £4 1/; heavy boners, £3 5/ to £4 s'; lighter, £2 10/ to £3 1/: potter Jersey bulls, £8 7/6 to £8 16/. Pigs: Prime heavy baconers. £3 15/ to £3 17,/; heavy baconers. £3 10/ to £3 14/; medium, £3 7/ to £3 9/'; light, £3 2/ to £3 6/; buttermilk pigs, £2 17/ to £3 1/: heavy porkers, £2 11/ to £2 16'; medium, £2 6,/ to £2 10/'; light, 38/ to £2 5/; large stores. 38/ to £2 3/; smaller. 34/6 ito 37/: slips, 25/ to. 33/6; best weaners, 19/ to 22/ : others, 16/ to 18/. G. W. Yercoe and Company. Limited.— Sheep: Prime fat wethers, 28/ to 30/; medium, 26/ to 27/6; light, 24/ to 25/6; ewes, to 15/9; prime lambs, 24/ to 25/6; lighter, 22/ to 23/6. Cattle: Vealers, heavy, fco £3 10/; medium, to £2 10/; medium bullocks, £11 10/ to £12 2/6; light. £10 7/6 to £11 5/; medium fat com-r, £6 15/ to £7 16/; light, £5 15/ to# £6 10/; heavy baconers, £3 15/ to £4 5/; lighter, £2 to £3 10/; heavy potter bulls, £8 10/ to £9 3/; lighter, £5 to £7 10/. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £3 14/ to £3 17/: medium, £3 8/ to £3 12/; light, £3 to "J/, 5/; heavy porkers, £2 12/ to £2 18/; medium. £2 6/ to £2 10/; light, £2 to £2 5/: good stores. 35/ to £2; others, 28/ to 30/; slips, £1 to 27/; weaners, 18/ to 21/; choppers, to £3 10/. CATTLE FOR FIJI. NEW ZEALAND HEREFORDS. A fine consignment of Hereford cattle Mas recently shipped to Fiji on behalf of the Colonial Sugar Company through the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. It consisted of four three-year-old horned bulls from the herd of the _ estate of the late Mr.; James McKenzie, of Masterton; four two-year-old horned bulls, bred by Mr. J. M. James, of Masterton, and three two-year-old horned aud one polled bull from Miss B. Donald, of Featherston. These animals were all splendid types of Hereford cattle, well marked and of rich red colour. Advice has just been received from the Islands that the cattle arrived in excellent condition, and it is anticipated thait the bulls recently forwarded will considerably improve the stock there. IMPORTED PEDIGREE BOAR. A well-known breeder of pedigree Large Black and Berkshire pigs, Mr. John Morgan, of Weraroa, Levin, recently acquired an outstanding young boar from the Hawkesbury i Agricultural College of New South Wales. This young boar is sired by the English imported boar Grafton Flashlight, from one of the top matrons in the Hawkesbury herd, Hawkesbury Bridget 3rd. He is from a litter of ten, and has great length with good markings.