STOCK SALE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 188, 19 July 1940, Page 8

STOCK SALE

PRICES AT FRANKTON RECENT VALUES MAINTAINED The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited report: Sheep: A.t Frankton stock sale on Tuesdajr a full yarding of all classes of ewe and wether mutton include ing many pens of prime quality sheep, camc forward. Prime wethers shoAved a slight improvement in value, while medium quality lots also sold freely. An entry of 50 prime heavy wethers from Mr Crowther, Cambridge, averaged 375, w r hile wethers from Mr E. J. Owen, Pirongia, mafle 36s to 36s 3d. Good qual-? ity ewe .mutton fully maintained recent values, with a smaller entry !of fat hoggets meeting a steady demand. Cattle: A good entry of ox and cow beef, including many pens of better quality ox - beef which showed a slight improvement in value. A steady demand existed for cow and heifer beef with values fully up to recent sales. Several pens of prime runners sold freely, with boner cows realising late ra,tes. Prime medium ox from 'Glenco,' Farm, Hamilton, made to £13 7s and averaged £12 18s for a consignment of 12 head. Lighter from Mr A. Bickle, Te Rapa, sold from £11 10s to £11 17s; a consignment from Mr J. .H Gore, Tuhikaramea, realised £10 19s to £11 15s; heifer beef from Mr C. Smith, Te Kowhai made £7 12s 6d to £9 (is; prime heavy runners from Mrs M. Patterson, Horotiu, sold from £5 13s to £6 13s. Pigs: vA light entry of fat pigs,- and a ? full 3 r arding of stores and weaners. The demand for all classes was very keen with values on a par with last week's rates. Quotations: — Sheep: prime wethers 353 Lo 375; medium 32s 6d to 34s 6d; lighter 28s 6d> to 31s; 6d; unfinished, wethers 25s 6d to 275; fat ewes 23s 3d to 25s 6d; medium 20s 6d to 225; unfinished 17s to 18s 6d; fat hoggets to 30s; medium 23s 3d to 24s 9d; light 20s 6d to 225. Cattle: Medium prime ox beef fill 17s to-£l3 8s; lighter £10 10s to £11 10s; medium fat heifers £8 Is to {£9 6s; lighter £7 Is to £7 17s 6d; small er £5 16s to to £6 12s 6d; medium fat cows £7 15s to £8 ss; lighter £6 7s fid to £7 8s; heavy fat Jersey cows £5 8s to £6 15s; boner cows £3 16s £4 14s; others £2 5s to £3 lis. Pigs: Medium baooners £3 13s t*y £3 18s; light £3 5s to £3 10s; light porkers £2 5s to £2 8s; good quality large stores £2 4s to £2 8s; largle stores 37s 6d to £2 2s; slips 28s 6d to 34s "(id; weaners 10s 6d to 26s fid.