COMMERCIAL.

Franklin Times, Volume 14, Issue 195, 23 October 1925, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

STOCK SALE REPORTS.

HAMILTON

The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Co., Ltd., Hamilton, report : At our weekly sale held in .the Frankton yards on Tuesday we had a fair entry of steer and cow beef. There were no heavy cattle penned. Steer beef realised well up to last week s rates, while fat cows and heifers, all of medium quality, did not reach the ruling rates of late markets. A moderate number of store and dairy cattle was offered and competed, for up to prices realised at other recent sales. A small entry of sheep was submitted without any' improvement in prices. A good entry of fat pigs was offered without any alteration in the keen competition and values. Stores in some parts lacked the demand of last week’s inquiries. Quotations: Beef: Medium weight fat steers, £l4 12s 6d to £ls 12s Gd; good quality well done, light, £ls 10s to £ls 12s Gd: well done 2-year steers'; £l2 12s 6d to £l3 12s 6d: medium and plain steers, .£l2 12s 6d to £l4: medium weight cows, £9 5s to £10: light cows and heifers, £7 10s to £7 15s; unfinished, £5 Is to £5 15s: small vealers and runners £2 9s to £2 19s. Stores: Cows. £2 8s to £3 Is: 2-year steers, £5 17s: 2year empty Jersey cross heifers, £i. yearlings, £3. Dairy cattle: Best heifers at profit, £lO 10s to £l2 10s, ordinary, £5 to £5 10s. Sheep: Medium fat shorn wethers to 355: spring lambs, 28s to 33s 6d: forward hoggets in wool, 31s Gd. Pigs: Hea\y baconers, £4 lGs to £5 11s; good, £i 10s to £4 15s: medium, £4 to £4 7s: good porkers and light haconers, £3 9s to £3 18s: medium porkers, £2 15s to £3 ss: well done light, £2 7s to £2 12s; others, £2 2s to £2 ss; stores, 38s to £2 2s: choppers, £4 5s to £i 17s Gd: slips. 23s to 28s, to 3~s, weaners and small slips, 15s to 11.

ngatea. There was a small yarding of stock at the monthly sale conducted by the Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Co. at Ngatea, and fair prices were realised. Prime fat cows brought from £9 15s to £ll 10s: lighter. £7 to £8 10s: fat heifers, £6 Is to £7, fresh-conditioned cows, £5 4s to £o 19s: young empty cows, £4 Is to £-t 18s: other empty cows, £2 17s to £3 16s: empty 2-year-old heifers, £3 ns. to £4: springing heifers, £4 5s to £6 10s: potting bulls, up to £8 10s; and young Jersey bull, £B. TE AWAMUTU. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. report on their Te Awamutu sale as follow: Medium fat steers, £l6 15s: lighter do. £ll 18s to £l4 10s, heavy fat cows, £l2 19s to £ll 10s; fat 2-year heifers, £7 19s to £10; rough billable cows, £6 5s to £6 17s, young cows in fresh condition, £a 2s 6cl to £4 18s: aged cows, £2 11s to £3 15s: 15-month ' Friesian heifers, £4 to £4 10s; 20-month to 2-year Shorthorn heifers, £3 18s to £5 ss; good yearling Shorthorn heifers £3 10s io £3 16s: best Jersey heifers, £4 10s to £4 15s: Jersey cross heifers. £1 14s to £3 6s: yearling Shorthorn steers, £5 - dairv cows, £7 to £11; best springing heifers, £9 to £ll 15s; others, £6 to" £8 10s: small and low-conditioned heifers, £3 to £5: woolly fat ewes’ £1 15s 6d to £1 16s 3d: fat porkers, £3 10s: store porkers, £1 10s to £1 15s; slips, £1 4s to .£1 7s; weaners, 12s to £l.