Cattle and Pig Sale at Pukekohe.

Franklin Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 126, 2 November 1934, Page 5

Cattle and Pig Sale at Pukekohe.

LOAN COMPANY’S RATES. LARGE YARDING OF PIGS. COMPETITION STEADY. Values at the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company’s sale at Pukekohe yesterday \vere on a par with those ruling at its last local sale. An average. number of cattle were penned but there .were fewer dairies offered. Pigs came forward in very large numbers. Competition was steady for ail classes and values were on a par with late ''rates# Quotations are:—- . Dairy: Best heifers sold from £5 to £5 7s 6d; others, £3 10s to £4 15s; medium and backward, £2 5s to £3 ss; to £4 10s.. ’, ;• • Beef and • stores: Medium prime steers, £6 to-£7; light, £5 to* £5 15s); heavy-prime . cows, £5 to £5 17s 6d; medium, £4 to £4 lss; light, £3 to £3'lss; prime heifers, £2 Ids to £4 7s 6d; forward-conditioned cows, £1 IQs to £2 7s 6d; boner and aged cows, to £i 6s; ibest yearling heifeps, £2, to £2 13s; medium, £1 10s to £l‘ 18s; small, to £1 8s; bulls (for 'service), £3 to £5 ss; boner bulls, to £1 ss. • Pigs: ,Heavy prame ! baconers*; £3; 7s tip£3 12s; medium, £3 to £3 6s; light, £2 15s to £2 19s ;' heavy porkers, : £2 8s to £2; 14s; medium, £2,2s to £2 7s; light, £1 16s to £2 Is; choppers, £1 15s'to £3 9s; large stores, £1 8s to £1 14s ;l slips, £1 4s to £1 7s; best weaners, 17s to £1 ss; small, -j 7s to 16s: sow, with Titter, £6 7s, 6d ; sows, due to farrow, £3 5s to £4 10s.