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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIII, Issue 3076, 7 November 1929, Page 7

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FRANKTON STOCK SALE. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Hamilton report having held their usual weekly stock sale at Frankton saleyards on Tuesday, sth November, as under:— c There was an average yarding of beef. Prices were much on a par with last week’s rates. Choice ox sold at 40s per hundred. Prime cow and heifer beef at equal to 35s to 38s, according to quality. Aged fat cows £7 15s to £9, light cows and heifers £6 2s to £7 12s 6d, runners up to £5 17s 6d; store cattle were in short supply, and all classes sold at late rates, store cows £6 to £7 ss, small cull heifers £3 10s to £4 ss, small high-grade Jersey yearling heifers £6, dark Jersey yearling heifers £5 ss, bulls £4 to £B. _ There was an average yarding ol fat sheep. Prices were about on a par with last week’s rates. Heavy shorn wethers 27s to 28s lOd, fat

wethers 25s 9d, fat shorn hoggets 23s lOd, fat woolly wethers 335, store cull wethers 20s to 28s, ewes and lambs 30s. . . , There was a heavy yarding ol tat and store pigs. Store pigs were slightly easier than last week s rates, and light porkers also were a bit easier. Prime heavy baconers £4 to £4 9s, medium £3 13s to £4, heavy porkers £2 15s to £3 Is, lighter 39s to £2 12s 6d, large stores 39s toi 435, slips 31s to 37s 6d, weaners (best) 20s to 27s 6d, others 10s 6d to 17s 6d. A particularly fine line of 40 prime baconers for Messrs. Ayers and Smith, Waharoa, average £4 9s.

WELLINGTON RABBITSKIN SALE. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report: The final rabbitskin sale of the season was held yesterday afternoon at the Dominion Farmers’ Institute. Owing to the slump in values at the last London sale and reports from overseas still being unfavourable competition was very dull and sales were difficult to makei

The bulk of the offering was spotted and inferior winters, prices showing a decided drop on our previous quoted rates. The following is the range of prices:— Runners 18d, summers 24%d, milky 20 y 2 d, winters B.S. 34*4d, second winters spotted winters 38i4d, winter bucks 50d, hareskins 20d. If sufficient skins come forward we intend holding a sale in the summer months, dates will be advertised later.