Stock Sales.

Matamata Record, Volume XVI, Issue 1447, 3 August 1933, Page 8

Stock Sales.

FRANKTON.

Porkers Rise 3 s a Head.

Fat sheep were in average supply at the Frankton saleyards on Tuesday, and a good demand existed. Fat wether prices were one shilling a head higher than last week’s, and prime ewes advanced two to three shillings each. Only a few pens of fat lambs were yarded, and these were sold- at late rates.

There was a full yarding of fat cattle, and the demand was fair. Prices for heavy ox and cow beef were unchanged.

There was a medium yarding of fat pigs, and a larger yarding of stores. The majority of the yarding wore porkers and unfinished types. Porkers were sold at about three shillings a head higher than last week’s rates. Stores were sold readily at advanced prices under good competition.* Cattle. —

Runners, £S 10s to £4 4s. Vealers, £1 16s to £2 4s. Medium fat bulloks, £5 3s to £5 12s. Light, £4 7s to £4 15s. Prime fat heifers, £5 to £5 ss. Heavy fat cows, £4 8s to £4 14s. Medium fat cows and heifers, £3 18s to £4 ss. Light, £2 15s to £3 2s. Boners, 16s to 38s. Sheep.—

Heavy fat wethers, 25s Id to 26s 3d. Medium, 22s to 24s 3d. Light, 17s 6d to 21s 3d. Heavy maiden ewes, 23s to 23s lid. Heavy fat ewes, 22s 9d to 23s lOd. Medium, 20s 5d to 21s lid. Light, 18s 6d to 19s sd. Heavy fat hoggets, 18s 2d to 225. Ewe hoggets, 15s sd.

Pigs.— r>* Baconers, £2 to £2 ss. Lighter, 35s to 38s. Heavy porkers, 30s to 345. Light, 23s to 275. Large stores, 21s to 25s 6d. Smaller, 17s to £1 Os 6d. Slips, 15s to 17s. Weaners, 9s 6d to 14s 6d. Choppers, 36s to £2 ss.

MATAMATA. Dalgety and Co. held their usual fortnightly stock sale at Matamata on Wednesday when a full yarding of fat and store cattle and a fair yarding of pigs and sheep came forward and met with good competition selling at up to late rates. Practically a full yarding of dairy cattle also cleared at fully up to late rates. Dairy Cattle., — Best 3-year Jersey heifers, £5 10s to £6 10s. More backward sorts, £3 10s to £4 10s. Two-year Jersey heifers, close to profit, £4 10s to £5 10s. Smaller sorts, £3 to £4. Calved heifers, £4 15s to £5 15s. Cows, early calvers, £3 10s to £5 ss. More backward sorts, £2 10s to £3.

Beef.— Heavy fat cows, £4 to £4 Bs. Light fat cows and heifers, £3 to £3 15s. Unfinished cows, £2 to £2 10s. Boner cows, £1 to 355. Three-year empty Polled heifers, fresh condition, £3 9s to £3 14s. Others, less condition, £2 17s to £3. P.A. cows in calf, £4 4s to £4 11s. Shorthorn cows in calf, £2 13s. Best yearling Jersey heifers, £2 10s to £3. Smaller sorts, £2 to £2 Bs. Broken colours and small heifers, .£1 8s to £1 10s. Pigs.— Good store pigs, 24s to 275. Smaller sorts, £l. Good weaners, 15s to 19s. ' Smaller sorts, 12s 6d to 14s. Sheep.— Fat hoggets, 12s 9d to 15s.