Beef Easier At Frankton

Northern Advocate, 22 February 1940, Page 8

Beef Easier At Frankton

Commercial

[Special to "Northern Advocate ”l HAMILTON, Wednesday. At the Frankton stock sale yesterday, values for beef were slightly easier. Fat calves also met with slightly lower prices, but values for boner cattle were firm. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report:— Cattle.—Prime fat bullocks, heavy, £ll/15/ to £l2/12/6; lighter, £lO/2/6 to £lO/18/; prime fat cows, heavy, £7/15/ to £B/17/; lighter, £6/10/ to £7/7/6; prime heavy heifers, £B/5/ to £9/11/; lighter. £6/18/ to £7/15/; fat Jersey cows, £5 to £6/3/; heavy boners, £*3/15/ to £4/16/; medium, £2/12/ to £3/14/; light, £l/12/6 to £2/8/; potter bulls, heavy, £7/10/ to £B/17/; lighter, £5/5/ to £6/17/; 31year Hereford bullocks. £7/12/6 to £B/2/; 2£-year Polled Angus steers, £6; 2£-year Polled Angus heifers, £4/2/ to £4/6/. Sheep. Heavy prime wethers, £l/5/3 to £l/6/6: medium, £l/3/ to £ 1/4/3; unfinished wethers, £l/1/ to £l/2/; heavy fat ewes, 16/ to 17/6; medium fat ewes, 13/ to 14/; fat lambs, heavy, £l/4/6 to £l/6/; medium, £l/3/ to £l/3/6. Pigs.—Prime topweight baconers. £4/9/; prime heavy, £4/4/ to £4/8/; heavy baconers, £3/18/ to £4/4/; prime medium baconers, £3/12/ to £3/18/; medium, £3/6/ to £3/12/; light, £3 to £3/6/; buttermilk pigs, £2/16/ to £3/2/; heavy porkers, £2/12/ to £2/18/; medium, £2/5/ to £2/12/; light, £2 to £2/5/; small, 34/ to £2; large stores, 36/ to £2/3/; medium. 30/ to 36/; small, 25/ to 30/; slips. 20/ to 25/; best weaners, 16/ to 20/; others. 6 / to 16/; choppers, £2/10/ to £4/6/.