STOCK SALES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20563, 14 May 1930, Page 7

STOCK SALES.

PRICES AT FRANKTON*

LITTLE CHANGE IN RATES [BY telegraph.—own correspondent.3 HAMILTON, Tuesday. Largo yardings of beef, and pigs and an average number of sheep came forward at the weekly stock sale at the Fraukton Yards this afternoon. Quotations for beef end pigs wero firm at lato rates. Tho auctioneers report as follows:--Lalgcty mid Company, Limited.—Thero was a larger yarding of oeef than usual, including a good many fat bullocks. Tho demand generally was lower than last week, l'rituo medium-weight bullocks sold from £ I J loa to £lO 14s; prune young cows and heifers sold up to £lO 7s; ordinary fat cows sold from £5 17s Gd to £7 ss; light fat cows and heifers realised from £1 5s to £5 12s. There was a good yarding of store cattle, which mot with a weak demand 1 at late rates. There was a fair yarding of fat sheep, but generally the quality was poor. Best prime wethers made up to 275; inferior wethers, 21s to 245, fat and for-ward-conditioned ewes, to 13s 7d; storo ewes, Gs 3d to 12s 9d; fat woolly lambs, 2(Js Gd; cull two-tooth wethers, lCs 8(1; store shorn lambs. 9s lud. There was a medium yarding of fat pigs and a heavy yarding of store pigs. Fat pigs sold at firm lute rates, whilo store pigs in some cases showed a slight improvement. Heavy baeoners sold lrom £3 to £3 10s: medium baconers, £2 IGs to £3; best porkers, £2 Is to £2 Gs; light porkers, 35d to .1:2; choppers, £3 12s Gd to £G; largo stores. £1 2s to £2 7s Gd; slips, 15s to 18sweaiiers, 83 to 12s Gd. G. W. Yercoe and Company, Limited.— Heavy fat bullocks, to £l3; medium-weight fat bullocks, ill to i.'ll «>cl; light-weight fat bullocks, £lO Gs to £lO Jus; prime heavy fat cows, £S 5s to £'J 10s; heavy fat cows, £7 10s to £8 2s fid; lighter hit cows, £G 10s to £7 53; light fat cows, £4 10s to £5 30s; primo lot heifers, i:S 10s to £0 10s; light fat heifers, £G 15s to £7 10s; for-ward-conditioned cows. £:i 15s to £4 ss; Shorthorn steer calves, £3 ss; Shorthorn, heifer calves, £2 15s.- Jersey-cross heifer calves, £3 10s; fat wethers, 25s to 2Gs; cull ewes, 7s 3d; heavy baeoners, £3 3s. to £3 10s; medium-weight- baeoners, £2 IGs to £3; light-weight baeoners, £2 12s to £2 15s; heavy porkers, £2 Gs to £2 10s; light porkers, 30s to £2 ss. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—Tho entry of cattle, sheep and pigs was a large ore, and 01 • beef was penned in large numbers, but the competition was not as brisk as last week. Prime fat bullocks sold to £l3 ss; lighter fat bullocks, £lO 10s to £l2; primo fat cows, £8 os to £8 10s; lighter cows, £7 to £8; killablo cows, £5 19s to £G 17s fids >. prime vealers, £4 to £5 lis: lighter vealers, £3 2s Gd to £3 13s. Prices for fat sheep were easier than last week. Prime fat wethers sold to 25s 2d; lighter fat wethers, £1 2s Gd to £1 2s 9d; medium fat woolly lambs. 14s to IGs; store wethers, £1 2s Gd. Tho prices for fat pigs remained o;i a par with late rates, while choppers and stoles showed an improvement on last week's prices. Heavy baeoners, £3 3s to £3 Ss; medium, £2 IGs to £3; light baeoners and heavy porkers, £2 7s to £2 12s; porkers. 38s to £2 ss; stores, 2Gs to 325; slips,' IGb to 21s; weaiiers, 8s to 10s. Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—There was a heavy yarding of beef and storo cattle. Fat steers showed a considerable drop. Good quality fat cows sold at late rates, while store cattle wero again slightly easier. Fat and store sheep wero penned 111 average numbers with prices about the same. There was an average yarding of pigs, the prices realised being on a par with lato quotations. Quotations; Heavy fat bullocks. £l2 10s to £l3 12s Gd; medium, £lO 12s to £11; fat cows, £8 3s to £9 3s; medium, £7 to £8; forwardconaiuoned cows, ±'l 6s to £4 13s; storo cows, £2 12s to £i 14s; vealers, 15s to £3 10s; 31-year steers, £G 5s to £7; empty cows, £3 18s to £5 17s (id; Hereford and Shorthorn breeding cows. £5 13s to £o> IGs; Shorthorn breeding cows. £4 14s; Polled Angus weaner calves, £3 IGs; heifer calves, £2 Is to £2 IGs; Polled Angus bulls, £lO 12s Gd; fat wethers, 2rs fid to 275; fat lambs, lis to ISs; fat and forward wethers, 22s to 22s Gd; fat ewes, 15s to 17s; four and six-tooth breeding ewes. 22, 5: five-year breeding ewes, 14s Gd; failingmouth ewes, 5s 7d to 93; heavy choppers, £4 .<a to £6 2s; other choppers, ~£3 tj £3 10s; medium baeoners, £3 Is to £3 8s; light baeoners, £2 13s to £2 18s; heavy pbrkers, £2 Gs to £2 lis; light, 33s to £2; stores, 2-ls to 30s; weaners, 10s hd to 13a Gd. TAUMARUNUI YARDING. [Br TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] TAUMARUNUI, Tuesday. The yarding at tho stock sale to-day comprised 500 sheep, 50 head cattlo and a few pigs. Only a few outside buyers were ' operating, and stock was hard to quit." The following prices wero realisedWeanera pigs. 10s 6d; porkers. 275; woolly lambs, 7s fid; small lambs. 4s 7d; owe lambs, 6s Sd; heifers, in calf. £4 to £4 14s: 18-montha steers, £3 6s to £5 lis. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. MARKET REMAINS FIRM, (Received May 13, 9.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 13. At the Sydney wool sales to-day the offerings comprised 9289 bales and 9040 were sold. Also, 2058 Lules were sold privately. The market was firm at tho highest point of the series and competition was still keen. All descriptions of skirtings were in demand at prices fully 5 per cent.above last week's. Greasy Merino sold to 23d. MELBOURNE MARKET STRONG. (Received May 13, 10.15 p.m.) MELBOURNE, May IS. At tho Melbourne wool sales to-day i 8600 bales wero offered and a good clearance was made. 111 a strong market prices were 011 a par with last week's, with an upward tendency. CANTERBURY MARKETS. BUSINESS NOT BRISK. [by telegraph.—press association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. Tho grain and produce market continues with little business passing: Wheat is now in shorter supply, and it is assumed that most of the "free" wheat has been disposed of. There is very littlo alteration in values, which to-day are 5s Sd to 5s 9d for Tuscan, 5s 9d to 5s lOd for Hunters, and 5s lid to Cs for Pearl, 011 trucks in each case. Fowl wheat is hard to obtain at 5s lid, f.0.b., s.u Thero is a good demand from the North Island. Oats in Canterbury aro extremely hard to obtain, and buyers who have to obtain immediate supplies here have to pay 3d and 4d over the quotations in the south. Oats cannot be bought for Lyttelton shipment under 4s Id, f.0.b., s.i. A grado Cartons aro worth about 3s 6d on trucks, and B grado 3s 3(fr There is not a great deal of chaff offering, and the price remains firm at £5 to £5 2s Gd a ton on trucks. iS'ot. much business is being dono in potatoes at present at the on-tiueks prico of £3 to £3 ss. The prompt position is weak, but the forward position is a littlo stronger. Tho May-Juno quotation is £4 10s, July £5 2s 6d, and July-September £5 10s to £5 12s 6d. It is reported that in South Canterbury, where there was an increased acreage and a good crop, farmers aro inclined to hold supplies, ami their idea of values is £3 15s a ton, o:. trucks. _ The onion market continues lifeless', at the nominal value of 30s to 35s ;.t ton.. There is scarcely any business passing in small seeds, and values for them aio unaltered. Merchants ugreo that le.-s i seed has been bought for the season than in any other season for many years. DONACHY'S ROPE AND TWINE, [ill- TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT'.] DUNEDIX, Tuesday. At the annua! meeting of shareholders of Dunaghy's Rope and Twine Umprun, a £ Ui-kM L- on May 6, were adopted. It decided to | Tho'retiring directors wa*>