STOCK SALES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20991, 30 September 1931, Page 5

STOCK SALES.

PRICES AT FRANKTON. BETTER VALUES FOR BEEF. [FROM oca OWN CORRESPONDENT.] HAMILTON, Tuesday. A moderate yarding of ox beef and the usual entry of fat cows cam© forward at tbe weekly atock sales at Frankton to-day. The demand for both classes wa3 keen and a further slight increase on late rates was recorded. The yarding of sheep consisted mainly of fat wethers and fat hoggets for which the competition was brisk, late rates being fully maintained. Values for store pig 3 and weaners showed little variation, but the quotations for fat pigs were slightly easier Tlie auctioneers quote as follows: — The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—Cattle: Prime fat bullocks sold at £8 10s to £9 ss: tat bullocks, £7 10s to £S ss; light, £6 5s to £7 ss; fat cows, £S 17s to £7 IGs: lighter, £5 12s to £6 -2s: light. £4 5s to £5 -ss; for-ward-conditioned, £3 5s to £4 3s; killable. £2 5s to £3; stores, 24s to 35a; others, 14s to 19s 6d. Sheep: Fat wethers. 13s to 17s 6d: lighter. 10s to lis; prime fat ewes, 14s to 15s 6d; fat ewes, lis to 12s 9d; lighter, 9s fid to lis: spring lambs, 13s to 173-. others, to 12s fid: prime hoggets. 14s to l?s fid; fat hoggets, lis to 13s 9d; lighter. 9s to 10s fid. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £3 to £3 4s: medium. £2 I2s to £2 IPs; lignt baconers and heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 10s: hzht porkers. 35s to £2; stores, £1 4s to £1 73; slips, 19s to £1 2s; weaners, 14s to Ics. . . G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited. — Sheen: Heavy fat wethers, 19s to 19s Sd; lighter, lfis fid to 17s 4d; fat wethers, shorn. 15s to 15s Id; fat ewes. 12s 6d to 13s Id; shorn, lis to lis 6d; heavy fat hoggets. 15s to lfis 9d; lighter, 12s 6d to lis fid; light, lis to 123 3d; spring lambs, 12s to 16s. Cattle: Vealers. £1 to £2 9s; prime medium-weight fat bullocks. £lO 5s to £ll lis; medium-weight, £3 15s to £10; lighter, £7 15s to £S 10s: light. £6 7s fid to £7 12s fid; heavy fat cows, £6 5s to £7 10s; lighter, £5 to £5 15s: light. £3 5s to £4 15s; medium-weight fat heifers. £5 5s to £6 ss; light, £3 7s fid to £4 12s. Pisrs: Heavy baconers, £2 ISs to £3 6s: light. £2 12s to £2 17s; heavy porkers. £2 5s to £2 10s; light. 32s to £2 2s; stores. 27s fid to 313 fid; slips, 16s to 255; weaner3. Ss to 12s.

Farmers' Go-operative Auctioneering Company. Limited.—Sheep: Prime fat wethers, to 20s; prime fat ewes„ 13s 4d to 143 '2d: medium, 103 3d to 12s 6d; light, 9a to 9s lid: store ewes, 6s to 6s 6d: prime fat hoggets, ISs fid to '2os; fat hoggets, 12s to 14s sd; spring lambs, 16s to 18s 6d. Cattle: Prime fat steers, £9 os to £lO 4s: medium. £7 to 4*9; prime fat heifers. £S 15s to £9 10s; lighter, £Q 10s to £3 2s fid: prime f:it cows. £6 15s to £7 9s: medium, £5 to ffi ss: light. £3 17s fid to £t 10s: three-year Shorthorn steers, to £1 2s (id: fresb-condi-tioned empty heifers, £3 13s to £4 3s; store cows, 33s to £2 12s fid: Jersey yearling heifers. £3 7s fid. Pigs: Prime bacor.ers, £2 ISs to £3 3s: medium, £2 12s to £2 lfis: lieht. £2 fii to £2 10s; heavy porkers, £2 to £2 ss; light. 32s to 3Ss: choppers, £2 4s to t'3 lis: Tamworth sows, in pia\ 32s 1o £2 ss: stores. 25s to 2Ss: slins, lis to 19s; I .est. wenners. 20s to 22s fid: smaller wenners. 10s fid to 13s. Palgety and Company. Limited.—Sheen: Extra prime heavy wethers sold at 19s to 20s fid; prime woolly wethers, lfis fid to ISs: prime fat woolly ewes. 12s fid to 14s; light ewes, 9s fid to lis Id: unfinished, 5s fid to Ss: prime shorn wethers. 15s Sd to 17s 3d: shorn fat ewes, 10s: best spring lambs, 12s to 20s. Cattle: Medium-weight bnlTocks. to £9 H»s: lisht and unfinished bullocks, £7 ss ; extra heavy rrime heifers. £3 10s to i'O ss; light, far. heifer?. £6 10a to ±7 ss; fat cows, £4 15s to £7 10s; others. £2 10s to £4 10s; store cows. 30s to 45a: yparlin<r .Terser heifers, £2 10«; yearling Polled Angus steers. 39s to 0?s: Polled Angus yearling heifers. 27s to 375; yearling Shorthorn steers. 345; small yearling Jersey cross heifers. £2 4s: two-year-old heifers :md sound cows. 21s to 2?s. Pigs: Bacor.ers. £2 15s to £3 Is; porkers, £1 13s to £2; good stores. £1 5s to £1 Ss: slips. ISs fid to £1 2s; best weancrs, t'l 2s; others, lis fid to lfis fid: sows, in pig. £1 las to £2 ss. RANGTRIRI Q DOTATIONS. The Fanners' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its P.angiriri stock sale on Monday, when an exceptionally heavy yarding of cattle, comprising: mainly store steers and dairy cattle, came forward. Good quality steers were keenly sough Dairy cows of good, quality were alao in good demand. Quotations: — Medium fat cows. £4 7s fid to £5 10s; lighter, £2 12s to £3 7s: forward conditioned cows, 35s to £1 Ss; store cows. 02s to "0s; Jersey arid Jersev-croas yearling heifers. £2 10s to £2 17a: Shorthorn and Jersey-cross yearling heifers, 25s to £2-. bulls, £1 10s to £2 !0s; Jersey and Jersey.cross snringincr heifers. £7 to £7 10s; Shorthorn heifers, £t 10s to £5 10s: Friesiati heifers. £3 10s to £5: sound dairy cows. ,£4 to £fi • grown forward conditioned steers. £5 Is to £5 13s; two and s-hnlf year Shorthorn steers, sood quality. £4 7s to £4 lis; one and a-half year, mixed coloured steers. £2 Ss to £2 ll*