STOCK SALES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21115, 24 February 1932, Page 5

STOCK SALES.

VALUES AT FRANKTON. INCREASE FOR OX BEEF. [from our own correspondent.] HAMILTON. Tuesday. Fairly keen competition was experienced for an average yarding of ox beef at ths weekly stock sale at the Fra.nkton yards to-day and values for good Quality animals sliowed an appreciable improvement on late rates. A steady demand existed for fat cows, the prices realised for a small entry showing little variation. Store and. boner cows met with a dull market. Fat ewes and wethers came forward in usual numbers and met with a steady sale at values fully up to luts quotations. Prices for an average offering of fat lambs advanced alightly. A further increase wns recorded in the values for fat pigs, a heavy yarding of which sold under spirited competition. Stores and weaners were slow of sale. The auctioneers quote as follows :

Dalgety and Company, Ltd.—Cattle: Good quality runners made up to 38s; fat cows, £2 to £2 17b Cd; fat bullocks, £7 7s and £6 10s; rough fat cows, 25s to 3G3; boner cows, 18s to 235. Pigs: Prime baconers, £2 to £2 08; lighter, 33s to 38s; best porkers, 21s to 275; lighter, ISs to 225; choppers. 33» to JL'2 lis; laiu'e stores, 12s to 14s; slips, Os to 'J Ijcl; weaners, 2s to 3s Cd.

Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd.—Sheep: Prime wethers sold at 12s 3d to 13s 3d; medium, 103 9d to 11b (id; prime ev.es, 7s 2d to 8a 9d; prime hoggets, 13s 2d to 15s; lambs. Us Gd to 13s; light lambs, Os to 10a Cd. Cattle: Heavy fat bullocks. £7 15s to £S 13s; medium, £G 19s to £7 lis; light, £6 to £6 15s; prime fat cows, £3 11s to £1 ss; medium, £"2 17s to £3 7s lid; light. £2 to £2 Ms; prime fat heifers. £3 15s to £4 17s Gd; medium, £2 15s to £3 14s. Pigs: Prime baconers, £2 to £2 4s; medium. 35s to 3Ss; light. 30s to 325; heavy porkers,' 22s to 295; light ISs to 21s; choppers, 278 to 355; sows in pig, 30s to £2 7s Gd: stores, Ms to ISs; slips, 12s 6d to 15s; weaners, 53 to 7s. New Zeal»nd Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Ltd.—Cattle: Prime fat bullocks sold at £7 7s Gd to £7 18s; fat bullocks, £8 ■Oh to £7 ss; lighter finality, £5 10s to £G ss; light, £5 Is to £5 7s Cd; prime fat heifer beef, £3 10s to £4 7s Gd; fat cows. £2 15s to £3 7s 6d; lighter quality, £2 5s to £2 12s Gd: light and unfinished, 35s to £2 3s; killable. 29s to 31s; stores, 19s to 295; boners. Us to 18s; vealers, 26s to 335; others, 16s to 255. Slieep: Prime fat v.-ethers, 12s to 13s 3d; fat wethers, 10s Gd to lis 9d; forward, 9s to 10s 3d; prime ewes. 7s Gd to 8s; fat. Gs to 7s 3d; poorer quality, os to Gs: prime lambs, lis 9d to 12s 9d ; fat lambs, 10s 4d to lis 8d; poorer. 8s Gd to 9s 9d; poor quality, Gs Gd to Bs. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £2 to £2 4s; medium, £1 14s to > 38s; light baconers and heavy porkers. 25s to 235; light porkers, £1 Is to 245; lnrg# stores, 12s to 16s; smaller, Ps to 10s; slips. 6s lo 8s; weaners. 2s Gd to 4s.

G. W. Yercof and Company. Ltd.—Sheep: Heavy fat wethers Fold fit 12s to, 12s 8d: light. 10s !)d 1o Hp GH; extra prime hocgets, Ms to 15s Gd; lighter. 12s to 12s 3d; fft ewe?. 5s 5(1 to 5s 7d; prime fat lambs. 12s f>d to 1 :ts :W; heavy, lis to 12s 3d: light, 8s f>d to 10s. Cattle: Vealers. 8s to 255; prime median fat bullocks. £G 5s to £7; lighter, i's 10s to £G 23. fid; K<rlit. £5 5s to £5 7s f.d: heavy fat cows, 13 5s to IfiS: lighter, £2 10s to £3 2s Gd : II7W. 2"s to 355. Piers: Prime bacone»-s, £2 2s +0 £2 ■ts: pood haconers, 3®s to £2: +. 32fc*o 3fis; good porkers, 25s to 28s; medium. 22s to 245: cood stores, 123 to lfis; good wenners. 5s to 8s; medium, 2s to 4s; chorpcrs, 30s * to £2. PRICES AT TAUMARUXUI. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] TAUMARUXUI, Tuesday. A special yarding at the stock sale today comprised over 4000 sheep (mostly ewes), a few head of cattle, and 35 pigs. There was the usual large attendance of farmers, but there was an absence of outside buyers. Consequently there was no spirited bidding. There was a decided drop in pi? values, and cood quality slip 3 made from 7s to 9s. Small weaners made from 3s Gd to ss. Ewes were very hard to quit. After the sale a few fat wethers made lQs ltd. and two-tooth wethers sold to 10s: twotooth ewes realised 8s: and four-year-old ewes, from Kirikau. made 7s 4d. HORSE FAIR AT PUKEIvOHE. [FROM Ot'R OWN CORRESPONDENT.] . PUKEKOHE, Tuesday. Se'-enty horses, the majority of which changed hands, were offered at to-day's horse fair at Pukekohe, conducted by Messrs. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited. Good medium draughts made £2O to £25 10s: lighter farm sorts. £l4 to £2O; hacks and harness horses showing quality. £ ! 5 to £l6. A thoroughbred horse, the President, realised lGgns. CAMBRIDGE VALUES. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report:—At our Cambridge stock sale, an extra heavy yarding nf sheep came forward, with a good entry of breeding ewes from the surrounding districts. Competition was keen and the whole yarding changed hands at late quotations. A line of 436 G-tooth ewes on account of Mr. D. Russo. made lis Od. and 126 4 and 6-tootk ewes from the same vendor made 10s 3d. A line of 420 4 and G-tooth ewes sold on account of Messrs. Makgill and Middleton made lis Gd. and 477 fresh full-mojjth eweii from the same sellers made 10s 2d. Pigs: A medium yarding met with a weak demand and sold at late rates. Quotations: —Fat lambs, 9s 3d to 9s 9d: killable lambs, 7s to 7s 6d: fat wethers. 9s lid to lis 3d; store wether 3. 7s to Bs. Pigs: Light porkers, 22s to 255: store pigs. L'is to ISs; slips. 7s Gd to 9s; weaners, 3s to Gs Gd. Sheep: Fat ewes and wethers, 10s Id: prime fat ewes, 6s 7d to 8s lid: forward conditioned lambs, to 8s; ewe lambs, to 6s 7d; pood store lambs, Gs to Gs Gd; smaller, 4s Id to 5s lid: 2-tooth ewes. 9s 4d to 10s Id: 4 and G-tooth ewes, 83 lid to lis Gd; G-tooth ewes, to lis Gd: fresh full-mouth ewes, 7s 7d to 10s 2d: fullmouth ewes, 5s 2d to G3 Gd; 4 and 5-year ewes, to 8s sd; aged ewes, 33 to 4s 2d; cull ewes. Is 3d to 2s: Southdown rums, lgn to ljgns. Cattle: A medium yarding came forward with prices at late rates. Light fat cows, 27s Gd to 30s: store cows, £1 to £1 Gs: boner cows. 13s to 18s: cows find calves, 37s Gd: heavy potting bulls, £3 15s to £3 ss; lighter. £1 9s to £2 7s 6d: dairy cows in milk, i? 4 ss.