COUNTRY STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21293, 21 September 1932, Page 5

COUNTRY STOCK SALES

PRICES AT FRANKTON EASING TENDENCY FOR BEEF [FROM OtE OWN COBEESI'ONDENTj HAMILTON, Tuesday There was an easing tendency in th'e demand for fat cattle at the weakly Frankton stock sale to-day. A heavy entry of .ox beef came forward, values for prime quality animals showing little variation, while the quotations for inferior sorts decreased con- • siderably. Cow beef of inferior quality came, forward in lanro numbers, and' a decided drop on lato rates was recorded. Stores improved slightly. There was an exceptionally heavy yarding of sheep. Prime quality wethers remained unchanged, but fat ewea were slow of eale. ©rices easing to the extent of 2s a head. Hoggets and a smaller yarding of spring lambs maintained late rates. An average offering of fat and store pigs met with a rising market. The auctioneers quote as follows: New Zealaifd Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited.—Cattle; Prime fat bullocks sold, at £6 10s to £8 ss; medium. £5 18s to £G ss; lighter, £4 17s Gd to £5 10s;. unfinished, £4 53 to £4 15s; prime fat cows, £5 12s 6d to £6 10s; medium, £4 to £5 ss; lighter, £3 12s Gd to £4; light, £3 to £3 10s; ' killable, £2 to £2 15s; good stores, 22s to 335; poorer, 10s to 21s. Sheep: Prime fat wethers, lis to 14s 6d; fat wethers, 10s .to? lis; lighter, 3s to 10s; prime fat ewes, to 9s; medium, 6s to 7s; lighter, to Ss; prime hoggets, 10s to 12s: medium, Ss 6d to 9s 9d; prime spring lambs, 12s to 14s fid; medium, 10s to 113 9d. Pigs: Heavy baconers. 3Ss to £2 Ss; lighter, 2Ss to 335; good porkers, 25s to 30s; inferior, £1 to"2ss; good stores, 18s to 225; poorer, 15s to 18s; large weaners, 12s to 14s; smaller, 8s to 10s Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Sheep: Heavy fat wethers sold nt 14s to 143 6d: medium. 12s Gd to 13s; shorn, Us Gd to 12s; unfinished wethers, 10s; heavy fat ewes, 10s to 10s 9d; medium. Ss to 9s 2d; lighter, «s Gd to 7s Gd: fat hoggets, lis 3d to 12s; lighter, 10s 4d to 10s 9d; spring lambs, 14s to 14b 5d light, 12s to 13s 3d. Cattle: Heavy fat steers, £7 12s 6d to £7 17s Gd; medium, £6 17s fid to £7 9s; lighter, £5 17s 6d to £6 ss;; unfinished, £4 12s Gd to £5 9s; forward-con-ditioned, £4 3s to £4 9s; two-year Polled Angus steers, £2; tv?o-year Hereford'heifers, empty, £2; Hereford cows, r.w....bu11, 32a 6d to 37s 6d; medium fat cows. £i 6s to £4 ISs: medium fat heifers, £4 5s to £4 lis; lighter, £3 to £3 12s Gd; lighter fat cows, £3 12s to £4; killable cows, £2 12s 6d to £3; forward-conditioned cows, £2 to £2 15s; store cows, 25s to 3'Js 6d; boner cows, Ss to 20s. Pigs: Prime heavy baconers, £3 4s to £2 78; medium, £2 to £2 3s; light, 35s to 30s; heavy porkers, 31s to 34h; medium, 24» to 30s; light, 21s to 255; good stores, 21s to 255; lighter, -8s to 20s: slips, 14s Gd to 17s 6d; good weaners, 8s Gd to. 13s; otheris, ; 5s 6d to Bs. _ Dalgety and Company, Limited.—Sheep: Prime shorn ' wethers sold at up to 12a; fat woolly wethers. 12s Gd to 143; fat woolly ewes, 7s Id to 9s; fat hoggets, 9s lOd to 10s sd; unfinished shorn wethers, 9s 2d; spring )amb3, 13s Gd; medium store hoggets, 8s 3d: small,. 7s 3d; f.m. swes in lamb, 8s 3d. Cattle: Extra prime ox, to 21s per 1001b; prime ox beef, 20s< cow and heifer beef, 16s to 18s; fat bullocks, £5 6s to £7 ss; light and unfinished, £4 9s to £5 ss: fat cows and ieifera, £4 5s to £5 12s; runners, £2 8s; vealers, 15s; three-year store condition Polled Angus steers, £2 17s 6d; two-year Shorthorn steers. £1 17s; empty fresh Polled Angus cows, £2 19s; three-year Polled Angus empty heifers, £2 lis to £3 2s; two-year Polled Angus heifers, empty, £1 19s' to £2 103; mixed two-year steers, 275; two-year heifers, £1 16s; forward young cows, £2 2s to £3 Is; store cows, 23s to 335; yearling Jerßey heifers, £3 4s; small, 30s; sound young Jersey cows, 295. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £2 4s to £2 7a; medium, 35s to £2; light, 29s to 345; porkers, best, 27s 6d to 32s 6d; medium, 223 6d to 255; lighter, 18a. to £1; best stores, 22s 6d to 2Gs 6d; medium. 16s to £1; best weaners, to 14s; other*, 10s to 12s Gd. G. W. Vercoo and Company, Limited.— Sheep: Pat wethers sold at 13s to 14s; fat, shorn, lis to Us 6d; light,- shorn, 10e 6d to 10s 9d; heavy fat ewes, 10s to Us 3d; lighter, 8s to 8s 6d; light, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; fat hoggets, lis to 12s 6d; light, 9s 3d to ' 103 6d; spring lambs, 13s to 15s; light, 10a Gd to 12s Gd. Cattle: Heavy fat bullocks. £8 10s to £8 19s; prime medium-weight bullocks. £7 5s to £8 2s Gd; "unfinished.' £3 15s to £5 ss; prime heavy fat cows, £5 10s to £6 16s: heavy, £5 to £5 7s Gd; lighter, £4 to >£4 15s; light. £2 10s to £3 ss: prime fat heifers, £5 to £5 17a; heavy, £4 2s 6d to £4 15s; lighter, £3 to £4; light, £2 to £2. 15s. Prime baconers, £2 5s to £2 9s; heavy, ' £3 to £2 4s; light. 35s to 395; heavy porkers, 29s to 325; lighter. 26s to 28s; light, 20s to 255; heavy choppers, £2 to £2 10s; light. £1 4s to £1 10s; good stores, 18? to 23s 6d: slips, 14s to 17a 6d; good weaners, 12s to 14s_; email, Ss to 10s; sows in ; pig, £2 2s to £3 55.,

CAMBRIDGE QUOTATIONS .. The Farmers' .Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited., reports that at the Cambridge eal* oil Monday only a email yarding of eheep came forward, prices for fats being slightly easier. A heavy yarding of beef and store cattle met with good competition, prices being fully up to late QUOtaiiona. A medium yarding of dairy cattl* sold readily. An extra heavy yarding of pigs came forward, prices beinpr on a par with late rates. Values were: iat hoggets, lis to 12s; light fat hoggets, 8s lOd to 9s-. 6d; sound-mouth ewes and lambs, 10s; tat steers, £4 19s to £6; medium fat cows, £2 17s to £3 13s;- light fat cows. £2 3s to £2 15s; young cows and heifers, £1 2s to £ll'®: fresh store cows, 41 to £1 Bs-boners. 10s to 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, £2 15a to £3 9s; medium Jersey heifers, £1 1(6 to £2 Is; inferior heifers, £1 Is to £1 ss. Dairy cattle: Best Jersey heifers, £7 to £9 ssi other Jersey heifers, £5 10s to £6 10s; inferior sorts. £3 to £4 15s; Friesian heifers. £4 15s to £7; Shorthorn heifers. £4 las to £6; sound dairy-cows. £4 to £7; cull cows, £1 to £2. Pigs: Porkera, 22s 6d to 2os; stores, 15s 6d to 19s; slips, 12s to 14s 6d; weaners. 7s Cd to lis; sows in pig, £3 5s to £4; others, £1 Is to £2.

VALUES AT PATETONGA The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that at the Patetonga stock sale on Monday there was a good entry of cattle. Competition was Keener for dairy cattle. Values were:-Medium fat cows. £3 10s to £3 17s 6d; light fat cows, and heifers, £2 10s to £3; killablo cows, 30a to £2 ss; sound young cows, 31s to 3bs; cows and calves. Ids to 255; empty Jerseycross two-year-old heifers, 33s to £- 1— . service bulls, to 7s Gd; quality Jersey heifers, springers, |§is to £7 ss; -quality Jersey heifers, in milk. £4 : los to £6 15s; backu-ara heifers, £4 10s to £t> ss; Jersey-cross neifers, springing, £5 10s to £6; young dairy cows, £i 5s to £5 lOs.