STOCK SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24127, 20 November 1941, Page 7

STOCK SALES

FEANKTON OFFEEING KEEN BIDDING FOR PIGS (0.C.) HAMILTON, Wednesday There was a keen demand for prime hogget and wether mutton a?, the Frankton stock sale. Fat lambs again sold freely at full market rates, but fat ewes eased. A large yarding of all classes of cattle came forward, with values for prime ox, cow and heifer beef on a par with last week's rates. Medium prime Polled Angus bullocks made to £l3 7s 6d A full entry, of boner cattle maintained late rates. A small entry of fat pigs was penned and competition for all classes was keen. Prices for butter-milk pigs especially were in advance of those realised last week. Stores and weaners came forward in smaller numbers and prices were firmer than-those ruling at last sale. Farmers' Auctioneering.—Fat wethers, 22s to 24s 3dj unfinished, 21e Od to 225; prime two-tooth wethers, 22s 7d to 21s; prime hogget mutton, 20s 9d to 225; prime fat ewes, 12s to 13s 9d; fat ewes, 9s 6d to lis Od; unfinished, 7s to 8s; fat lambs, 22s to 25s 6d; four-tooth store wethers, 20s; small twotooth wethers, 14s 6d to 17s 6d; small twotooth ewes, 24s lOd to 25s .lOd. Medium prime Polled Angus bullocks, £l2 2s to £l3 7s Od; ditto, Hereford bullocks, £ll lis to £l2 9s; ditto, heifers, £7 13s to £9 16s; ditto, fat cows, £4 5s to £7 7s Od; boner cows, 25s to £4 2s; medium vSalers, 23s to £3 Is; small calves, 8s Od to 18s; potter bulls, 27s to 2Ss. Choppers, 30s to £3 14s; baconers, £3 5s to £4 3s; heavy porkers, £2 2s to £3 3s; breeding sows, 27s 6d to £2 15s; stores, 27s 0(1 to 38s Od; slips, 10s Od to 255; weaners, Os to 14s Od. Gr. W. Vercoe.—Prime medium-weight bullocks, £l2 10s to £l3 se; prime light, £ll 14s to £l2 7s Od; light, £ll 10s; heavy fat Jersey bullocks, £lO ss; prime medium-weight cows, £9 7s Od to £lO ss; light prime, £S to £9; others, £7 15s; light-weights, £0 10s; prime medium-weight heifers, £9 10s to £lO 2s Od; light prime, £8 to £9; Others, £7 12s Od; heavy fat Jersey heifers, £7 to £8 ss; others, £0 15s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £0 to £0 12s Od; others, £5 15s; runners, £0 10s; heavy venters, £4 to £5 ss; medium-weights, £3 to £3 355; small calves, £2 to £2 15s; boners, £3 5s to £4 12s Gd; light, to £3; yearling Shorthorn steers, £0 2s; choice yearling Jersey heifers, £7; others, £5 15s; crossbred heifers, £4 10s. Prime wethers, 19s to 24s Od; fat ewes, 9s to 14s; light, to Ss; fat lambs, 20s to 25s 3d. Heavy baconers, £3 5s to £4 2s; porkers, £2 5s to £3 3s; choppers, £3 10s; stores, 27s to 31s; slips. 18s to 265; best weaners. 12s to 17s. others, 10s, Newton King.—Prime fat cows and heifers, £8 to £10; prime Jersey cows and heifers, £5 10s tp £7 15S; boners, £2 10s to £4; heavy fat wethers. 20s Od to 235; heavy fat woolly ewes, 14s to 18s; fat shorn ewes, 10s 9d to 12s Gd. Pigs: Baconer, £3 10s to £4; porker, £2 to £3 3s; largo stores, 25s to 28s Od; slips, 18s Od to 235; weaners, 10s to 12s Od Wright, Stephenson.—Prime cows, ex dairy, £5 6s to £7 4s; medium, £4 3s to £5 ss; quality store cows, £4 7s. Prime woolly hoggets, 25s Od; shorn, ditto, 19s 6d to 21s 9a; fat wethers, 22s Od to 245; fat lambs, to 27s 6d; shorn ewe hoggets, 27s 6d; wether, ditto, 158 Od to 19s; four-tooth wethers, 10s. Baconers. £3 10s to £4 3s; porkers, £2 ss-,. choppers, £1 15s to £3 10s; weaner pigs, to 16S Od. ADDINGTON MARKET [by telegraph— press association] CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday The suspension of the sale last week because of the holiday caused increased entries at the Addington market to-day in comparison with ordinary sales. The market was affected to some extent by hot north-westerly condition, which have been almost, continuous in the last week. Valnes generally were easier. About 1000 spring lambs were yarded, mostly of prime quality. The market opened with values up to By a d per lb, but cased to Sd toward the finish. Freezing works open next Tuesday, about a fortnight earlier than usual. A normal offering of 3300 store sheep met a go«l demand for all classes. Ewes and lambs, which formed more than half the entry, sold well, best making to 10s. Ewe hoggets sold to 29s Id for open wools; several other lots, at 2Ss; shorn wether hoggets, to 21s; adult wethers, to 22s lOd. For 524 fat cattle of mixed quality values were down by 10s to 20s a head. Best steers made from £l7 to £l9 12s (id; good, £l3 10s to £l6; secondary, down to £lO 10s; good quality heifers, £l3 to £ls 10s; average, from £9 to £ll. Best beef made 36s to 39s per 1001b; heavy weights, 33s to 355; to 32s 6d; cow beef, down to 245. There was an entry of 5000 fat sheep. Wethers sold up to Is easier than at the last sale. With fewer ewes forward the market remained- firm for this class. Best wethers made from 24s to 275; tops, to 30s lOd; average, 20s to 235; others, down to 16s; good ewes, 24s to 20s 7d; good prime, 17s 6d t-o 20s; medium-weight prime. 14s 6d to 17s; light and ordinary, 10s 6d to 14s. Porkers eased by an average of 2s a head, and baconers by about ss. made from £2 2s 6d to £3 6s od, "average per lb,.ey 2 d to B%d; baconers, £3 2s 6d to £4 16s 6d, average per lb, 6d to B%d.