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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 59, Issue 4186, 15 September 1939, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

HAMILTON STOCK SALE. Messrs Newton King Limited report that at their Frankton stock sale on Tuesday a good yarding came forward in all sections. In the fat cattle section a large entry maintained late rates.. Prime ox. beef made £l4 to £l6, medium ox beef £ll to £l3 10s, light ox beef £9 to £lO 15s, prime cow beef £l2 10s to £l4, 'medium cow beef £lO 5s to £l2 ss, light cow beef £8 to £lO. A good yarding of store and boner cows created keen competition, resulting in values being slightly ahead of last week’s quotations. Heavy boner cows realised £3 10s to £4, lighter boner cows £2 15s to £3 ss, inferior boner cows £1 10s to £2, Shorthorn yearling heifers £3 to £3 ss, Jersey yearling heifers (small) £2 to £2 15s.

Sheep: An exceptionally big entry was received in the fat sheep section, and prices showed an easing tendency on last week’s rates. Prime wethers made 30s to 345, medium wethers 26s 6d to 295, light wethers 22s 6d to 25s 6d, prime ewes 26s to 295, medium ewes 22s 6d to 255, light ewes 19s to 225, fat hoggets 19s 6d to 22s light hoggets 17s to 19s. Pigs: A good yarding of both baconers and porkers met with spirited competition especially in the porker section, where values were much better than at last sale. A medium yarding of stores and weaners was penned. Large stores created keen competition from a good bench of buyers, prices being 3s to 4s better than at last sale. Medium baconers made £3 8s to £3 10s, light baconers £3 4s to £3 7s, heavy porkers and butter-milk pigs £2 14s to £3 3s, medium porkers £2 8s to £2 12s, light porkers £2 to £2 6s, large stores £2 to £2 6s smaller stores £1 l{ss to £1 19s 6d, slips £1 8s to £1 13s 6d, best weaners £1 to £1 5s 6d, other weaners 17s 6d to 19s.

The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports as follows:

At the above sale, held in Frankton yards on Tuesday, an exceptionally heavy entry of fat sheep came forward, with values for all classes of wethers showing a slight decline. In most cases prime fat ewes maintained late values, but unfinished lots were easier of sale. Best fat hoggets suitable for local trade sold readily, but forward-condition and store hoggets declined a little on late quotations. Cattle? The beef- entry included a good proportion of prime ox and cow, with values for ox beef slightly easier and cow and heifer beef remaining steady. Top price of the sale was £l7 ss, realised for a prime heavy bullock sold on account of Mr H. Finlayson, of Tuhikaramea, and £l6 5s was reached for a pen of the same cattle sold by Mr H. Vickers, of Ngahinapouri. Boner cattle were again in good numbers, with late quotations fully maintained. Pigs: There was a larger yarding of fat pigs, prices remaining buoyant at late rates. Good-quality buttermilk pigs were in keen demand, and realisations were highly satisfactory to vendors. Baconers remained firm at last week’s rates. Quality porkers were penned in small numbers, and prices accordingly showed a slight increase, and unfinished porkers and large stores sold freely at advanced rates. .A medium yarding of stores and weaners met a keen demand at prices fully up to recent quotations. Sows with litters realised satisfactory rates.

■We quote: Sheep: Prime fat wethers 32s to 35s 6d, medium 27s 6d to 30s 6d, light 25s to 26s 6d, maiden fat ewes 25s 6d to 28s 9d, heavy fat ewes 24s to 28s, killable ewes 17s to 225, canner ewes 9s to 12s, killable hoggets 28s to 355. fat hoggets 21s to 23s 6d, forward and killable 14s 6d to 18s 6d, store hoggets 12s to 13s 6d. cull hoggets 8s to 10s.* Cattle: Heavy prime bullocks £l6 to £l7 15s, medium prime bullocks £l3 to £l5 10s, lighter £ll to £l2 15s, heavy prime Shorthorn cows £ll 17s 6d to £l3 2s 6d (the latter price Jreing for a pen from Mr F. Barrett, Koromatua), fat Hereford cows £9 15s to £lO 10s, fat Polled Angus heifers £lO 12s 6d to £ll Is, lighter £8 10s to £9 17s 6d, heavy fat cows £9 4s to £lO 14s, lighter £7 10s to £9, he’avy fat Jersey cows £8 to £8 15s, lighter £6 to £7 17s 6d, heavy boner cows £3 5s to £4 2s 6d, lighter £2 15s to £3 2s 6d, small and killable cows £1 to £2 ss, good runners to £6, good vealers £2 15s to £3 10s, small calves 9s to £l. Pigs: Heavy prime baconers £3 18s to £4 3s, medium £3 9s to £3 16s, light £3 4s to £3 Bs, heavy porkers and good-quality butter-milk pigs £2 16s to £3 3s, medium porkers £2 8s to £2 14s, light £2 3s to £2 7s, unfinished porkers and large stores £1 17s to £2 2s, medium stores £1 10s to £1 15s, slips £1 4s to £1 7s 6d, best weaners 19s to £1 3s 6d, others 13s to 165,. sows with litters £8 2s 6d to £lO 5s

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, of Hamilton, reports as follows on the firm’s Hamilton stock sale held at the Frankton yards on Tuesday:— Sheep: A further exceptionally big entry of sheep was marketed, the yarding for the greater part being inferior in quality to previous yardings. However, the demand for the better-class sheep was in advance of previous sales, and a complete clearance of fat sheep and fat hoggets was effected to a large bench of buyers. Several good lines of wethers were offered, chief of which was a line from the Waikato Pacing Club. Prime wethers made up to 29s 9d. Another good line from Mr R. H. Brinkworth sold readily from 27s 6d to 28s 6d; and prime 2-tooth ewes on account of Mr T. C. Cole realised 26s 6d. We quote: Prime fat wethers 28s 6d to 29s 6d, medium-quality ditto 26s 6d to 27s 6d, lighter ditto 23s 6d to 265, light to -store wethers 18s to 225, prime fat ewes 25s to 26s 3d. prime fat hoggets 22s to 23s 6d, others to 18s.

Pigs: A heavier entry of fat pigs met a good bench of buyers, and sold at improved prices, heavy bacon making ‘the good price of £4 4s. The top price for store pigs was for a line from Mr E. N. Evered, these bringing £2 3s 6d. We quote: Top-weight bacon £3 19s to £4 4s, medium-quality

ditto £3 3s to £3 9s, heavy pork £2 12s to £2 18s, medium ditto £2 3s to £2 ss, large stores £2 Is 6d to £2 3s 6d, medium quality £1 9s to £1 15s, weaners 9s 6d to 15s, sows in pig £5 5s to £6 10s.

Cattle: There was a full yarding of ox and cow beef. Ox beef sold in advance of last week’s rates, and the cow beef market was quite firm. Boner cattle were penned in good numbers, and sold readily at recent rates. We quote: Rising 2-year bullocks on account of Mr T. M. Hall £l3 ss, medium cross-bred bullocks on account of Mr N. K. Taylor £ll 15s to £l2 2s 6d, smaller £ll 7s 6d, unfinished £lO ss, heavy prime Polled Angus cows on account of Mr H. K. Rendell £ll 15s to £l2. 7s 6d, prime Polled Angus cows on account of the same vendor £lO to £lO 15s, light prime heifers on account of Mr N. K. Taylor £8 to £9 2s, light cows £8 15s, smaller £7 10s tW £7 17s 6d, medium fat Jersey cows £7 Is to £7 4s, heavy Shorthorn boner cows to £4 12s, heavy boner Jersey cows £3 10s to £3 17s, medium £2 15s to £3 7s.