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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 62, Issue 4422, 7 May 1941, Page 8

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HAMILTON STOCK SALE. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company Limited, report: Sheep: At Frankton Sale an extra large yarding of all classes of mutton including a big proportion of fa* ewes. Prime wethers met a ready sale, but ewe mutton was erratic with values generally slightly easier. Fai lambs sold freely, and a good entry of store lambs met a keener demand on a slightly rising market. Cattle: A small entry of beef, with values for ox-beef steady, and cow and heifer beef showed a slight improvement on last week. Runners and vealers sold freely. A large entry of boner Cows was absorbed at fully equal to late market rates. Pigs: A large yarding of fat pigs, and a full entry of stores and weaners. Competition for baconers and porkers was very keen with values in advance of recent sales. Two pens of prime baconers from Messrs Holden and Entwistle, Tauwhare, made £4 3s to £4 4s, this being the highest price received for some time. Stores and weaners also sold well with the demand for choppers keener than previous sales.

Quotations: — ! Sheep: Prime fat wethers 25s 6d to 27s 6d; fat wethers 23s 6d to 24s 6d; unfinished 20s 6d to 22s 6d; young fat ewes 17s to 20s 6d; fat ewes 13s to 15s 6d; unfinished ewes 8s to 12s; fat woolly lambs 22s 6d to 25s 6d; lighter 20s 6d to 21s 6d; fat shorn lambs 15s 6d to 21s 6d; woolly b.f. store lambs 13s 2d to 14s 4d; white face store lambs 10s 4d to 12s 4d; cull ewes 5s to Bs. Gattie: Medium weight ox beef to £ll 17s; fat cows £6 5s to £7 15s; runners to £4 2s 6d; vealers £2 3s; calves 17s 6d; heavy boner cows £4 Is to £4 8s; light £3 3s. Pigs: Heavy choppers £3 14s to £4 4s; others £2 4s to £3 8s; prime heavy baconers £4 to £4 4s; heavy baconers £3 14s to £3 18s; medium £3 8s to £3

12s; light £3 to £3 6s; heavy porkers £2 13s to £2 18s; medium £2 6s to £2 10s; light 38s to £2 4s; unfinished porkers 30s to 265; store pigs 20s to 25s 6d; slips 12s to 15s 6d; weaners 5s to 10s 6d.

Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd., report having held their usual stock sale at Frankton yesterday, as follows: — Sheep: An exceptionally heavy yarding of all classes of fat sheep were penned. Competition throughout for prime quality mutton was steady and values were firm on last week’s quotations. Fat lambs sold at full schedule rates. In the store section breeding ewes were dull of sale, but store lambs met with a good demand. Heavy prime Wethers £1 5s 9d to £1 7s; medium fat ditto £1 3s 6d to £1 5s 6d; light and unfinished ditto £1 Is to £1 3s 3d; prime young fat ewes 15s 6d to 16s 6d; fat ewes Ils 6d to 13s; heavy fat lambs £1 4s 9d to £1 7s; medium ditto £1 2s 9d to £1 4s; light and unfinished ditto £1 to £1 2s; store lambs 12s to 13s 6d; store wethers £1 0s Bd.

Cattle: A medium yarding of fat bullocks and a good yarding of fat cows and heifers met a slightly better market than last week. Boners sold at late rates. Heavy fat bullocks £ll to £ll 12s 6d; medium ditto £9 5s to £los 12s 6d; fat P.A. heifers £7 15s to £8 2s 6d; fat P.A. cows £6 12s 6d to £7 7s 6d; heavy fat S.H. cows £9; heavy boners £4 to £4 11s; medium ditto £2 15s to £3 10s; lighter ditto 20s to 30s;- potter bulls £1 to 30s.

Pigs: A full yarding of fat pigs came forward with a good yarding of stores and weaners. Baconers improved on last week’s quotations while porkers eased slightly. Stores and weaners were not so keenly sought after. Top price for baconers was £4 14s. Prime heavy baconers £3 18s to £4; heavy ditto £3 14s to £3 18s; medium baconers £3 6s to £3 14s; light ditto £3 to £3 6s; heavy porkers £2 10s to £3; medium ditto £2 to £2 10s; light ditto 30s to £2; unfinished ditto 20s to 30s; choppers £2 to £4; stores 15s to 20s; slips 10s to 15s; weaners 6s to 10s.