COMMERCIAL

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 69, Issue 6009, 18 October 1944, Page 8

COMMERCIAL

FRANKTON SALE At Frankton sale yesterday a full yarding of ox beef met a steady demand with values slightly easier than last week. Comeptition was not so free on a medium entry of cow and heifer beef, and values showed a decided easing on recent quotations. A small yarding of veal was keenly sought and values rose. A full yarding of wethers came forward while ewes showed a sharp advance. Spring lambs were yarded in larger numbers and sold at late rates. Store hoggets were offered in medium numbers and late rates were maintained. An increased offering of all classes of pigs came forward. Competition throughout was very steady, prices improving on last week’s values. Quotations:

Cattle: Heavy prime bullocks £l4 15s to £l5 ss, medium prime bullocks £l3 10s to £l4 10s, lighter prime bullocks £l2 10s to £l3, light and unfinished bullocks £ll 10s to £l2 2s 6d, heavy prime young cows and heifers £lO 10s to £ll 7s 6d, medium prime young cows and heifers £9 to £lO, lighter prime young cows and heifers £8 to £8 10s, fat young Jersey cows and heifers £5 10s to £7 10s, runners £7 15s to £9 Is, lighter runners £5 to £6 10s, vealers £3 5s to £4 4s, calves 10s to 30s.

Sheep: Prime heavy woolly wethers 38s to 40s 6d, medium woolly wethers 35s to 375, light woolly wethers 31s to 33s 6d, heavy shorn wethers 32s to 33s 9d, medium shorn wethers 28s 6d to 30s 6d, light shorn wethers 25s to 275, heavy fat woolly ewes 23s to 25s 6d, medium woolly ewes 21s to 225, heavy shorn ewes 18s to 19s 9d, medium shorn ewes 16s to 17s, light shorn ewes 13s 9d to 14s 6d, heavy spring lambs 34s 6d to 375, medium spring lambs 31s to 335, light spring lambs 27s to 295, store wether hoggets good 24s to 255, medium wether hoggets 20s to 22s 6d, store wethers woolly to 295, store wethers shorn to 24s 7d. Pigs: Heavy choppers £4 to £6, others £2 10s to £3 15s, heavy baconers £5 to £5 10s, medium baconers £4 Ms to £4 16s, light baconers £4 to £4 Bs, buttermilk pigs and large stores £3 to £4 7s, smaller stores £2 10s to £2 16s, slips 36s to £2 6s, weaners 20s to 35s 6d.

PUTARURU SALE Newton King Ltd. report that at their Putaruru stock sale and grade full fair held on Monday last, a large yarding of all classes of stock came forward to meet with strong competition—a total clearance being effected at values well up to recent rates. Sheep: An offering of some 400 fat sheep sold freely as follows: Shorn fat wethers 27s to 27s 4d, lighter 24s to 25s 9d, woolly fat ewes to 23s 3d, shorn fat ewes . 15s 6d to 16s 6d, fat woolly hoggets 26s 3d to 27s 3d, lighter 23s to 24s 9d. Cattle: Fat Jersey cows £7 to £7 10s, lighter £6 6s to £6 18s, meaty cows £5 to £5 15s, stores £3 10s to £4 18s, 2-year steers £6 10s to £7, yearling Jersey heifers £6 to £7. A large yarding of service bulls was cleared at satisfactory realisations, 2-year pedigree Jerseys bulls selling from 15gns to 21gns. Pedigree Ayrshire bulls realised from 12 gns to 15gns. Grade two-year Jersey bulls sold to £ll 10s, with others £6 10s to £9 10s, grade yearling Jersey bulls realising from £7 to £lO ss. A medium offering of dairy heifers sold to £l4 ss, other forward cattle £ll IGs to £l2 ss, more backward £9 to £lO. Pigs: A full yarding of fat and store pigs met strong competition, heavy baconers selling to £5 Ils, others £5 to £5 Bs, lighter £4 5s to £4 18s, porkers £3 15s to £3 19s, others £3 10s to £3 12s, stores £2 10s to £3, slips 28s to 355.