COMMERCIAL.

Thames Star, Volume LXII, Issue 17449, 11 October 1928, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

■ HAMILTON STOCK SALE. The Farmers’ Co-op. Auctioneering Go., Ltd. report:— At the weekly stock market in the Frankton yards on Tuesday.. October 19, we had a good yarding of fat and store cattle, sheep and pigs. Prime beef maintained late values, rough and plain, a little easier; fat sheep were firm at late quotations and all classes of store cattle were in demand. Fat and store pigs sold well up to late ruling rates. Quotations: — Beef.—Medium fat steers, £l3/5/-

fco £l3/7/-; well done light steers, £ll/ 17/6 to £l2/15/-; prime heavy fat

cows and heifers, £l3/10/- to £l4/17/6; prime medium weights, £ll to £l2' 10/-; lighter, £9/10 - to £lO/10/-; plain and unfinished cows. £7 to £B/2/6; good framed store to fresh conditioned cows, £5/5/- to £6/16/-; boner c-ows, £3/15/to £4/17/6; fresh conditioned four-year steers. £lO/2/- to £11; low conditioned! three and four-vear bullocks, £8 to £B/10/-; two to th ree-yon’- steers, £6/10/- to £7/10/-; choice yearling Jersey heiters, £7 to £7/5/-; Jersey-cross ! same age. £3/11/- to £5. Dairy cows, r close to profit. £lO to. £ll/15/-; cows ! 1,1 milk. £7 to £9/10/-; inferior, £5 to £6/10/-. 1 Sheep.—Extra prime heavy ewes and wethers. £2/5/- to £2/7/-; fat wethers, ■£2 , 2/-‘. to £2/5/6; lighter, 38/- to £2; •shorn fat wethers, 34/-; prime hoggets, 34/- to 37/-. Pigs.—Heavy baeoners, £3/4/- to £3/11/-; light baeoners. £2/14/- to £3; heavy porkers, £2/8/- to £2/15/-; light porkers, £2 to £2/5/-; slips, 18/- tri £l/4/-; weaners. 8/- to ’l6/-; large stores, £l/8/-..t0 £l/14/-,.