LIVE STOCK MARKET

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3274, 4 March 1937, Page 5

LIVE STOCK MARKET

THE FRANKTON SALE* SHEEP VALUES FIRM An average yarding of fat sheep came forward at the Frankton saleyards on Tuesday. Competition was 1 firm throughout, values remaining,' the same as last week. There was armoderate yarding of fat lambs, and export buyers operated freely at: full late rates. The entry of fat cattle was smaller in all classes, no ox beef being penned, and there were also fewer fat cows offering. Competition was dull, especially for aged heavy cows, but vendors in most cases met the market, and: values were about on a par with those of last week. A small offering of vealers showed a slight improvement in values, with bestteir cows and potter bulls selling - readily at late rates. Pigs were offered in medium numbers, and the entry of stores and weaners was lighter. Baconers and porkers eased slightly, and slips and weaners were hard to quit. The auctioneers report. as follows:

Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.— Sheep: Fat wethers 26/6 to 28/-; light twotooth wethers to 22/-; fat ewes 18/3 to 20/-; heavy fat lambs 31/3; med-* ium 24/9 to 27/-; light 20/- to 21/6'.. Cattle: Fat cows £7 10/- to £7 15/-;. lighter £5 6/- to £6; fat Jersey cows and heifers £4 10/- to £5 5/-; lighter £3 15/- to £4 1/-; heavy boners £3* 5/-; to £4; medium £2 8/- to £3 3/-; lighter 31/- to £2 5/-; medium potter bulls £4 17/6 to £5; runners £3 14/to £4 2/-; good vealers £2 14/- to £3 1/-; others £2 3/-. to £2 9/-; smalf calves 22/- to 33/-; forward conditioned Friesian cows £3 11/- to £3 17/-. Pigs: Heavy baconers £3 5/ to £3 9/-; medium £2 18/- to £3 3/-;; light ‘£2 12/- to £2 16/-; heavy porkers £2 to £2 0/-; medium 34/- to 38/-: large stores 28/- to 32/6; smaller 21/- to 27/-; slips 15/- to IS/-;;, best weaners 10/- to 14/-; smaller 6/6 to 9/6; sows and litters £4 5/-* to £5.

Dalgety and Company, Limited.— Fat sheep Prime heavy wethers sold at 27/9 to 29/3; medium weigut wethers 27/- to 27/6 light wethersx 25/- to 26/-; extra prime heavjp ewes 20/- to 22/-; medium weight: ewes 17/6 to 18/9; light and unfinished ewes 14/6 to 16/6. Fat lambs: Heavy woolly lambs 26/6 to 28/-;; medium weight woolly lambs 247to 26/6; light and unfinished lambs 14/6 to 17/6. Fat cattle: Good quality young cows and heifers made from £‘6 to £7 4/-; fat Jersey* cows £3 9/- to £5 1/-; good runners £2 8/- to £4 7/-; vealers 25/- to 38/-;; boners and store cows £2 21- to £4Pigs: Prime top-weight baconers £& 8/- to £3 9/-; prime heavy baconers* £3 4/- to £3 8/-; heavy baconers to £3 4/-; medium £2 15/- to £3& light £2 10/- to £2 15/-; heavy buftei milk pigs £2 5/- to £2 10/-; heavyporkers 38/- to £2 2/-; medium 33/to 38/-; light 28/- to 32/-; heavychoppers £2 to £3. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile’ Agency Company, Limited.—Cattle: Good fat bullocks £lO 10/- to &rt. 12/6; forward store bullocks £& 15/-; heavy fat Jersey cows £4 I®/-* to £5 ;medium £3 17/6 to £4 7/6; uafinishe.d £3 5/- to £3 17/-; stores t2/6 to £3 2/6; boners up to £2 Id/-; light bulls .up to £5 ,10/-. Sheeps Heavy fat wethers made 27/d ft*? 29/-; good qualify 25/- to 27/-; lights up to 24/-; two-tooth fat ewes 2&Tto 25/-; good young fat ewes 20/- ftr--23/-; aged fat jewes 14/- to heavy fat lambs 23/- to 24/0; medium 22/- to 23/-; light up to 2t/v> Pigs: Heavy baconers made £3 3/r* to £3 8/-; medium £2 15/- to £3 2/-;. light £2 10/- to £2 14/-; good poefir ers £2 2/- to £2 10/- ; medium £t Wto £3 2/-; light up to 25/-; store plgsr 17/- to 23/-; slips 15/- to 17/-; weaners up to 14/-.