COMMERCIAL.

Waipa Post, Volume 32, Issue 1777, 1 July 1926, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

HAMILTON STOCK SALE.

The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Co. report: Ait the weekly stock market in the Frankton yards on Tuesday there was an extra heavy, yarding o£ beef and prices were easier than the previous week, the supply exceeding the demand. Beef: -.,-£teers, well done light £9. to £9 2s 6d. unfinished ~6 5s tto £8; cows, heavy 'prime £9 to £9 10s, lighter £8 to £8 ss, medium prime, £6 2s 6d to £7 9s, light well .done £5 to £5 10s, unfinished £3 to £3 ISs, stores £2 to £2 10s, weaner steers 30s, heifers 16s to 20s, best dairy, well forward £9 to £9 10s, fair spring calvers £6 to £7, inferior £3 Ito £4 10s. A medium entry of sheep was offered and prices for all classes showed an improvement. Fat wethers 32s 6d, fat ewes 20s toi22s, fair 2, 4 and 6 tooth store wethers "23s 3d, fair 2 tooth store wether* 22s Id, failing mouth ewes in lamb b.f. rams 14s 9d. An average number of fat and store pigs was submitted, and the prices were firm at advanced rates. Baconers, heavy £4 9s to £4 13s, medium £3 15s to £4 2s, light baconers and - good porkers £3 7s ito £3 12s, porkers •medium £2 18s to £3 3s, light £2 8s to £2 14s, unfinished' £2 to £2 ss, good slips to small porkers 30s to 365, small slips and weaners 15s to 20s. . The* iN.Z. Loan and Mercantile ■ Agency Co., .Ltd. report: At the Hamilton sale on Tuesday last there wasa heavy yarding of beef. Our quota included several pens of prime cattle, which sold at late rates, but inferior '. quality declined considerably in value. Fat sheep sold at slightly better prices and a good demand existed for stores. We quote: Prime fat bullocks £ll 15s ito £l2 10s, primie heavy young cows and heMers £8 10s to £9 10s, lighter prime £6 12s 6d to £7 15s, • plain and unfinished cows £4 10s to £5 15s, rough fat cows £3 7s to £4 4s, 4 and 5 year bullocks in low condition £6 15s to £7 10s; rui\ewes 20s, aged swes in lamb 13s to hoggets lis 9d. The foiff ;and six tooth ■ewes in -lamb from Whakatane failed .to reach the owner's reserve and were passed in. Pigs, choppers £4 10s to £5, heavy baconers £4 2s to £4 7s, medium £3 9s to £3 18s, light baconers and heavy porkers £2 18s to £3 ss, porkers £2 7s to £2 12s, stores 30s to 355, slips, up to 255, weaners 15s to 18s. ■:;..,. ' :/ .-: Messrs Dalgety and Co. having held their'usual weekly'&tock sale at Frankton; saleyards' on Tuesday as under: There was a large yarding of beef, some extra choice lines of bullocks and young cows being yarded. Owing to the extra large yarding the demand was weaker and prices were fully 15s.per head lower than last week. Extra prime bullocks made £ll 10s to £l3 ss, extra choice young cows and heifers up to £9 3s, ordinary quality cows and heifers £5 to £6 15s, inferior cows and heifers £3 to £4 17s. runners up to £3 14s, medium £2 12s 6d to £2 7s, forward 4 and 5 year old Hereford bullocks £8 9s, store 4 year old bullocks £6 10s to £7 4s, store cows 30s to £2 15s, store empty heifers £2 14s to £3, yearling heifers 20s to 35s according to quality. Dairy cows sold at late rates. There was a large yarding of sheep, but not many'fats. The demand for both fat.and store sheep was good and practically the whole yarding was sold. Store wethers were in keen demand. Prime ewes made 24s to 24s 3d. fat wethers 27s 6d to 27s 4d, 151 2, 4 and 6 tooth wethers 23s 2d, 200 2 and 4 tooth wethers 21s lOd, 220 2 and 4 tooth wethers 21s 9d, 60 full mouth ewes in lamb to Romney rams \ 18s, 200 full mouth ewes in lamb to Southdown rams 21s 9d, 150 full mouth ewes in lamb to Romney rams 14s, cull store ewes 12s.