COMMERCIAL

Waipa Post, Volume 37, Issue 2179, 5 July 1928, Page 5

COMMERCIAL

SALE IN FRANKTON YARDS. Messrs Dalgety and Gompany report having held their usual weekly stock sale in Frankton yards on Tuesday, when there was an average yarding of beef, which sold at last week's rates, a. consignment of 15 prime bullocks on account of Mr Palmer, of Katikati, averaging £l3 18s per head, the tops making up to £l4 10s; prime young cows and heifers sold at £8 10s to £lO, heavy aged cows £7 7s to £8 ss, light fat heifers £5 15s to £7 15s, runners to £4, vealers to £3 2s. There was a moderate yarding of store cattle, which sold at late rates. Sheep were yarded in good numbers, and fats sold at late rates, only a few pens being prime, the balance being unfinished; fat wethers made to 395, fat ewes 27s 6d to 295, fat hoggets to. 28s 6d, forward-conditioned wethers 365, SO ditto store 4 and 6-tooth wethers 325, 540 forward wethers 34s 6d. A good yarding of ewes, in lamb came forward, but competition was weak, the majority of the lines offered being passed at auction; we sold a line of 4 and 6-tooth ewes in lamb to .Southdown rams at 345, a line of 2tooth ewes in lamb to Southdown rams at 34s 3d, a' line of 4 year ewes in iamb to Southdown rams at 33s 3d, a line of aged ewes in lamb 235, a line of s.m. ewes in lamb to Southdown rams 30s. There was a small yarding of all classes of pigs; baconers were easier, porkers improved, and stores also showing appreciation; best badoners made £3 10s to £3 18s, medium ditto £3 to £3 Bs, best porkers £2 6s to £2 15, medium ditto 38s to 435, light '32s to 375, large stores 24s to 295, slips 15s to 235, weaners 10s to 14s. The NeW Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Companv report: At the usual weekly stock sale at Frankton on Tuesday beef was penned in increased supply, and prices were gen- . erally easier, although in caises prime cattle maintained late rates*. We had a good yarding of fat sheep, which, showed a decline in value. Store cattle and springers met with a fair demand. Light fat steers made £9 5s to £lO 10s, 1 heavy ditto' £ls 10, prime fat cows and heifers £9 to £lO, 2 extra prime fat heifers on account of Mr T. M. Hall £ll 2s 6d to £l3, lighter coWs £7 10s to £8 14s, medium-quality cow £6 10s to £7 2s, plain fat cows £5 lis to £6, boner cows £3 5s to £3 17a, yearling Jersey-cross heifers £3 Is to £4 6s, fat wethers £1 17s 3d to £2 Is, lighter ditto £1 16s 6d to £1 16s■ 9d, unfinished wethers £1 12s to £1 13s 6d, fat ewes £1 7s 9d to £1 lis 6d, heavy bacon pigs £3 ' 12s to £3 17s, light £2 18s to £3 ss, heavy porkers and light baconers £2 8s to £2 15s, porkers £1 18s to £2 2s, others £1 8s to £1 13s, slips 15si to 225, weaners 6s. to 10s. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company reports: At our sale in Frankton yards on Tuesday we had a full yarding of fat cattle, and values were on a par with those reached the previous week. Good-quality mediumw'eight prime fat steers made £l3 5s to £l4 6s, well-finished light-weights £lO 10s, unfinished and plain £7 17s 6d to £8 10s, medium-weight prime young cows and heifers £8 to £8 15s, lighter £7 to £7 17s 6d, plain fat cows £5 15s to £6 155,. unfinished £4 to £4 10s, boner oows £3 5s to £4, good vealers and runners £3 5s to £3 19s, 2 to 21year steers £5 6s to £6 10ls>, store cows £3 2s 6d to £3 12s 6d, smaller-frames £2 2s 6d to £2 10s, 18-month empty Shorthorn heifers £2 10s to £2 12s, best dairy cows (early calvers) £ll 15s to £l2 10s, fair sorts £9 to £lO, inferior cows and heifers £5 to £6 10s, year>ling Jersey heifers £3 15s to £4 4s. There was an average yarding of fat sheep, the quality not being up to the usual standard, and prices were more easy; also classes of stores declined in value; medium fat wethers made 35s 6d to 371 s 6d, fair fat eWes 28s to 28s 6d, fat hoggets 24s 6d to 26s 6d, 4 and 6-tooth store wethers 32s 6d, 2-tooth store wethers 28s to 29s 6d, 2,4, and 6-tooth and f.m. ewes in lamb to Romney rams 30s. A moderate yarding of fat and store pigs was submitted; baconers eased in values, fat porkers and all classes of stores were slightly firmer; medium to heavy baconers made £3 10s to £3 17s, good porkers and light baconers £2 18s to £3 6s, medium porkers £2 10s to £2 10s,, light £2 s > unfinished 30s to £3ss, stores 25s to 275, good slips to small porkers 15s to 225, weaners 8s 6d to 12s, small 3s 6d to ss.