COMMERCIAL

Waipa Post, Volume 37, Issue 2236, 17 November 1928, Page 8

COMMERCIAL

' WEEKLY FRA&kTON SALE

•. '-. Messrs Dalgety artd report .h&vihg. held flliejir. usual weekly stock : \'V,'.'s'^te>at en 'Tuesday, when '..■■'■;there was a:'''moderate yarding of beef; ■'•;. prices f|bi* bullock beef were firm at •■late, rates, but all young cows and •..heifers sold at higher rates. Extra heavy prime bullocks sold at up to £lB, :■*■ :.medium-weight prime bullocks £l4 to •£l6, light fat steers £ll 15b to £l2

t>s, prime neiiers and young cows £ll 7s 6d to £l4, medium-weight cows and heifers £9 to £lO 15s, heavy runners £6 16s, inferior fa,t cows £8 tio £9 ss. There was a large yarding of store cattle, which met with very keen competition at very much-advanced rates on late sabs. We offered and sold on account cf Mr C. Johnstone a line of bullocks, the majority 3-year-old, as follows: 1 pen of Hereford bullocks £ll 10s, 1 pen of Polled Angus" bullocks £ll 7s, 1 pen ditto £lO 16s, 1 pen ditto £lO 2s, 1 pen Shorthorn bullocks £ll' 10s, 1 pen. ditto £lO lis, 1 pen Holstein ditto £lO, 1 pen Jersey-cross bullocks £9, 1 pen Shorthorn steers £9 10s, 1 pen Jersey-cross steers £7 17s 6d; on account of a client, 1 pen Shorthorn 3-year steers £9 10s, 1 pen ditto £9 17s 6d, 1 pen ditto £9 15s, 1 pen yearling Shorthorn ste&rs £5 10s, 1 pen Hereford yeai-Ung steers £7 ss, 1 pen Hereford and Polled Anguscross steers, small, £5 10s, 1 pen of Shorthorn yearling steers £5 9s, 1 pen ' ditto £4 i.2s, 1 pon 'of Holstain-cross steers £5 15?, 1 pen of empty Shorthorn (heifers £5 ss, 1 pen ditto £5 7s, 1 pen small yearling heifers £-3 15s, 1 pen Shorthorn yearling steers £5. An average yarding of fat sheep came forward. Prices generally were 2s per head lower tlhlan last week; prime shorn wevthers sold 'a.t up to 345, prime shorn owes to 25s 3d. woolly fat ewes 325.

Tii:.- Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company reports: At our usual p.afe in Frankton yards on Tuesday we had a fair entry of fat cattle, and prices were firm; light to medium fat steers made £l2 2s 6d to £l3, small and young £lO Bs, medium - weiight pirime young- cows and heifers £l2 2s 6d to £l3 18s, heavy fat cows £ll to J £lB 3s, light young cows and heifers £9 to £ll '/s, rough and plain cows £7 > 15:: to £3 ss, boner cows £5 15s to £6 ss. The full number of advertised store cattle came forward, buyers being present from all parts of Waikatc, and all classes of entries submitted drew keen competition and firm rates. 2-year steers (mixed colours) made £6 18s to 37 16s, extra good well grown, 15-month Shorthorn steers £7. 7s to £B, same-iage (good) £6 to £6 16s, small £3 12fe»to £4 18s, "good-framed store cows £6 5s to £6 14s, best dairy cows and heifers at profit £l2 15s to £l3, others £8 to £lO. A good number of fat she.ep were penned, and values eased on previous rates from 2s to 3s per head; fat wethers in wool sold to J £2, early shorn fat wethers 335, fat ewes in wool 29s to 32s 6d, prime young shorn maiden ewes 26s 9d, fat j hoggats in wool 34s to 36s 9d, heavy fat shorn ewes 22s 6d to 23s 6d, me- j dium shorn 19s to 19s 6d, aged shorn j ewes with 110 per cent lambs 33s 7d.

A full number of fat and store pigs were offered, and fats sold at late rates; competition was keen for. all classes of stores; heavy baconers realised £3 to £3 4s, light £2 12s to £2, 18s, heavy porkers £2 6s to £2 10s, light porkers 38s to £2 2s, large stores 35s to £2 2s, slips 24s to 80s, weaners 14s to £l. ' r ' •

TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE. The Fla.rmers' Co-operative Auctioneering company reports: Wie, held our usual Te Awamutu sale on Thursday; a moderate yarding of all ciasses was penned, and sold at following rates: Prime heavy fat steeirs £l7, heavy fat steers £ls 4s to £ls 15s, medium fat steers £l3 to £l4, lighter ditto £ll to £l2 3s, heavy Hat cows £ll 5s to £l2 | 6s, medium fat cows £9 16s to £lO 7s 6d, light ditto £7 15s to £8 15s, freshconditioned sUcre oows £5 2s to £6 2s, poorer sorts £4 10s to £4 18s, forwardconditioned 21 to 3-year Shorthorn steeds £lO 3s to £ll ss, good-quality, v/eli-grown, 15-month Shorthorn steers £8 6s, cbjoice Jersey and Jersey-cross yearling heifers £6'to £6 16s, smaller ditto £4 12s to £5 15s, inferior and mixed colours £3 12s 6d, yearling heii- ! ers (Shorthorn) £3 14s to SA, dairy cows close to profit £lO 10s to £l2 lUs, other ditto £9 to £9 10s, heafers close , to profit £8 10s to £ll, backward ditto £5 15s to £B, ditto in milk £' to £l4 &S, store pi.-s £1 13s to £1 18s, slips 21s 6d to 245, weaners 13s to 21s, yearling and 18-month bulls £3 10s to £6 ss.

VALUES IN KING COUNTRY. I SALE AT OTOROHANGA. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company reports: Our usual Otorohanga stock sale was held on Wednesday, when there was a good attendance of buyers, with competition keen, especially for store cattle. A fair yarding of pigs sold at current rates, weaners making 7s 6d to 12s 6d, store pig;-; 18s 6d, 245, 295, porkers 355. Bidding was keen for the few

sheep yarded, and shorn fat wethers made 29s to 80s, woolly 41s to 455, hoggets 33s 6d. Beef was penned in average numbers, fat builocks making !£l3 to £l4 15s, smaller bullocks £ll 10s, fat cows £8 lis to £9 12s, forward -conditioned cows £5 17s to £7 18s, lighter-conditioned £3 14s to £5. Yearling heifers were penned in good numbers, and were in keen demand; Jersey-cvbss made £6 5s to £6 15s. Shea-thorn £4 10s to £4 15s. Bulls sold well at from £5 to £t ss. There was ia good demand for dairy cows, a herd from Mr Bell, of Te Kawa, selling at £6 10s, £9, £ll 10s. Prices for other dairy cows ranged from £7 5s to £l2 ICs.