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Waipa Post, Volume 44, Issue 3182, 26 May 1932, Page 7

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WAIKATO STOCK PRICES. • SALE AT FRANKTON YARDS. ; The Farmers' Co-operative AuctionJ eering Company reports: At Franki' ton on Tuesday we had a heavier yarding than usual of wethers and ewes, with a smaller entry of fat lambs. There was practically no alteration on last weeks quotations. A very heavy yarding of ox beef came forward, with quotations on a par with late : rates. A good yarding of cow beef I met with no alteration. A medium j yarding of store cattle sold at late rates. The advertised entry of store sheep on account of Mir J. Law, of Gordonton, attracted fair competition, and sold at satisfactory prices. There was again a full yarding of fat and store pigs; fats remained steady at last week's values, while stores and weaners were slightly firmer. Prime fat wethers made 15s to 15s lOd, prime 2-tooth ewes and wethers 13s lid, medium fat wethers 13s Id i to 14s, hght lis to 12s, forward-con-I ditioned 8s 3d to 9s 10d, heavy fat I ewes 8s to 10s, medium 6s to 6s 9d, I killable 4s to 4s 6d, heavy fat lambs I 12s 6d to 14s, medium lis to lis 6d, I light 9s to 10s 6d, heavy fat steers £6 I 5s to £6 6s, medium £2 15s to £3, medium £2 to £2 10s, light £1 12s to £1 15s, boners 8s to 14s, 4-tooth to 4year breeding ewes 12s to 12s 6d, 5year breeding ewes 8s to 9s, s.m. ewes ss, heavy bacon pigs £2 to £2 4s, medium £1 15s to £1 18s, light £1 9s to £1 12s, heavy porkers £1 4s to £1 Bs, medium 19s to £1 3s, light 14s to 18s, stores 10s 6d to 12s 6d, slips 6s 6d to 9s 6d, weaners 5s to 7s 6d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company reports: At our Frankton sale on Tuesday the demand for ox beei? was steady, but values receded slightly on last week's quotations, owing to the heavy yarding. Prices for cow beef also showed an easing tendency on late rates. The numbers yarded were about the average; store cows sold on a par with recent nates, while competition was fairly spirited on good, close-up dairy cows and heifers. Prime fat bullocks made £6 to£7, medium-quality ditto £4 12s 6d to £5 lis, lighter ditto £3 2s to. £3 10s, prime fat cows £3 12s 6d to £4 2s 6d, medium sorts £2 10s to £3 10s, light fat cows £1 17s 6d to £2 7s 6d, killable ditto £1 10s to £1 15s, stores 18s to £1 7s, boners 9s to 15s, vealers 18s to £1 Bs, dairy cows close to profit £5 to £6 10s, others to £4 10s. There was a heavy yarding of all classes of fat sheep. Competition was fair for fat ewes and wethers, but prices decreased slightly because of the large offering, while a steady demand was met for fat lambs, rates for which did not vary from last week's prices. MaV.den ewes made 10s 3d to lis 6d, fat ewes 6s 7d to 7s 3d, lighter ditto 5s 6d to 6s 6d, prime fat wethers lis 6d to 12s 6d, medium ditto 10s to lis 3d, light ditto 9s to 10s, prime lambs 12s to 14s, medium quality 10s 6d to lis 6d, lighter ditto 9s to 10s 3d, There was an average yarding of fat and storepigs. Bacjoners were 'firm at late rates, while porkers improved in value; store pigs were again firm at late rates. Heavy baconers made £1 18s to £2 4s, medium baconers £1 12s to £1 16s, light baconers £1 5s to £1 12s, medium porkers £1 Is to £1 4s, light porkers 15s to £l, large stores 10s to 14s, slips 7s to 9s, weaners 5s to 7s 6d, small -weaners 3s to 4s. At Cambridge on Monday the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company experienced fair competition for an average entry of fat and store cattle, and values were about on a par with late rates. There was a keen demand for two pens of forward steers, which realised £2 6s to.£2 14s, medium fat bullocks £3 5s to £3 lis, lighter ditto £2 15s to £3 2s 6d, fat cows £1 17s 6d to £2 10s, light fat and killable ditto £1 10s to £1 15s, store cows 18s to £1 6s, boners 9s to 15s. A few pens of fat sheep sold readily at prices fully on a par with late Frankton quotations; prime lambs made 10s 9d to lis lid, fat lambs 9s to 10s 6d, forward lambs 6s Id to 8s 6d, store lambs 5s 8d to 6s. An average offering of mostly store and weaner pigs met with an improved demand. Values showed a slight increase. Light porkers made 15s to £l. large stores lis to 14s, smaller