COMMERCIAL

Waipa Post, Volume 49, Issue 3554, 6 December 1934, Page 8

COMMERCIAL

WAIKATO MARKETS. HAMILTON STOCK SALE. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report: Sheep: At Frankton sale on Tuesday both wethers and ewes came forward ir; smaller numbers than usual. Competition was keen for both classes with export buyers also in the marke ! Prices showed a hardening tendeeny. LamSbs were yarded in larger numbers, and sold at equal to schedu’e rates. Heavy prime wethers 23s 3d to 24s 6d, medium 22s 9d to 23s 3d. light 21s to 21s Gd, medium 14 s Gd to 15s 3d, heavy lambs 21s to 22s Gd, medium 19s to 20s 3d, light 17s to 18s. store hoggets 18s 9d to 20s 3d, ewes and lambs 13s 4d, all counted. Cattj e: A good yarding of ox beef was penned with a good proportion of heavy quality ox. This class remains firm at late rates, while well finished light-weight cattle showed an improvement. A good yarding of cow heifer beef with only a small quantity of good quality, these selling at very firm values. Second quality and lighter sorts also showed an improvement, while there was no alteration in /aj small yarding of boner cews. Heavy fat steers £9 Is to £9 4s. medium £8 6s to £4 14s, light £7 12s to £B, heavy fat cows £5 5s to £5 15s, medium £4 10s to £s..light £3 Ifis 'i' £4 ss, bone:" cows 15s to 21s, killable cows £2 10s to £3 3s, fresh '’mditioned cows 30s to £2 2s, bulls 3Cs tr. £2 11s. Pigs: One of the heaviest yarding-s of pigs ever penned came forward, but despite this fact baconeps soy at prices slightly in advance of last week’s quotations. Porkers showed no alteration in values. A light yarding of stores sold ail late quotations. Baconers sold at about eqr/’il to 5Jd to 5.? d per lb, and porkers from si?d to 6Jd per lb. We quote: Heavy baconers £3 8s to £3 12s, medium £3 2s to £3 7s. light £2 16s. unfinished baconers £2 11s, £2 15s, £3 Is choppers £2 10s, heavy porkers £2 5s to £2 10s. medium 36s to-£2i light 30s to 355, smaller and unfinished 27s to 295, stores 26s to 80s, slips 17s V 225, weaners 11s 6d to 16s 6d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Hamilton, report on their weekly Frankton stock sa’e on Tuesday as follows: —Sheep: Ail classes of fat sheep participated in i?i general improvement. The yarding of grown sheep, lambs and hoggets was a smaller one than was entered last week. We quote: Heavy fat wethers £1 2s 6d to £1 5s 6d, good quality do £1 Is 6d to £1 2s 6d. medium do up to £1 Is, good quality fat ewes 15s to 16s 9d, medium do 13s tu 14s 6d. good tot lambs £1 to £1 Is 9d, others 17s 6d to 19s 6d. Cattle: There was a further imp,'roving trend in the

market for smaller numbers of ox beef than is customarily yarded. Cows and heifers,.of which there were only small numbers of prime quality offered, also appreciated in values. Medium quality cows and inferior animals sold without any noticeable alteration in the recordings. We sold on account of Mr T. M, Hall to Mr F. Cothall three prime fat cows at £6 12s each, and on account of the same-ven-dor to Messrs Tanner Bros., two at £5 12s 6d. We quote: Heavy fat bul locks £8 10s to £9 ss, medium quality do £7 7s to £8 ss, light do up to £7, prime heavy cows and heifers £5 12s 6d to £6 12s, good quality do £5 5s to £5 10s, medium do £4 5s to £5 ss, lighter quality do £3 5s to £3 17s 6d, kilHble £2 10s to £3, forward conditioned do £1 16s I|> £2 7s 6d, plain culls 19s to £1 7s. Pigs j A heavy yarding of fat pigs drew spirited competition, values remaining firm at late rates. Store and weaner pigs were yarded in less than average numbers, values also remaining firm. We quote: Heavy baconers £3 8s to £3 12s, medium do £2 18s to £3 5s light baconers and heavy porkers £2 4s to £2 12s, porkers £1 14s to £1 18s, others £1 6s to £1 11s, best stores £1 6s to £1 JOs, others £1 2s 6d to £1 ss, slips 16s to £1 3s 6d, weaners 9s to 14s.

medium -8 Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report, having held their usual weekly stock sale at Frankton on Tuesday, as der:--Fat sheep: An average yarding. Prices were firm at. late rates. Prime shorn wethers 22s to 23s 9d, light weight wethers 21s to 21s !)d, fat shorn ewes 13s to 14s 9d, woolly fat ewes 14s 3d to 15s 6d, light woolly hoggets 19s, prime hoggets 22s 6d to 24 u 3d. Fat lambs: A good yarding, and competition was good. Best prime made 21s to 23s Gd, medium and light weight lambs 17s to 19s, backward lambs 14s 3d to 15s 3d. Store sheep: A small yarding, which sold at full late rates; 4 and G tooth wethers 20s 4d, 2 tooth wethers 20s 4d, woolly forward conditioned ewes 13s. Fat cattle: An average yarding, which met with a good demand at full late rates. Prime bullocks made £8 to £9 7s Gd, light and medium quality £7 5s to £8 2s 6d, fat cows and heifers, fair quality £2 5s to £3 12s 6d, vealers 15s to 345, small 10s to 14s.

Fat pigs': There was a large yarding of baconers and porkers, which sold readily and on a par with last week's quotations. We quote: Prime baconers £3 5s to £3 11s, heavy £3 to £2 ss, medium £2 12s to £2 18s, light baconers and heavy porkers £2 2s to £2 10s, medium porkers 35s to £2, light 30s to 345, choppers £2 18s to £3 O • Store pigs: Only a light yarding of store and weaner pigs, which resulted in a keen sale. Good quality Devon sows r.w.b. £2 to £2 12s, Devon sow and litter £4 4s, best store pigs 28s to 30s, smaller 23s to 275, slips 15s to 21s Gd, best weaners 10s to 18s, according to quality.