STOCK SALE

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17984, 1 April 1930, Page 8

STOCK SALE

AT FRANKTON YARDS. COW BEEF FIRMER. PIG QUOTATIONS EASIER. There was a large attendance at the weekly stock sale at the Frankton saleyards this afternoon, and with keen competition bidding was brisk. Beef was yarded in fair numbers while there was a good yarding of sheep. There was an extra heavy yarding of fat pigs and store pigs came to hand in medium numbers. Ox heel’ sold up io late rates, and. cow beef was improved. Sheep quotations were tiie same as ruling the previous week, while fat pigs were slightly easier. The auctioneers, up to the time of going to press, quote as under: — New Zealand Loan and Mercantile. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd-, quote: Fat steers, £l2 2s 6d; fat cows, £8 19s to £9 16s; lighter fat cows, £7 5s to £8 J2s Gd; heavy vealers, £3 15s to £5. Fat wethers, to 255; fat ewes, 19s Sd; fat woolly lambs, 22s 2d; shorn lambs, 24s ad. Heavy baconers, £4 3s to £4 7s; medium baconers, £3 las to £4; heavy porkers, £3 6s to £3 10s; medium porkers £2 'lßs to £3 4s; light porkers, £2 9s to £2 las; unfinished porkers, £2 4s to £2 8s; slips, 21s to 255; weaners, 8s 6d to 14s Gd. Farmers’ Auctioneering Company. The Farmers’ Go-operative Auctioneering Co., Ltd., quote: Fat bullocks, to £l2 10s; light steers, £9 13s; heavy fat cows, £lO to £lO 10s; medium fat cows, £S 7s 6d to £9 2s 6d; light fat cows, £7 to £7 ss; vealers, £2 10s to £3 10s; prime fat wethers, 26s 9d to 27s 3d; fat lambs, 21s 6d to 23s 6d; fat 2-i.ooth ewes, 245; fat ewes, 17s to 235; store lambs, 9s lo 13s lOd; heavy baconers, £4 7s to £4 12s; light baconers, £3 10s to £3 18s; heavy porkers, £3 5s to £3 11s; light porkers, £2 9s lo £2 17s; weaners, 18s to 225; slips, 24s' to 275; stores, 345. Dalgety and Co-, Ltd. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report that a light yarding of beef, a medium yarding of sheep, a particularly large yarding of fat pigs, and a good yarding of store pigs came forward. Beef sold aL slightly improved rates; sheep sold on a par with last week’s rales, and fat pigs were slightly easier. The firm quotes: FaL cows £8 14s to £9 Is; freshconditioned cows, £5 7s 6d to £6 10s; fat heifers, £8; prime fat ewes, ISs Id to 21s 3d; l'at ewes 13s 6d to 16s sd; fat lambs, 18s; fat wethers, 25s 9d to 27s 9d. Messrs G. W. Vercoe and Co., Ltd-, quote: Fat bullocks, £l3 15s to £l4 2s; lighter bullocks, £ll lo £l2 16s; fat cows, £9 5s to £10; lighter fat cows, £7 6s to £8 17s 6d; light cows, £5 10s to £6 10s; fat wethers, 28s 6d; fat ewes, 275; fat lambs, 13s 3d to 14s.