STOCK SALE.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17997, 16 April 1930, Page 6

STOCK SALE.

AT FRANKTON YARDS. BEEF AND SHEEP PRICES LOWER. AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS. Ox beef quotations were easier than the previous week at the weekly sale held at Frankton yesterday. Sheej quotations were also below last week’s figures, and pig prices remained at the previous sale’s low rates. Beef was yarded in medium numbers, and a fair entry of sheep came forward. Pigs were penned in average numbers. The following table shows the comparison between this and last week’s rates:— This week. Last week.

Farmers’ Auctioneering Co. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company Ltd. report: At the weekly stock sale in the Frankton yards yesterday we had a good yarding of beef and an average yarding of store cattle and sheep. Beef met with fair competition, except bullocks, ■Much were slightly easier than last week’s rates. Fat and store sheep maintained late' quotations. There was a short yarding of pigs, rates being on a par with last week’s quotations. We qnote: Heavy fat bullocks, £l2 17s to £l3 ss; medium, £ll 15s to £l2 15s; light £lO 6s to £11; heavy prime cows, £9 2s to £lO 6s; medium, £7 Is to £8 10s; light, £5 5s to £6 15s; store cows, £3 to £4 17s 6d; vealers, 22s 6d to £2 ss; heifer calves, £1 17s 6d to £2 2s; steer calves, £3 2s. Sheep: Fat wethers, 26s to 27s 6d; fat'lambs, £1 to 225; mixed sex woolly lambs, lis 104 to 13s 7d; cull lambs, 6s to 7s Gd; heavy choppers, £4 Is to £4 9s; medium to heavy baconers, £3 4s to £3 12s; light baconers, £2 15s to £3 Is; heavy porkers, £2 5s to £2 10s; light, 38s to £2 3s; stores, 21s to 28s; slips, 14s to 19s; weaners, 8s to 12s.

Dalgety and Company. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their weekly stock sale at Frankton yards, yesterday, as under : There was an average yarding of beef. The demand was only fair and generally prices were a shade lower. Prime fat steers, light-weights, sold at up to £l2; small do., £8 15s to £lO 2s 6d; prime young cows and heifers, to £9 15s; heavy fat cows, to £9 10s. There was a' large yarding of store cattle, which met with a weak demand. We sold Shorthorn three year old steers, £8 7s; two year old, do., £6 15s; one pen, do., £5 15s and £o 10s; young Hereford run cows in calf to Polled Angus hulls, £7 10s to £6 10s; Polled Angus cows in calf to Polled Angus bulls, £7 2s: yearlings and store cows at late rates. There was a moderate yarding of fat and store sheep. Fat wethers sold at late rates. Fat ewes were a shade lower. We sold fat wethers up to 26s lOd; light do., 24s 3d to 265; fat ewes (heavy), up’to :l7s ‘id; others, 14s 9d-to 15s 7d We sold store four and six tooth wethers at 2is 9d to 2is lid; smaller, do., 20s Cd to 20s lOd; two tooth wethers, 19s 6d; mixed aged ewes in lamb, 15s; forward shorn lambs, 12s 9d. There was a medium yarding of fat pigs with a full yarding of stores. Heavy baconers, £3 6s to £3 15s; medium, do., £2 18s to £3 3s; best porkers, £2 8s to £2 Lis; light, do, £1 13s to £2 3s; choppers, £3.10s io £4 9s; best stores £1 9s to £1 14s; medium, do., £1 3s to £1 8s; best weaners, 16s to 18s; others, bs to 12s.

N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports.—— At our weekly stock sale at 1 rankton yesterday there was a medium entry of fat store cattle, sheep and pigs. Very little prime ox was penned, and prices for rougher beef showed a slight drop on last week’s values. ■Sheep and pigs remained on a par with late rates. We quote: Light fat bullocks, £9 5s to £9 10s, good fau cows, £8 14s to £9 ss; medium ditto, £7 12s 6d to £8 Is; light fat cows, £6 14s to £7 2s; tillable cows, £5 10s io £6- store cows, £3 to £4 6s; boner cow's, £2 5s to £2 10s; good runners, £3 16s to £4; others, £2 3s to_£2 16s; weaner heifers, £2 5s to £2 15s, dairy cows, £7 10s to £9 10s; light fat wethers, £i 5s iOd; prime fat lambs, £1 5s 6d; good fat lambs, £1 Is 7d to £1 2s. Pigs: Choppers, £3 10s to ii 8s • heavy baconers, £3 10s to £3 15s; medium baconers, £3 to £3 ss; light baconers and heavy porkers, £2 10s to £2 16s; porkers, £2 to £2 6s; unfinished porkers, £1 14s to £1 17s; stores, £i 8s to £1 13s 6d; slips, lbs to £1 4s; weaners, 10s to 14s.

G. W- Vercoe & Co., Ltd.

Messrs G. W. Vercoe and Co., Lid., report having held their weekly stock sale at Frankton yesterday, W'hen a good yarding of beef and store cattle and of fat sheep came forward. All these sold at rates on a par with last, week. Pig prices are still easy, although pigs were yarded in small numbers, We quote:—Medium weight fat bullocks, £l2 los to -.13 6d; light fat bullocks, £ll is ta £l-> ‘’s’od"; light and unfinished bullocks' £8 10s to £lO 12s 6d; heavy fat cows, £7 15s to £9; lighter tat cows, £6 15s to £7 10s; light and unfinished cows, £4 19s to £6 ss; prime heavy fat wethers, 28s to 28s 6d; heavy fat wethers, 27s id to 2is -d, medium weight baconers, 13 ss; heavy baconers, £3 <s to t'3 15s; light baconers, £2 14s to £2 16s; porkers, £2 10s to £2 13s.

Beef (pep 1001b). Extra prime ox 36/Prime ox . . 35/Extra choice young- cows and heirers 34/Prime cows . 28/Second quality cows 18/-Lig-ht, cows & heifers 20/IKlutton (per head). Extra prime 28/wethers 27/Fat wethers 27/Extra prime ewes 16/9 19/Fat ewes .. 14/9 15/Pigs (pep head). , Baconers 70/- to 76/70/- to 76/«Porters 42/- to 54/42/- to 52/Weaners 9/- to 15/7/- to 12/Slips 20/- to 24/16/- to 22/Large stores 28/- to 37/29/- to 37/-