STOCK SALE.

Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18441, 23 September 1931, Page 10

STOCK SALE.

AT FRANKTON YARDS. PIG PRICES IMPROVED. AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS. At the weekly stock sale at the Frankton yards yesterday both ox and cow beef was a little easier. Quotalions for sheep were much the same as the previous week, spring lambs realising 27s Cd. Pig values showed an improvement, on previous sales. There was a heavy yarding of cattle, a full yarding of sheep and a good yarding of pigs. The following table shows the comparison between this and last week’s rates. •This week. Last week.

Farmers’ Auctioneering Company. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., report: At Frankton sale we had a full yarding of fat and store sheep. Prices for fat sheep remained unchanged, but in some cases of good quality mutton showed a slight increase. Store sheep sold at late rates. There was a good yarding of fat cows, with a slightly smaller entry of ox beef, which was in good demand and sold at slightly increased prices. Cow and heifer beef also met with good competition and was firm at recent quotations. Three prime fat heifers sold on account of Mr T. M. Hall averaged £9 13s each, and were purchased by a Huntly butcher, Mr R. Nash. There was a medium yarding of dairy cattle, good quality heifers close to profit being scugiit after. Pigs came forward In large numbers, and heavy baconers sold under good competition at slightly Increased rates. There was an over-supply of store pigs with a considerable drop in prices. Heavy fat wethers made ISs to 19s Sd, medium 16s to 17s Sd; light, 12s 4d to 14s 6d; heavy fat ewes, 13s to 14s 6d; light, 10s 9d to J2s 4d; shorn fat ewes, 10s to 10s lid; heavy fat hoggets, 16s to 20s; light, 12s 6d to 14s 6d; prime spring lambs, 20s 9d; light, 14s 9d to 16s 9d.

Heavy fat steers, £9 7s Gd to £lO 2s Gd; medium, £8 5s to £8 19s; light, £6 5s to £7 14s; heavy prime fat heifers to £9 12s; heavy fat cows, £7 to £7 12s Gd; medium, £5 7s to £6 2s 6d; light, £3 16s to £4 12s; fresh conditioned cows, £2 2s Gd to £3; slore cows, 26s to 335; boners, 9s to 2is; Jersey and Jersey cross vearling heifers, £2 lo £2 10s; bulls' 20s to £2 17s Gd. Heavy baconers, £3 to £’3 7smedium, £2 13s to £2 18s; light, £2 8s to £2 its; heavy porkers, £2 2s to £2 6s; light 33s to 395; good stores 22s to 28s; slips, 14s to 20s; wcaners 8s to 13s 6d. Loan and Morcantlle. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Hamilton, reon their weekly stock sale held at Frankton yards yesterday as follows : Cal tie.—A medium entry of fat bullocks and a fairly heavy yarding of fat cows met with a keen demand. \ marked increase on late rates was realised for all fat cattle. Prime fat cows met with the best market. Late rates were again maintained for an average yarding of store cows. Tlie offering of dairy callle was only an average one, and values recoded slightly on recent quotations. Prime fat bullocks made from £8 10s to £9 I ‘2s; lighter, £7 5s to £S 2s Gd; light, £4 7s to £6 10s; vealers, £2 17s Cxi to £4 10s; prime fat cows, £7 J2s to £S 8s; fat cows, £6 5s to £7 10stighter, £4 10s to £6; light. £3 5s to £4 7s Gd; klllable rows, £2 5s to £3stores, £1 5s to £1 12s; dairv cows’ close to profit, £6 to £9; later, £5 to £5 15s.

Sheep.—The yarding of fat sheep consisted mostly of fat wethers, while fat ewes and hoggets yere yarded in average numbers. Values 'increased appreciably for all classes. Prime fat wethers, 17s Gd to £1 Is; fat, lis to 16s Dd; others, Us to 13s Gd; (at ewes. 10s to J-Is Gd; fat hoggets, ids to I 6s; lighter, 12s 3d to !3s Gd. ’ Pigs.—There was an unusually heavy yarding of both fat pigs an.d stores and weaners. Baeoners met with a keen demand and prices increased appreciably, porkers remaining on a par with late rates. Owing to the heavy supply of stores values decreased slightly. Baeoners, £2 13s to £3 3s; light baeoners and heavy porkers, £1 18s to £2 8s; light porkers, £1 12s to £1 ids; stores, £1 Is to £1 ds Gd; slips, IGs to 18s; weaners, 12s to 15s. Dal got y and Co., Ltd. Messrs Dalgety and Co.. Ltd., report having held their weekly stock sale at frankton suleyards yesterday, as under:— Fat Sheep.—An average yarding. Prices were very similar to last week's rates. Prime fat wethers sold at up 1° f° r extra heavy; mediumweight prime wethers, IGs Gd to 18s 3d; inferior quality and light wethers,! Ids to 15s; shorn fat wethers, medium weight, las Gd; heavy fat ewes, Us j Id, oi dinary fat owes, i2s Gd; inferior ewes, 8s Gd; fat hoggets up to ISs; light fat hoggets, ils to 13s; heaw spring lambs, up to 27s 3d.

fat Cattle.-—larger yarding than usual, and prices generally were lower. Hxtra choice ox sold at up to *; ,s per I ""lb; ordinary quality ox, at 23s per luiMb: prime young row and heifer beef sold at equal to 23s per Jool b. We sold medium ox at £8 per

head; prime young- cows and heifers,} £6 to £7; ordinary fat cows, £4 10s | to £3 ss; inferior and light cows, £2 15s to £3 12s Gd; small vealcrs, 19s to 225. Store Cattle.—-There was a large yarding of all classes, and a good sale resulted. We sold a pen of 3-year Hereford steers at £-1 ss; 3 to 4-year Shorthorn steers, off turnips, at £5 (Is; 2-year-old Shorthorn -steers made £2 to £2 9s; yearling heifers sold under keen competition. We sold 14 Jersey yearling heifers (some marked) at £ i 11s; also 14 ditto at £4 Is; other yearling Jersey heifers, £2 10s to £3 Is; bulls, 25s to £3 10s; store cows up to £2 10s; empty 2-year heifers and -cows, 255. Pigs.—An extra large yarding of all classes of pigs came forward, and prime baconers sold up to £3 Bs. We soild a line of medium baconers, the 22 averaging £3 Is Od. We quote: Medium baconers, up to £3 2s; porkers, £ t ISs to £2 11s; choppers, £2 2s Gd to £3; large stores, £1 2s to £1 9s; slips, 17s to 21s; weaners, Ss to 18s. Q. W. Vcrcoo & Co., Ltd. Messrs G. \V. Ycrcoe and co., Ltd., report; Cattle.—At our weekly stock sale al Frankton yesterday, we penned a medium yarding of ox and a large yarding of cow beef. Prices generally were on a par with last week. An' average, yarding of store cattle changed hands at late rates. Sheep. —Fat sheep came forward in average numbers and sold at late rates. Pigs.—The yarding of fat pigs was , larger than that of the previous week, : and bacon pigs firmed In price, while ( porkers remained steady at ruling J prices. A heavy yarding of store pigs eased in values. < We quote the following prices:— | Heavy fat welhers 16s 2d to 19s, ( light" 15s Gd to 16s; fat ewes, 11s Oil , to 14s Gd; spring lambs, 24s Gd; 1 prime fat hoggets 16s 9d lo ISs, fat . tos to 13s; prime medium-weight fat bullocks £9 13s to £lO Ms, lighter £7 Its to £8 10s; prime heavy fal cows £7 10s lo £S ss, heavy fat £3 13s to £6 10s, lighter £4 ids to 1 (

£5 10s, light £3 5s to £4; mediumweight fat heifers £6 to £6 17s 6d, light fat £-i 15s to £5 17s 6d; heavy baconers £3 to £3 Bs, light £2 14s to £2 ISs; heavy porkers £2 5s to £2 12s, light £1 15s to £2 2s; stores £1 to £1 6s; weaners, 8s to 14s.

Beef (pee 1001b.) Extra prime ox 2-1/- 25/Prime ox 22/- 22/Plain and inTerior 20/- 20/Extra choice young- cows and heirers 23/- 24/Prime cows .. 20/- 22/Second quality cows 15/- 16/Light cows A: heirers 15/- 15/Mutton (per head). Extra primo wethers 21/- 22/Fat wethers . 18/- 18/Unfln. wethers 14/- 14/Extra prime ewes .... 15/3 15/6 Fat ewes ... 13/6 12/6 L'nflrr. ewes 8/- 6/Fat hoggets 18/- . 16/Spring lambs . 27/6 Pigs (per head). Baconers 56/- to 69/- 52/- to 63/ Porkers 45/- to 55/- 40/- to 50/ Weaners 1 4/- to 24/- 12/- to 22/ Slips o CO o o Large stores 24/-to 38/- 22/- to 36/