STOCK SALE.

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18806, 30 November 1932, Page 12

STOCK SALE.

AT FRANKTON YARDS

SHEEP QUOTATIONS FIRMER. There was a good yarding of ox beef at the weekly stock sale at the Frankton yards yesterday and late quotations ruled. Cow and heifer beef also came forward in well up to average numbers but last week s increased quotations were not maintained. Sheep came forward in well up to average numbers and values were firmer. The large yarding of pigs also showed a firming tendency. The following table shows the comparison between this and last week’s /Tates:— Beef (per 1001 b.) This week. fast week, /xtra prime ox 15/- 15/Prime ox .. I S/- 14/Extra choice young: cows and heirers 14/- 16/Prime rows . 10/- 10/Second quality cows .. 8/- 8/Mutton (per head). Extra prime shorn wethers 12/S li/6 Fat shorn wethers 10/3 to 11/5 10/-to 11/3 Extra prime shorn ewes S/G 7/9 Fat shorn ewes 5/-to 5/10 5/-to 5/9 Fat hoggets .. 10/-to 11/- 9/-to 11/0 Fat lambs .. 9/-to 12/- 9/-to 12/Pigs (per head). Baconers .. 32/-toll/- 32/- to 43/Porkers .. 22/-to 30/- 22/-to 30/Weaners .. 12/- to 11/- 12/- 1 o 14/Slips .. 10/- to IS/- K)/-to 16/Largc stores 20/- to 25/- 20/- to 21/Farmers’ Auctioneering Company. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Lid., report: At the weekly stock sale In the Frankton yards yesterday a small yarding of sheep came forward, with only a few pens of wethers, and prices improved slightly on late rates. Fat ewes also * came forward in smaller numbers, and these showed a slight increase. A medium yarding of lambs sold at last week's quotations. Cattle: A heavier yarding of 'cattle came forward, with ox beef penned in larger numbers than last week; quotations remained unchanged. Cow and heifer beef were penned in larger numbers, and prices eased slightly. Store cattle remained at late quotations. Pigs: There was a full yarding of fat and store pigs. Fat pigs remained firm at last week’s quotations, while stores and weaners showed an improvement. Quotations: Heavy prime wethers, 12s 3d to i3s; medium, 11s Id to 11s 6d; medium hoggets, 10s 8d to its; Jight, 9s to 9s Gd;.heavy fat ewes, Gs, to 9's; light, £4 10s to £3 ss; heavy fat lambs, 12s to 12s 8d: medium, Its to 12s; runners, £2 to £2 ss; vealers, 17s to 2Gs; medium fat steers, £5 1 is to £5 17s; lighter, £3 18s to £5 ss; medium fat cows, £2 IGs to £3 2s; fat heifers, £2 12s Gd to £2 17s; forward conditioned. 35s to £2 10s; boner cows, 14s to 21s; 18 months Friesian heifers, 30s to 32s Gd; 18 months Jersey heifers, £2 to £2 8s; bulls, 30s to £2 15s. Pigsc Heavy baconers, 39s % to £2 3s; medium, 35s to 38s; light, 31s to 345; heavy porkers, 28s to 30s; light and medium porkers, 23s to 275; stores, 17s to 21s; slips, 14s to 17s; weaners, 9s to 12s Gd.

Dalgety and Company. Messrs Dalgety and Company, ■ Limited, report having held their usual weekly stock sale at Frankton • saleyards, yesterday, as under: — Fat sheep: A small yarding. Prices were firm at last week’s rates witli the, exception of fat ewes, which realised higher prices. Extra prime shorn wethers made up to 12s 4d; medium weight, JOs 3d to 11s 4d; , extra prime fat ewes at 8s 6/1; ordinary fat'ewes,. 5s to (is 3d; spring lambs heavy up to 12s; medium weights, !)s Gd to 11 s: light and unfinished, 7s. i Fat cattle: An average yarding. , Prime (bulloek-s sold at last week’s rates, but young prime cow and heifer ; were a shade lower. Prime young cow and heifer beef sold at equal to i is a 100; prime ox to 15s; ordinary quality fat cows made up to £3 I (is; , light fat cows, 38s to 112 ss; inferior; cows, 2 is to 3Us. , Store cattle: A moderate entry. , Yearling Jersey cross heifers, running with hull, £2 4s; Jersey bulls, £2 7s 6d; boner cows, 10s to 20s. Pigs: A large yarding of fat pigs, and also a large yarding of stores. ■ Fat pigs sold at late rates, while store pigs were also on a par with la ! week’s rates. Heavy baconers up to £2 2s; prime baconers, 36s to 3Ss; medium baconers. £! 12s lo £1 14s; heavy porkers, £1 8s to £1 lOs; ■ medium porkers. £1 2s to £t 7s; tight porkers,. 20s; big stores, 18s to 2 1s; slips, 13s to 10s Gil; weaners, 3s Gd to 12s. Loan and IVlorcantilo. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency tlompany. Limited. Hamilton, report on their weekly Frankton stock sate held yesterday as follows: — ■Cattle: The entry of ox beef was a small one of mostly good qu,e il, cattle. The demand was steady a! late rates. Medium quality cows, of which . an average number was yarded, receded a shade, if anything, but prime cows and- heifers l’ully maintained revcent quotations. There was no variation in store cow values. Prime fat bullocks made from £5 7s (id to £5 10s; medium quality, £5 t Os'to £5 ss; lighter, £1 to £4 10s; prime 'cow;and heifer beef, £3 to £3 Its; medium quality, £2 5s lo £3;.lighter, £1 18s to £2 3s; light and killable, £1 10s to £1 17s Gd; stores, £1 Is to £1 7s; Inferior do., lGs to £1; boners, ils to 15s. Sheep: Competition on a short supply of fat ewes and wethers was brisk, tlie whole,entry changing hands at prices a little in advance of last week’s rales. Fat lambs met witli a steady sale up to recent values; prime wethers sold from Its to 13s; medium. Ids to tls; light. 0s lo Ids: .prime owes, 5> Gd to Gs GO; lighter, •is Gd lo os 3d; inferior quality lo -Is; best prime lambs, 10s fid lo t2s LI: medium quality, lighter, 0s od to 1 0s Gd; light quality, 8> to Os fid. t Pigs: There was a full yarding of both fat and store pigs. Fat pigs were firm at late quotations, white stores and weaners improved in value. Heavy baconers made £2 lo £2 3s; medium, £1 15s lo £| 10s; light. £1 ils to £i‘lis; heavy porkers, £l Ss

to £1 10s; medium and light porkers, £1 3s to £1 7s; large stores, 18s to £1 is; slips, 14s to 17s G/; good weaners, Its to 13s Gd; poorer, 7s Gd to 10s. G. W. Vercoe and Co,, Ltd. Messrs G. W. Vercoe «& Co., Ltd., report:—At our weekly slock sale at Frankton yesterday, we penned ox and cow beef in average numbers, and prices remained on a par with those of the previous week. An average entry of stores changed hands at late rates. Cattle. —Vealers, 18s to 30s; med-ium-weight fat bullocks, £5 to £5 12s Gd; lighter, £4 7s Gd to £4 15s; unfinished, £3 io £4 ss; heavy fat cows, £3 to £4 Is; lighter, £2 5s to £2 7s Gd; light, 30s to £’2; heavy fat heifers, £3 5s to £3 15s; lighter, lat heifers, £2 10s to £3 2s Gd; light, 25s to 355; store cows, 21s to 295; boners, 12s to 18s. Sheep.—Fat -sheep came forward in smaller numbers than usual, resulting in impJoved prices. Heavy lat wethers, 13s to 13s 7d; lighter, 11s to 11s Gd; light, 10s to 10s Gd; fat ewes, 8s to 8s Gd; heavy fat lambs, Pis to 13s; lighter, its to 11s 9d; light, 9s Gd to 10s Gd; unfinished, 7s to 9s. Pigs.—A large yarding of fat pigs met with a good demand and prices remained very linn at last week’s quotations. Prime baconers, 39s to £2 4s; heavy baconers, 3Gs to 38s; light baconers, 3Us to 355; heavy porkers, 27s to 295; light, 22s lo 2Cs; heavy choppers, 30s to £2 10s; light, 20s. to 28s. A full entry of stores met with a ready sale, and prices showed little variation on last week’s advanced rates. Good stores, 17s to 20s; others, 14s to IGs; slips, Its to 13s Gd; weaners, 7s to its Gd.