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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20784, 20 April 1939, Page 14

COMMERCIAL

FRANKTON YARDING Messrs G. W. Vercoe and Company, Ltd., report having held their weekly stock sale at Frankton on Tuesday, when an extra heavy yarding of fat sheep came forward. Competition throughout was steady and prices remained on a par with those of the previous week. Prime medium weight wethers sold from 21s to 22s 6d, prime light 19s to 20s 6d; light fat wethers up to 18s; prime Southdown wethers 18s to 19s, lighter weights to 17s 6d; prime maiden ewes, to 17s; heavy fat ewes up to 13s, lighter to 10s, killable 6s to 8s; heavy fat lambs 20s to 22s 6d, well- finished medium 18s to 19s 6d, others 16s to 17s 6d, light to 15s. An average entry of calves sold steadily at late rates. Prime medium weight vealers made £3 to £3 15s, others £2 5s to £2 15s, prime light 30s to £2; small calves, to 255. The yarding of ox beef was an average one and prices were easier. A draft of prime Polled Angus and Shorthorn bullocks, ex Mr J. Hannon, of Cambridge, sold to £ll 15s; prime medium bullocks £ll to £ll 15s, prime light £lO 5s to £lO 15s, light to £9 15s. The yarding of cow and heifer beef was exceptionally large, and prices throughout showed a considerable decline. Heavy prime heifers sold from £7 to £7 15s, prime medium £6 to £6 15s, light £5 to £5 17s 6d; heavy prime cows £7 to £7 11s, prime lighter £5 15s to £6 12s 6d, others to £5 10s; heavy fat Jersey cows, £5 to £5 J2s Gd, medium £i 5s to £4 15s, light to £4. Store cattle came forward in large numbers and sold at rates slightly below those of last week. Jersey heifer calves made to £2 10s: small crossbred heifer calves to 30s; forwardcondition Shorthorn and Friesian cows £4 to £4 16s, others to £3 15s; heavy boners £3 10s to £i, medium £2 15s to £3 7s 6d, light up to £2 12s 6d; potter bulls, to £8 10s. A fairly large entry of dairy cattle was submitted to a large bench of buyers and anything showing quality sold well. Good quality young Jersey cows in milk and close to profit sold from £8 to £10; good quality later calvers £6 to £7 ss, backward and inferior to £4 15s. Fat pigs were again penned in large numbers, and prices throughout remained firm. Prime heavy baconers made £3 10s to £3 14s, medium £3 3s to £3 9s. light £2 16s to £3 2s; heavy porkers £2 8s to £2 15s. medium £2 to £2 7s, light 35s to 395, small unfinished 28s to 345, choppers to £3 6s. An average entry of store pigs sold at late rates. Good stores realised 21s to 245, smaller 15s to 20s; good slips 12s to 14s, others 8s to 11s; best weaners 7s to 9s, others up to 6s; Berkshire boars, to £3 2s 6d. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Go., Lt., Hamilton, report on their Frankton stock sale on Tuesday as follows: —Sheep: Prime fat wethers 20s to 21s 6d. fat 18s 6d to 19s 6d, lighter quality down to 17s Gd; prime heavy ewes 12s 6d to 13s 9d, lighter 11s to 12s. unfinished 8s 6d to 9s 6d; heavy fat lambs 20s to 21s 6d, medium 18s 6d to 19s Gd. unfinished down to 15s, store lambs 7s to Bs. Cattle: Lightweight bullocks £8 to £8 ss, unfinished £6 to £6 10s: prime fat cows £5 4s to £5 10s, medium £4 5s to £4 15s, lighter £3 3s to £3 6s: boner cows £2 15s to £3 is. culls 30s to 37s 6d; potter bulls, £4 10s to £4 17s Gd; Jersey bulls, £4 to £4 ss: prime vealers £2 10s to £3 6s. medium 30s to £2: calves. 15s to 255; dairy heifers, £5 15s to £6 10s; dairy cows. £5 10s to £6 15s; heifer calves, £1 12s 6d to £2 11s. Pigs: Heavy baconer pigs £3 8s to £3 12s, medium £3 3s to £3 7s Gd. light down to £2 15s: heavy porkers £2 9s to £2 13s. light 19s to 275; sows from 31s to £2 11s. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report having held their usual weekly stock sale at Frankton saleyards on Tuesday; One of the largest yardings of sheep penned at Frankton for some time was forward. Included in the entry were quite a number of extra prime wethers, and considering the large number offered the sale was really good prices for all top lines being equal to late rates. Extra prime fat wethers made 22s to 235. prime fat 20s to 21s, fat 18s to 19s; Prime Southdowncross wethers, 18s to 19s; medium Southdown-cross wethers 16s to 17s 6d. light 14s 6d to 15s 9d; unfinished and light wethers. i »s to 15s: heavy prime faf ewes Lis to 14s 6d. medium 1 0> to 1 Is Gd, unfinished 7s to 8s: fat lambs, heavy |Ss lo 18s 6d. fat 15s (o 1 Os. An extra heavy yarding of cattle came forward and pri.-es were on a par with last week. Medium heavy fat bullocks made £8 15s t*. £9 10s, light £« i ;, s to £7 ss: medium-weight fat Shorthorn heifers. £6 ius to £6 17s fid: fat Polled Angus young cows. £5 15s to £6 ss: fat cows. £4 to £4 15s; fleshy cows. £3 ins to £3 13s; heavy honors. £3 to £3 ss: boner cows. £2 to £2 15s: potter hulls, medium £4 £2*l Os to £2 15s. light 30s to £2. A heavier yarding of all classes of pigs name forward than last week. All classes sol.| freely and except porker* showed an mcr-Mso on las! week’s qii"t.. t l *ns. Prim.- to,, weight baroner* mads £3 14s, heavy £3 12s to

£3 13s, medium £3 8s to £3 10s, prime light £3 Is to £3 4s, light £2 16s to £3 Is: prime heavy porkers and light baconers £2 10s to £2 16s. heavy £2 6s to £2 10s. prime medium £2 2s to £2 6s, medium 38s to £2 2s; prime light 32s to 38s; light, 28s to 325; light and unfinished porkers 22s to 28s; best store pigs, 18s to 235; medium 14s to 18s; best slips. 10s to 14s; best weaners, 6s to 10s; choppers, light, 20s to £2.