COMMERCIAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4895, 26 October 1925, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

HAMILTON STOCK SALE. At our- weekly stock sale in the Frankton yards on Tuesday last we had a fair entry of steer and cow beef. There were no heavy cattle penned. Steer beef realised well up to last week’s rates, while fat cows and heifers, all of medium quality, did not reach the ruling rates of late markets. A moderate number of store and dairy cattle were offered and competed for up to prices realised at other recent sales. A- -small entry of sheep were submitted without any improvement. A good entry of fat pigs was offered without any alteration in the keen competition and values. Stores in some parts lacked the- demand of last week’s inquiries. Beef— Medium-weight fat steers £l4' 12s 6d to £l5 12s 6d, good quality well done light £l5 10s to £l5 12s 6d ; w«ll done 2-year steers £l2 12s 6d to £l3 12s 6d; medium and plain steers £l2 12s 6d to £l4 ; medium-weight cows*£9 5s to £lO, light cows and heifers £7 10s to £7 15s, unfinished £5 Is’ to £5 15s ; small veaiers and runners £2 9s to £2 19s; store cows'£2 8s to £3 Is ; 2-year store steers £5 17s; 2-year empty Jersey-cross heifers £4, yearlings £3; best dairy heifers at profit £lO 10s to £l2 10s, ordinary £5 •to £5 10s.

Sheep—Medium fat shorn wethers to 35s ; spring lambs 28s to 33s 6d ; forward hoggets in wool Sil’s 6d. Pigs.—Heavy baconers £4 16s to £5 Ils, good £4 10s to £4 15s, medium £4’ to £4 7s; good porkers and light baconers £3 9s to £3 18s; medium porkers £2 15s to £3 5, well done light £2 7s to £2 125,. others £2 2s to £2 5s ; stores 38s to £2 2s ; choppers £4 5s to £4 17s 6d; slips 23s to 32s ; weaners and small slips 15s to £l.