COMMERCIAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXX, Issue 5376, 18 January 1929, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

HAMILTON STOCK SALE. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Co,, Ltd.„ report:— On Tuesday last at Frankton w« had a fair entry of fat cattle, and pricep were again firm, values being in advance of last week. We had a small entry of fat sheep, with, price’s, on a par with the previous, sales. A full yarding of store sheep met with strong competition, the wholq of the entry changing hands -under, the hammer. There was a heavy yarding of fat and store pigs, with prices ep the improve. We quote :—

Prime mqdium weight steeers £l4 Bs, light pijmp steers £l2 7s 6d, prime heavy fat cows .£lO l|ss to £11» fat c ows £9 7s 6d ito £9 19ft, light and) unfinished £6 15s to £7, 8s ■ yealers £2 12s to £3 2s.

Sheep : Fat wethergji 325, light fat wethers 28s 6d r prime fat lambs 30s. A line of 146 wodly ewe lambs 25s lOd, 246 well-grown shorn ewe lambs 225, 173 big woolly wether lambs 24s Id, 220 'shorn wether lambs 20s 2d to 20s 10d, 206 well-gr<c»wn mixed sex shorn lambs 20s 2d, '5O mixed) sex small woolly lambs 17sj 5d to 18s 4d, good rape, Jambs 22s to 24s 6d, cull shorn lambs 14s 2d t 0 14s 6d, small woolly iambs Id, 377 big framed 4-tooth to 4-year breeding ewes on acc.ount of Mr Gerald Bull 31s 3d, and 101 5-year ewes from the same vendor 27s 3d. ■ ,

Pigs: Prime bacohers £3 2s to £3 7s, heavy bacohers £2 18s to £3 Is,

light £2 12s to £2 17s 6d; hopvy pplrker;s £2 6s to £2 10s, light £R 2s to £2 •ss; stores £1 13s 6d tq £1 17s, slips 24s 6d to 325, weaners 9s to 245.