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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 292, 4 August 1932, Page 6

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HAMILTON SALE The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, rejport: — At the Frankton sale to-day ; we had an exceptionally heavy yard- ' ing of sneep, ewe and wether mutton ! easing slightly on last week's rates. j Beef: A heavy yarding all round, ' ox beef easing to the extent of ap- ; proximately I5s a head. Cow and : heifer beef also declined in price. I Pigs: A small yarding of fat pigs ' and an' extra heavy yarding of stores \ and weaners again came forward, : values for all classes remaining unchanged. Quotations: — Prime wethers, 13s to 13s 6d; medium wethers, 11s 6d to 12s 4d; lighter, 9s 9d to 10s 6d; prime heavy, fat , maiden ewes, 12s lld to 14s 1-d; heavy, fat ewes, 9s to 10s 6d; medium, fat ewes, 7s to 8s 3d; lighter, 5s 6d to 6s 4d; heavy, fat lambs, 9s 8d to 10s 6d; medium, 8s to 8s lOd; unfinished lambs, 5s to 6s 6d. I Cattle: Runners, 37s 6d to £2 5s; j vealers, 18s to 21s; prime, heavy, fat • steers, £7 18s to £8 3s; medium, fat ' steers,' £6 11s to £7 ls; lighter, £5 4s j to £5 11s; killable, £4 5s to £4 15s; forward conditioned, £3 2s to £3 18s; i prime, -fat heifers, £5 10s to £5 16s; prime fat cows, £4 15s to £5 10s; medium, fat heifers, £3 15s to £4 10s; medium, fat cows, £3 12s to £4 2s 6d; lighter, fat cows and heifers, £2 7s 6d to £2 19s; killable cows, 34s to £2; forward conditioned cows, 22s 6d to 30s; boner cows, 8s to 16s. Pigs: Light baconers, 32s to 35s; heavy porkers, 30s to 32s; medium porkers, 27s to 29s; light porkers, 19s to 25s; stores, 16s to £1; slips, lOr. 6d to 14s 6d; weaners, 8s to 12s; sows in pig, £2 to £3.