HAMILTON STOCK SALE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 332, 18 April 1928, Page 12

HAMILTON STOCK SALE

(Special to THE SUN) HAMILTON, To-day. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., Hamilton, report on their weekly stock sale at the Frankton yards yesterday as follows. There was a full yarding of stock of all classes. Beef maintained late values. Mutton was in firm demand and a large entry of good quality store to forward bullocks was submitted. Competition was not as keen as at other late sales. The whole entry was cleared at satisfactory prices. There was an extra heavy yarding of fat and store pigs. Competition for fats was firm, but stores were dull of sale. We quote:— Beef. —Medium weight prime steers sqld to £l3 15s; lighter, to £ll 15s; best prime fat cows, £8 10s to £9 12s 6d; medium weights, £7 5s to £8 7s 6d; light, £6 5s to £7; good runners, £4 Is to £4 19s; young and light vealers, £1 19s to »£2 17s; store cattle and good forward conditions, three and four-year Hereford bullocks, £8 10s to £9 ss; Shorthorns, same age, £8 10s to £9 16s; rough steers, £5 10s to £6. A line of fresh-conditioned empty Polled Angus cows made from £5 2s 6d to £6 2s. Sheep. —Prime fat wethers, 32s 3d to 335; unfinished wethers, 27s to 295; fat ewes sold to 24s 3d; prime fat lambs, 265; lighter, 22s Id; small. 18s 6d; four and five-year ewes in lamb to S.D. rams, 29s 6d. Pigs.—Heavy baconers, £4 to £4 10s; light, £3 8s to £3 12s; heavy porkers! £2 15s to £3 3s; light, 35s to £2 ss; slips, 10s to 13s; weaners. 4s to Ss.