FRANKTON STOCK SALE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 439, 22 August 1928, Page 12

FRANKTON STOCK SALE

BEEF MARKET FIRM Dalgety and Company, Limited, report ha-ving held their usual weekly stock sale at the Frankton saleyards yesterday, as under:— ‘•Tlitire was a. small yarding of beef, includmg some nice drafts of prime quality. The demand was very keen, and values were higher than last week. Choice ox sold at equal to 46s a hundred, best bullocks making up to £2O ss, which we sold on account of Mr. E. W. R. Leslie of Lichfield. Prime cows on account of the same vendor sold at up to £l4 17s fid On acount of a client we sold 16 heavy Si average of £l2 4s. a head. ,, lo “.V ncl inferior cows and heifers sold to rat A s \ Bes S runners made up , 18 i T 0 a feW Of Store cattle yarded. We sold a pen of store Kfi ra ?r e(i - COWS at £5 7s fid. Also a pen at £o os; a pen of yearling Jersev heifers f 416 B; rough heifers, at £2 £4 2s 6d° 10S ' yearl,n & bulls, £2 10s to ExtS e rhou.» S - a , small yarding of sheep. Lxtra choice fat ewes made up to 38s fid. fat ewes, 33s to 36s 6d; inferior fat to 28s fid; fat woolly hog--24s ' tD S4S; Small dUto * 245; st °re ewes, I igs were penned in average numbers and were firm at late rate! Light baconers and porkers advanced slightly We Quote. Light baconers. £2 16s 3d to £o ss; porkers, £2 5s to £2 12 s r.n lo 27s fid; weaners, 7s to 15s.’’ me fanners’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., reports: \t Frank tqn yesterday we had a fair entrj of £^ m ; ( a OW ?>eef. Prices were again him, with a rise of 25s to 30s a. head on up e (o 1 46s°a S ]rmfb k ' Gh . oice Prime ox sold beef ° was VpTo a cows sold up to 375. Quality Cpr e iii lU ? te: _o^ e^ ium ~ wei&ht bullocks, CIO tn lb n lls: small light steers, £lO os to £lO 11s; fat heifers, £l2 2sprime fat eo\vs, £l2 to £l2 17s fid : medium quality c °ws, £8 Is to £9 2s 6d : plain and unfinished, £7 Is to £S; good tn %f°' VS h £S to £S lls = others. *53 li to £4, cull cows, £2 16s. There was again a good entry of bobby calves which met with competition, prices ranging from .Ss to 16s. We had a small entry oi prime fat sheep, for which there was strong competition. Extra prime heavy fat ewes made 3Ss 3d to 40s; fat wethers, 4 . e * tra „ P rl me hoggets, 375; fat hoggetsi, 2Ss 2d to 30s Id; small store hog'gets, IDs’ Cd; aged ewes, in lamb, 24s 6d; I hero was a good entry of both fat and store pigs. Prices were slightly easier for baconers, with a firm market for porkers, and good stores. Best bacone-s ma'le £3 7s to £3 10s; light baconers, £2 19s to £3 ss; good porkers, £2 10s to £2 16s; slips, 23s 6d to 255; ’.veaners, 7s to 16s 6d. LONDON MARKETS (United P.A. — By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) LONDON, Monday. Wheat. are dull and mostlv 3d lower. Parcels are in poor request, at 3d to fid decline. Liverpool future.s: October, 8s lOifd per cental; December "Ss 112 d; March, 9s l^d. Bradford Tops The Bradford tops market is lifeless, and there is no new business. P. and O. Deferred Stock and defererd stock is quoted at. The Metal Markets (Quotations on August 13 in parentheses.) Electrolytic Copper.—Spot. £6B 15s (£6B 15s); three month?, £69 5s (£69 ss). Wire Bars.—Spot, £69 5s (£69 ss); three months, £69 5s (£69 ss). Copper.—Spot. £62 9s 4?>d (£62 Ss lid); three months, £62 ISs 9d (£62 ISs lid). Lead.—Spot, £2l 13s 9d (£2l 12s 6d); three months, £2l 11s 3d (£2l 12s 6d). Spelter.—Spot, £24 5s (£24 7s fid); three months, £24 11s 3d (£24 12s 6<D Tin.—Spot, £212 7s 6d (£213 12s 6d); three months. £2OB 2s fid (£2ll Ss 9d). Silver.—Standard. 27 3-16 d (271 d) an ounce: fine, 29 5-16 d (29 7-16 d). CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET 'PrJted PA. Tty Telegraph — Copi/rioht I (Australian and T7.Z. Press Association.) Reed. 9.16 a.m. CHICAGO, Tuesday. Wheat.—September, 1 doftar 8J cents a bushel; December. 1 dollar 131 cents; March. 1 dollar 191 cents; Mav, 1 dollar 201 cents. COMPANY REGISTRATIONS Two new private companies have been registered in Auckland. Details are:— Farms and Farmlets, Limited, to carry on the business of farmers, etc. Capital: £I,OOO, divided into £1 shares. Subscribers: William C. Hewitt and Mrs. Flo. Hewitt, 500 shares each. De Andi, Limited, buyers and sellers f ‘? Primary products. Capital: £.300, divided into £lO shares. Twenty-two subscribers.