FRANKLIN STOCK SALE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 901, 19 February 1930, Page 10

FRANKLIN STOCK SALE

HEAVY ENTRY OF COWS From Our Own Correspondent HAMILTON, Tuesday. J he , auctioneers report as follow on he!d at the F ranktQii Dalgety and. Company. Ltd.— Y smo li , ® n * ry of bullocks and a very large h^ l 7°L fat cows and heifers $x beef sold at late rates, and all good quality young cows and heifers maintained late rates. Inferior quality fat wi!h S 7 e a e n in OVer suppl y and inti made ur, d fo nilf' youn S' ™ws £7 lOs Y cmYY ordlnar y fat cows, to A i mferior an d light, £6 to £6 15s. There was a fair yarding no stc T®. eatt l e ’ Which met with good competition at full late rates. Two- > ear Hereford steers made to - r ' 8 4syearlmg Hereford steers, £6 3s; eow4 to Jf TTS’ t 7: sto F e rou « h cows. £3 to £3 lls, Jersey heifer calves £3crossbred heifer calves, £2 to £2 12s 6d, bulls, £4 15s to £B. There was a good yarding of fat and store sheep. t sheep were a little firmer Lighter ewes of medium qualitv were also firmer, and made up to 17s" 6d for medium weights. There was a good demand for store lambs. Small mixed sex shorn lambs made to lls 6d, cull lambs, Ss 6d; black-faced woolly lambs, lls 0d; good breeding to 225. -There was a heavy yarding of fat and store pigs which v V ; e hfe« q, “ ted at slightly* 5 ImpToveS values. Heavy fat baconers made £4 *7? , t ° 15s ; medium baconers, £ 4 to £4 6s; heavy porkers, £3 10s to £4V s ed; htrge stores! to £ 7 ? , 6d Y„ lls 8d: medium, 30s 15s to 20s PS ’ l ° 27s 6d; we aners. Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering .Company Ltd.—A full yarding of cattle and eheep. Ox beef sold at late rates. There was a good yarding “J c .°w beef, which included a number of inferior animals. Good qualitv he * fe T heef fully maintained wfth lYi at ?', leep sol,i °n a par 'vith last week s quotations, while store sheep were slightly easier. There was a lull yarding of 400 pigs, which ™ et . W' th sood competition, the whole lardfng changing hands at late rate* f® st baconers averaged from 7ld to a 1 o• while porkers averaged 7Jd to fil Quotations: Fat steers. £l3 5s £l3 94’- P 1 fat steers, £l2 14s to ~1.3 3s. heavy fat cows, £9 13s to £ll ■s; medium fat cows, £8 to £9 sshght. £7 3s to £7 IBs; forward coni ditioned cows, £6 to £6 19s: store p ° w „ s „’ -Ef t° £5 12s: fat wethers 23s to -6b 9d, fat and forward ewes, 16s; woollv b - S ’ ! 7s 235; good-framed woolly mixed sex iambs, 14s to 15s 6dshorn mixed sex lambs, lls 6d; two: breeding ewes, to 275; fourtooth to five-year ewes, 18s 6d to £l- - ewes. 18s 9d: souncl-mouth es, i-s to 13s 6d; Border Leicester to 2 gns; Southdown rams, - & ns to 25g-ns; heavy baconers, £4 ]1 » medium. £4 3s to £4 8s■ light baepners, £3 16s to £4; heavy porkers, £3 30s to £3 15s; light, £2 18s to £3 ss; choppers, 30s’to £3*lss? 35s to good weaners, ]Bs to 265; small, Ss. to lls.