FRANKTON STOCK SALE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1061, 27 August 1930, Page 11

FRANKTON STOCK SALE

BEEF MARKET FIRM Special to THE SUN HAMILTON, Tuesday. The increased rates realised for fat cattle last week were fully maintained at the weekly stock sales at the Frankton yards today. Fat sheep came forward in average numbers and sold at late rates. Stores and Daconers were in plentiful supply, satisfactory values ruling. The auctioneers quote as follow' :

Dalgety and Company, Limited.—Choice bullocks sold at equal to 39 a 1001 b; medium-weight bullocks, £l4 12s Gd: light fat bullocks, £l3: fat young cow's and heifers, up to £l2 5-s: ordinary fat cows, £8 10s to £9 15s; light Jersey cows, £5 15s to £7 15s; runners, £6 Is to £ 6 355; young store cows, £6 17s and £6 15s; yearling Jersey heifers, £5 ss; crossbred yearling heifers, £3 15s; boner cows, £3 10s to £4 2s Gd: fat wethers, 2 9s; fat ewes, 24s Gd; baconers,' £3 to £3 7s 6d: porkers, £2 8s to £2 14s; choppers, £4 2s Gd to £5 2s Gd: weaners, 20s to 265; slips, 30s to 38s; large stores, £2 to £2 11s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited. —Prime fat bullocks made £l6 7s Gd to £l9 Is; lighter fat bullocks, £l2 to £l3 3 0s: fat cows, £9 5s to £ 9 17s 6d: lighter fat cows,‘£B 12s to £8 18s; unfinished fat cows, £7 7s Gd to £7 14s; killable cows, £4 15s to £5 13s; store cows. £4 5s to £4 14s: prime fat wethers, £ 1 8s 7d to £1 9s lOd: lighter fat wethers, £1 Gs 3d to £1 6s 10d; prime fat hoggets, 275; medium baconers, £2' 15s to £3 2s

Gd: heavy porkers. £2 10s Gd to 14s: lighter porkers, £2 6s to £2 9s; good stores, £2 2s to £2 5s Gd; lighter stores, £1 -16 s to £2 ss; slips, 28s to 345; weaners, 13s Gd to £1 Is. Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—Prime fat bullocks made £36 15s to £l6 19s; medium, £l4 13s; light, to £ll 15s; prime fat cows, £ll 12s to ss: prime fat heifers, £3O 2s Gd to £33 15s; fat cow's, £9 32s to £lO 15s 6d. medium fat cows, £8 2s 6d to £9; light fat cows, £6 7s Gd to £7 12-s 6d: forward conditioned cows, £5 2s Gd to £5 18s: store cows, £3 to £6 ss; fat wethers, 295; fat ewes, 25s 7d: fat hoggets. 22s 7d; fat and forward ewes, 18s 3d; store hoggets, 31s to 3 6s: heavy baconers, £3 5s to £3 7s; medium, £3 to £ 3 14s; heavy porkers, £2 12s to £2 lGs: light porkers,*' £2 6s to £2 10s; good stores. £2 3s to £2 11s; slips, 31s to 355: weaners, 20s Gd to 2 8s; sows in pig, Tamworthcross, £3 10s to £5 ss; sows with litters, £2 17s Gd to £ 4 3 ss.