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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20958, 10 November 1939, Page 10

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SPECIAL FRANKTON SALE Messrs. G. W. Vercoe & Co., Ltd., report having held a special store cattle sale at Frankton on Wednesday, when the advertised entry came forward. Competition throughout was only fair and prices showed a decided decline on those which have been ruling for the past few weeks. Nevertheless, practically a total clearance was effected. The advertised line of yearling Red Polled steers on account or Messrs. T. C. and 11. W. Wilson, of Waimai, were showing the effects of a hard winter, and prices for these were not high, 100 realising £3 12s, while 51 averaged £2 10s. Quotations. —Forward-conditioned three-year-old Polled Angus and Hereford steers, to £7 15s; store-conditipned three-year-old cross-bred steers, £5 15s to £0 12s Gd; store-conditioned two-year-old Polled Angus steers, £G to £6 45,• low-condi-tioned, £5 to £5 15s; store-cohditioned two-year-old Hereford steers, to £6; 18months Hereford and Polled Angus steers, to £5; cross-bred two-year-old steers, £4 to £1 15s; yearling Polled Angus steers, to £3 10s; yearling cross-bred heifers, to £2 2s 6d; yearling Jersey heifers, to £4 15s; young store cows, to £3 18s. MATAMATA SALE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report that at their Matamata stock sale on Wednesday a good entry or rat sheep came forward and changed hands at recent levels. Cattle.—A rull penning, the beer entry comprising ox and heiTer beef, which sold under spirited bidding, values showing little alteration on late quotations, which were also maintained for boner cows and potter bulls. pigs.—A very large entry of all classes of pigs with competition for baconers and porkers keen at values fully up to late rates. Bidding in the store section was not as brisk as at previous sales, and prices for slips and weaners were slightly easier. A large entry of choppers sold fully up to recent quotations. Quotations: — Sheep.—Prime shorn hoggets, 24s to 265; woolly hoggets, 23s 3d to 24s 6d; light, 19s to 2 is; rat shorn ewes, 12s 6d to 14s; shorn black-faced hoggets, 15s 3d to 10s Gd. Cattle.—Light fat bullocks, £ll 5s to £8 1 4s; rat P.A. cows and heirers, £7 15s; fat Jersey cows, £5 5s to £6 10s; killable cows, £ l to £4 15s; heavy boner cows, £3 5S to £4 3s; lighter, £2 12s Gd to £3; young store cows. £2 10s to £3 ss: old. 30s to £2; heavy potter bulls, £S 2s 6d to £9 106; others, £5 to £7 155; good quality yearling Jersey heirers, to £5 10s; smaller. £3 10s to £4 2s 6d; yearling Jersey bulls, £3 to £5 ss. Pigs.—Heavy choppers, £3 to £3 13s; others, 35s to £2 10s; prime top-weight baconers. £4 to £4 3s; heavy baconers, £3 155 to £3 18s; medium, £3 10s to £3 13S; light, £3 5s to £3 8s; buttermilk pigs and heavy porkers, £2 16s to £3 3s; medium porkers, £2 10s to £2 lis; light, £2 4s to £2 8s; large stores, 37s 6d to £2-ss; medium, 32s 6d to 35s Gd; best slips, 27s 6d to 34s 6d; others, 21s 6d to 255; best weaners, 20s to 25s 6d; others, 14s to 18s; sows, close to farrowing, to £4 15s. SPECIAL STORE CATTLE SALE The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report that at a special sale of store cattle held at Frankton yards on Wednesday, an extra large yarding was penned, values for forwardconditioned bullocks remaining llrm at late rates, but store bullocks and younger cattle showed a sharp decline, especially so with yearling and two-year steers, etore cows and heifers were slightly duller than at utber recent fixtures. Quotations. —Forward-conditioned Polled Angus bullocks, £8 12s Gd to £0 15S; three-year Polled Angus store steers, £G to £7 ss ; three-year Shorthorn sters, £G to £G 15s; yearling Polled Angus steers, £4 15s; two and three-year Jersey steers, £2 16s to £2 19s; rorward-conditioncd Polled Angus cows, £5 5s to £5 15s; Polled Angus cows and calves, to £5; twoyear empty Hereford heirers. £3 8s to £3 l 2s: two-year empty Polled Angus heifers, £5 7S to £3 11s