BURNSIDE STOCK MARKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7818, 10 June 1909, Page 1

BURNSIDE STOCK MARKET.

DUNEDIN, June 9. Cattle—About 200' head of cattle were yarded, chiefly of mixed quality steers and heifers, arid, only a few pens .of • really good bullocks. The sale was fairly brisk; .and..prime steers and heifers showed a slight advance com-; pared with last week. Best bullocks' brought £9 to £10 10s, extra heavy to £13, medium £6 10s to £8, and best heifers and cows £6 10s to -£8 10s. Sheep—2 800 were yarded, and prices were a shade easier. The bulk of the entry consisted of poor quality ewes. Best wethers made 12s 8d to 18s 9d, i medium 15s to 16s 6d, stores from 112s, best ewes 13s 6d to 15s 6d, medium lls 2d to 12s 6d, and old and inferior 5s to 7s 6d. Lambs —3020 were yarded. There was a heavy yarding, the bulk being of average quality. Prices were about equa.l to last week. Quotations : Best lambs 14s to 15s, medium 12s 6d to 13s 6d, unfinished sorts from 10s 6d. Pigs—los were yarded. There was a moderate yarding, and a fair inquiry for suckers of good quality, which sold well up to last week's rates. I The demand for the poor classes was not so keen, and prices for porkers and baconers showed a falling off. Suckers made 9s to 12s, slips 14s to 16s, stores 20s to 255, porkers 33s to 38s, light baconers 43s to 50s, and heavy 55s to 58s.