BURNSIDE

Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28446, 28 November 1957, Page 8

BURNSIDE

(New Zealand. Press Association) DUNEDIN, November 27. Prices for fat wethers and fat cattle were easier at the Burnside sale today. Fat steers eased £2 a head, while heifers and cows were easier by £1 to £2. Hoggets and wethers were back 5s to 6s. Lambs sold freely at scheduled rates. Ewes were firm on last week. Best quality ox beef averaged 128 s to 1325, and for the heavy prime sorts 118 s to 1255. In the fat sheep offering, the number was smaller than last week, about 2200 being penned. The market was weaker, showing a drop of 5s to 6s in the value of fat wethers and hoggets. Ewes, which were in shorter supply, showed little or no alteration from the previous week. Young ewes were also in fairly good demand, and only the older and poorer class ewes had poorer competition. The yarding was made up generally of mixed class, with a fair number of aged wethers. An offering of 156 spring lambs included many pens of good quality, with only a small number of average and plainer sorts. Bidding was keen from the different buyers, and prices appeared to be well up to scheduled rates. Quotations: — Extra prime heavy bullocks, to £5B 7s 6d; prime heavy, £5l to £53; prime, £45 2s 6d to £4B 17s 6d; medium, £35 17s 6d to £3B 17s 6d; light, from £3O. Extra prime heifers, to £42; prime, £3O 17s 6d to £35 12s 6d; medium, £25 12s 6d to £2B 7s 6d; and light from £23 17s 6d. Prime heavy cows, to £32 17s 6d; prime, £25 17s 6d to £32 2s 6d; medium, £23 2s 6d to £24 12s 6d; and light from £lB 2s 6d. Fat Sheep.—Extra prime wethers, to 90s; prime, 80s to 85s; medium, 72s to 765; and light and ordinary from 645. Extra prime hoggets, to 88s; prime, 77s to 80s. Medium, 64s to 675; and light, from 60s; prime young ewes, 64s to 70s; extra prime ewes, 44s to 50s: prime, 38s to 425; medium, 36s to 38s; light and aged, from 28s. Best quality lambs made from 70s to 80s; and medium, 58s to 625.

PLEASANT POINT STOCK SALE

“The Press" Special Service TIMARU, November 25. Seventy head of fat cattle riiet a quiet demand from butchers at the Pleasant Point stock sale today. Values eased slightly, and an odd pen was passed at auction. The penning of fat sheep was not a large one, and the inquiry from butchers was not very keen, especially for wethers, values of which eased fully 2s a head. Fat ewes held firm. There was little change in values in the store sheep section. Values were:— Fat Cattle.—Steers: good, £33 to £36 17s 6d: medium, £2B Is to £32 .17s 6d; light, £23 17s 6d to £27 17s 6d. Heifers: medium, £2l to £24 2s 6d; light, £l7 2s 6d to £2O 17s 6d. Cows: good, £22 to £25 2s 6d; medium, £l7 to £2l; light, £l4 to £l6 17s 6d. Fat Sheep.—Wethers: good, 80s to 87s; medium. 76s to 79s Id; light. 65s Id to 735. Ewes: good, 40s to 46s Id; medium, 34s to 39s Id; light, 27s Id to 335. Store Sheep. Wether hoggets, shorn: to 64s 6d. Two-tooth ewes, shorn: 97s 6d to £5. Wether hoggets, shorn as lambs: to 90s. Store Cattle.—Two-year Aberdeen Angus heifers: £2O to £23 10s. HUSBANDS AND WIVES’ GUIDE A frank and confidential booklet for married people only. Sent in plain wrapper free. Write today: GEORGE SETTLE, Chemist, 25 Victoria itreet, Christchurch. « B.4—Advt