BURNSIDE

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29723, 17 January 1962, Page 9

BURNSIDE

(NJ). Press Association; DUNEDIN, January 1«. After last week's disappointing sale, the fat eattle entry -i Bumside today was of very modest proportion, this week’s total of 198 showing a decrease of 134 head. In the earlier races values for most classes were better by as much as £3 to £4 per head, but this demand did not last with the result that in the last two races values eased to be little better than late rates.

Smaller yardings and higher values were maintained in the sheep sections. There were 1728 adult sheep penned compared with 4286 at the previous sale. Hoggets made up the bulk of the wether entry, the remainder comprising mainly old hill wethers. Hoggets improved in some cases as much as 4s to ss. Ewes were not in oversupply and prices were generally 3s a head higher. 1 The total of fat lambs dropped from 811 to 255, with strong demand the rate improved by 8s with odd pens even higher.

Quotations: — Prime heavy bullocks to £56 17s fid. prime £45 17s fid to £5O 2s fid. medium £39 7s fid to £42 12s 6d, light from £35 17s fid; prime heavy heifers to £44 7s fid. prime £32 7s fid to £35 2s fid, fight from £27 17s fid: prime heavy cows to £35 17s Bd, prime £26 17s fid to £32 2s 7d. light from £l9 7s fid. Top hoggets to 67s Id, prime 54s Id to 60s Id. medium 43s Id to 49s Id; top young wethers to 57s Id, prime 52s Id to 58s Id; prime old wethers 27s Id to 30s Id. medium 24s Id to 26s Id; top ewes to 24s Id. Srime 15s Id to 19s Id, medium i Id to 12s Id: top lambs to 53s Id, prime 40s Id to 46s Id, light from 355.