BURNSIDE STOCK SALES

Evening Star, Issue 21093, 4 May 1932, Page 11

BURNSIDE STOCK SALES

WORST FAT CATTLE MARKET FOR YEARS Included in the big yarding of fat cattle at Burnside to-day were several trucks of extra heavy bullocks, a large number of prime light-weights, and several pens of unfinished sorts. There was also a larger consignment of cows than usual, but not many heifers. The top price was £lO 12s Cd, secured by Mr Douglas, of Waikouaiti. Mr M'Kenzie, of Fortrose, got up to £lO 7s Gd. Tne balance of the bullocks sold from £5 15s to £9 10s, cows up to £4 10s, and a small lot of heifers up to £5 2s Cd. Taking the sale all oyer, it may be quoted as the worst since the war. Prime ox beef sold at 18s Cd per 1001 b, plain ox at 17s Gd, cows 14s, and heifers 17s Cd per 1001 b. Over the last sale good bullocks showed a slight improvement, bringing 21s per 1001 b. Sales; Strouach, Morris—Heavy bullocks, £8 7s Cd to £9 17s Cd; medium, £7 2s Gd to £7 17s Gd; light, £5 12s Gd to £G 12s Cd; medium heifers, £5 7s Gd; light, £3 12s Gd; medium cows, £4 12s Gd; light, £3 7s Gd. Donald Reid—Extra heavy bullocks, £lO 17s Gd; heavy, £8 7s Gd to £9 12s Gd; medium, £7 2s Gd to £7 15s; light, £4 12s Gd to £6 2s Cd; heavy heifers, £6 12s Cd- medium, £5 2s Gd; heavy cows, £6 2s Gd; medium, £4 7s Gd to £4 17s Cd; light, £3 7s Gd to £3 17s Gd. Wright, Stephenson—Extra heavy bullocks. £lO 7s Gd; heavy, £8 17s Cd ■to £9 2s Gd; medium, £7 7s Cd to £7 17s Gd; light, £5 2s Gd to £5 17s Gd; heavy heifers, £6 7s Gd; medium, £5 17s Gd; light, £4 2s Gd to £4 17s Gd; heavy cows, £6; medium, £4 7s Gd to £4 12s 6d; light, £3 2s Gd to £3 17s Gd. Dalgetys—Heavy bullocks, £8 7s Gd to £9 2s Gd; medium, £7 2s Gd to £7 17s Gd; light, £5 12s Gd to £6 12s 6d; heavy cows, £5 17s Gd; medium, £4 17s Gd; light, £2 17s Gd to £3 17s Gd, Farmers’ Co-op.—Heavy bullocks. £8 12s Gd to £9 2s Gd; medium, £7 2s Gd to £7 17s Cd; light, £5 2s Gd to £6 7s Gd; heavy heifers, £0 7s Gd; medium, £5 2s Cd; light, £4 12s Gd to £4 17s Gd; heavy cows, £5 12s Gd; medium, £4 2s Gd; light, £3 2s Gd to £3 17s Gd. Loan and Mercantile— Heavy bullojks, £8 7s Gd to £9 7s Gd; medium, £7 2s Gd; light, £4 2s Gd to £5 17s Gd; heavy heifers, £G 2s Gd. National Mortgage—Extra heavy bullocks. £lO 12s Gd; heavy, £8 17s Gd; medium, £7 17s Gd; light, £6 2s Gd; light cows, £3 2s Cd. There was a big yarding of store cattle, including a line of 100 from lla-.vca Flat. In sympathy with the fall in fat cattle there was a drop of £1 per head in stores. The Hawea

Flat cattle sold from £2 to £4, and two or three pens of shorthorn bullocks at £5. Cows were sold at lata rates from £1 10s to £3. In the yarding of 2,000 fat sheep were three or four pens of extra uica wethers, but not many choice ewes. The bulk of the ewes were light and aged. Tho sale opened at an advance of 2s on wethers, several pens bringing 19s. Ewes showed an advance of Is Gd,: Good young ewes sold up to 12s 9d,and light and old 8s to 9s. Prices;: Heavy wethers, 19s 3d; medium, 15s 3d to 17s 9d; light, 12s 3d to 14s 3d; extra heavy ewes, 12s 3d to 13s; heavy, JOs 9d to 11s Gd; medium, Ss 9d to 9s 9d; light, 7s 9d to Bs. Several trucks of prime, with an unusual number of light and unfinished were shown in tho fat lamb section. With a drop at the freezing works it was expected that the sale would ba easier than last week’s. Butchers were buying all the fat sheen at the opening, the rates being a shade above export prices- at this stage. Some good quality baconers were included in the pig' sales, selling up to £3 3s, with porkers up to £2 ss. Thin worked out at about the rates of tho last sale—Gd for porkers and 5d for baconers.