BURNSIDE STOCK SALES

Evening Star, Issue 22249, 29 January 1936, Page 14

BURNSIDE STOCK SALES

HIGHEST PRICES OF SEASON . There was a decided improvement on last week’s prices at to-day’s sale 'at Burnside. Exporters were operating, on further increases, and prices were the highest of the season, the actual increase ranging from Is to 2s, Lambs again came forward well, 1,700 being penned. The quality generally was good, hut a number of the pens were not finished, due, obviously, to the effect of the dry weather. The top price for fat cattle was £ll 17s 6d for a nice consignment offered on account of Mr Thomas Soper, of Clydevale. Other good drafts from Southland fetched from £lO to £ll. Cattle prices National Mortgage and Agency Company: Heavy bullocks, £lO 2s 6d to £10,17s 6d; medium, £7 12s 6d to £8 12s 6d; light. £6_ 17s medium heifers, £6 17s 6d; light, £3 17s 6d. Stronach, Morris, and Co.: Heavy bullocks, £lO 17s 6d; medium, £7 12s 6d to £8 17s 6d; light, £6 17s 6d to £5 17s 6d; light heifers, £4 17s 6d to £5 17s 6d; medium cows, £5 12s 6d; light, £3 17s fid to £4 7s 6d. Donald Reid and Co.: Heavy bullocks, £9 17s 6d; medium, £7 12s 6d to £8 12s 6d; light, £5 17s 6d to £6 17s 6d p light heifers, £4 17s 6d to £5 12s 6d; medium cows, £5 12s 6d to £5 17s 6d; light, £3 12s 6d to £4 7s 6d. Wright, Stephenson and Co.; Extra heavy bullocks, £l2 2s; heavy, £9 17s' 6d to £lO 17s 6 cl; medium. £7 12s 6d to £8 7s 6d; light, £4 17s 6d to £5 17s 6d ; light heifers, £4 17s 6d to £5 7s fid; heavy cows, £6 7s 6d; medium, £5 2s 6d to £5 17s 6d; light, £3 12s 6d to £4 7s 6d. Dalgety and Co.: Heavy bullocks, ‘£9 17s 6d to £lO 17s 6d; medium, £7 17s 6d to £8 17s 6d; light, £5 17s 6d to £6 17s 6d; medium heifers. £6 7s 6d to £7 12s 6d: light, £4 12s 6d to £5 2s 6d: medium cows, £5 7s 6d to £6 7s 6d; light. £3 7s 6d to £4 7s 6d. ■ Farmers’ Co-operative Association: Heavy bullocks. £9 17s ; 6d ; medium, £7 17s 6d to £8 12s 6d ; light,£5 17s 6d to £6 17s 6d; medium heifers. £5 17s 6d to £6 ; .I'* 6d; light, £4 12s 6d; medium cows, £5 2s .6d to- £5 17s 6d; light, £3 17s 6d to £4 12s 6d. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agencv Compnnv: Heavy bullocks, £9 l/s_ dq to £lO 17s 6d; medium, £7 17s 6d to £S 12s 6d ; light, £6 17s 6d ; medium heifers, £5 17s 6d ; light, £4 17s 6d; medium cows, £5 2s 6d to fobs 6d ; light, £3 12s Cd to £4 2s fid. ' The pig numbers were 160 fats and 182 stores. Porkers sold from £1 10s to £2 15s, at approximately 6}d lb, and baconers from £2 15s to £3 10s, or approximately 6d lb. ■ . There was a small entry of about 1,500 sheep yarded, but Jack ■or numerical strength was compensated for by the quality, which was generally very fair. There were only a lew pens of wethers, and their class Was very good, the bulk of them being medium, and a fair number light and. unsuitable for butchers. The ewes were only a fair lot. with very few pens of - prime nice-cutting, sheep. _ Medium qualities were in the majority, with* fair sprinkling of light sorts. Hi* details of the sale were not available when the ' Star ’ went to press. • Store cattle were also unsold earlv in the afternoon. There wai a 'medium yarding of vealers. Their quality was only fair, though prices were' on a par with those of last week. One extra prime beast fetched £2 17s 6d and- other* from £1 to £1 15s. A medium yarding included several pons of young steers and heifers from eight months to two vears old. Because of the dry weather competition was slack, prices being lower than last week’s sale by at least IQs per head. The best two-year-old steers were bought for £4 16s, and others ranged-from £4 2s to £4 9s. Th» two-year-old heifers in forward condition sold at £8 ss. -- -