BURNSIDE STOCK SALES

Evening Star, Issue 22325, 29 April 1936, Page 12

BURNSIDE STOCK SALES

LITTLE VARIATION IN ALL PRICES Until early this afternoon late rates for all stock had been maintained during to-day’s sales at Burnside, and in some cases increases on last week’s rates were recorded. Fat cattle prices followed the lines laid a week ago, except near the end, when values were inclined to ease. Fully three-quarters of the yarding of 318 head of fat cattle was made of medium and light stuff. The general quality was poor, being greatly below the standard of recent yardings. Only three trucks of bullocks could be classed as good, but the remainder were by no means up to this grade, a good many being unfinished. Cows were plentiful, but only a small number showed quality. The rest were light, with a tail end of weedy sorts totally unsuited for butchers’ requirements. The sale opened quietly, values for prime quality cattle being firm at last week’s prices. There was little alteration in rates until the last race was reached, when an easing of from 10s to 15s a head on the better class stuff, with an even more noticeable decline on inferior sorts, was experienced. A specially fine truck from Mr Thomas Neville, of Ida Valley, scored the top price of the same, this being £l4 17s fid, while other lots from the Taieri sold! from £l2 to £l3.

Cattle prices.—National Mortgage and Agency Company: Extra heavy bullocks. £ll 17s 6d to £l3 2s 6d; heavy, £9 17s 6d to £ll 17s 6d; medium, £7 17s 6d to £8 17s 6d: light, £6 17s 6d; medium heifers, £6 2s 6d to £7 2s 6d; light, £5 2s 6d; medium cows, £5 2s 6a; light, £4 17s 6d. Stronach, Morris and Co.: Extra heavy bullocks, £ll 17s 6d; heavy £9 17s 6d to £ll 7s 6d; medium', £7 17s 6d to £8 17s 6d; light, £6 7s 6d; light heifers, £4 17s 6d to £5 2s 6d: medium cows, £5 12s 6d to £6 12s 6d; light, £4 17s 6d. Donald Reid and Co.: Extra heavy bullocks, £l2 17s 6d; heavy, £9 17s 6d to £ll 12s 6d; medium, £7 17s Gd to £8 17s 6d; light, £5 17s 6d to £6 17s 6d; medium heifers, £6 17s 6d to £7 2s 6d; light, £4 17s 6d to £5 7s 6d; heavy cows, £7 17s 6d; medium, £5 12s 6d to £6 12s 6d; light, £3 17s 6d to £4 12s 6d. Wright, Stephenson: Extra heavy bullocks, £l2 17s 6d to £l3 2s 6d; heavy, £9 17s 6d to £ll 12s 6d; medium, £7 17s 6d to £8 17s 6d; light, £5 17s 6d to £6 17s 6d. Dalgety and Co.: Extra heavy bullocks, £l2 2s 6d; heavy, £9 17s 6d to £ll 12s 6d: medium, £7 17s 6d to £8 17s 6d: light, £5 l7s 6d to £6 17s 6d; medium heifers, £6 7s 6d to £7 2s 6d; light, £5 2s 6d; heavy cows, £6 17s 6d to £7 12s 6d; medium, £5 2s 6d to £6 2s 6d; light, £3 17s 6d to £4 12s 6d. Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association: Extra heavy bullocks, £l2 12s 6d to £l4 17s 6d; heavy, £9 17s 6d to £ll 7s 6d; medium, £7 17s 6d to £8 17s 6d; light, £5 17s 6d to £6 17s 6d; heavy heifers, £7 17s 6d; medium, £6 7s 6d to £7 2s 6d; light, £4 7s 6d to £5 7s 6d; heavy cows, £7 17s 6d; medium, £5 2s 6d to £6 2s 6d; light, £3 12s 6d to £4 12s 6d. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company: Heavy bullocks, £9 17s 6d to £ll 17s 6d: medium, £7 17s 6d to £8 17s 6d; light, £6 17s 6d; medium heifers, £6 17s 6d; light, £4 17s 6d to £5 17s 6d; medium cows, £5 7s 6d to £5 17s 6d; light, £3 17s 6d to £4 12s 6d. There was a small entry of fat lambs numbering only about 700. Some specially good lambs were forward, but the percentage of this class was small, a large number of pens containing medium grades and light stuff. Butchers were keen buyers for weighty sorts, while exporters operated consistently for all grades, and prices generally were firm at last week’s high rates. The quality seen in the yarding of approximately 1,300 head of fat sheep was again disappointing, especially in the case of wethers. There was a fair percentage of the males, but only a few were of the prime heavy-weight variety, the majority being plain. Some of the latter were only suitable for graziers. Good ewes were also in short supply, some being medium-weights and others light and weedy. There was good competition at the opening for all classes at values equal to those of the last sale, and the general opinion was that prices would remain firm throughout.

The store cattle yarding was the largest seen for some months, and included in the entry was a line of wellbred two and three-year-old steers and heifers from the Lakes district, AJI

well-bred cattle sold under keen competition at fully last week’s rates. Best three-year-old steers brought up to £6 10s, while others varied between £4 10s and £5 10s, and two-year-olds sold from £3 15s to £4 ss. Heifers reached £4 10s. The boner cows sold well at late rates. About 40 head of vealers commanded ■ higher prices than last week, generally to the extent of 10s a head. A line of bacon pigs from Seacliff averaged £3 a head, but did not top the sale. The total yarding brought from £2 15s to £4, on the equivalent of 5Jd lb, while porkers sold from £2 to £2 15s, or at the rate of 6d lb. There were 201 fats and 166 stores.