BURNSIDE STOCK SALES

Evening Star, Issue 22367, 17 June 1936, Page 13

BURNSIDE STOCK SALES

INCREASED PRICES AT DOUBLE MARKET As is usual the week before the Winter Show, a double market was held at Burnside to-day, and as a result of butchers requiring to procure extra supplies to carry them over next week prices in all sections were higher than at the previous sales. The number of cattle forward totalled 316 head, • The quality was most disappointing for a double yarding. It was one of the poorest seen prior to a Winter show, and was hardly equal to oennings entered for the ordinary markets. There were only two big show bullocks, two of these being really good, while the rest of the entry was made up of pens of nice bullocks and a majority of medium grades. Some specially fine heifers and cows were forward, but only in small numbers, the bulk of the sex being ordinary and tailing off to inferior sorts. Tile sale opened on a race of poor cattle, but competition was spirited, and prices were fully 20s better than last week. A# soon as better quality cattle were offered the rise was increased by 10s, and at times a few shillings more. These high rates were maintained. Messrs Milligan Bros., of Crookston, topped the market, a specially good snow bullock sent in by them ' bringing £lB 2s 6d. Mr John Smith, of Tapanui. was next, selling a bullock for 5s less than the top price. Other lots from the Taieri brought from £l3 to £l4 15s.

Cattle Prices.—National Mortgage and Agency Company: Heavy bullocks, £ll 17s 6d to £l2 17s fid; medium, £9 2s 6d to £lO 2s 6d; light, £7 7s fid to £8 2s 6d; heavy heifers, £9 2s 6d to £lO 2s fid; medium, £7 7s 6d to £8 7« 6d. Stronach, Morris, and Co.: Heavy bullocks, £ll 17s fid; medium, £9 17s 6d to £lO 17s fid; light, £7 17s 6d to £8 2s 6d; medium heifers, £7 12s fid; medium cows, £5 17s 6d to £6 7s 6d; light, £4 7s 6d. Donald Reid and Co.: Extra heavy bullocks, £l3 2s 6d to £l4 12s 6d; heavy, £ll 17s 6d to £l2 17s fid; medium, £9 2s fid to £lO 17s fid; light, £7 17s fid to £8 2s fid; light heifers, £4 17s fid to £5 7s fid; heavy cows, £7 7s fid to £8 7s fid; medium, £5 17s fid to £6 17s fid; light, £4 17s fid. Wright, Stephenson, and Co.: Extra heavy bullocks. £l3 17s fid to £l4 12s fid; heavy, £ll 17s fid to £l2 17s fid; medium, £9 2s fid to £lO 17s fid; light, £7 2s fid to £8 12s fid; heavy heifers, £9 7s fid to £lO 12s fid; medium, £7 7s fid to £8 17s fid; light, £5 17s fid; heavy cows, £7 7s fid; medium, £5 17s fid to £6 7s fid; light, £4 17s fid to £5 7s fid. Dalgety anci Co.; Extra heavy bullocks. £l3 i7s fid to £lB 2s fid; heavy, £ll 17s fid to £l2 17s fid; medium, £9 2s fid to £lO 17s fid; light, £7 12s fid to £8 12s fid; heavy heifers, £9 2s fid to £lO 2s fid; medium, £7 7s fid to £8 17s fid; light, £5 17s fid to £6 17s fid; medium cows, £6 17s fid to £7 7s fid; light, £4 12s fid to £5

2s 6d. Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association: Heavy bullocks, £ll 17s 6d to £l2 12s 6d; medium, £ll 12s 6d to £l2 17s 6d; light, £7 2s 6d to £8 2s 6d; medium heifers, £7 12s 6d; light, £5 7s 6d to £6 12s 6d; medium cow’s, £6 2s 6d to £7 17s 6d; light, £4 2s 6d to £5 2s 6d. ' New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency; Extra heavy bullocks, £l3 17s 6d to £l4 2s 6d; heavy, £ll 17s 6d to £l2 17s 6d; medium, £9 7s 6d to £lO 17s 6d; light, £7 12s 6d to £8 7s 6d; medium heifers, £7 12s Cd; light, £5 7s 6d to £6 12s 6d; heavy cows. £8 12s 6d; medium, £6 2s 6d to £7 12s 6d] light, £4 2s 6d to £5 2s 6d. The yarding of 2,250 head of fat sheep was not large for a double market. Included in the entry were a few extra heavy show wethers, but considering the size of the yarding the number of butchers’ wethers forwarded was small. Among tire ewes were some that showed size and quality, but, as usual, there was a tail of light stuff. At the start of the sale heavy sheep were dearer by 2s a head, and as a northern buyer was in the market for medium sorts it was thought that values for these would also rise. As the local freezing works are closing at the end of this week, there was an extra large entry of lambs, the number forward being approximately 1,600. The quality as a whole was fair, .although some very good lambs were forward. Medium and light grades, the latter being unsuitable for butchers, made up the major portion of the panning. A northern buyer, who was apparently buying to fill an order irre-. spective of price, was responsible for values rising 2s_ a head above those of last week. Local freezing buyers were unable to buy, and the bulk of the entry went north. Mostly voung sorts were sent in for the fat cattle sale. These included several two-year-old steers, which sold well at prices easily 10s a head dearer than last week. The young steers brought to £6 11s, three-year-olds from £4 10s' to £5 10s, and heifers from £4 ss. There was a largo yarding of about 80 head of vealers, but this number proved insufficient for requirements, with the result that the sale was very keen. Some extra prime sorts were included, and prices were £1 a head higher than at former sales. The extra stuff sold to £5 11s, and others from £2 to £3 10s. There were 210 fat pigs and 88 stores. Daconers sold from £3 12s 6d to £4 15s, and porkers brought from £1 45s to £2 10s. Both sorts w r ere equal to about 7d lb.