STOCK SALES.

Lake County Press, Issue 976, 22 August 1901, Page 5

STOCK SALES.

BURNSIDE. Fat Cattle. —l9O head yarded, the majority being medium to good, and prices wore about the same as list week’s. Best bullocks, £9 to £lO 10s ; extra, £ll 2-. Gd ; medium to good, £7 to £8 15s; best cows and heifers, £G 10s to £7 15s ; good, £5 10s to £G 7s GJ ; medium, £4 10s to £5 5 Fat sleep.—2923 penned. The salt* opened at about 2s per head below last week, but t nvards the close hardened to tlie extent of Is per head. Bst wethers, IGs Gd to 18s Gd ; extra, 19s 9d ; medium to good, 14s to IGs 3 1 ; bi st ewes, 14s to 15s 9d ; medium, 12s Gd to 13s 9d Limbs met with good competition, selling at from 10s to 13s 3d. Pigs.—l3o penned.—All classes were in good demand, and sold in favor of vendors. Suckers, Gs to 10s ; slips, lls to 14s ; stores, IGs to 20s ; porkers, 24s to 34s ; baconers, 38s to 48s ; heavy pigs, 55s to 60s. INVERCARGILL. Fat Cattle.—99 head yarded, and met with brisk competition. Prime bullocks brought from £8 15s to £ll ss—the latter price for 4 bullocks from the Sc. and N.Z. Co.’s Ermedale estate ; other pens of prime quality brought £8 17s Gd, £9 2s Gd, and £9 5s ; good average quality from £7 17s Gd to £8 ss. Store Cattle.- 24 yarded. Of these 13 were good forward-conditioned bullocks, which were disposed of at £6 15, the balance (principally cows) realising £3 10s to £4 10s. Fat Sheep. —ISOO penned, some of exceptionally good quality, but the bulk average to medium quality. One pen of fat weathers realised 17s 4d ; good quality wethers, 15s Gd to IGs lOd ; really good ewes, 14s; others, down to 12s. The sale for sheep throughout was a very dragging one. Butchers generally appeared to have obtained tlie bulk of their requirements privately, so that the demand was to a great extent restricted. After the sale, however, several pens passed at auction were taken up for freezing, though a large proportion of the entry was turned out unsold. Store Sheep.—soo penned, principally wethers, the bulk of which were withdrawn, the best offers tanging from 13s to 14s Gd.