BURNSIDE STOCK SALE

Southland Times, Issue 23342, 28 October 1937, Page 3

BURNSIDE STOCK SALE

IMPROVED VALUES FOR FAT CATTLE DROP IN PRICES FOR WOOLLY SHEEP (United Press Association) DUNEDIN, October 27. There was a small entry of fat cattle at the Burnside stock sale today, only 205 head being offered. The yarding included two trucks of extra prime bullocks from the north but the majority were medium quality with the usual proportion of cows and heifers. The short supply resulted in a general improvement in values which was maintained until the end of the sale when there was a slight easing tendency. Extra prime heavy bullocks made to £1 17/6, prime £l6 7/6 to £lB 7/C, medium £l3 2/6 to £l5 2/6 and light down to £8 7/6. Extra prime show heifers made to £l7 10/-, extra prime heavy cows and heifers up to £l7 17/G, prime £lO 17/7 to £l2 7/6, medium £8 17/6 to £9 17/6 and light down to £5 7/6. Extra prime bullocks were worth about £2 4/- a 1001 b and prime £2 Prime cows and heifers made to £2 2/6 and lighter sorts £1 18/-. One hundred and twenty-five store cattle were offered. A pen of three-year-old steers brought £6 17/6. Good dairy cows sold from £5 15/- to £7. The entry of fat sheep numbered 1496 head, wethers being in good supply. Shorn sheep met with a keen demand by butchers but prices fell slightly. The market for woolly sheep was down by 1/- to 2/- a head. Extra prime heavy woolly wethers made to £2 7/3, prime £1 19/- to £2 2/-, medium £1 13/- to £1 16/6 and light down to £1 11/-. Extra prime shorn wethers made to £1 18/3, prime £1 13/- to £1 15/6, medium £1 9/- to £1 11/6 and light down to £1 6/6. Extra prime heavy woolly ewes made to £2 3/3, prime £1 16/- to £1 18/6, medium £1 9/- to £1 12/6 and light down to £1 3/-. Extra prime heavy shorn ewes made to £lll/-, prime £1 5/6 to £7 8/-, medium £1 to £1 2/6 and light down to 18/-. Fifty spring lambs were forward. These sold readily at late rates. Prime heavy lambs brought £1 16/-. In the fat pig section 180 were forward, baconers selling at recent values while porkers eased to the extent of 4/- or 5/-. Good baconers made from £4 to £5 and porkers from £2 to £3 5/-. Large stores brought to £1 15/-. THE ADDINGTON MARKET SOUND SALE FOR FAT PIGS (United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, October 27. Fat lambs, fat sheep and fat cattle were in heavy supply at today’s Addington market due to next week’s sale being a double one because of Carnival Week. Store Sheep.—Only a few pens of ewes and lambs and medium hoggets were forward, the demand being slow. Spring Lambs.—Too many were forward and there was a decline of up to 3/- a head. The average price was lOd to IOJd. Fat Sheep.—Nearly all the entry was shorn and it comprised about 5250 head. There was a good sale throughout with little change for wethers, shorn ewes being a shade easier. Best shorn wethers made to 37/7 and shorn ewes to 32/10. The bulk of the good sheep sold as follows: Wethers 31/- to 33/-, ewes 25/- to 29/-. Fat Cattle.—Five hundred and twenty-five were penned and there was a general easing of about 20/- a head, heavy bodies being most affected. Best beef sold at from 38/- to 40/-, in special cases to 42/6, medium 34/- to 37/-, good steers from £l3 to £l6 10/-, good heifers from £lO 10/- to £l4, good cows from £9 10/- to £l3 10/-. Vealers—The sale was slacker by about 4/- a head. Store Cattle.—Some station lines were penned and these sold well at up to £7 6/-. Cows made to £4 12/6. Fat Pigs—There was a sound sale. Porkers made from 41/6 to £3 9/6, average price a lb 7|d to B|d and baconers £3 9/6 to £5 10/6, average price a lb 7d to Bd. Store Pigs.—There was a small entry and a keen sale. Weaners made from 20/- to 25/-, slips 27/- to 29/- and stores 30/- to 35/'-. DAIRY PRODUCE MARKETS The New Zealand Dairy Board, by arrangement with the Primary Products Marketing Department issues the following information:— Butter.—New Zealand salted. 138/— to 140/- (135/-); New Zealand unsalted, 139/- to 140/-, ex 142/- (135/to 136/-); deliveries New Zealand, 2064 tons; in store New Zealand 3197 tons, includes 141 tons ex Waiwera; Australian salted, 138/- to 139/- (134/to 135/-), ex 140/-; deliveries Australian, 706 tons;, in store Australian, 519 tons. Market firm. Supplies short. New Zealand retail price unchanged, 1/4, expected to advance to 1/5, 1/6 on Monday. Danish, 128/- f.0.b., 148/- spot (123/- to 145/-); Dutch unsalted. 138/(133/- to 134/-); Estonian sailed, 135/(132/- to 133/-); Lithuanian unsalted, 139/- (133). Market firm. Supplies short. Danish retail price unchanged. 1/5. Cheese. —New Zealand white, 69/6 to 70/- (70/6); New Zealand coloured, 68/6 to 69/- (69/6); deliveries Nev/ Zealand, 13,354 crates; in store New Zealand, 42,915 crates, includes 12,480 crates ex Waiwera and Mataroa Market slow. New Zealand retail price unchanged 9d. Canadian white 70/- to 71/- (70/- to 71/-); Canadian coloured, 71/- to 72/- (71/- to 72/-), Canadian c.i.f. 67/6 (70/6); deliveries Canadian, 13,778 boxes; in store Canadian. 149,654 boxes; English finest farmers, 92/- to 94/-, firm (90/- to 92/-). MINING RETURNS WAIMUMU (United Press Association) GORE, October 27. The Waimumu Sluicing Company’s return was 220 z. 3dwt. for 168 hours’ work. PADDY’S POINT (United Press Association) DUNEDIN, October 27. The Paddy’s Point return was 68oz for 26 days’ sluicing.

FOREIGN EXCHANGES (British Official Wireless) (Received October 27, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY. October 26. The following mean closing rates of foreign exchange were quoted today com-

NEW ZEALAND CURRENCY BASIS The Bank of New South Wales. Dunedin, announces the following rates of foreign exchange on a New Zealand currency basis: on Buying Selling

SALE OF LAND NEW OWNER OF “BELMONT” The well-known “Belmont” run of 3260 acres at Mangapiri has been sold by the trustees of the estate to Dr Peter Gow, of Winton, the sale being made by the Otautau branch of Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd. Stock of high quality have come off his property, and often the annual draft of ewes has topped the market at the Otautau sales. The fat cattle from “Belmont” are also keenly sought. COLOMB(TtEA SALE (United Press Association) DUNEDIN, October 27. Mr L. M. Wright has received the following cabled report on the Colombo tea auction of October 26:— “Common teas were slightly irregular but medium and better grades were in strong demand and prices were firm to dearer. Sales continue to be small. Next week 1J million pounds will be auctioned. THE WOOL MARKET MERINO BRINGS TOP PRICE OF SEASON AT SYDNEY (Received October 27, 11 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 27. At the wool sales 11,496 bales were offered and 8920 were sold, also 487 privately. Competition came mostly from France and Germany. Greasy Merino made up to 252 d, the highest price this season.

pared with par:— Par Today Paris, fr. to £ 124.21 148 15-32 New York. dol. to £ 4.886 4.95 Vb Montreal, dol. to £ 4.886 4.951a Geneva, fr. to £ 25.221 21.48 • '2 Milan, lira to £ 20.43 941 a Berlin, rink, to £ 20.42 12.33 Copenhagen, kr. to £ 18.159 22.40 Oslo. fr. to £ 19.159 19.90 Vienna, schgs. to £ 34.585 261b Prague, kr. to £ 34.585 141 11-16 Helsingfors, m. to £ 103.23 226 la Madrid, pesetas to £ 25.15 — Lisbon, escudos to £ 110 110 3-16 Athens, dr. to £ 875 54714 Bucharest, lei to £ 318.6 675 Belgrade, dinars 275.31 216 Rio de Janeiro, p. to milreis 8.892 414 Buenos Aires, p. to dol. 45.577 — Montevideo, p. to dol. 57 39 13-16 Bombay, p. to rupee 10 18/8

London — £N.Z. to £stglOO T.T. 124 124/10/O.D. 123/10/- 124/8/9 Australia — £A to £100 N.Z. T.T. 101 100/10/O.D. 101 100/10/Fiji— £F to £100 N.Z. T.T. 90/7/6 89 O.D. 90/7/6 89 New York— Dollars to £1 N.Z T.T. 4.0034 3.9689 O.D. 4.0134 3.9729 Montreal— Dollar to £1 N.Z T.T. 4.0024 3.9899 O.D. 4.0144 3.9739 Austria— Schillings to £1 N.Z. T.T. — 20.83 O.D. — 20.84 Belgium— 23.474 Belgas to £1 N.Z. T.T. 23.784 O.D. 23.859 23.485 Czechoslovakia — Crowns to £1 N.Z. T.T. — 112.76 O.D. — 112.81 Denmark— Kroner to £1 N.Z. T.T. 18.203 17.893 O.D. 18.263 17.899 France — Francs to £1 N.Z. T.T. — 118.27 O.D. — 118.31 Germany— Reichmarks to £1 N.Z. T.T. — 9.832 O.D. — 9.837 Holland— Florins to £1 N.Z. T.T. 7.298 7.148 O.D. 7.338 7.152 Italy— 75.43 Lire to £1 N.Z. T.T. — O.D. — 75.48 Java — Florins to £1 N.Z. T.T. 7.271 7.121 O.D. 7.311 7.125 Norway— Kroner to £1 N.Z. T.T. 16.185 15.895 O.D. 16.245 15.901 Sweden— Kroner to £1 N.Z. T.T. 15.786 15.491 O.D. 15.846 15.497 Switzerland — Francs to £1 N.Z. T.T. 17.441 17.171 O.D. 17.546 17.176 Noumea — Francs to £1 N.Z. T.T. —- 117.02 O.D. — 117.06 Papeete— Francs to £1 N.Z T.T. — 117.07 O.D. 117.11 Hong Kong— N.Z. pence to 1 dollar T.T. 18 29-64 18 53-64 O.D. 18 27-64 18 53-64 India and Ceylon— N.Z. pence to 1 rupee T.T. 22% 22 21-32 O.D. 22 11-32 22 21-32 Japan— N.Z. pence to 1 yen T.T. 17 33-64 O.D. —— 17 33-64 Shanghai— N.Z. pence to 1 dollar T.T. —— 18 11-64 O.D. —- 18 11-64 Singapore— N.Z. pence to 1 dollar T.T. 34 23-32 35 13-64 O.D. 34% 35 13-64 Chefoo— N.Z. pence to 1 dollar T.T. — 18 15-64 O.D. —— 18 7-32 Manila— N.Z. pence to 1 peso T.T. 29 47-64 30 15-64 O.D. 29 41-6 4 30 15-64