BURNSIDE STOCK SALE

Southland Times, Issue 23768, 16 March 1939, Page 3

BURNSIDE STOCK SALE

Easing In Values Of Bullocks KEEN DEMAND FOR FAT WETHERS (United Press Association) DUNEDIN, March 15. There was a larger proportion than usual of bullocks in the fat cattle yarding at Burnside today, but the majority was of medium size, only a few being of prime heavy grades. The larger offering caused an easing in values from the start and this became more apparent as the sale progressed. Prime sorts were down by 10/- a head, while other descriptions eased by as much as 20/-. Prime heavy bullocks made to £l7 12/6, prime £l2 10/- to £l4, medium £lO 12/6 to £ll 15/- and light down to £7 15/-. Extra prime heavy cows and heifers were worth to £l2, prime £8 5/- to £9 7/6, medium £5 12/6 to £6 17/6 and light from £4. In the store pens a line of three and four-year steers in forward condition brought to £l3. Medium and light ewes were prominent in the penning of 1817 fat sheep and from the start there was a keen demand for wethers, which brought 1/more than late parity. The demand was filled later. Medium wethers were 1/- to 2/- below the opening values when the sale finished. Prime heavy wethers brought to 26/6, prime 22/6 to 24/-, medium 18/6 to 20/6, and light from 16/-. Extra prime heavy ewes made to 17/-, prime 12/6 to 14/-, medium 9/6 to 10/6 and light down to 7/6. • Butchers competed keenly for heavy lambs, 650 head being forward in the fat lamb pens and prime heavy sorts made to 27/-, while primes were worth 21/- to 22/6, medium sorts 17/6 to 19/and light from 15/6. Fat pigs were in short supply and those offered sold in good competition. Baconers brought from £3 15/- to £4 9/- and porkers from £2 19/- to £3 10/- a head.

ADDINGTON MARKET WETHERS SHOW ADVANCE IN PRICES (United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, March 15. Because of a short entry of ewes, wethers showed an advance in prices at the weekly stock market at Addington today. The entry of lambs and store sheep was smaller than for some time. Values did not show much change on the improved rates ruling a week ago, but the market for better sorts was more buoyant. Good rape lambs sold from 10/6 to 12/8, average sorts 7/6 to 9/6 and cull lines 4/6 to 5/6. The total entry in the store section was about 22,000, the penning of ewes being the largest for some time. Romney cross sheep from the Chatham Islands were included in the penning and these and other coarse-woolled sheep were in keen demand. Practically all classes of ewes showed a definite advance on the rates of a week ago although scarcely up to the level of the Sheffield fair. A pen of even wellgrown Romney cross two-tooths from South Otago realized 35/6 and another pen made 33/6. Peris of local half-bred two-tooths sold from 21/- to 23/-. for better sorts and a pen of Chatham Island Romney cross, six and eight-tooth, made 23/-. The offering in the fat lamb pens was one of the worst of the season, a big proportion of the entry of 1500 being indifferently finished. A keen sale for butchers’ good lambs developed from the outset and a proportion made a good id per lb more than schedule rates, with instances of this increase being exceeded. The works were not particularly active, but secured the remainder of the yarding at priced on a par with the existing schedule, which is unaltered from that last week at 7d per lb for 36’s and under. The entry in the fat sheep section was about 4500, against recent averages of about 5000. The quality was very ordinary, although there were some good lines of wethers. During the first part of the sale butchers’ ewes showed an advance of 2/6 a head and wethers 1 1/-. The sale in the middle and later stages was erratic and over the middle part fully half the original advance 'was lost. There was a firming later on and on the whole butchers’ ewes were 2/better than a week ago and wethers 1/- to 1/6. Extra prime heavy wethers made to 28/7, prime heavy 21/- to 24/-, prime medium 18/- to 20/6 and light to 13/6. Extra prime heavy ewes made to 21/10, prime heavy 14/- to 17/6, prime medium 11/6 to 13/6 and light to 6/6. The entry in the fat cattle section comprised 445, compared with 415 last week. The quality was fair, a few lines of good medium weight steers being penned. Generally <he market was somewhat erratic. Heavy weight cattle met an easing of about 10/- a head, this figure being exceeded. Some pens of good prime medium weights, on the other hand, sold better than a week ago, while lighter cattle and cows were unaltered. Extra prime heavy steers made to £l7 12/6, prime heavy £l3 to £l4 5/-, prime medium £ll to £l3 5/- and light to £9. Extra prime heifers made to £ll 2/6, prime £8 5/- to £9 10/-, medium £6 10/- to £8 and light to £6 5/-. Extra prime cows made to £lO, prime £6 15/to £8 5/-, medium £5 5/- to £6 5/- and light and aged to £5. The porker entry in the fat pig section was the smallest so far this season and butchers’ requirements were exceptionally hard to fill. Lightweight porkers showed an advance of 3/- to 4/- a head and heavyweights 1/- to 2/-. Choppers were in fairly heavy supply, but sold well at a price on a par with those of last week. Baconers were in medium supply and the market was rather erratic, but if anything, good quality was a shade firmer. Choppers made £2 16/- to £4 18/6 and porkers £2 4/6 to £2 17/6, the average price per lb being 6Jd to 7d. Baconers sold from £2 14/6 to £4, the average price per lb being 6d.