FINANCE AND COMMERCE

Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1930, Page 12

FINANCE AND COMMERCE

BURNSIDE VALUES. FAT SHEEP ADVANCE. Dunedin, Oct. 15. There was a bright tone in the Burnside stock sale to-day’ and with one or two exceptions prices were firm. Fat cattle and sheep,' spring lambs and porkers met a good demand, especially th® ■ sheep. The fat cattle yarding consisted of 281 head, mostly good quality cattle, with .some extra heavy bullocks and a fair proportion of heifers and cows. The. sale opened under keen competition at a reduction of 15s a head, but values improved later and a good sale resulted, closing values being equal to the fates obtained at the previous sale. Prime bullocks made from £25 to £27 ss; medium, £2l ss; light, £l6 2s 6d: heavy £l6; medium, £l2 10s: heavy cows, from £l2 17s to £l3 15s: medium, £ll 1.55. The entry of fat sheep comprised 1500 head of very good quality. There was a fair percentage of prime crossbred wethers, a few extra good ewes and a sprinkling of medium weight sheep. There was keen competition, and opening sales showed an advance of 2s 6d and 3s a head. These values improved as the sale advanced and closing rates showed an advance of 4s a head all round. Extra heavy wethers made, to 40s; prime, 37s 3d; medium, 335; extra prime ewes, 34s 3d; prime, 235; medium, 19s. Prime mutton sold at prices equivalent to about per lb. The entry of. 60 hoggets showed fair quality. The yarding met with a good demand, prices ranging from l(fe to 23s a head.

An entry of 24 spring lambs showed fair to prime quality. The yarding met with brisk competition and late rates were maintained. Heavy lambs made 465. 8d;/medium, 375; good, 335; light, 245. Prime lamb sold on a basis of about Is 3d per lb.

The store cattle entry included 35 three and four-year-old steers. Competition was not brisk and there was no improvement in prices. Three-year-old steers in good condition made £10; good 24-year-olds £8; IJ-year-okls, £5 4s; yearling heifers, £2 7s. In the pig entry 60 fats and 56 stores were offered. Very few porkers were forward, and this class sold at firm rates, but baconers were easier to the extent of about 5s a Ju:ad. Prime porkers sold on a basis of about Bid and prime baconers about Stl per lb. JOHNSONVILLE SALE. SHEEP PRICES DECLINE. At Johnsonville on Wednecday a medium yarding of good quality cattle and

a large yarding of all classes of sheep were offered. The cattle yarding comprised mostly good heavy weight bullocks with a few pens of lighter sorts. There was only a small entry of cows and vealers. Prices were on a par with last week’s rates. All classes of sheep showed a decline in values, wethers bein°r down Is to Is 6d per head, ewes 2s°6d, while spring lambs were decidedly easier, the drop being from 3s to 4s a head.

Heavy bullocks, £l7 7s 6d, £l6 Iss, £l6 12s 6d, £l6 5Sj, £l6 2s 6d; bullocks, £l5 17s 6d, £l5 15s, £l5 ss; bullocks, light and unfinished, £l4 15s, £l4 10s, £l4 7s 6d; cows, dairy’sorts, £8 15s, £8 ss, £8 2s 6d; vealers, £4 4s, £2 10s; heavy woolly wethers, 30s 6d, 30s, ’IDs 9d, 29is 6d; medium woolly wethers, 27s 9d, 27s 3d, 26s lOd; heavy shorn wethers, 27s 6d, 27s 2d, 26s 6d; extra heavy woolly- ewes, 21s 9d, 20s 6d, 19s 9d; woolly ewes, ISs 9d, 18s 6d, 18s; shorn ewes, 17s 3d, Ills lOd; hoggets, 23s 9d, 22s 6d, 225, 21s 7d, 20s, 19s fid; spring lambs, 245, 23s 3d, 22s 7d, 21s, 20s 3d, 19s 4d, ISs, 16s 9d, 15s.