LIVE STOCK SALES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1945, 31 December 1913, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES.

BCKNSIDK MARKET. (jj y Telegraph.—Pre33 Dunedin, Dcoember 30. At Burn'side to-day 120 fat cattlo were surdatl. com-prisinK for the most Tart eoodqiiolity bullocks, with a. few pens of primo heifer a. Prices opened on a par vnth last, week'e rates," but. as the sale progressed there was . & down ward- tendency, and, taken ult oTer, price'J were bcck about 103. '"cattle: Jritno bulloclts, £12 to £13; medium. £10 10s. to £11 10a.; othors, to i 9; primo heifers ami-cows, £8 to £9 10s.; extra., to £13 10s.; medium, £6 to £7. I'at sheep: 420 penned. In anticipation of a short markot butchers' stocks were heavy, and olthoush the yardine was small the number forward was ociual to the/demand, and prices wero on, a par with last, week's ratC3. I'rime shorn wethers, £1 30. to £l-4s. 6(1.; extra/to £1 ss. 6d.; medium, £1 to £1 Zs.; light anxl unfinished, to 195.; heavy shorn owes, £1 2s. to £l -45.; cztra, to £1- 65.: medium, 18s. to £1 Is.; light and unfinished, lfe. to 165.: woolly 'wethers, to £1 9s. 9d.; woolly ewes, to '£1 Bs. 3d. .-' Fat lambs: There was a small yardinn, ,JSO being penned., Butchers were well isupptkxl from private! purchases and last iweek's sale, 'and the number fcrwaid was (sufficient for local re<iuirements. Prices iwero Is. to Is. 6d. higher <<han last week's -ji-utes. Prime, 185.,t0 193.: medium, 15s. to \Ss. 6d.; light and uafiaislied, 12s. to 14s. .