BUBNSIDE STOCK SALE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 179, 24 April 1919, Page 8

BUBNSIDE STOCK SALE

; .;,,," By. Tclegraph.-Press Association.

I ~. :"■;" ,:.:'- Dunedin, April 23. |' ''-At' BurM'de , yards H9 fat cattle were !■ 'penned.' ! Beet'bullocks seld well, but unI finished bullocks and cows showed no j improvement on late rates. Best cattle ' advanced .probably 2s. per head. Extra ; prime heavy bullocks, ,£2l to 17$. i 6d.; prime, .£lB 10s. to £W 155.; medium, i .816 to .£18; light unfinished, £13 10s. ! upwards; extra prime heavy heifers. £W : to ,£18; prime, .513 10s. to .£ls; medium, • .£ll 103. to .£l3; light and aged, £$ 10a. '■ upwards. There was a full yarding of j ; sheep; 24.03 being penned.- Piices for i prime were slightly better, but light nnd medium were hard .to cuit at late prices, ; . although taken ■■'< all over the sale was i more animated. Bxtfa'primo heavy weth- : -ere, 47e.-6d..t0 585.; prime, -M 3. to 455. ■■■ «'6d.; medium, 345. to 395.; light and uri- : finished, 255. upwards; β-itra prime heavy I owes, to 585.; prime, 38s. 9d. to 435. 6d.; I ..medium, 325. to 375.; light and aged, 20s. i There were 872 lambs penned, j .'the quality being, medium. Freezing I buyers were not keen,.and tltere was no ! ''improvement in prices, which ranged ! .from 189. to. 283. 9(J. There'was a full i ' yarding of pigs, which n.ot a keen de- ! mand, prices improving 10s. to 15s. per • head. Best baconers, 91d. to IOJd. per ' lb.j best porkere, 9Jd. to IOJd. per lb.