BURNSIDE STOCK SALE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 191, 8 May 1919, Page 10

BURNSIDE STOCK SALE

By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, May 7. At Burnside 338 fat cattle were yarded,' tho quality being fftii'ly good. Tho entry exceeded requirements, and.prices receded 15s. to "20s. per head. Unfinished cattlo wevo hard to sail. Extra prime heavy bullocks, .£2l to iCM 10s.; prime, £W to ,£2O 10s.; mediuniiv o£ls 10s, to. Ml 155.; light unfinished, JC9 10s,; ..\tp .£l4; prime heifors, .£l3' to <;.£ls Jss. ;■ medium, £10 10s. to .£l2; light, and aged, ,£8 to £9 10s. Thero were 3-182 sheep penned. Tho quality was not so good as last week's entry. At the commencement of "tho sale competition was' animated, and prices wero better than last week, but later they receded to last week's level. Primo wetiiers, 425. to 525. od. ; medium, Ms. to 405.; light and unfinished, 245. to 30s. 3d.; prime ewes, 309. to 3'Js. Od.; medium, 255. to 28s. Gd.; light and unfinished, 10s' to 235. Gd. .Tho lambs penned numbered 1506, and the quality was medium. . The demand by exporters was not keen, and prices showed no improvement on lato rates. Graziers were buying' unfinished, lambs, otherwise prices would havo been very • low-> .Best, 26, vto 3fls. 3d.;''medium, 18s'.',to 225! Gd.; others, 13s. to 17s. There Was a large entry of fat pigs and a small offering of stoics and suckers. Bacoii.era declined ss. to Ts. (id. per head,, but porkers met with brisk sale. ' Stores, were in short supply and sold at satis'factory prices. .'