BURNSIDE MARKET

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 239, 3 July 1919, Page 8

BURNSIDE MARKET

By Telegraph—Presa Association; .■: Dwnedin, July 2. There : was a.large yarding of fat cattle ut Biirnside market, 224 being penned. The quality was well up to the average. Butchers'were keen buyers, and prices for prime bullocks advanced about £1, while!, other' sorts sold well at better rates.,;., Prime bullocks, ,£2l'td-«C23 17s. 6d.;,-medium; £18ia £20; light and unfinished,'!iel4 to .£l6; ex,tra prime heifers, -£17 12s. Cd; to £W 7s.'6d.;.medium. £ft

; to £U 15s.;'light, £9 to ,£ll 10s. There wasjyjcod yarding of fat sheep, the entfytttalling 2465. Tho quality on the '•—•-whole .was indifferent, the proportion of prime and heavy sheep, being small. Butchers wero very anxious .to get supplies, in view of the ■uncertainty of the railway arrangements-, and the demand for prime heavy sheep was keen, prices advancing .about! ss. Unfinished and light did not participate to the came extent as freozing buyers operated at good ' limits. Prinio wethers, 535. 3d. to C 0s N . ■> 3d.'; medium, 40s. to 485.; light and unfinished,'2ss. to 855.; prime ewes, 15s. to 535.'; medium, 31s. to 38s. Gd.; light and inferior, 226. to 28s. lid. There was a medium yarding of lambs, 690 being penned.- ■Tho quality was' fair. Freezing buyers operated keenly for suitable linen,' mid-A""very satisfactory sale resulted. Prime, 325. to 335. 3d.; good, 2Ss. to SOs. 6d.; others' -245. to 2&. Gd. A good yarding of pigs sold under keen competition flt prices fully equal to late lates.