BURNSIDE MARKET

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 12, 9 October 1919, Page 8

BURNSIDE MARKET

■ - ■;■!.'■•■ By Telegraph—Press Association! [:..■'.■■■■■■■■".'■• ■"■ Dunedin, October 8. I ■ ■ :At •Buxnside only 97 fat cattle were !' .penned. The number of prime bulloeks- !:;, .'-was greater than far a considerable time, j■■■'■' /and the quality on tho whoSe was better i . tJiVu for some weeks; Tho entry was r not sufficient for requirements, and last !"■' • week's high rates were maintained. The iv ; ■■■'demand was exceptionally keen. Extiw '■'■ ; prime bullocJcs, .£4O to' JES2; prime, .430 .£36; medium, ,£24 to £28 10s.; light '<■ arid unfinished,' £11 to -JHHI; prime, cows ' ami heifers,'c«l9 "12s. 6d. to ,£24 IPs.; ! '■'. medium, to £M; old and inferior, ' ilO'to .£ls. l'at sheep: Thero was a i" ' email entry, 1065 being penned. Prices j' ! opened fully equal to last week's rates, I: : but towards the finish pricee wore inj> . clined to weaken about 19. per head. The t quality was'onlliy mwlium, tho proportion S of -extra' prime being snraH. Prime \ :■■'■ wethers, GOs. to 735. 3d.; medium, 51s. 6d. : to 585.; light, 405.-to oOs.'; n few extra prime ewes, to'ftte. 3d.; primo, 503. to : ' 56s.;.medium, Ms. to 475, (id.; light and ' ngetl, 30s. to 395. Lambs: Only five wero >■• on offer. Under excellent competition I;---three realised 31s. and hvo 365. Pigs: ■■. There wae a email entry of fats and f... stores. Competition was very keen, and i .',. fats advanced 7s. lid. to 10s. The' few i> pens of-storea offered realised' exception- '.';. <Jly . high prices, probably the highest t paid at Burnside to date.