CATTLE SLIGHTLY CHEAPER

Evening Star, Issue 23678, 11 September 1940, Page 8

CATTLE SLIGHTLY CHEAPER

REDUCED BATED FOB SHEEP DAGONER VALUES RESEDE 5/EXCEPTIONAL DUALITY IN CATTLE FSRvVARD One of the best yardings of fat cattle for quality was offering at the Burnside sales of stock to-day, some 360 head being forward. Prime bullocks predominated, among which were some very choice sorts. There was a small percentage of medium-weight sorts. A smaller proportion of cows and heifers than usual was forward. An erratic market opened with prime heavy bullocks showing a decline of 10s a head on late rates, while mediums were even cheaper—by about £1 to £ls us a head. Cows and heifers also participated in the recession, being 10s to 15s easier. Top price was £27. Wethers formed the bulk of the 1,600 head of fat sheep forward. There was not the same proportion as usual of choice sorts, the hulk being medium to light grades in this section. Nor were there as many prime ewes as usual, these also being, medium to light grades. Heavy wethers were about Is a head lower than late rates at the time of going to press, with mediums Is 6d' cheaper. Ewes of heavy grades were back 2s, although medium weights brought late parity to a shade cheaper. Top prices for wethers was 49? 9d, and for ewes 40s. Following are the estimates for beef a hundred lb and the prices a lb for mutton, compared with last week’s rates:—

Store cattle had a very large entry, which included several lines of wellbred station bullocks, assisting to make the entry the best for some weeks. Competition was keen at firm rates. Four-year-old bullocks brought from £ll 9s to £l2 2s Cd; three-year-olds, from £9 10s to £lO 11s; two-year-olds, from £6 15s to £7 10s; and heifers, from £5 10s to £9 ss. A medium entry of boner cows brought late rates. A good yarding of about 167 fat pigs included more porkers than baconers. The market opened easier, and then firmed to late rates. Porkers realised from £2 9s to £3 14s a head, or about BJd to 9d lb, there being almost unchanged values. Light baconers brought from £3 17s to £4 4s, or about 8d lb, while heavy grades sold at prices ranging from £4 4s to £5 9s a head, or about 7Jd lb. (Baconers generally were cheaper by 5s a head.

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Last This week. week. s. d. s d. Prime heavy ox beef 49 6 49 0 Prime ox 53 6 51 • 0 . Prime medium ox ... 51 6 49 0 Ordinary ox 48 6 47 0 Extra prime heifers 47 0 46 0 Prime heifers 47 0 46 0 Med. and light heifers 45 6 43 6 Extra prime cows ... 42 0 40 6 Prime cows 40 6 39 0 Med. and light cows 38 0 36 0 Prime heavy wethers 0 6 0 52 Prime yvethers , 0 64 0 64 Young light wethers 0 6j 0 04 Medium wethers 0 54 0 54 Prime heavy ewes ■*.. 0 42 0 42 Prime ewes 0 54 0 si Med. and light owes 0 5 0 5 Prime hoggets 0 9 0 84 Mediu m hoggets 0 84 0 8