Late Burnside Stock Report

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 40, 5 October 1905, Page 15

Late Burnside Stock Report

Per favor Messrs. Donald Beta and Co. Fat Cattle.— l^9 heaxi yarded, only half a dozen pens oi these being extra prime, liie balance being medium, steers and heifeTs. Prices were about equal to last week's rates. Best bollocks, £9 10s to £10 15s ■; medium tio good, £7 10s to £8 5s ; light, £5 15s to £6 10$ ; best cows and heifers, £7 to £8 ; medium to good, £5 10s to £G 15b ; light, £4 5s to £5. Sheep.— lßlo yarded, tries© {being mostly wethers. Prime sheep sold at rates fully equal to those ruling last week, but light and medium sorts were easier. Best wethers, 24s to 27s ; extra heavy, up to 28s 9d ; medium i*> feood, 22s ©d to 24s ; light, 20s to 21s 6d ; best ewes, 21s to 24s ; light, 16s Od to 19s. Fat Lambs.— 2s forward, all of which sold at satisfactory prices. Best, 18s 6dto22s'6d; others, 16s to 17s. Pigs.— Of the 100 forward porkers and small sorts formed! the bigger propoTtion. Suckers were fully equal to, last week's prices, but porkers were somewhat easier. Suckers, 7"s to 11s 6d ; blips, 12s &d to 16s ; stores, l'7*s to 25s ; porkers, 26s to 35s ; light baconers, 36s to 43s ; heavy tto, 45s to 52s ; choppers, up to 60s.