Late Burnside Stock Report

New Zealand Tablet, 8 November 1906, Page 17

Late Burnside Stock Report

\ Per favor Donald f{eid & Co. , ; . . Fat Cattle.— l9o head yarded, among these being a' iair .proportion of- prime heavy bullocks, the- balance being medium- weight steers , and heifers. Prices • were [ firm at the beginning of the sale for all prime cattle, and values were maintained to the • end. Prime bullocks, £10 to ;£ll 15s ; extra heavy,' up io £12 10s ; ' medium to gqtqrd, £8 5s to £9'los ; lights £5 lOsto £7 10s ; best cows ,and heifers, £7 5s to £B'lss ; medium .-to good, .£5 15s to £7 ; others, £5 to £5 10s. " Sheep.^The yarding totalled 1041," amongst these'.lreing half- a dozen pens, or so of merino wethers, which ..sold -at 235, whilst shorn ,wethers realised 20s 6d. For -prime wethers prices 'were "-firmer by : about 2s 6d per head over "late ■ rates," medium sorts being firm. Best .wethers, 23s to 2'ss 6d.;-" extra heavy, up-rVto 29s ; me- , dium- .to -good, 21sto~'-225;6d. ; -'o'thers/.16s "to 20s. Lambs.— Thererwas a'me'dium yarding, of 87-. These -were mainly -good to fprime finished Jambs,, and were 'sold under brisk competition at \ the -folio wing rates": Prime lambs, 18s to 20s ~9d; extra \heavy, up- to 21s 3d ; medium to good, l"ss 6d to l-7s *; light, 13s "6d to 14s ' 6d. . Pigs.-fl3o forward-, suckets and' slips forming the .bigger proportion of the ' yarding. -- "'These sold „-u nder .brisk competition at advanced" -rates, while..porkers and baconers, 'owing to the small yarding, were -also firm. Suckers, 15s 6d to 18s ; slips, J 20s to 26s store's,;27i" to 30s ; porkers, 34s to 12s , light "baconers; 455"-to< 4"Ss • .heavy do, 50s to 5Cs Cd. - „ - , . '