Late Burnside Stock Report
Cattle. — There was a good, yarding of 164. The (quality was very fair, but there were no pens of extra prime. The demand all round was good, and prices firmed considerably. Best bullocks, £10 to £10 17s 6d; medium, £8 10s to to £9 15s; light, £7 to £8; best cows and heifers, £6 15s to £7 12s 6d; medium, £5 10s to £6 LOs; inferior, up to £5 ss.
Sheep. — There was a big yarding of 2810, consisting chiefly of old ewes and a few pens of shorn wethers. In consequence of the quality there was a slump in prices. The drop in ewes was from 2s to 3s per headj and in wethers from Is to Is 6d. Best shorn wethers, 16s to 18s 6d • extra, up to 20s ; medium, 13s 9d to 15s ; light, up -to 12s 6d; best shorn ewes, 12s to 13s 6d; medium, 4s 6d to 9s j best ewes in. wool, up to 20s 6cl.
Lambs. — 480 penned. Prices were firm at the beginning of the sale, but towards the end fell about Is per head. Best lambs, up to 17s *6d ; medium, 14s to 15s ; inf erior ,- 9s to 12s 6d.
Pigs. — 95 forward. Suckers- were in small supply. Suckers, 18s to 20s; slips, 23s to 28s; stores, 33s to 375; porkers, 43s to 4:75; light baconers, 48s to 545; heavy do, 55s to 595; choppers; up to 70s.
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New Zealand Tablet, 10 December 1908, Page 19
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241Late Burnside Stock Report New Zealand Tablet, 10 December 1908, Page 19
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