FAT SHEEP VALUES RISE

Chronicle (Levin), 4 December 1946, Page 4

FAT SHEEP VALUES RISE

WEEKLY STCCK SALE IN LEVIN There. was an average yarding of f at sheep at the Levin weekly stock .sale heid yesc^irday and. values rose ■slightly on ihe previous week's sale. • Lambs on the whole were of good quality, with values slightly advancing on- schedule . rates. a small yarding of . hoggets was penned, good quality sorts meeting keen competruon from the butchers. A shoic supply of fat ewes, eicher shorn or wooliy, came forward and prices lifted from 2s to 3s per head. • i A mediocre entry of fat cattle (- was penned, tne majoraty being iat ex-dairy cows. Gwing to the short supply, values in this aection rose | accordingly. A fair yarding of runlner,s .and vealers were ofi'ered, and 'good quality bcef was keenly sought joy the butchcrs. Very few dairy and "store cattie were yarded; but ione attraetive pen of P.A. cows and jca'lves made £8 17s 8d. • There was again an overflow j yarding of pigs and values for j porkers and baconers were fully [maintained. The following is a irange of prices: — i Sheep: Priine wooliy wethers : £2 6s ld to £2 7s 4d; priaaae wooliy ' ewes, 34s 4d to 36s ld; prime wooliy i hoggets, 33s ld to 38s ld- • prime i shorn wethers, 33s 7d to 34s lOd; jmedium, 31s 7d to 32s 7d; sho£n Ib.f.s, 33s ld; prime heavy lambs, 31s 7d to 32s 4d; medium, 28s 4d to 30s 7d; light and unfinished, ,24s ld ito 25s 7d;- shorn hoggets, 28s 4d to ! 29s 4d. I Cattle: Prime P.A. heifers, £12 7s (6d to £13 7s 6d; prime cows, £11 7s ;od to £12 17s 6d; prime ex-dairy, ■£9 12s 6d to £11 12s 6d; Mghter, £7 2s 6d to £9 2s 6d; extra prime runners, £9 li 6d to £9 17s 6d; prime, £7 12s 6d to £8 7s 6d; medium, .£6 2s 6d to £7 7s 6d; vealers, £4 12s ;6d to £5 12s 6d; cows and calves, £8 12s 6d; empty 2-year-old heifers, ' £5 12s 6d to £6; boner cows and botter bulls, late market rates; i .service 2-year-old bulls, £7 10s to £10; yearling service .bulls, £3 10s to '£5 17-s; dairy cows at drop, £10 to £12. Pigs:' Extra prime bacbners, £6 to £6 13s; medium, £6 to £6 7s; light, £5 17s to £6 ls; extra prime porkers, £4 12s to £4 18s; medium, £4 7s t-o £4 11s; light, down to £3 11s; choppers, £4 5s to £7 10s; large Istores, £3 3s to £3 15s; good wearners, £2 to £2 10s; medium, 34s to :39s; small, 24s.