SEASON'S FIRST LAMB FAIR

Chronicle (Levin), 14 January 1948, Page 4

SEASON'S FIRST LAMB FAIR

VALUES EXCEED EXPECTATIONE OF VENDORS The first lamb fair of the season' was held in Levin yesterday ii. conjunction with the weekly stocl sale. In spite of the recen drought, values were in excess oi vendors' expeetatiOns. Severa-well-known- annual drafts came forward. They were in exceptionally good condition and brought keen competitiOn from stock fat- ! teners, tlie bulk Of the entry of , 3000 lambs Jfeing absorbed locally. ; There was an overflow yarding oi ' pigs. Every pen in the pig section iwas filled and half a row "of the ! sheep pens, while .they were alsc sold in- trucks, trailers and carts This was mainly due to the decline in milk production brought about j by the dry spell. All pigs in prime ipondition were sold to butchers at j lates on a par with the high levels ' ruling recently. j The- entry of fat sheep was equal to that at last week's sale . and ! realisations for prime wethers and Ihoggets were fully maintained. Fat j ewes werg not in demand and sold ibelow schedule rates. Fat lamhs Iwere 'penned in' smaller numbers Ihnd sold readily at prices up to 40s !iod. The yarding of store cattle was jfsmall. Mainly due to the ahsence J of works coinpetition for ho'ners i and ex-dairy stock, values receded i by from 5s to 10s per head. A f ew J two-year-old empty heifers off the ! hills at Paekakariki brought £8 17s, 1 while small two-year-old heifers realised £6 13s. • The following is a range of the prices realised: — Lamb Fair Black faced lambs: On a/c R. A. Prouse, 95 at 27s 3d; 190 at 22s; a/c Maefarlane Bros., 88 at 25s 6d; j a/c A. D. Sutton, 113 at 23s 6d, 24 at 15s 4d; a/c B. L. EUiS, 156 at 26s 6d, 26 at 21s ld; a/cf G. Blenkhorn, 37 at 26s. Shorn white faced' wether lambs: On -a/c E. R. Winkler, 151 - at 24s 10d; a/c Mrs. W. I. Blair, 120 at 22s 7d, 85 18s 6d, 59 at 15s 7d; a/c G- Blenkhorn, 112 at 24s 9d; a/c K. D. Jones, ' 139 at 22s 7d, 155 at 18s 9d, 70 at 17s 9d. Cull ewe lambs: On a/c Mrs. W. I. Blair, 40 at 11s 3d. Cull mixed sexed lamhs: On a/c A. M. Colquhoun, 40 at 13s 9d. Woolly white faced wether lamhs: On a/c A. M. Colqrthoun, 100 at 30s 3d, 96 at 25s ld. Small do.: On a/c Drake Bros., 114 at _12s-5d, 75 at 8s 6d. - - Smali woolly ewfe lamhs: On a/C Drake Bros., 70 &t 9s 7d, 63 at 7s 6d. Two-tooth wethers: On a/c Harper Bros., 75 at ' 35s. B.F. 2tooths: On a/c Johnsonville client, 60 at 32s 3d. Five-year ewes: On a/c A. D. Sutton, 194 at 24s 9d. Fat Sheep Prime fat wethers, 38s lOd to 39s lOd; medium do., 37s ld to ,38s ld; prime- fat b.f. 2-tooths, 37s ld to 38s lOd; medium fat hoggets, 35s 7d to *36s 4d; fat ewes, z2s 6d, 24s lOd to 28s ld; extra prime fat lambs, 40s lOd; prime do., 36s lOd; medium do., 32s 4d to 34s 4d. Pigs Extra prime hacone'rs, £6 15s, to £6 18s; medium do., £5 15s to £6 5s; light do.,' £4 15s to £5 10s; heavy porkers, £4 10s to £5 2s; medium do., £4 to £4 15s; light do., £3 10s to £4; light and unfinished sorts, down to £2-; choppers, £3 10s to £5 15s; sow and litter of six, £6 13s; sow and litter of seven, £9; medium stores, £2 3s 6d to £2 9s; light do., 30s. C3ttl6 Prime vealers, £6 12s 6d to £7 12s 6d; medium do., £5 2s 6d to £6 7s 6d.; prime P.A. heifers, £15 12s 6d to £15 17s 6d; lighter do., £12 l'7s 6d to £15 2s 6d; prime P.A. cows, £12 2s 6d to £13 17s 6d; medium do., £11 7s 6d to £12; light and unfinished "do., down to £10 10s; prime ex-.dairy cows, £8 l'2s 6d to £10 7s 6d; others, down to £4 7s 6d and £5; . store cows, ex-dairy; £4 7s 6d to £6. ' j