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Chronicle (Levin), 12 February 1948, Page 6

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HABT1N (xS, Feb. 11. , . Store lambs aud fattening ewes wero f roiu 2s to 3s a head eheaper at Stortford Lodge today. Quality breeding ewes just about held -their own at i-e-eent rates. lt was apparent from the smallness of th§ crowd which follpwed the selling, that most district farmers had now lilled theix-requirexiients. This was further ehipMsised by a general slaekness in the inqu'iiiy. The opinion was expreased tliatva /recovery of the market in subse'qtienU weeks was dependent on. rain. In a large yal'dihg/of 16,000 head, lambs predominated and these included some g-ood quality lines.y, Top price was 30s 4d for a particiihtrly attractive draft of Fbwn. cfoss/iambs, witli good killable top shorn weth'er' lambs in forward ordor reaching 27s ld. Other good shorn lines wero traded at 21s 6d to 24s 4d and smaller at 18s 9d. Woollv wether lambs ehanged hands at 23s lOd to. 25s Od. Quality breeding ewes realised 30s 6d t'or live-year-olds. A fattening line of sheep of the same age brought 25s. Six-year-olds sold at 25s lOd and 14s lld to 15s Od for rough eonditioned sorts. Mixed aged ewes inade 28s 3d. Faced wilh a short yarcling of onJy 500 head, butchers bid strongly for fat sheep. Values showed a lirining tendency. Heavv wethers ranged from 11s 4d to 42s ld, prime makiug 40s, and unlinished 35s ld to 35s 7d. Choice young ewes sold at 37s lOd to 39s 7d, values of prime oluer ewes ranging from 20s lOd to 32s 4d and others from 20s 4d .to 27s 4d. Good. lambs weri quoted at 35s 7d to 37s ld with sinai' 29s. 7d to 33s ld. At'ter last week 's particularly stroug market for beef, values eased a litt ie being baek to about schedule. There was another sinai] varding of only 140 head but bidding dragge.d slightly. The only seinblance of animation.came wlicz1 . some heavv ox came forward to sell al £22 8s 00 to £25 3s Od. Medium ox realised £17 10s to £10 8s Od, unlinishcd £14 18s Od to £10 18s Od. Prime heifersold ati,£12 18s Od to £13 8s . Od with iighter at £11 18s Od to £12 8s Od.