Yesterday's Stock sale At Levin

Chronicle (Levin), 12 May 1948, Page 4

Yesterday's Stock sale At Levin

There were fair yardings of pigsr sheep and cattle penned at the Levin stock sale yesterday. Values ifor gbod quaiity pork and fat cattle maintained their upward trend. -The fat sheep yarding on the other hand was spasmodic, the quaiity on the -whole beine indifIfereht. . / . ' . , , • . Gaod quaiity wethers met with keen competition and'sold up^to 50s, whereas wethers lacking ini condiItion were not keenly sought and showed a marked differen'ce in 'pUice to finished. sheep. • \ l Good quaiity maiden ewes met Iwith keen competition, selling to i42s lOd. A full yarding of lambs was ofiered, good quaiity shorn black faced being the most keenly I sought. The values for woolly .lambs bn the other hand were dis,appointing and these 'Sbld slightly ►in advance of schedule rates. A fair yarding; of store sheep was penned, bne line of good five-year-old ewes running with S.D. rams makirig to 30s. Lighter sorts sold for 9s 2d. Good quaiity shorn lambs sold from 2ls 6d to 23s 3d, while small woolly ewe lambs off the hills made 18s 7d. Wether lambs off the hills made 12s 3d. The pig' yarding was the best brought. forwafd for quite some time, the quaiity throughout being up to butcher standard and con1 seauentlv a keen sale resultea. Very few pens of baconers came forward and these sold slightly In advance of schedule. A smaller yarding than usual of store pxgs met with keener competition. A good yarding of daines . was submittecl and sold on a pai with values realised a 'T q at week's values of aaiiies dropped by £5 to £6 a jiead ^aha values yesterday were up a simiiar amount on last week's sale, one hne ,of good quaiity hellera averiging £17. The store yarding was lightei than usual, goo'd quaiity weaner iheifers being speciaily m demana. ] A large yarding of veal met with keen competition for quaiity sorts, whereas veal lacking.flnish was not jwanted, many being -sold to A truck of beautiful quaiity runners was offered, these( meetmg Iwith extra keen competition, sell- ! ing on an average at £11 _ 10s. ine I quaiity of the cows on the whole jwas indifferent, good quaiity wed I finished beasts selling up to last ) week's standard, Heifers in Par" ticular were most keenly sought. A large yarding of dairy cows* met with keen competition thrpugh°UFat sheep: Pjjimp wethers '4ts i id to 50s; lighter sPrts down to 42s 3.d, maiden - ewes, ,41s lOd to 42^ 10d, extra prime ewes, 34s lOd to 36s la, medium. 30s lOd ,to 32s Td, Prime shorn b f . lambs, 34s lOd to 35s 4d; medium sorts, 29s 4d to 33s lu, extra orime wether b.f. Iam,b5,- 37s ld to 43 s l'd; medium. 34s 4d. down to 30s 4d; shorn white faced lamfc 28s lOd to 32s lOd to 34s 7d; five-year-old ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, 30s; lighter do„ 29s 2d; small woolly ewe larribs, 18s ?d; small woolly wether lambs, 12s 3d; forward shorn b.f. lambS) ^ls 6d to 23s 3d. - Pigs: Prime pork, £4 18s to £5 5s; medium do., £4 2s 6d to £4' 16s; light, £3 5s to £4; choppers, ,£5 7s 1 6d to £6 12s 6ct; baconers, '£5::5s toi £5 10s; good sto'res, 25s to'33s'3'd;medium, 17s 3d to 23s; smallj down to 7s 6d. Dairie's: Good quaiity heifers at drop, £16 10s to £17 10s; medium heifers, £14 to £15 10s; heifers calved, £12 10s to £14 5s; good quaiity

ro-"** on drop, £15 to £16 10s; weaner •heifers, good quaiity, £5 10s to £6 l'Os; lighter conditioned and smaller, £2 10s to £3 12s; culled weaner .heifers, down to 26s. ! Fat cattle: Prime, £5 12s to £6 )15s; medium, £4 7s 6d to £5 7s 6d; [light, down to £3 2s 6'd; unfinishjed small veal, 37s 6d to £2 7s 6d; jgood quaiity runners, £11 7s 6d to £12 12s 6d; medium, £10 7s 6d to £11 2s 6d; light, £2 7s 6'd to £8 7s 6d; P.A. heifers, good, £13 12s 6d to £14 7s 6d; lighter, £11 12s 6d; to £12 12s 6d. P.A. cows, heavy, £13 7s 6d 'to £14 7s 6d: medium, £11 12s 6d to £12 17s 6d; lighter, £10 7s*6d to £11 2s 6d; unfinished, down to £8 7s 6cL; prime, ex-dairies, £7 7s 6d to £8 7s 6d; medium, £6 12s 6d to £7 7s 6d; light, 'down to £5 12s 6'd.