Prices For Wethers Reach Season's Peak.

Chronicle (Levin), 9 June 1948, Page 4

Prices For Wethers Reach Season's Peak.

' There.was a capaeity yarding of fat sheep at the weekly stOCk saje in Levin .yesterday, when extra prime quality wethers reaehed the season's peak Qf 52$ iQd. Fat ewes were in ov-er supply and dppreciat" ed from ls to 2s per head on last week. • Another largq entry of lambs came forward, but the "quality was below that of last week's •qffering and values eased in con- ; sequence. Good qqality lambs, however, were keenly * sought. AJine of IgO "forward 2-tooth weth!ers changed hands at 34s 7d. 1 | Fat pigs wei'e^yaraed in smaller - mumbers than usual and the qual-; ity • on' the whole was indiff erent. ! ! Frices remained on a par wffh late 1 rates. Well' finished heavy porkers made up to £6. The entry of store' pigs was much heavier than usual, but competition wa's keen through'-! qut. One line on account of the Bryant Estate, Shannon, being sold as a result; of the flood were sold ; under the hammer at prices rang-| ing from 35s to £2 7s. The dairy stock eptry was very| small and competition was slow, a1 iarge number being passed in." Several pens of good quality veai- 1 qrs were offered, bringing up to £7, 17s 6d. A pen of light oxen real- , i$ed from £15 12$ 6d tq £18 7s ed.1 There w.as a brisk demand for the smaller entry of fat ex-dairy cattle. and these sold up' to £11 12s 6d. The following is a range of the pripes realised:— Sheep ; Extra prime wethers, 51s 7d to 53s ld; mediuni do., 47s 7d ta! 49s ld; light do., 45s ld to 47s ld;' light and unfinished ao., down to 46s; heavy prime ewes, 30s to 37s i 4d; medium do., 32s 4d to 34$ 10d; 1 light and unfinished, down to 27g. l,0d; prime biack f aces, 42s 4d to! 47s 7d; lighter do'., 40s ld; prime i b-f. shorn lambs, 32s ld to 36s lOq; J medium wooliy do„ 32s ld to 37s la; r lighter do., down to 29s 10a; tov-l ward 2-tooth wethers, 32s 6d to 34s 7d. I

! Pigs: Prime heavy porkers, £5 5s !to £6; medium do„ £4 5s tq £5; I ijght do., £3 5s to £4; light and unl ffnished do., £2 8s to £2 17s; ehop[pers, £5 ls to £7 2s; heavy stores, '£2 7s; medium -do„ 26s to 35s; light do.,- 10s to 24s. Dairy cattle ;' Heifers, r.w.b., £9 to £11 15s; good -eows, caived, £18. IQs to £19; medium do., £14 to £14 10s; late calving heifers, £7 15s to £10. Cattle: Extra prime vealers, £7 7s 6d to £7 17s 6d; rpediunq do~ £5 1 12s 6d to £7 2s 6d; light do., £3 12s i 6d to £4 17's 6d; prime heifers, £14 2s 6d to £15 17s 6d; medium do., £12 7s 6d to £13 2s 6d; light and unfinished do., down to £10 10s; heavy prime P.A. cows, £12 17s 6d to £14 2s 6d; lighter do„ £fl 12s 6d fq §12 7s 6d; oxen, £15 12s 6d to £18 7s 6d; ! prime runners, £8 12's 6d "to £9 2s 6d; medium do., £7 12s 6d to £8 7s 6d; prime ex-dairies, £8 12s 6d to ,£11 i2s 6d; lighter do., down to £6 7s 6d.