Prices For Fat Ewes Firm At Levin Sale

Chronicle (Levin), 1 December 1948, Page 4

Prices For Fat Ewes Firm At Levin Sale

There t was a capacity yarding nf fat pigs. at the Levin sale again yesterday, with an overflow into some of the sheep pens. Values Were firm for butchers' weight pigs on recent saies, Heavy •baconers also sold well." The f>feponderance was of pigs of light bacon weight, and- thesevdid not obtain the same competition as the other lots. The. sheep yarding saw some particulariy good quality wethers change hands at from 38s lOd to 41s lOd, while heavy ewes firmed j as the sale went on and sold up to ' 30s lOd. An ' exceptionally good yarding of prime fat Hambs met with a brisk competition and sold at values ranging from 35s lOd to 40s ld for heavy sorts, with medF ium lambs returning from 32s lOd ■to 34s 7d. A fair yarding of goodj quality hoggets did not meet with; the same competition as the pf evi- s ous week, and changed hands at j values from 38s 7d to 39s 4d, with; lighter sorts down to 35s ld. In j the store sheep section, keen com-j petition evehtuated for the adver- ' tised . two-tooth wethers and they ! realised from 34s 4d, while light j mixed-sex hoggets off the hills ] made 33s 6d. The fat cattle section was well ! represented and some fine heavy vealers were penned, these making from £8 17s 6d to £10 17s 6d. Medium vealers returned from £6 17s 6d to £8 2s 6d and light sorts down to £5 10s 6d. Prihie P.A. runners made from £11 12s 6d to £12 12s 6d and lighter ' beasts down to £7 17s 6d. Prime P.A. medium weight oxen returned from £22 7s 6d. to £22 17s 6d while prime P.A. heif- . ers (heavy) realised from £15 17s 6d to £17 7s 6d. Medium weights brought from £12 12s 6d to £15 12s 6d. Ex-dairy cows and heifers were firm on last week's ruling i rates. 1 There was a very small yarding of dairy stock and a very poor bench of buyers.- Cows in milk brought from £8 10s to £10 10s and springing heifers from £9 to £11. Yearling bulls returned from £5 10s to £6 5s and a small yarding of potter cows sold at late rates. Yearling empty heifers made "from £7 10s to £8 8s.