First Breeding Ewes Sold At Yards Yesterday

Chronicle (Levin), 9 February 1949, Page 4

First Breeding Ewes Sold At Yards Yesterday

There were capacity yardings of fdt sheep and pigs at the Levin s&le yesterday and values for fat ^heep sfiowed aii appfeciahle riS'e ■dfi/iaSf week'g r'atds". ili the stdre Sheep sectlon the first fefeedihg 6wes df the 'year were fQllowed With keen interest by" loedl fgrmers, four-year-old ewes making up to 37s 7dy while hve-year-olds changed hands at up td 35s 9d. One Vear ewes realised from £1 to 27s 6d, while black faced lambs realised from 23s ld to 25s 9d. Medium white-faced Wdolly ldmbs retiirndd from 19s 4d td 21s 6d, with culls doWn to 14s. Other rates were : Prime Southdown ewes,- 30s to 31s 4'd? . prime heavy ewes, 26s 7d to 28s ld;,extra prime hlack-faces, 45s 7d; prime heavy Wethers, 45s 4d to 45s lOd; ihedidrii. do., 43s 7d to' 4 4s id; prime wodlly bldcik-faced laiiibs, 34s 7d to 36s 4d; slibrrt -do., 29s 10d td 35S ld; prime heavy larnbs, 38s 10d to £2. The pig section was again over-c-rowded,- the auctioneers selling some lots in lorries. Values at the start maintained last we'ek's levels, bfit as the sare pfdgf'essed r'ealisatiohs dropped tro' a large exfceht. The diitf y df ligiit porker's was nd't hedvy artd c'oiiseqUently values for these were maintained throughout^ selling from £2 5s to £3 10s. Medium to heavy sorts brought from £3 15s to £4 iOs. Baconers .sold on a par with last week, the rbnge of prices beingr: Heavy sorts, £6 td £6 10s'; medium do'., £5 15s to £6' iight do., down to £4 12s 6d. The fat cattle yarding was well represefited and -values for vealers were keen throughout. Fat cows and heifers, however,- slumped 10s to 25s per head, selling from £12 7s 6d to £i3_ i5s for good sorts, with extra heavy cattle making from £14 2s 6d to £15 7s ffd. Vealers realised from £7 2s 6d to- £8 17-s 6d; fof prime heavy, while medium made ffdhi £5 17s 6d to £6 17s 6d, with iight down to £3 12s 6d. Runners and ex-dairy sorts sold on a par with last week.