Sheep And Cattle Values Rise Siightly

Chronicle (Levin), 20 April 1949, Page 4

Sheep And Cattle Values Rise Siightly

' A moderate yarding of sheep and cattle met with a keeh demand at the Levin- sale yesterday and values showed a slight rise. There was another capacity | yarding of pigs and Ahey sold at recent market prices. Buyers were in large numbers, for the dairy cattle offering, but the yarding did not meet with their requiremen'ts. The followifig is a range of the prices realised Pa'": -sheep: Primd ewes, 32s lDd to 33s. 4d; prime heavy wethers, 48s7d to' 49s 4d; prime wethers, 46s lOd to 48s ld; prime black faces, 43s rfi to 46s ld; prime woolly back-faced lambs, 35s ld to 35s 7d; prime shoirn black-faced lambs, 33s 4d to 34s 10d; ;. prime white-faced lambs, 31s lOd to 33s lOd; Store sheep: Forward woolly Iblackfaced lambs, 3ps; forward Iwo-tooth' wethers, 38s.

Pigs : Prime porkers, £4 16s to £5 ls; medium do., £3 16s to £4 10s; lighter do., £2 8s to £2 13s; prime baconers, £5 18s to £6 5s; medium do., £5 to £5 11s; choppers, £4 10s to £6; pedigree maiden Berkshire sows, £6 6s; weaners, 20s to 25s; slips, 28s to"33s; stores, £2 ls 6d to £2 6s; forward stores, £2 10s to £2 12s. Dairy » cattle : Two-year-old heifefs, close to profit, £12 10s to £14 5s; three-year-o'd heifers, close to profit, £14 to £16 16s; young cows s t drop, £19 10s, £20 5s, £22 15s and £23. Fat ca'.tle: Prime vealers, £8 10s to £9 7s 6d; prime runners, £12 2s 6d to £12 7s 6d; medium do., £8 2s 6d to £8 17s 6d; lightweight prime buii'ocks, £18 17s 6d to £20 12s 6d; prime P.A. heifers, £15 12s 6d to £17 17s 6d; medium do., £14 2s 6d to £14 17s 6d; prime P.A. cows £14 2s 6d to £14 17s 6d. Store cattle: Ex-dairy cows, heavy, £9 2s 6d to £9 17s 6d; prime do., £8 2s 6d to £8 7s 6d; medium do., £5 12s 6d to £6 7s 6d.