Fat Sheep Again Bring Top Prices At Levin

Chronicle (Levin), 13 July 1949, Page 4

Fat Sheep Again Bring Top Prices At Levin

| At the Levin sale yesterday an- | other substantial rise in the fat i sheep brought top prices for the = season in fat wethers and fat I ewes, the former reaching £3 5s 7d I and the latter £2 7s 4d. Lambs re- | mained steady at last week's prices. S Recent high prices for porkers I brought forward a considerably s larger yarding of pigs, causing a ? slighb recession in prices. I A large entry of dairy cattle | offered to an interested bench, of = buyers brought keen" bidding for ! cows close to profit, but not for late i calving cows and h§ifers. Fat catI Ve showed a slight hardening m I values on previous saies, f Quotations are: — I Fat sheep: Prime heavy wethers, S £3 3s 7d to £3 5s 7d; prime do:, £2 I 18s lOd to £3 ls lOd; medium 'do., | £2 16s lOd to £2 17s ld1; blaek faces, [ £2 12s lOd to £2 13s 7d; prime heavy I fat ewes, £2 5s lOd. to £-2- 7s--4d?. j prime 'do., £2 0s 7d to £2 ls 7d; | prime lambs, £2 0s ld to £2 '4s 7d;, ! medium do., £1 16s lOd to £1 18s 7d ; j lighter do., down to £1 13s 4d. I Pigs: Prime porkers, £5 14s to S £6 13s; medium do., £4 7s 6d to £5 9 2s; lighter do., £3 13s to £4 ls; i choppers, £5 ls to £6 10s; wear.efs, | 30s to 35s; stores, up to £3 10s. | Fat cattle : Prime vealers, £8 7s 6d | to £8 17s 6d; medium do., £5 12s 6d | »to £6 17s 6d; lighter do., down to ! £3 17s 6d; prime runners, £10 17s J 6d to £11 12s 6d; medium do., £9 2s j 6d to £9 12s 6d; heavy ox, £20 7s 6d ! to £21 7s 6d; light do., £15 12s 6d to { £16 2s 6d; prime heavy heifers, £16 | 2s 6d to £17 17s 6d; medium do., ! £14 12s 6d to £15 2s 6d; prime cows, { £14 2s 6d to £14 12s 6d; medium do., | £12 12s 6d to £13 7s 6d; heavy fat = ex-dairy cows, £9 12s 6d to £9 17s f 6d; medium do., £6 12s 6d to £7 17s ( 6d; lighter do., down to £4 12s 6d. | Dairy cattle: Dairy cows, close to S profit, £16 to £18 10s; later calving | do., £12 10s to £16 10s; heifers, close [ to profit, £15, £17 10s up to £22; S later calving do., from £11 10s to I £14 10s. I