Slow Fat Sheep Market At Levin
At the Levin . sale yestefday there was another large yarding of pigSj which again met with keen competition apart from a slight recession in the values for baconers-. Fat sheep wer'e riob easy to quit at auction, butchers' requirements for heavy sheep being lighter than usual owing to the approachihg holidays. In -the fat cattle section vealers sold well, While heif'efs and ox beef inet with a steady demand. Cows depreciated slightly in price. Quotations are: — Pigs: Heavy porkers, £5 to £5 15s; medfiim do., £4 8s to £4 18s; light do., down to '£3 15s; heavy baconers, £6 iOs to £7; light and medium do., £5 10s to £6 5s; weaners, 35s to 40s; Slips, 46s to 50s; stores, £3 to £3 13s. , Sheep: Fat eWes, 27s 7d to 29s ld; p'rime wethers, ,42s 4d to 43s lOd; medium do., 40s ld to 41s ld; prirhe lambs, 40s lOd to 42s lOd; medium do., 38s 7d to 39s ld; lighter sorts, to 33s 4d; prime i hoggets, 40s 7d to 41s lOd; medium do., 38s ld to 39S 7d. Fat Cattle: Prime vealers-, £9 12s 6d to £10 12s 6d; medium rdo., £7 17s 6d to £8 17s 6d; light do., down to £3 7s 6d; prime light, to medium ox, £20 12s 6d th £22 12s 6d; prime heavy heifefs, £18 2S 6d to £17 17s 6d; medium fio., £14 17s 6d to £'15 17s 6d; prime ejcdaify coWs, £8 2s 6d to £9. 17s 6d; medium and light do., £5 2s 8d to £7 17s 6d. ,
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 December 1949, Page 4
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265Slow Fat Sheep Market At Levin Chronicle (Levin), 14 December 1949, Page 4
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