Levin Stock Sales.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 May 1914, Page 3

Levin Stock Sales.

DEAR MRTTO^.

were larg£ /'entries of Igaeeibat the -2mdK*'.% entries of For fat sheep" there'-was ||js&en demand at high .prices, ?nd that people will have 5 to p)ay ; more for-their morning chop £thi£-winter. A line of rlieep

(sold for Mr A. Dral«s Mrmakau)

japLiirought good tiie *wps £1 gpfo the wei7d. Fat jWes went to 20 'jgg*. iV«4ooth up to fat 'xreto 23s lid. " i r\e last price.. ||||"was paid for a fine line by a WelSji|lington butcher. In cattle fats Sgllpweixyhot plentiful. Fat cows made £5 10s to £9 2s, springing £4 6s to £5 12s (sd, store to ,£3 lis, steers to £5 8s fid, weahars 19s to 445. There was a ||£j:ood yarding of pigs nearly 100 1 'ting entered. With the excepp of one pen all were sold. The iinand was not so keen as at evious sales. BRA FA M AND WILLIAMS LTD. Messrs Abraham and 'Williams, :d., report: At Levin on Friday good entry of sheep met with en competition, s every lot yard- ! changing hands. A line of !5 2-tooth wethers, offered on count of Mr A. Drake, Manau, realised 21s 7d, and a line •300 ewes in lamb on account of e same vendor made 20s 7d. her quotations are :— Sheep.—Fat ewes, 18s Td, 19s, s Bd, 18s 9d,. 19s 9d; fat weths, 23s 9d; forward empty ewes, s 43; empty store ewes/10s fid 12s; 2-tooth wethers, 16s 9d, 9d, and 19s Gd; 2- and 4-tootli wethers, 21s; ewes in lamb, 15s .3d to 21s fid; woollv lambs, 13s |vfe4d to 13s Bd.

-tf-'vS. Cattle.—A medium entry of 1-. v: cattle met with a good demand, i;"; and clearance was made at the folvlflowing prices: Fat cows, £6 12s n®|o/;67 Is; light fat cows, £5 2s to ITs Gd; forward cows, £-3 15s : |te-£4 ss; store cows, '50s, -£H: i •springing' heifers, £5 to £0 lis; ||§yfejfers in calf, £4 2s Hd to £4 PapLls ;■ 2J-year steers, £o 8s (id : 18BBpnonth steers, £0 13s 6d; yearl-

BPTiiig steers, £-3 os; weaner steers, to£2 3s (!d; weaner Jersey 3Gs Gd to -5Ss; small mixrafe cd weaners, ITs to 19s. i.% : lAn entry of ninety-five pigs a brisk demand, and all lots re: Iflolfl afc the following quotations : l%|Baboners, £2 2s ta £2 Vs; porkers to 3Gs; stores, 15s to 19s; a 7s, 8s to 9s 6d. RrN.Z.iLOAN AND MERCANp I TILE AGENCY CO. H|n ZLoan and Mercantile Co., Ltd., report: At our EP^vinsale, held on Friday, we l;ftofFered a large yarding of sheep ;|i?md a medium, entry of cattle. ' .jPPTe quote: Fat and forward ewes yjjgib; 15s 2d; fat ewes from 19s 5d Kpjra''' 20s: fat wethers to 2-3s lid. heifers (small) to £4 [flsi®B j" cows to £9 2s.