Levin Stock Sales

Horowhenua Chronicle, 10 June 1915, Page 3

Levin Stock Sales

Messrs Dalgety and Co. 'Ltd. report liSViny hold a most successful wale or fat and store stock in their -L-evin yards on Wednesday, tith hist. This wa.s the first sale held on Wednesday, previous tales always have been conduclod on .Fridays-.. The yarding as regards 'both quality anu numbers was satisfactory, 1015 fat "sheep and 80 head of fat cattle being yarded, besides a heavy entry of all classes of store stock. Competition all through was cxceptKMially keoii and practically tho whole yarding of fa.t stock iras disposed of under the hannimer,' in many cases at prices in excess of vendors'' reserves. Tho demand dor store (stuck was also ivery good, and ai the end .of.the day but live pens failed to hud buyers. The attendance of the public was large and the sale all through showed much animation. G.ood heavy-weight iwe-thers and bullocks elicited especially keoii competition and quite a mi tuber of lots of tiiis description came under the hammer. Principal salts were as under :- Prime guod-skiniicd wethers 28s 2d, lighter 26s !>d to 275, medium iafc ivtvthcrs .23s to 21s (id; forward .wethers 22s 3d. Fat tiwes (meditini weight*) 2'h to 23s 3d. lighter 18s Id to lite; medium iat lambs (shorn) 15s to l-5.s Bu. Fat cattle.—Fat bullocks ill 15s to £1-1 17s Cd, 'medium fat cows £6 16s, £7, £7 Bs, to £8 9s; fat heifers £6 3s to £6 7s tJd. Store sheep.—Good 2-tootii mothers lite Gd, good woolly lambs VSa -Id, cnii)ty CTves 10s to 11s 3d. Store cattle.—2 J -year steers £0 17s (>d, 18-moii:fchs steers U3 5s ; 2-1-year heifers £4 8s C{l; good uvea nor hoiii-rs 38s 1 (id;. 18-inionth heifers in calf ,C 3 ss; empty store cows £3 -5s to £1; dairy coiws (iSeptemiber culvers) JU-j to C 5 3s. a A' gooid yarding of pigs met solid coinand the whole yarding .was sold at .s«REFactory prices. Our Wednesday sales will bo continued weekly and readers attention is called to an advertisement of next week's entries when along with fat stock over 1000 hoggets will be offered.