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Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 May 1916, Page 3

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1 AAjL) CO. is oitxo. -Ue:>sr.s. Una Lo., JL. t ci., \\cliington, report fiaviiig field men usuai' weekly stile at Levin oil Wednesday oi uns week. There was a good yarding of sheep atid a tair yarding oi uattle. .Keen competition was met by all dust*** of fat stock, out stores were not in strong aem.iud. i'vices ruled as follows:---fat ewes, 2/s en 24»s i)d, fat and forward maiden ewes, 25s lid; 2-tli wetners 2t*>; f.in. empty ewes 12s lUd; cull ewes, Us tvoolljy lambs 15s 6d, 16s ad, li>s; shorn lambs 14b 3d; lat heifers ilis (3d; steers L'o; springing iieilers to '£10. At o'tu.jvi laat JL'ucsci'ay we had a good yuruiiig oi uotfi 6>neep aim catlle, ,ud a clearance ol all lines was effected at sausiaccoiy prices. l'iit sheep ere m particularly strong uenuniu. \Ve olfered a line ol woiliers on behalf oi Mr 11. A. Beckett which realised 2\)&, whilst Mr 11. F. Blair's lat ewes ietched 27s Id. Other prices were.' —fat and forwardi eweo 23s (3d to 2SJs td; low conditioned empty ewes IDs 'jd; lambs 10s; cull lambs (is lOd; 'at heifers and cows £6 10b, £7 Us, £8 lis, to £'0; store cows £3 los, £4 2s td, to £5 14s; empty heii'ers to £o; Spring caivers £6 13s; bull £4 17» 6d. A cablegram to Messrs. JDalgety ..lid Co.. from their London house, unier <Ja f .e of 2nd May.. sUitefe that the wool •tales were resumed thai day intl proved firm. As compared with rates were to close yesterday. The market ruling on 19th April, merinos are dearer by o per cent., and greasy crossbreds are from par to- o per cent higher. *