COMMERCIAL.

Levin Daily Chronicle, 29 November 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Abraham -and Williams Ltd., report: At Levin on Tuesday we had fair yard lugs of both sheep and cattle ,:uk t . have to report a good clearance atthe following prices: Fat shorn wethers 33s lOd. fat shorn ewes 27s lOd: to 2C'; to 33s Id, fat hoggets (woolly) 31s, Ms 3d to 325, 2 and 4-tooth wethers (shorn) 295, small 2_tooths. (shorn) 18s -Id to 22s lid, cull 2-tooths 15s 2d, ewri; with 100 per cent lambs (woolly) £2 o.s, cull aged ewes 13s 7d to 17s; 4-year store bullocks £1(5 2s Gd. 3 and 4-year store bullocks £14, £'10, to ,-Cli) 10s, 3,year steers £13, forward empty cow.-; £0. potter bulls £8, £10 to £12 ; porkers £3 Is, store pigs 24s (id. stnv to faitrow- £3.

P;vigc>ty and Co., Ltd., report having held a cattle fair at Levin 011 Tuesday. There was a good yarding of :-heep .and an exceptionally heavy yard, big of cattle. The sale was well attended by local and outtf'de buyers and a'.l stock offered met with keen competition, the bulk of the entries being sold at satisfactory prices. Quotations:—Fat owes 30s Gd, shorn hoggets 33s to 2355 d. a line of 23 2and. '2}-yea 1" . leers £'10 2s, 1!) 2;J..vear steers £10 los, c-l 3-year steers £11 2s. 02 4-vear bullocks £12 . Two lines of 35 3 and 1-year bullocks realised £13 l(ls and £14. 31 shorthorn cross heifers £8 7s, fat bullocks £15 7s 6d, £ J 1« 4s, £16 17s to £10 2s 6d. fat cows £!> 12s, £10 15s to £12, vealerfc to £3 12s, poor store cows £5 2s <Sd. short-liorn heifers £12, bulls to £10, dairy cows £9 10s cu £'10 10s, yearling heifers £3 10s to £4. yearling isteers £3. weancr steers £3 os. Several horses were sold at market rates,