LEVIN STOCK MARKET.

Shannon News, 7 April 1922, Page 3

LEVIN STOCK MARKET.

NO IMPROVEMENT IN PRICES

Farmers brought their stock forth in goodly number to Tuesday’s stock sale in Levin, and the result was good yardings in all sections. Pigs sold well, and some well-conditioned baconers made comparatively high prices. Sheep prices showed no improvement, though it cannot be said that there was any reduction taken over the whole on places ruling generally. Prices were low, but many of the offerings were not of the best, -the season latterly having been too wet lor the successful topping off of fats. There was one outstandingly good line, however. This was a couple of pens of heavy, big-framed Wethers in good condition, the best line of its kind that has been yarded locally for a long time. The price as an Indication of the market for fats speaks for itself. The price reached was £1 1/4. Fat cattle brought the usual listless bidding, a splendid line of bullocks being passed in for under £7. For young heifers there was some demand, and a good pen of yearlings brought £4. Details of prices are as under:—

Pigs:—Weaners 5/6 to 10/, stores 12/ to 19/, porkers 28/ to £2 12/, baconers £3 4/ to £3 18/. Sheep.—Two-tooth ewes 14/, fat ewes 13/4 to 15/, fat wethers 16/6 to 21/4, store lambs 8/3( cull ewes 5/ to 6/3, forward lambs 15/. Cattle—Fat ewes £3 5/ to £4 8/, store cows £l, vealers £l, dairy heifers £2 6/ to £2 13/, yearling steers 27/ to 35/, dairy cows (winter calvers) £B, yearling heifers £4 to £4 8/.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report at Levin sale on Tuesday, 4th inst., they offered a good yarding of both sheep

and cattle. Competition was good, and a total clearance was made under the hammer at the following-'prices: Fat. wethers 19/6 to 21/3, fat ewes 15'. good forward condition woolly lambs 15/, 2-tooth wethers 15/6, f.m. ewes 14/6, store ewes 8/, good woolly lambs 11/io to 12/4, light fat cows £3 to £3 5/, store do.-, 15/ to 20/, 31-year good condition and mixed coloured steers £4 1/, 18-months steers 35/ to 40/, good Jersey cross weaner heifers £4 2/ to £4 8/, medium do. £3 to £3 6/, S.H. weaner heifers 25/ to 307, springing cows £lO to £ll 5/, springing heifers £8 10$, potter bulls 30/, light bacon pigs £3 to £3 8/, good heavy porkers £2 10/ to £2 15/, medium do 35/ to 45/, good store pigs 24/ to 30/, good weaners 14/ to 16/.