LEVIN STOCK SALE.

Shannon News, 2 November 1923, Page 2

LEVIN STOCK SALE.

A RECORD OFFERING

There was the largest yarding at the Levin weekly sale Tuesday which ■has been seen locally for at least a couple of years,'every pen being occupied, whilst some very fine lines of both cattle and sheep were offered. One line of 50 fat bullocks elicited spirited bidding and brought satisfactory prices, but there did not seem to be the same demand for. stores. One .very fine line of three, to five year Hereford steers did not realise the vendor’s reserve and was passed. Sheep sold well up to last week’s prices while pigs showed a decided advance; good stores being 5s to 6s ahead of last week and porkers sold well up to bacon, rates. Prices were as follow: — Pigs: Small weaners 19s, average 2,1 s to 255, extra g-ood to 33s 6d, stores 35 s to £2 6s, light porkers £2 13s to £3, heavier to £3 15s, sows and litters; extra- good £ll to £ls. Sheep: Fat woolly mixed sheep 41s, fat shorn wethers 34s Bd, fat shorn ewes 25s 9d to 29s Id, shorn fait hoggets 245. ewes and lambs 30s 3d to 39s 2d, woolly hoggets 23s to 275, store ewes 14s 3d.

Cattle: Heavy fat bullocks £l4 ss, medium £ll Bs, light £8 ss, prime fat cows £7 ss, lighter sorts £4 12s 6d to £6, vealers £2 2 ; s to £2 9s 6d, forward cows £2 10s .to .£3, store cows £1 to 35s springing heifers £5 to £7, yearling! heifers £2 to £4 10s according to quality, bulls £5 to £B, potter bulls £1 to 305," yearling Hereford steers £3 Bs.