LEVIN MARKET.

Shannon News, 23 January 1925, Page 2

LEVIN MARKET.

STOiUi CATTLE ADVANCE,

The yarding ol stock ut the Levni weekly sale yesterday was. only fair. The most noticeable movement ol the sale was in .store cattle which showed an advance of lrojua 10s to los per head, with keen and unsatisfied demand. A fair-sized'line of rough ayeud- old steers made £8 Bs, with lbmontlis steers, mostly good colours, but with a few Holsteins among them, making £4 lis. Fat-cattle maintained the recent advance in prices, a pen ol live prime fat cows, making,£B -■«• Light lat bullocks went to £8 7s bd, and lighter fat cows made £4 los tu £6 6s. , . Sheep were in keen demand and sold well up. tq late rates. Light woolly fat wethers made 50s 6d, shorn wethers 375. ' A line of good i- oath ewes realised 40s, others 28s, Culls were not in demand. Store pigs showed a.' slight decline, such as is to be expected at this time ol the year, from last weeks rates. Pork was unchanged. Prices were as, Pigs!— Weaners 9s 6d tQ 15s, stores 1.7 s 6d to. -255, porkers 36s to 50s according to weight. I j Sheep- Fat woolly wethers oos 6d, | fat shorn wethers 375, fat lambs 25s 24.00 th store wethers 30s 9d, 2-tooth ewes 28s to 40s, f.m. ewes 16s 4d, cull ewes 7s 6d. nn „ ~.i,„,.e Cattle: Prime fat cows £8 2s, otheis £4 15s to £6 6s, Light fat bullocks £8 7s 6d, forward cOws £2 17s; 6d to £3 15s, store cows 35s to £2 10s, 5-y e £ steers £8 13s, fc-year steers £5,'18rrionths steers £4 11s, 18 m°nOw Jjifers r.w.b.. £3 10s. to £4, springing heifers £4 ss, bulls 30s to £o.