Levin

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 204, 26 May 1938, Page 16

Levin

Dominion Special Service. Levin. May 25. Sheet! appeared to be in short: supply at yesterday's stock sale at the Leviu yards and prices in this section were very firm. Mostly small pens were offere<L including some good quality fats, and the best price obtained was 25/6 for a gmall lot of early spring lambs. 9’he be.ef yarding was of indifferent, quality and values generally were below recent quotations, while pork showed an easing tendency. Store pigs were slow-selling but there was a firm inquiry for the purebred boars offered by the two auctioneering firms in conjunction on behalf of the Levin Dairy Company, and the pick of the Catiadian-Berksliires realised s}gns. With the approach of the new dairy' season interest is increasing in the dairy cattle section and good dairy types met with a read.v sale at yesterday’s market. A'braham and Williams offered medium yardiugs and sales were completed at the following prices:—

Sheep: j'at hoggets, 20/8 to 25/6: fat S.D. ewes, 23/-. Bigs: Light porkers. 23/- to 30/-; medium, 33/- to 37/6: heavy, 44/- to 49/-: bacouers, £2/10/- to £2/14/-: ehoppers, £2 to £2/10/-; weaners. 5/- to 7/-: slips. 9/6 to 15/(1: stores. IS/- to 20/-; purebred Canadian-Berk. boars, 4J to ojgus.: Tannyorths, 3 to 3^gns.; Large Whites. “Jgns. Cattle: Light fat eows, £3/2/6 to £3 12/6: medium. £3/17/6 to £4/17/6; heavy. £5/7/6 to £5/15/-: light fat P.A. cows and heifers, £6/7/6 to £7/17/6; runners. £4/1/- to £6/2/6; vealers, £2 16/- to £3/16/-: store cows. 27/6 to £3; P.A. weaners. £2 to £2/11/-: Jersey weaner heifers. £2/10/- to £2/15/-; springing eows. £5/7/6 to £B.

9’he New Zealand Loan and .Mercnntile Agency presented good yardings in all classes of stock. Pork prices and those for fat cattle were easier, sheep remained on a par with late rates, and in the dairy cattle section good quality stock met with good demand. Realisations were as follows :—

Pigs; Porkers. 33/- to £2: heavy. £2 to £2/7/6; baconers. £2/12/- to £3/8/6; slips. 4/- to (1/6; stores. 13/- to 23/6; Berkshire boars, 4$ to sJgns.: Large While boars. 2gng. lo 2Tgtts.

Cattle: l'’al eatlle and dairy, light. I'3 /7/6 t<» £1: niediitiUj £4/7/6 to £5/12/6: medium heavy. £5/15/- to £6/107-: pen of ined,ium quality fat station cows, £7; runners. £3/17/6 to £l/2/6: vealers. 30/to £2; store cows, £l/10/- to £3/5/;;

notler bulls. £3/15/- to £5; 1 quality July culvers, to £8: good quality in-calf cows. £6/5/- to 19/2/6; good quality springing heifers, £i/12/6 to £lO. Sfieep: E ut boL'grts, to IS/-; fat ewes, to 18/6; fat wethers, 25/6 lo 29/1,