LEVIN STOCK SALE.

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 40, 17 February 1938, Page 12

LEVIN STOCK SALE.

The weekly stock sale was conducted at the Levin yards on Tuesday before a good attendance of buyers. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report that they offered large yardings of all classes of stock. Prices for porkers showed a firming tendency, but other realisations remained on r*- par with returns at recent sales. Tht price range was as under:— Pigs: Light porkers, 275, 32s 6d, 33s 6d, 355, 36s 6d, £2, medium do., .<2 Is 6d, £2 ss, £2 6s, £2 8s; heavy do., £2 12s 6d, £2 15s, £2 18s 6d; baconers, £3 ss, £3 9s, £3 10s, £3 15s, £3 16s; choppers, 30s, £2 ss, £2 12s 6d; weaners, Bs, 9s, 10s 6d, 11s 6d, 12s; slips, 12s 6d, 13s, 14s, 17s; stores, 18s 6d, 21s 6d, 23s 6d; sow and litter, £5. Sheep: Pat lambs, 17s Bd, 20s 3d, 225; fat wethers, 20s, 255; b.f. lambs, Bs, 8s 4d, 9s 6d, 12s 3d, 12s 6d, 14s, 14s 6d, 16s sd, 16s lOd; ewe lambs, 14s, 19s 4d, 22s lOd; 2-tooth ewes, 20s, 30s, 335; mixed aged ewes, 13s 9d, 14s 6d. Cattle: Light fat cows, £3 18s 6d, £4, £4 Is, £4 ss; medium do., £4 14s, C 4 15s £5, £5 ss; heavy do., £5 15s, £6, £6 ss, £6 10s, £6 12s 6d; vealers, 30s, 32s 6d, £2 2s 6d, £2 10s, £2 16s, £3 2s 6d; store cows, 30s, 355, £2 2s 6d, £2 13s, £3, £3 ss; yearling heifers, £2, £2 3s, £3; potter bulls, £4 2s 6d, £6 ss, £8 10s; dairy stock: Springing heifers, £0 7s 6d, £6 10s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report that they offered a large yarding of sheep and pigs, but a smaller entry of cattle than usual. Returns for pigs were slightly better than those at recent sales, while prices for sheep and cattle were maintained. Realisations were as under:— Pigs: Light porkers, 31s 6d, 34s 6d, 39s 6d; heavier do., £2, £2 2s, £2 ss, £2 9s 6d; baconers, £3 2s 6d, £3 ss, £3 9s 6d; stores, 15s 6d, 17s 6d, 20s, 24s 6d; sows to farrow, £4 to £4 12s 6d. Sheep: Small 2-tooth wethers, to 12s 6d and 14s 5d and 20s; four and five-year ewes, 20s, 235; wether lambs, 13s, 15s; small ewe lambs, TOs 7d, 12s Id, 15s Bd, and 20s for better sorts; a line of ewes from Pukerua, 22s 9d; a line of four and five'year ewes from Otaki Gorge, 24s 4d; fat ewes, to 18s Id; store ewes, 14s 6d, 16s 6d; cull wether lambs, Bs, 9s 6d to 11s 3d. Cattle: Light fat cows, £3 10s, £3 17s 6d, £4 ss, £4 10s, £4 17s fid; heavier do., £5, £5 7s 6d, £6 to £7 15s; vealers, £2, £2 ss, £2 12s 6d, £3, £3 10s; store cows, 37s fid, £2 ss, £2 10s, £3, £3 5s to £4 15s; potter bulls, £6 12s 6d, £6 15s to £7 2s 6d. Dairy stock: Springing heiferß, £5 15s to £6 12s 6d.