Cattle And Pigs Sell Well

Northern Advocate, 27 January 1939, Page 10

Cattle And Pigs Sell Well

Walter Wakelin reports having held his usual weekly sale of cattle and pigs at Kamo, when good entries were submitted to a large attendance of buyers. Competition was good for both classes and a total clearance resulted. Cattle: Medium fat cows and heifers made from £4/10/- to £6/6/-; light cows and heifers, £3/5/- to £3/17/6; cows and runners, £4 to £6/2/-; store cows, £3/5/- to £4/5/-; heavy boner cows, £3/6/- to £3/17/-; medium boner cows, £2/5/- to £2/18/-; light boners, £1 to £2; boner bulls, £4 to £6/12/-; Jersey heifer calves, £l/10/- to £2/4/-; Shorthorn steer calves, £2/10/-; best dairy cows and heifers, close to profit, £6 to £8; medium quality cows and heifers, £4 to £5; cows in milk, £4 to £5/5/-; Jersey heifers, running with bull, £3 to £4/5/-. Sheep: Two-tooth wethers, 15/6; fat ewes, 11/3 to 14/-; cull lambs, 4/- to 6/6; aged ewes, 3/9. Pigs: Baconers, £3/5/- to £3/13/1; heavy porkers, £2/11/- to £3/1/-; medium porkers, £2 to £2/6/-; light porkers, £l/13/- to £l/18/-; stores, £1 to £l/12/-; slips, 15/- to 26/-; weaners, 3/- to 18/-; choppers, 25/- to £3/10/-; breeding sows, £1 to £3.