Fat Cattle Dearer At Stortford Lodge
[Per Press Association. Copyright.] HASTINGS, Tills Day. On a firm market fat cattle at Stortford Lodge were a shade dearer for quality lots. Quality store sheep showed a definite improvement in price in some cases, and store cattle met a slightly better demand. Fat cattle—Heifers, tops, £9 10/ to £lO 17/6; medium, £7 14/ to £8 10/; cows, £7 to £9 12/; plain and light, £4 17/ to £5 18,; runners, £4 15/ to £5 15/; heavy bullocks, £ll 10/ to £l2 13/: medium. £lO 5/ to £lO 17/. Store cattle. Forward bullocks, medium, £7 8/ to £8 13/; steers, £5 15/ to £6 5/; 20-months. £3 19/; light mixed cows. £2 10/. Store sheep.—Forward and goodconditioned wethers, 21/7 to 22/3; woolly ewe lambs, good order, 22/ to 22/5; woolly wether lambs, tops, 17/ to 17/8; medium, 13/ to 16/; shorn, 12/6 to 16/7; empty forward ewes, 13/; two-tooth ewes, running with ram, 23/3. Fat sheep.—Maiden owes, tops. 27/ to 27/11; good quality, 19/6 to 24/; others, 17/7; good wethers. 23/9 to 25/9; heavy Down cross, 24/(>; lambs, tops, 26/6; good, 21/ to 24 '9.
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Northern Advocate, 26 April 1940, Page 2
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