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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 944, 16 May 1883, Page 2

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-! r Ashburton Guardian Office, f ' } ', , , Wednesday Evening. •Rip, -Zealand Loan and Mercantile .limited (per Mr E. GT 'Snivciey, 'auctioneer), report as under lire stock market, at ,15th ufitafet : Sheep : A large number was Vfaught''-'-forward, but there was an abSOite bf animation in competition for most of thepens,and in consequence several lines had tO-hn:.Wtumed unsold. attendance was hot so large as usual, nor apparently, were there manyofi those present who intended purchasing; ,'Fat crossbreds brought 14s 6d j 4*looth, hntd sexesi its Sd} store wethers, 8s iod; lambs, 55- 3d, 73 2d, 8s 3d ; merino ewes, 3s 7d, 4s 8d ; wethers, ss, 6s 1 id, and 8s gd, the fact l«t bring in forward condition for turnips. Pigs TVeiy few were yarded, the following pram, being obtained :—Weaners, 4s 6d; s<fw» irrpig. xys 6dto3os; sows with litters, 355; porkers, 365.' Cattle.: Neither quantity nor quality, was up,to the usual average at these yardvWr can''any decided improvement in the demand’ be .noticed. : Some of the lots were necessarily withdrawn, and for those quitted sales were with difficulty effected at our quotations, except beef,■ which sold readily, hat corysand heileis, L 5 to L 6 15s; steers, L 5 I9A&1.; ;two-year-olds, mixed sexes, 50s, 57s 6d; dairy cows, L 3 25.6 d to L$ ios; calves, Z6s 6d and 20s.