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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 947, 19 May 1883, Page 2

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Ashburton Guardian Office, , Saturday'Evening. and Co. report upon the live ‘sfdckmarkct in the Ashburton district for the'wCek eiiding Friday. May 18 as follo the Association Yards, Ashburton, on TuesdSy> a : very fair entry of sheep, cattle, and pigk were yarded, arid although biddings were vetyfSlow,twe cannot report any depreciation ip values of live, stock here from late rulingsafep. J'at sheep realised fully 2j£d per lb, and|iit‘cattlcjZ2s to 24s per xoolbs. Most of the st°t? shfeep on hand changed owners, with 'of. two lines of very good 2 andlf-Vooth‘cr6sslsred. wethers. We cleared all our enUy of cattle and pigs. Our catalogue consists of sheep,’ 36 rams, 32 head of cattle,«Bad r 9 pigs for Messrs J. Grigg, J. Hoag, H. T. Smith,-G.’Gde, Smith and Coster, T. M. Tones, H. Smith; A. Jackson, W. Strachan, T. T. Brown, ; W., Prebble, W. F. Allen, ManghamJ R. Aitken, Mrs Bradbury, J. Corbett, OrDigby, W. Cochrane, T. Harley, and •therSllOurpdncipal sales in sheep being 43 crossbred lambs, 8s 3d; 86 merino wethers,’ 8s; 73 crossbred ewes and wethers, 14s 6d ; 800 merino*: ewes, 4s 8d ;88 merino ewes, 3s yd; 494 crossbred, lambs, 7s 2d ; 21 mixed sheep, 9s ; 60 * crossbred lambs, 8s id ; 308 2-tooth, .wethers, 13s 4d ; 71 inerino ewes, 5s id; ffimmno wethers, 8s lod ; 100 merino ewes 34 3d; 177 merino wethers, 7s; 113 merino ‘7iV 112 merino ewes; 3s fid; 581 crossbreed 5 lambs, 8s ■ Bd. In rams, we sold for Longbeach Estate, S at L2 2s, 8 at iXgs, and and 18 at Lt Lslos, lat LS js,* i at]L3 2a fid, 13 at 16s fid, lat L 5 53, lat L 6 15s, lat LB,l at L 5, I at L 6 15s, 1 at Ls* 2s 6d, and 9 pigs at Lx xfis, etc./' Messm Friedlander Bros, report on the live stc*dc for the week ending Tuesday, May iSth Taking the dull market into consideration, the stock sold, realised satisfactory rates. We report on Tuesday’s sale at the Ashburton Cdunty Yards as follows Store sheep were m better demand, and have improved; btf last week’s sales. Fat sheep were m good supply, and sold at rates equal to Chriftchurt Sh iriiarkets. Fat cattle were yarded in fair numbers, and sold at satisfactory rates to vendors. Our sales for the day were—2oo crossbred’ewesarid Wethers at 1 is ; Bd, 175 fat merino ewes and wethers at 7s gd, 350 merino ewes (broken mouthed) at 3s Id, 425 crossbred lambs (sold privately) at 8s 1 id. In rams, .we sold several at 27s fid each. In cattle/ We sold fat, 6 at L 7 7 s 6d, 2at L 6 I7sfifl, ; g at L 6 15s;,in stores, lat I 4 10s, I at 2-at L 3 12s fid, 1 atl>4; 13 calves at 22s fid. Pigs :We had a small line, and djsposed>of them aIL

The Month’s Markets. taSkeT the following extracts concerning the Christchurch markets from the monthly circular of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile*; Agency Co.: —Wool : Some small Kmngrtjjof cogs jhave beqn placed privately or under, the during.the month, at pricer v&Wiably l in l, favor‘'of buyers.' The prospectsof the? growing, clip are none too googy, ,as,. ovfipg to continuous rains, feed is reported t o he soft and lacking nourishment, and J the season' is now too far advanced to hope-fpj'anyiimprQvement until spring sets in. .enquiry has been evinced for heavy,weights, which, if classed out of supjflfejrco&Slig- forward? would realise 4d to there. would: then be no outlet for the lig|s ( and in order to obtain a fair average throughout, there is no classification in this market, hence the stereotyped quotation of 3Vd. and for green, wet ‘dty salted respectively.— Grain- ; In order to realise how the bright jharyest prospects of January have been blighted by continuous rains* it-is only necessary to run through the southern districts or to visit the grain stores, and thCre witness the immense quantities of grain which are not threshable, or which, having passed through the machine, are quite unfit, for shipment. W hat promised to l^e..the,- grandest harvest ever gathered, has culminated in serious loss to many, an(f l iti p disaster to hot a few. The autumn has c- Jotxn .; unprecedentedly, wet, retarding work at every stage of operations from pipping, .with the result that thousands of tons are rendered unfit for l®od.‘'■‘■Because of the larger breadth in wheat, this crop has suffered to the greatest extent, and though much might be rendered merchantable by manipulation, only a small portion can be so treated for want of the necessary applj|ul£es||nd accommodation.: —Wheat: The demaqd fqrpritne milling suitable for shipment hasown active throughout the month, and price» ! are‘well supported at 43 3d to 4s 3d I.ah, for short berried, and 4s 3d to 4s 6d for Tuscan. Sprouted and damp parcels are a drug and cannothe placed at over 3s fid; 2s 9di to 3s:'3d being full value for the latter quality. Kiln drying is being largely resorted to, but floors are so limited that much cannot he put under the proces. Shipping is proceeding with* unabated vigor when the weather permits, and credit is due to shippers for the extreme care exercised to prevent the stowing of faulty bags.—Oats: The good demand for bright samples which existed when we last wrote has somewhat abated, and until the Australian markets display more vitality we cannot look for a revival, prime milling is nominally worth 2s 3d f.0.b.; stout bright Teed, id to 2d per bushel less. Discolored samples are in plethoric supply, but forsuch.there is no mar-ket-at even is gd f.o.b.—Barley; The supply of prime malting is exceedingly limited, and for any bromrht forward 4s fid to 4s 8d is readily obtainable; second quality malting may be quoted at 35 fid to 4s, whilst feed parcels are difficult to place at over 2s fid.