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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1036, 31 August 1883, Page 2

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Ashburton Guardian Office, Friday afternoon. Messrs Matson Cox and Co. held their usual sheep, cattle and' pigs at The Tinwald Yards on Tuesday, August 28th. The entries for sheep were very few, especially Ih&t’sßeep,'only a few fat merinos being m the market which sold at good prices. In cattle there were no butchers’ lines, and only a few good springers, the rest being mostly old cows m poor condition, bheep sold at the_ following prices:—Merino wethers, fat from 8s od to 12s 3d; store crossbreds ewes in lamb, 13s ) id; old merino ewes.; 4s 3d; merino hoggetts, 8s 6d. In caltle fetched L 5 12s od to L 3, and eighteen month steers L 3. Tigs medium porkers, Ll 5 s - The sale throughout was weak, and thfe ; attendance thin. On last Saturday we catalogued-S horses, 3 dairy cows, a few pigs, and a calf, all of which we disposed of at satisfactory prices. ; Medium draught bootses froCi XI 13 tO'L.IS;■ 8 hacks, L - cows in calves, 14s 64; pigs, lßs6cL On Friday.next we hold a clearing sale of cattle, horses, household furniture, etc., ?,. ■ ■ ; ’ Messrs Robert Wilkin and Co. report : At .ffife i iAdcSigton - Yards bn Wednesday, • 5,674 sheep and 497 head of cattle were yarded for the week’s supply. Fat. sheep.-A fair hand. a good proportion of which and gbod quality descriptions. The biddings opened very dull; as the sale advanced, however, a slight improvement noticeable* hutprices a shade beloWlast week’s rates ruled for best' lifted -of crossbreds, while Sj supply pf merino wethers fit for the toll of the ttade met a brisk sale. In 1 dnty ■"a. moderate lot came - forward, the demsndTo.r which, was again very keen, and tgg’TS? subinitteT to auction found huyfetd readily nt \sd average of fully 27s fid per lOOlbs. We sold Messrs , Partridge ,and Edward’s crossbreds at from' 14s 6d to 16s; crossbred ewes from Pareora estate from 14s fid to 15s fid; on account of various clients, merino Withers medium quality .steers, L 5 lbs. Sheepskins, Hides, Tallow and. Fat—On gday we catalogued. 2260 sheepskins, 73 bagsTjat* fhd£o lijdes, - There,was a slight iinWriirehient 'in the 'price of shins compared •MtH last heel?!* rates, arid on the whole com- 1 petition was fairly animated. We sold country cross-breds’ at 33, Sd;4s 2d,: 4s .yd, 4s lod, to 155,. merinos, at 4s, 4s id, to ‘a line ' of extremely heavy double fleefaed'. skiiis 'we obtained 5s lid; tetetett’ijcjoss-bwdi, -4s 3d, 4s gd, 4s lod, Sf 4cL^sS4jd K -.iThe;latter .price was, realised fora prime lot of Mr J. Rosewarne’s skins. 'A line of Messrs Lapgdqn and Judge’s skins also tor4S'9d. i; Fat, from 2d per lb, up to 2&'d for good}country faU Tallow, 21s, up to 24s fid. Hides l and Galfskia&r-Hides, green, 3#d; wet»fnlted, I ‘aMd S dry, salted, 3j/d ; cut and damaged, 2 Calfskins, 3%d per lb, McssrsydVliles and Co; (per J. T. Ford) report as 'follows :—At the Tinwald saleyards there was but a small entry of stock, and very litri&kh- attendance. We sold on, account of Messrs A. li J Strachy arid C. J. Harper fat m’ririnb wethers at from 9s fid to 10s 3d, and on account" of 'Mr William Allan fat merino wethers at from 125 to 12s 3d; old merino ewes in lamb, on account of Mr McKenzie, at 3s9d each; and for the same owner a small line of cross-hired hbggets at 6s gd. The following isThfeChristchurch Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday • evening* theH3lst inst Business in the-grain trade continues in a very lethargic state) the past week being but a repetition of several of ns predecessotj. j Jkiglish advices repart a decline in values, which, however, has no visible effect locally.—Wheat; ’ Good milling samples, 3s lod to 4s per bushel, delivered in Christchurch ;\ seed' quality, ’4s fid to 4 s ?d per bushel;.second quality, 3s to, 3s fid per bushel; chick.wheat,,2s 3d io is Bd,pei bushel.—Oats: Bright milling quality, 2s to 2s id per bushel, £o.b.; feed,.Quality, is gd to is nd per 4s yd per bushel; feed arid second quality malting, 2s 4d to 3s gd per bushel.— Grass . Seed^Farmers . samples, 3s to 3s gd 'j, per bushel ; machine dressed, 4s to 45,.3d per bushel.—Potatoes : There is no 27s fid to 30s being the approximate value.—Cheese and Butter : to 5d foFlhe former, yd to d for the latter.