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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1066, 5 October 1883, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian Office, Friday afternoon.

Messrs Miles and Co. report upon the live stock market etc. for the week ending Thureday. Ath. October, as follows—. At the Ad dinin 'Yards.' on Wednesday last. dlilht entry only of fat sheep, which, how evaTseemedto be fairly sufficient for, the deAcood quality lines of heavy, weight fat ShrtEfwefelhe Section, and for these competition was keen and prices very; satisfactory; fight weights and medium quality sheep, considerine rile smdll number yarded, expeuenced anommratiyely dragging sale. On the whole, we qUme' a rise of from is 6dto2S per head on last week’s rates.—Fat -Lambs ; A moderate entry only, and with one- or two exceptions —fFat" Cattfei oln this class of stock there was rather ah over -supply penned, biddings ahd prices suffered considerably. a few exceedingly choice.lots, .the supply.for the day was scarcely ip ‘ standard of qualify.—Pigs : Small yard, consisting: mostly of porkers, for which there was a very animated enquiry, ana prices realised must have been exceedingly satisfactory -to vendors, . The.iquptations for tfiefat'*stock market we put at—Mat tbhj’i 3d per lb for medium quality, liehr~Wifnt; to 3#d for prime mutt«v K -bed? from to' !zSs,>ccording t|) (*aKty/"*ith : -a slight - advance on one or two lots. Part sold at up to 5d per lb. The totals yarded were—4.o26 sheep, 4»7 cattle. 109 pfes, of which* oar entries were on acco&it of Sn Joha Hull; MeSsrs D. McLean, Executors late . R.. Chapman, F. Oldfield, 'W. E,. Clarkson, and others. Store sheep— -A.much Smaller quantity yarded tHab--Wad been and very much short of inquiries. There, is; now a tolerably active dcfoaiM for good thriving crossbreds and wethers. Crossbred ewes talamb or with lambs at foot are much sought after; and Wge'prices are being realised; one lot ofewes, with -large percentage of lambs, ntttWed'ne&rly Store cattle—ln this class there was somewhat larger entry, and although not a very perceptible improvement in prices, there was a more active inquiry..—Ashburton. —We beld our usual- sale of stock at these yards on. Tuesday last. There was a .very small entry of all descriptions. In fat stock pticcs-were much about--Christchurch rates, but the quality yarded was as a whole not firat-iatar slp stores we sold crossbred wethers merino wethers up to 11s.

The following is the Christchurch Cora Ex change report for the week ending Friday eretung the Jth inst. :—The past week has not been distinguished by any appreciable improvement grain market'with the exception of a better enqairy for oats, there is nothing, however, to warrant a departure from the previous week’s quotations.—Wheat: Good milling^samples. 3S rod to 4s per bushel, defivertd in Christchurch; seed quality, 4s 6d tois yd per bushel : second quality, 3s 3d to qs 6d : chick wheat, as 3d to 2s 6d per bushel. —Oats : Bright milling quality, 2s to 2s id per hushel, ; '£ 0,b.; feed quality, is qd to is nd per bushel.—Barley: First class malting, 4s idfO 4s 6d per bushel; feed quality and second quality malting, 2s 4 d to 3s 6d per bushel.— Grass Seed : Farmers’ samples, 3s 3d to 3s qd per bushel; machine dressed, 4s to 4s 3“ per Qbtf ; cocksfoot, 4'4d lo per lb.— Potatoes:.2ssto 27s 6dper ton.—Cheese and Butter ; to $d for the former, to 8d fop-tßb latter. v '