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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1084, 26 October 1883, Page 2

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Ashburton Guardian Office, . Friday afternoon, Rftte»<s:l£iles and Co. report upon the live stock’haarket for the week ending Thursday 2Cth iffit is follows: —At the Addington Vards on Wednesday the number of stock of all-desoiptions (excepting pigs) was in excess otAaM week,, being respectively 5,080 sheep, ahdT69 pigs. Ihe quality of the, fat sheep for the day’s—m«Vket was, as a role, undeniably good, and although biddings at the opening were; both dragging and dull, a decided improvement was manifested as the sale progressed, ahd the day’s tr must be considered extremely satisfactory to sellers, a Considerable advance on last week’s rates being obtained, the prices per pound for mutton. . ranging at; from 3Xd to 3&d Ilf &e i ‘ 'from' ‘»}(d to per pound for shorn sheep. ‘ The' very ’considerable rise which has within the last few weeks taken p’ace in the value for fat sheep is, weAteed not point put, entirely owing to the established^success of the frozen meat trade ; and wie are confident that the large engagements enteredinttrby the shareholders of the compahy fdti thie ;ensuing year must so influence thCitthckot here, as to provide with absolute certainty against a future drop in values ; this, of course, wijl * operate favorably _ upon all classes of stock,' and we fully anticipate increised rates for-both 1 store sheep and cattle, which, latter .have for some time past been mpctbelow!their real value. Fat cattle :We quote'tieef at from ?.2s 6d to 25s per loolbs, according to quklity. Pigs: A small supply with prices fully np to recent quotations. i - tore Cattle A somewbat larger entry ; the inquiry, hotTOVef/rwas but limited, and a slightly lower rale ns t£e order ot the day. Our sales were as i-r-Fdr fat sheep, account Mr W. RecVes, 5* crossbreds at 205, 24 at 19s; acStudhome, shorn ewes,,lsl at 14s 9d ; wethers, 152 at 16s qd; T. Patterson, 76 at i39Cd; MrD. McLean, 22 at 225, 20 at at 21s 3d, 65 at 21s; Mr W. B. Clarkson, 20 at it 225, 19 at 193 qd, 59 at 16s; Mr \V. Gerard, merino wethers, 34 at 15s 3d, 194 M 13 3d 5 64 at 13s, 71 at 12s qd, 46 at 12s frj; Mr- J,- C. Helmore’s merino wether stores, SO at ;os 61, 360 at 11s ; Messrs Chapman’ Bros’ merino wethers, 145 at 14s 6d; Mr Thomas - Robinson’s crjssbied’; ewes and lambs, : at 2ts 6d.— Tinwaii .- At this pi ace on Tuesday last there was again agood entry of stock of all descriptions. ~ The day was all- that could be desired and. altendanue good, and we are pleased to record a very successful sale. The, numbers yarded were 2730 sheep,. 135 cattle, 23 pigs. Our sa'es were as follows —Account Messrs Green and Scrint, 36 merino wethers at I is 6d, 3S*«t tU’i Mr -FV M. Foster, 32 crossbreds at |Asi6d,iioy. ab i2s qd, 174 ewes and lambs at fOsdSd i i Messrs Dudley and Worthcy, Ix 3 hoggets a| i<*»: rjdv 133 merino wethers at 7s qd; Mr G. Geddings, 43 crossbreds at 15s 6d, 160 at 143 4d; Messrs Cbisnall Bros, store merino wethers, 380 at, gs qd, 60 at 6s; Mr E. H. Dotson, xq bullocks at LS gs each, 19 stores at Sis each ; Mr Fleming, fat cow, Lg 12s 6d, 3 store heifers at 65s each'; Mr W. F. Allan, 2at 57s 6d each,J at 335, lat 465.

The fOllowingisthe Christchurch Com Exchange report for the week ending Friday oveffing. the 26th iust:—The prevailing daprcssion continues to affect the grain trade to som» extent, sales made being of little importance, with a difficulty in prices. Values range much the same as during last week.- —Wheat; Sound milling, 3s gd to 4s per bushel, delifirecE *at' Christchurch second quality, 3s |did 3s 6d; chick wheat, is lod to 2s 3d perbushel —OatsPrime milling, as id to 2s 2d per Bushel f.6.b.; bright short feed, is lid to 2s; inferior and! discolored, is 8d to is lod per busheL—Barley: First-class malting,! 4s'6d per bushel; second quality, 3s fid to 3s jd per bushel; feed, is lld to 2s ad.—Grass seed; Farmers’ samples, 3 s to 3» gd per bushel; machine' dressed, 4s to 4s jdipejr bushel; cocksfoot, 4j£d to per lb. 6d at country stations. —Butter i to 3d for the former, and yd to 7 l£d for the latter.