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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1048, 12 January 1884, Page 2

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Ashburton Guardian Office, Saturday afternoon, j Means Fried lander Bros., in conjunction •ritkriMessn- K- Wilkin and Co. (per Mr F. C. Tabart, Auctioneer), report of the live stock market for the . week ending Jan. Bth as folIpin.;— At the Tinwald sale on Tuesday there skis a large ,snpply of sheep and cattle under bffet. “Tlieopening of the sale, which slanted with fat sheep, was a.very dragging one, most of the pens bong .passed. in. We noticed a terribte qteiting. .amongst the sheep, and no wonder, w«eh they were knocked down at pyirwf qansidcrably below,rates of late sales. A W of fat sheep Which we could not place tinderbainmer, wesol’3 afterwards at I2s6d «ach.o’Tn store sheep there was; a large entry, yurt (he sties of some classes were a little more floiiMtbgthMthbrebf fat 1 ’We must say we bad one of the best lines<oC merino ewes with lambs which were ever offered in either of the yards, they were withdrawn at 15s 4d per ample. ..Well grown hoggetssold at capital uiees, anything like good sorts ranging from 14s pd. In fat cattle there was a large entry.- The biddings were not very brisk, Bbdd stcerfesdling Tor L 5 to L 6 10s and JjJ. In ttoreaf a* four business was. transacted. We quote mutton from 2d to per lb, and beef &om 16s to 19s per loolb. The total yarded comprised 4,776 theep, head of cattle, and aQ'ffgK 'Privately .during the week we placed of ago. /at ewes and wethers at 14s eachv 1; Me&td Matson,) Cox and Co. report upon the Ups-stock market in the Ashburton district Mr the week ending January 1 nh, as follows: On Tuesday ah the, Tinwald Yards we held our mnal J*«kjiy ble of cattle, sheep and pigs. Tfe-anfett3artce of farmers and others was untwtilly dnmerouvand the entry for both cattle and sheep was a large one. In fat ; sheep the did not come up in some instances to' bwners reserves, and several lots were turped (pit unsold. In store sheep bidding was fully up to last sale and all of our entries were sold, -, In cattle there was a large entry both dffat store and dairy cows, all of which Sold at satisfactory prices. We quote mutton at da to d per lb; beef at 18s to 22s per loolbs. Irrsheep we sold 40 fat crossbred hogg. ts at 13s, 52 at 14a 4d, 30 at 14s 6d, 487 merino ewes in wool, at 6s 3d, 732 do at 6s 3d, 131 ytilla at .2s lid, and 105 merino ewes and B&Wat 6s Sd. In pigs :2 at 20s 6d, 6 slips fttf-tbtf'eacfa. - In cattle Fat steers, L 5 S S » L; ra:Ls2i «d‘f fat cows, L 5 ss, LS 12s 6d, £5 *9?» L 6 18s 6d, L 7 2s 6d, L 6 as odpL6 12s 6d/ Ls ; two-year-old steers, £4 7s fid and L 3; dairy cows, L 6 17s fid, L 6 1 os, L 6 15s, L 6 10s, I 7 ss, Ls 15s, Ls 12s 6J, Ls 108, LS js'fid ,vLs ; yearlings, L2 to L2 ss. Last Thursday we held our usual fortnightly SsjCof fivestpek and sundries for the .Rakaia dfiiKWt i s 'Tfetere wCre no sheep forward, but the mffiryoPhbtses; pigs, and sundries was above tfiemverage. A fair amount of business was done. The new yards are being proceeded with, and when completed a larger amount of basiacss in live stock is expected. At present these jam! accommodation, hence the disinelination of farmers to forward stock for disposal to the Rakaia.