COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1243, 2 May 1884, Page 2

COMMERCIA L.

Ashburton Guardian Office, ■ Friday Afternoon. ■ - ‘Messrs H. Matson and Co. report on the * live stock market, etc., for the week ending Thursday, May Jst, 1%, as follows:—For yesteMay’S Aadmgtbn ; market an especially We entry of sheep again came to hand, and was represented fully up to '•trade- requirements, yet stores constituted a -i very large proportion of.the days total num- ' here The of buyers was much ’ about as usual, and dull and dragging as busi- ■ : qess in fersheep admittedly was, yet, con- ! " adering the heavy supply, a very fair clearance ' was made, at prices about equal to last week s "rates. In quaity there was a decided improvemention the. previous market, hr more wethers-beidg penned thah for several weeks ■ ■ past This, fact brought out one or two ■ ' Wets for. shipment, thus helping to retrieve the sale, and give a slightly better ionc to ’ trade thdn / it>" otherwise .would have had, "We quote"the best wether mutton at -about 2#d per lb; medium quality, viz., crossbred ewes, ; mixed sexes, and light merinos at z}4d. In store sheep the keen inquiry noticeable a month or s x weeks since has considerably toned down for breeding ewes, from the fact-that nearly, every farmer has now supplied himself, while in grazing lines the near approach of ' winter is beginning to have its influence upon trade. Inferior as ' was in a measure a number of last week’s con- - tributions, -many of yesterday’s consignments ' s were infinitely more so, and for .one or two oi J ' the worst lot,s of cull merino ewes it was diffi•x ■ cult to get an offer at all; More than one line ‘ of this class of sheep were sent out unsold ; in - fact, considering their age, low condition, and v the season of the year this Is not to be wondered aU *< On account of Mr J. E. Thacker, ;of Okain’s Bay, we sold 750 full-mouthed ” crossbred-, ewes ,at from, 9s 7d to 9s tod, a ■’ price as per head below what they would have 5 realised a month since—the culls of the 10l ‘ .Were sold at 7s 3d. Oh account of Mr A, ■ Chamberlain we placed ,220 full-mouthed merino wethers 1 at 7s 6:1, 179 'small half-bred / Jamba for other owners at 7s id, 440 cull dittc ■ . ’at Ss Bd, four-tooth crossbreds at 13s 6d, merine .... ewes at 6s, lambs at 10s 6d to lis 3d, and a ■ draft of 260 crossbred ewes at 13s pd. The . beef market was more heavily supplied than :• ; we have seen it for some months, in fact it * was overdone, a-prqfracted and dull sale being A;;' the result.' before 1 the ‘ completion of the ri- auction it was found necessary tp adjourn tc f the outside pens'lliat' buyeis might have the benefit of the waning daylight to conclude ■S their purohases. The sale throughout, al(hough showing no signs of improving values, pr seated more buyers than we have noticed for some lime. Very few rattle of an ■f, entry of 90 head submitted by ourselves being turned-but..unsold. We placed 14 head o( light weights at L$ to L 6 10s, IS head at L 6 « to Lfi -r?e-6d, 16 head. at L 5 17s fid to Lfi Js; cows, L 4 las6dto 1 5 12s 6d, 7 head at ; 4 L 6 15s, and 10 head at Ls 7s 6d to 16 -.'173 6d, also several small lots at proporlionate prices, equal to from 17s to 18s 6d •i/'ip to lOS per loolbs, according to quality. In ' stores there was perhaps a shade better cnT ’quiry, and^t.unaltered values we quitted eveiyloi of our entry ; two to three- ;*■' ,ear-old steers, Li 15s to L 5 ss; .yearlings to v ; two-year-olds, Lr-Iss to L 3 ; springers, L 6 to etc. The supply of pigs was in a great . measure made up of country consignments, ex from outside districts, and included some i-very well grazed lots. Although early in the K; season, all the curing representatives were preff "«nt, and the enquiry from that source, coupled -. with the demand from the local trade, brought ■" values higher than at any previous market this ' «««>«■ Owners of f t pigs of all classes can ' now getting a good return for the ' game, as those weights not available for export -J are readily taken rup by butchers and others. r. The totals yarded for the day comprised 14389 T*eep, 300 head of cattle, and 217 pigs, of jv- which our entry included 6,039 sheep, 175 U head of cattle, and 58 pigs. On Thursday, i 'April 24th, at Lavington, Kakaia, on account ' olMr C. N. Mackic, who has disposed of his ■./ farm, we held a clearing sale of , the whole of -Otthe live and dead stock on the estate. The at- * represented the principal farmers and t Others of the district, and a satisfactory cleatff - ance was made of all lots." Fresh condition jirwterioo wethers brought 7s, aged crossbreds 7s fed; fat merino- 18s 3d, 600 mixed age merinos fid, cull merino ewes 3s 2d. Horses, imIftements, furniture, etc-, fair values. On |s; monthly sale, and disposed of, ! oh account of If--, ‘various owners, Down lambs at 9®, merino ewes at 4s 6d, cull ditto at prices as per des : IsJSnption. { '\ • ’ *|fl 1 - The following is the Christchurch Com Exreport for the week ending Friday even 4, rig, the and inst v—The corn market for the has met with somewhat of a check. The ‘ f indifference.diQwri by buyers may be attributed *\j»ftly to the (ffifi'culty in finding a ready outlet /f&T wheat, and the large quantity of damaged main now in store that has been condemned as ' ;«mJit for Shipment, thus taxing : the capacity of Citbe various grain stores to the utmost, indeed, kr some instances it has been found necessary supplement the ordinary storage room by a « ifetnm to the ■ plan adopted a few years ago there was a similar block of building K itacks Outside and well covering them. Buyers .undesirous of. pntinuing this tl&kf 2°°.9’ fid.not- at *ll S-Wager to purchase, excepting for direct sbipSweat ‘to the neighboring colonies.. The tc«il!oWing are' the ' Peek’s 'quotations:— C yVheat t For sound dry samples 3s 3d, 3s axtd3s Sd, fo.b., fori "Hunter’s pearl and lyneran respectively, with a slightly easier maryfcefc—Oats ; Milling, 2S 3d ; brisk demand fo> ./lir&hi: short feed at as idtq 2s 2d; inferior meet,with a - little more alten«|ih»a4te9d to 25, all Cab.—Barley ; Iti this p'SieMal the jonc of the market has been con- ' Uifierably modified ; malsters being nearly supplied nothing but first class mee's with inquiry 3sfidio 45,-althongh a very superior sample gpitfit- command a shade higher.—Grass Seed : «ar- et for rye grass is markedly* dull, buyers being very indifferent as to purchase, require considerable persuasioo to .main-toin-quotations, viz., 3s to 3s 6d for farmers, f ijubd if machine dressed. Cocksfoot is fairly * raaaired for at to 4d, f.0.b, : lytteiton, hpght samples and well ’ dressed.— .^JEtotatoes: 30s to J2s fid at country stations ; f donand slackening.—Butter and Cheese ; gd Lag for the former, and 411 to $d for the