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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1259, 21 May 1884, Page 2

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Ashburton Guardian Office, Wednesday Afternoon. . Messrs Friedlander Bros, in conjunction with. Messrs JR. Wilkin suid. Co (pgr-Mr F. C.r JakciionedryJeporK on the-live stock' market for the weekending May 2otb, as follows rAt the Ashburton, yards on Tuesday, the attendance of farmers, dealers and others, was small, inconsequence of; the.bad state of th£ We*ftfer, y and from the same ' reason probably, the qntries were, much smaller than, n&al’fb? these and vciy little business eventuated in sheep or cattle. Prices in fat sheep and good ■ £ conditioned stores were almost equal to late sales, but some lines of old mouthed ewes .went for boiling -do wn at low rales,’ < We'quote for mutton,'2d to per . lb. Beef, from r6s to 18- per roolb. Store cattle are a drug in the market at present, the low prices ruling for fat stock not encouraging graziezsdicvpatr their grass into beef this season. , ' AsbbtWoirLive Stock Market.—Mr E’ G. Staveley (for the New Zealand Loan and Go*,, rLimited), reports udder'dale 20th May as‘follows:—Sheep: Only a moderate,-number came forward,artd there wasa paucity of buyers, which, considering the indetpent state of the weather, is not to be ■rfofidered at; ‘ Vfcry' little enquiry was manifested and business was limited' at our > .quotations Fat crossbred ewes, 12s; merino wethers, 7s 3d; ewes, 4s 3d; crossbred lambs, 6s rod, 8s t 2d and 8s 8d; aged merino ew«s, Jl» 9d to'3s 3d;■ store crossbred wethers, 12s rod.—Pigs : Slips made 12s 6d.—Cattle : Very fetv tovihandi<anc£’for stores' little or no - demand existed. Fat cows and heifers brought ' from -L4 to LA; forward bullocks, L 5 10s; cows in milk, L 5 a piece. Young stock were ' Messrs Matson, C»x and Co. report upon the live May srst, as follows:—On Tuesday at the Ashburton Yards t we hold out usual weekly sale of sheep, cattle. The attenda -ce of fanners, dKilers and, others, owing to the inctiiifair Vteather, was very- poor." The catalogue fob the day’s business in sheep was a fair one, but in pigs and cattle the entry was a smaller one than we have seen for a long time past In hit sheep the entry consisted mostly of fat crossbred ewes with a few merino wethers, and realised prices fully equal to late be«j*"i&‘ra" rys "per zooms.' we sold on account of Messrs H, T r Smith, A. Jackson, W. HJ Macftrlanh; Somerville, E. Ross, Alexander, John Grigg, W. Saunders, D. Buckley, P. Daly, James Wilson, H. McCoskerie, T. Hurley, J. C. Bell and others the fol- ' —jm iui EiuaaurcCT''-sueep 13s. 3', 56" crossbred ,fat;ibeep< 12s, 28 ditto its 6d, 97 crossbred ewes 13s, 127 crossbred lambs Bs.2d, irj,«-t«rth.iptpsgbrcdsi mixed taxes'‘ 12s rod, T4l"crossbred ewe lambs very small 4s 4d, 144 lamhs; 6s 4d, 150 merino wethers sound mouth 6s, 105 ditto 6s 3d) 166 merino ewes fair mouths 4s 4d, 344 ditto 3s 6d, 68 pld merino wethers 25 3d, 363 merino wethers 4s fd.' In cattle—2 fat steers L 5 Ss each, 2 fat eifeps L 6, T fat cow £7, 5-calves 12s, etc.