COMMERCIAL.
Ashburton Guardian Office,
Thursday afternoon.
At the Addington yards on Wednesday small entries only of all kinds of stock, with a limited attendance of buyers The maiket opened at eight o’clock punctually with the sale of fat cattle. The attendance of butchers was not large at the start, but greatly improved as the sale progressed, and the majority of the cattle offered found buyers under the hammer. Steers sold tit from L 5 ios to Ly, heifers at L 3 17s 6d to L 5 12s 6d, being at the rate of from 17s to 18s per loolb. The sale of fat sheep, which followed. Was a dull on“, a limited entry fading little demand. Crossbred wethers sold up to 15s 6d, for prime quality and heavy weights; ewes, ics to ns gd; merino wethers, 6s to 7s. Store sheep were in small supply. A line of crossbred ewes in lamb sold at 8s gd per head. Little else done. A large entry of pigs met with a ready demand at late rates. Store cattle were in small supply, and inquiry dull.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1541, 28 May 1885, Page 2
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183COMMERCIAL. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1541, 28 May 1885, Page 2
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