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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1417, 26 November 1886, Page 2

ASHBURTO' stock sales. The New Zealand 10m and Mercantile Agency Company imUed reports :—At the ishburt'n ha 1 yards on the 23rd inat. ah ut 35- 0 sheep and an average entry of cattle fosmei tee day’s offerings. The sale was dull all through, and in several cse= ebe;-p vvare w'thdr.*wn. Fat shorn we?h«rs u»»da 7a 4d to S' 6d ; fat mixed cross 1 reds in the w 01,o 1 ,10 s 6d ; shorn crossbred ewes, aged, with 100 per cent of lambs, 4s 51; do in the wool, wlih 93 per cent of lambs, 6a Id ; mixed croat- | breds in the wool, 7s 10 ; shorn hoggetr forward c ondition, 4i Id and 5s 31; •mall wjolly do 4r 3d ; aped merino ewes in the wool with 70 per cent of lambs, 2s lid; frt cows, £4 15» to £6 10s; forward budocks, £6. Messrs Miles and Co. report as follows: —A fa r entry cf stock of all descriptions, and a somewhat improved demand for same, " e sold fat mixed crossbreds at 8s to 10* 61 ; fat lambs at 5a ; haifbred ho. g- ta 1 1 10s 6d ; crossbred do, 7a ; two-tooth do. 4 Id to 5; 3d; merino ewes, with 7 i per cent Lmba at foot, at 23 lid ; croeabred do, with 86 per cent lambs ar. foot, 5)41; ewes and lambs, fit end fit 3d j fat itesr*, £4l7 a Wto 'M