Ashburton Markets.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2912, 2 March 1893, Page 3

Ashburton Markets.

MESSRS MILES AND CO., LIMITED. Messrs Miles and Company report on the weekly stock sale, held at the Ashburton yards, on Tuesdaj February 28 :— Quite a busy time was., experienced at this fixture, entries of sheep crowding in from daylight until after the sale commenced, and the availableyards beingovertaxed extra pens had to be provided. In sheep the totals were 19,147, in cattle 54 head, and 11 pigs. An unusually large audience was present, but buyers, in view of the heavy entry of sheep, acted with hesitation, and the sale was somewhat dragging throughout. The sheep market was largely' supplied with medium, and inferiqr descriptions, which met aqnieter demand and lower rates, Butchers' sheep and stock for freezing were oniy moderately represented, and several good lines sold satisfactorily, realising a »hade better values than prevailed at last Tinwald market. Good quality lambs were slightly lower in value, whilst second rate lots and also merino wethers were decidedly reduced in price with slack demand. With more of the recent welcome rain values will no d(jubt return to their former ievel, as large numbers of pastoraiists and farmer* are now in quest of sheep. We obtained 16s for a good line of freezing crossbreds, othgr lots selling down to }4ssd. j Pat lambs madi up to 12s Id, two-toOths to }4s, fat merinoWes up t0'7.8 3d, Six antf eight-tooth crossbred ewes for breeding realised from 12s to 15s Id, stofe lambs were sold from 8s s'd to jOs Qd, Qur sales were 2^ crossbred ewes at 10a 3d, 30 fat crossbreds at 13s 7d, 138. fat halfbred wethers at 16.*, 140 merino ewes at 6s, 281 crqssbred ewes at 103 10d, 193 crossbred ewes at 7s 6d, Privately we have sold yoirng merino ewes and sheep for freezing 'at satisfactory rates.

MESSES J. T. TOBD AND CIO. Messrs J. T, Ford and Co., in conjunction with Mr Henry Zander, report on the Ashburton market for Tuesday, February 28, as follows :—The total yarded was ihe largest this season. About 20,000 sheep of different classes were penned, and though a good number of buyers weie present a drop in 3tore sheep had tq be contended with. There was a good competition" for y6urig crossbred sheep,; a line' of six and eight-tooth crossbred ewes fetched 15s Id. Eat Sm? ; fep--The entry was larger than we ha,v.e :seen t'cir son^e time past, in fact extra llurdles had to be brpught to make more pens, the acQonimodati'onhqt bejng sufficient. Best crossbred ewes and wethers, two-.tooth, fetched from 12s Qd to 14s } crossbred ewes, 9s 5d to 10a 9d; merino ewes, 0s lOd to Bs, »c lording to size and quality. Lambs—The entry was a" large one, the quality on the whole being only medium, excepting a few good lines, which found ready buyers. Stobv, Siikkf- —C'qmpatitiou was fair, but »t time,? slow. Merino ewes fotched'from gS to '5s 6d j merino ewes and' lambs, atcounted, 5s 6d to 6s pd; crossbred 1 ewes, J3» (Id to 158 Id, '

Fat Cattle—An average entry, for which «o was fair, and forn:t>r values were m iutained. Best steers sold at i'rum £5 to £/; heifers from x 4 10< io £6.

MESSBS FEIEDLANDJSB BKOS. Messrs Friedlander Bros, report upon the live stock market for the week ending Wednesday, March 1, as follows: The entry or sheep for Tuesday s market at the Ash burton yards was the largest which has been c vtalogued this season; quite 20,000 sheep hid to be accommodated, and the various a.'ents were kept going from eaily morning to'see that they were properly penned up. Besides the large and commodious sheep yards the cattle and pig pens were made use of. The attendance of buyers and others was very good, and although many thought that on account of the large entry a drop in price would take place, such was not the case, as all lines of young healthy sheep met with good competition, and a very good clearance was effected at prices equal to late sales. The only line* of sheep which were not competed for were old merino ewes and merjy> wethers. The following are the prices realised at auction:-In fat sheep there was not a very large entry and nothing of special quality. Fat crossbred ewes so a at from 9s 4d to 10s 6d, and up to 13s 6(1 for heavy weights; fat crossbred two-tooths from 13s 3d to 14s ; merino ewes from 6s 6d to 8s , merino wethers, 6s 6d. Fat lambs fit for export from 11s JOd to 12s. In store sheep good halfbred lambs, of which there was a large entry, made 10s 3d, 10s 6d, 10s 8 I, and up tolls2d; while smaller lambs sold at from 7s to 8s 9d. Good crossbred breeding ewes met with strong competition ; a splendid line of halfbred six and eighttooth ewes sent forward by Mr E. G. Wright made 15s Id; others sold (aged ewes) up to l(Xs; and young breeding ewes up to 13s 9il; crossbred ewes and lamb 3 from 8s 9d to 9s, all counted ; merino ewes and lunubß up to 7a; two and four-tooth crossbred sheep fri>m.l3s 7d to 14% SA, according to condition and size ; old merino breeding ewes from 3s 3d to 6s. Considering the large entry a good clearance was effected. Our sales for the day were on account of various clients: —Fat merino ewes, 73 3d, 7s 4d, 5a 7d, to 6s lOd; crossbred ewes, 10a sd; crossbred two-tooths, 13s 3d to 14s; store lambs (small), 49, 8s 9d; 7- cull' lambs, 7s ; 209 first-cross lambs, 10a 8d ; 183 first-cross lambs, 11s; 214 first-cross lambs, 11s; 25 first-crosss lamb 3, 11s 10d ; 67, first-cross lambs, lls 2*l ; 50SUmerino ewes and 340 crossbred lambs were withdrawn at 7a; 300 sound mouth ewes, 7s; 5 old Lincoln rams, 1^ guinea. There Was a large entry of cattle which sold at full market rates, and meeting with good competition from local butchers. j Store Cattle—The presence of a Southern' I buyer made things lively, and all lots were disposed of at full rates. . , Last Thursday we attended the opening of the new yards at Rakaia. There was a largs attendance, and although bidding at auction was rather slow and dull, most lots cleared at ruling market rates. At the Hinds on Monday last a yarding of about 3000 sheep was sent forward, and nearly all lots were disposed of. The following prices were realised :—Two-tooth crossbred ewe 3up to 14s 4d ; old crossbred ewes from 9s 5d to 9s 6d ; a nice line of freezing sheep were withdrawn at 14s 8d ; old merino ewes, 3s 6d to 4s 9d ; crossbred lamta from 9a to lls. Ths Hiuds Saleyards Compauy have now arranged to have a fixed day for their sale occe a month, which will, be duly advertised. The clip in now nearing its completion and will prove a great advantage to the farmers in the district, Privately we have placed several l"nes of lambs and fat sheep for freezing; also oh account of Mr Max Friedlander we have sold the following lines of rams :—25 two-tooth Lingoln for the North Island ; 15 two-tooth Hampshire flock rams to MrE Herring, of the Alford Estate; 5 Hampshire Down rams to Mr Stitt, of Winchmore ; 3 Border Leicester flock rams and 2 Lincoln stud rams ; also 27 halfbred rams to Mr Rosendale, all at satisfactory prices. We also placed to Mr F. 0. Tabart, who Is acting manager for a J^orth Island client, one of Mr Max Friedlander's Hampshire stud rams at 22 £ guineas.

MR JOHN G. KESTELL. . Mr John G> Restell, in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited (per Mr John R. Bland), auctioneer, reports on the live stock market for the week ending March 1 : —At the Ashburton county saleyarda on Tuesday, February 28, was one of the largest sheep sales ever held hi Ashburton. 19,149 sheep, 54 head cattle, 12 pigs came forward. The stock on the whole was not vetry high class. The bulk of the entry comprired old merino c-ws and second quality lambs. For this class of stock the demand was not keen, but for all young sound sheep the demand was good throughout the sale. Good crossbred ewes sold up to 15s Id. We sold a line of 400 fat crossbred wethers at 15s 3d. Store merino wethers were almost unsaleable Out of the total number yarded our entry comprised 6147 sheep, 20 head of cattle, 11 pigs, which we sold as follows :— 400 fat crossbred wethers, 15s 3d.; 332 forward two-toothr^eroiSslireds, 13s 9d ; 60 crossbred ewes, ISIJd ; 300 store lambs, §s 9d 3 50 merino wethers, 6s 8d; 125 merino wethers, 6s 3d; 355 merino ewes, 3s; 84 crossbred ewes and lambs, 8s 9d, nil counted; 250 merino ewes, 6s 8d ; 367 merino ewes, 4s 9d ; 170 merino ewes, 4s Id ; 500 msrino ewe», 63 9d ; 256 old crossbred ewes, 9s Id ; 47 store lambs, 8s 5d ; 4 bullooks, L 5 17s 6cl; 8 heifers, L 6 ss; 4 heifers, L 5 7s 6d; 3 cows, L 5 ; 1 cow in full profit, L 6 153 j 4 store pigs, 17s Sd; 7 small pigs, Bs. During the week we have sold privately, 773 crossbred ewes, 13s ; 564 merino ewes, 7s ; 300 crossbred ewes, 15s 6d ; 8 two-tooth Shropshire rams, 4|gs; 10 Shropshire ram lambs, 4gs; 3 two-tooth Shropshire rams, 4|gs. Hinps Monthly Salk—On Monday, February 27, we held our regular monthly sale at the Hinds saleyards, when about 300 sheep and several horses were yarded. The attendance was good, and all the sheep entered were cleared at very satisfactory prices—in fact higher prices were obtained than at Ashburton the following day 0 ' Our entry comprised 1851 isheep, which w'€j sold as follows'; - 430 four-tooth wethers, Hs 9d ; 43,5. two-tooth crossbred ewes, 14s 4'd,; 116 crossbred lambs, lls; I^7 crossbred ewes, ,9s 6d; 231 old crosebrei ewes, lCg; 180 merino ewes, 3a 6d j 80 merino ewes, 4* 8d 3 71 crossbred ewes', 13s JOd j 120 old merino we.ther3, 2a 9J,

MR DAVID THOMAS. Mr D. Thomas reports upon the the live stock market in the Ashburton county for the week ending March 1, as follows :*— On Tuesday at the Ashburton yards there was the largest entry of sheep which we have seen for over twelve months. Amongst them were some good lines of exceptionally good sheep, notably SStytwo-toothcrbssbreds for Mr E. Hampton, 37.5 crossbred ewes 'for Windermer^, 1,400 two-tooth's for Mr Protheros, 200 crossbred lambs for ]^Jr Ayrton sold hy me, and a gran/I' line, of fat four-tooths sold by another, agent. Tak.en all rqvmd th!e sheep were not as good as usual, although, as, above, many Tines were Al; still a proportion showed signs of travel, and a fa/r porfciqn of thfj entry was made up. of cull srieep of various descriptions, There was a good attendance of farmers, etc., and although many of them wanted sheep still there was not that keenness in the bidding to which we have lately been aocustomed, The totals yarded for the day consisted of about 18,500 sheep and 55 head of cattle, of which my entry comprised 10,590 sheep and 30 head of cattle, and 2 p^gs and 1 succeeded in disposing of the following lines, viz.—B3l crossbred two-tooths 14s sd, 250fu1l mouth ceossbrer] ewes lss Id, 407 crossbrftd twoitoo'UiW3t"3s jOd, 331 merino ewes ss, 248 crossbred lambs lbs 7d, 44 fat crossbred ewes 10 ; 3 4d, 69 f ait -cccssbred 1 ewes 10s 6d," 35 fat crossbred ewes 10s &i, 70 fat merino ewes Bs, 39, old ewes $s sd, 3^ first cross lambs tia pd, ifio second crpss full j n^outh ewes Ids 22Q. merino e\yes lfQ lambs all counted 5s Qd, 6,8 crossbred twb^ tooths 12s 3d, \3& crossbred gull lambs gs Jld, 111 crossbred lambs 10a 33, 214 crossbred lambs 11s, 190 crossbred ewes and lambs all counted lls 3d, 184 cull merino ewes 3s 3d, 180 crossbred lamba 12s Id, 325 crossbred lambs 10s 3d, 137 [merino ewes and 127 lambs all counted 6s, 84 merino ewes 4s 6d, 471 crossbred, l^Ynbs \Q?i fd s 95 O!;Q9abre.c| ewes and all counted 9s, j)fc;-;..i'. !'«■•■ »s (»*■ ■*>■ --: -■•■ « •' ■ «In cattle I sold fat cows at £.6. 55, £& 11^3 6d- £6,2s 6d, £6 5s 3 ' *$' £5 7s fid,' faf staer t4'2s;eJ, fat cipws L"? lHs, X 7 10s, two parlipg* 18 17s 64 ea.cb, twc cows Ui W*

each, 1 cow L 5 sb, yearling L2,,dry. c0w.12 1 • , cow in milk L 3 ss, two steers at 60s ach, three calves at 6s 6J each, old cow L 2 !()■>, etc. I. fold dry sow Ll 12s 6d, sow in pig L 2 1-M6J. Takug into consideration the large entry of stock a very good clearance was made, and the fall in prices was not as much as inighr. have bien expected. Hiuds Sale.—On Monday last the usua monthly sale was held in the new yards. There was a good entry of about 4000 sheep, •ml a fair clearance was made, fat sheep being sold up to 14s 9d. I sold for various clieuts 186 merino ewes at 5d 6d, 266 merino ewes at 4s 6J, and 254 lambs at 10s. The sa,l« of horses, etc , was far from lively. Private sales of stock during the weak.'— 750 merino ewes dtraight from the station 7s 0,1, 329 merino ewes and 280 lambs 14s Id, , 20 Shropshire Down rams 4£ guineas each, 2 Shropshire Down rams at LlO 10s each, 2 Shropshire Down rams at L 6 6s each, etc. Horse Market-—The least said abeut Saturday's sale the better. Out of 43 horns there were not a dozen worth finding. It < always appears to me that some people have > nothing else to do but pay entry for Bcrews ' at the Arcade. lam sorry to say that there are far too many horses of this sort in our district. The enquiry? for good, young, sound, staunch draught horses is' just as good as evei, and-twenty could be readily sold every Saturday if yon could get them.