LATEST COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8529, 8 April 1913, Page 5

LATEST COMMERCIAL.

ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET

Therc^was a large attendance and a very big' entry of all classes of sheep at the Ashburton live stock market htid at the Tinwald yards to-day. The prices for the fats wore good and competition was keen throughout. There was a large increase in tne number of fat sheep sent forward, 3714 being registered as against 2178 for last week. The yarding comprised 814. owes (503 -last week), '614 wciiiers (US last week) and 2586 lambs (IGG4 last week). Of Ihe yarding of fat ewes, freezing buyers took 348, ' butchers 2LI, graziers. 117 and 152 were passed. Of the wethers penned, the freezers took 293 and butchers 21. Freezing buyers took thu whole of the yarding of lambs at full market rates. The following are the .prices:—

Sheep.

Fat Pens.—Ewes: 16 three-quarter-breds at 14s 6d, 5 halfbreds at I4s 9d, J6 three-quaiterhreds at 14s, 29 Downs at 17s 4d, 17 do. at 17s 4d, 2 do. at ' 17s 6d, 7 haifbreds at 12s 6d. 25 do at 14s-9d, 2 do. at 16s lid, 49 threj^, quarterbreds at 12s Bd, 12 ffiermog at 8s lOd, "52 three-quarterbreds at 14s Id, 2 halfbreds. at 19s 6d, 30 three-quar-terbreds at 14s lid, 12 three-quarter-breds at* 14s lid, 11 haJtb'reds'iit 16s, 4d,'39 three-quarterbreds at 16s Id, 29 thrce-quar'terbreds (14 at 14s 3d, 15 at 14$ 4d), 25 threo-quarterbreds. at 13s lid, 1 two-tooth half bred at ]6s 3d," 25 three-quarfcerbreds at 14s 9d, 37 halfbreds at 14s Bd., 44" three-quarterbreds l at 14s 3d, 84 crossbred^ at l-5s lid, 15 halfbreds at 16s 9d, 24 do. at 13s 7d, 52 threo-quarterbreds at 14s 7d. Wethers: 4 orossbreds'at 20s 4d, 11 threequarterbreds at 18s, 1 halfbred at 16s lid, 5 halfbreds at 21s, 1 do. 20s 9d, 35 halfbreds at ]8s 6d, 43 six-tooth halfbreds at 19s lid, 214 six and eighttooth halfbreds at 19s 6d. Fat Lambs.—l at ]5s 3d, 1 at 16s, 5 at 18s, 75 at 17s 6d, 14 at 18s Bd, 15 at 18s 2d, 1 at 15s 9d, 2 at 17s, 7 at 17s Cd, 62 at 15s 2d, 37 at 15g 4d, 47 at 16s lOd, 141 at, 17s, 284 at 19s 7d, 152 at 19s 2d, 460 at 17s 6d, 123 at /7s sd, 102 at 16s Bd, 103 at 16s 6d, 126 . at 17s 6d, 101 at 19s lOd, 53 at los Bd, 137 at 15s lOd, 77 at 17s, 273 at 16s 9d, 37 at 14s, 150 at 15s 9d.

Cattle,

Pat Pens.—Heifers, £6 10s, £7 2s 6d, £7 os. £7; cows, £5 ss, £5, £8 7s 6d, £10 17s 6d; steers, £10 2s 6d and £7 2s 6d. " " . Store Pens.—l cow (springing third' calf) £8, 1 cow (springing) £7. ' The store sheep were being sold up to the time we went to press and the particulars will appear in to-morrow's issue.