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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8820, 17 March 1914, Page 5

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ASH BURTON STOCK MARKET.

There was a-large attendance at\i the' weekly' stock market held at the !Tinwald yards to-day, when there- was a large yarding of all classes of sheep. The yarding of fat sheep totalled 16b6, as against 976 last week at- Ashburton. There was'a falling.off in fat ewes, but an increase' in iat wethers and fat lambs, and .competition,'.was keen. With freezing buyers operating prices were, very firm,, and every line submitted Was sold by auction, ewes making up to 20s, wethers up to 19s Id, and lambs ,to 20s. Tlie details of the yarding are as follow,' last week's figures being shown in parentheses: — Ewes, 315 (404); .wethers, 133 (37); lambs, 1212 (535). The yarding of store sheep was a large one, and consisted principally of ewes. The sale for stores was one of the best held for somel months, both for quality and prices, and the bulk of the large yarding, totalling 10,545, as compared with-, 6454 for the last sale, was sold by auction at prices from Is to-2s in advance of those reported at late sales. The total yarding t>f all classes of sheep was 12,210, as against 7430 for last week. , The following are the quotations: — Sheep. Fat pens.—Ewes: ,2 crossbred 20s, 9 three-quarterbred 14s lid, 18 do. 14s 7d, 15 do 16s, 30 do. 17s Bd, 18 halfbred 16s lid, 18 do. 16s Bd, 12 crossbred 13s 7d, 40 Halfbred (20 at 13s lid and 20 at! 13s 10d), 63 three-quarterbred 17s 7d, 5 halfbred 13s 9d, 2 three-quarterbred 18s 9d, 15 merinos 7s 3d, 49 threequarterbred 16s, 19 do. 16s. Wethers: 30 2-tooth halfbred 18s, 35 halfbred 19s Id, 18 do. 19s, 18 do! 18s lid. 22 threequarterbred 18s Id, 4 do. 16s 6d, 3 do. 18s, S do. 16s 9d. Lambs: 244 at 18s 6d, 194 at. 18s 3d, 171 at ISs Bd. 14 at 19s 4d, 42 at 18s 4d, 123 at 18s 4d, 299 at 20s, 125 at 19s 3d. Store pens.—lo Lincoln cross stud ewes 21s 6d, 71 E.L. Merino cross lambs (mixed sexes) 16s 9d, 96 2-tooth three-quarterbred ewes 20s 3d, 111 2, 4, 6, and full-mouth . thrco-quarterbred ewes 21s, 53 three-qiiartcrbred lambs (mixed sexes) 15s lid, 30 sound-mouth halfbred ewes 15s 2d, 297 6-tooth halfbred ewes 21s sd, 331 4 and 6-tooth three-quarterbred ewes 21s 3d, 553 4, 9; and 8-tooth halfbred ewes 21s Id, 296 2, 4, 6, 8-tooth threequarterbred ewes 20s 7d, 466 8-tooth halfbred ewes 19s d, 251 2 and 4-tooth halfbred ewes iba, 137 4, 6,' and 8-tooth three-quarter-bred ewes 20s 6d, 53 > 2-tooth three; quarterbred ewes 17s sd, 114 broken mouth halfbred and three-quarterbred ewes 11s lid. 111 2-tooth halfbrpd wethers 16s -Id. 141 6 and 8-tooth three-quarterbred ewes 17s lid, 236 £ rind 8-tooth halfbred ewes 22s Id, 21C 4, 6, and 8-tooth halfbred ewes 21s 9d 305 6 and 8-tooth three-quarterbred ewes (200 a^ 16s, 105 a.t 15s 6d>, 1;21 6 8, aiid full-mouth three-quarterbrec ewes'" 18s Bd, 317 three-quarterbret lambs (mixed sexes) 15s lOd, 180 4, 6 and 8-tooth three-quarterbred ewes 22t 7d 13S 4 and 6-tooth halfbred wethen 13s lid, 84" 2-tooth halfbred ewes 22; Id, 198 full and failing-mouth halfbrec ewes 15s lOd, 103 sound and failing, 'mouth halfbred ewes 13s 9d, 119 I tooth crossbred ewes 235, 242; 2-tootl three-qnarterbred ewes 22s 7d; 263, 2 tooth three-quarterbred ewes 21s 5a 216 broken-mouth halfbred ewes 10s 6d 69 do. crossbred ewes 13s, 125, 6 am S-tooth three-quarterbred "ewes 18s 7d 218 crossbred ewe lambs 13s 6d, 121 sound and failing-mouth three-quarter bred ewes 12s 4d, 13 lambs (rnixe* sexes) 12s 2d, 41' sound-mouth three qunrtetbred ewes 16s, 31 4 and^ 6-toot: three-quarterbred ewes 16s, .170 4, C and 8-tooth threequartei'bred ewes 17 3d, 210 crossbred wether lambs 12s 6d 58 crossbred lambs (mixed sexes) 14s 8c 68 full-mouth three-quarterbred ewe 16s lOd, 135 2 and 4-tooth ■ thret quarterbred ewes 18s. 78 2-tooth eros; bved ewes 21s 6d, 109 4 and 6-toot three-quarterbred ewes 225. Cattle. There was a smaller yarding < cattle, and one fat cow brought £ 15s, and one Jersey cow (springing £9.