ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8208, 4 August 1915, Page 8

ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET.

There was a very moderate attendance at the weekly stock sale held at tho Tinwald Yards yesterday. Owing to the fact that there will be no sale next week, on account 'of the Grand National holidays, the market was practically a double one, and the entry of all classes of stock showed a big increase on last week's total. The fat sheep penned numbered 485, as against 380 last week. The yarding included 167 fat ewes, 91 fatwethere, and 227 lambs. The quality of tho fats was fairly good and there was very keen competition, every line^submitted being sold at full market rates. Fat , ewes made up to 23s 6d, wethers to 255, and lambs to 27s 6d. Tho yarding of store sheep totalled 2212, as compared with 1318 at last week's sale. It comprised 827 hoggets, the balance being ewes in lamb and free ewes. Taken on "the whole the market was very dull, chiefly because the entry was far in excess of the demand. Many sales wero forced, owing to vendors being short of feed, and farmers, rather than hold them over for another fortnight, were satisfied to let sheep go at prices below market rates A few lines' 'of really good farmers' ewes and young*ewes were the only class of shwp that competition was at afl keen for, and' these sold well up to the market rates. •

There was a better yarding of cattle; Sales: were: — Sheep. Fab pens:—Ewes: 12 J-breds 23s 2d, 24 J-breds 20s, 8 do. 15s, 16 do. 17s 9d, 15 do. 18s lid, 16 do. 15s Id, 22 crossbreds 16s, 11 J-breds 18s 3d, 14 crossbreds 23s 6d, 14 2-breds 18s 2d, 14 do 15s 6d; wethers:: 12 -J-breds 245, 12 do. 23s 6d, 36 do 18s 7d, 10 do. 21s 3d, 5 2-brods 255, 14 crossbreds 23s 3d, 22----breds 21s; lambs: 1 at 27s 6d, 1 at 14h, 30 at 21s 9d, 65 at 21s 9d. 63 at 16s 'Gd, 67 at 18s 3d. Store pens:—l 2 Jrbred ewes 10s 9d, i 1 Merino wothor 6s, 14 rams at 7s 6d, 1 ram at 14s, 109 -J-bred ewe hoggots (small) 95.8d,.49 fig mouth i£-bred ewes (in lamb) Us 9d, 33 b.m. $-bred ewes (in. lamb),ss,-25 crossbred ewes, (free of lamb) 10s, 59 fig mouth l-bred and ibred e\rcs.(in lamb). 9s 6cl, 56 2-hred

mixed sex hoggets 18s 4d, 143 s. and fig mouth M&rino ewes (in lamb) 4s sd, 58 5-bred wether hoggets 11s 9d, 83 2-bred ewe hoggets 15s 10d, 37 s.m. f-bred ©wes (in lamb) 22s 2d, 87 s. and fig mouth crossbred ewes (in lamb) 15s i 3d w , 45 s.m. crossbred ewes (in lamb) 20s, 120 full and failing mouth |-bred ewes (in lamb) 11s, 80 s.m. $-bred owes (in lamb) 19s 3d, 210 s. and fig j mouth -J-bred ewes (in lamb) 13s 2d, 12 two-tooth -J-bred ewes (in lamb) 20s Id, 40 I -bred wether hoggets 13s Bd, 27 X bredvand. J-bred. hoggets (mixed sexes) 14s. " Cattle. Fat pens:—Heifers, at £6 and £8 10s, and cows at £8 and £12. Stbre pens :—Five calves at 20s, cow. (springing to fifth calf) £10 ss, heifers (springing) £7 and £6\lss,cow (springing) £4 ss, two heifers at £4 IBs, two calves at 10s, three steers a,t £3 ss, j cow (springing to'third-.-.calf). £7, four steers at £1 17s 6d, and one small steer £i- ' ...;■■■ ' ;