ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8303, 23 November 1915, Page 5

ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET.

TINWALD YARDS—THIS DAY

,There was a. good attendance ■at .tliei: Ashburton weekly stock sale held at.theTinwald yards to-day, when the yarding was some 200 short of last week's total at tho'iAshburton yards, the shortage being on the store pens. The yards of fat sheep totalled 503, and included 341 fat ewes, 96 fai'wethers, 23 fat lambs, and 43 fat hoggets. Butchers being the only purchasers in the fat pens, the yarding was in excess 'Of tho demand, and the quality of the sheep was also below that of late markets, and consequently markets suffered somewhat;-', and were from 2s^ to 3s lower than "the ■ previous week while several lines were passed at auction. Woolly ewes made up to 27s 6cl, and shorn owes to 24s 9d, woolly wethers to 25s and shorn to 265, woolly hoggets to 26s 6d, fat lambs to 245. The yarding of store sheep totalled 1572, as against 1774 last week at the Ashburton yards, and included 665 hoggets, the balance being dry ewes and f-wos with lambs at foot. Thero was little doing in the store sheep market, and out of the yarding 1211 were passed at auction. The yarding of cattle was the largest seen at an Ashburton market for some considerable time, and the selling was not 'finished Until well on in the• fat srvpep sale. Owing to farmers being /■or.-iioHed to sell owing to the shortage of 'fpod, most of the vardings changed li^K. Fats sold well, but stores were at bedrock prices. [ Sheep. Fat pens.—Ewes: 15 shorn'lßs 6d, 34 do. 235, 20 do. 18s 6d, 10 do. 21s, ,18 shorn 24s 9.d, 11 do. 225, 5 do.. 20s 6d, 5 do. 15s sd, 13 do. 22s 3d, 14, do. Uls 9d, 12 do.-21s tid, JO d«M7s, 3 do. j 16s 9d, 20 crossbreds 27s 6d, 3 halfbreds j :^2s 6(1, '9 threeqiiarter-breds 16s 3d;, 1 do. at 24s 9d, 3 do. 24s 7d, 1 shorn at 16s, 9 do. 225, 14 do. 17s 6d, 16 do. 18s, 25 do. 18s 3d, 2 do. .18s 3d, 10 .do. 17s 9d, 15 do. 17s 7d, 17 do. 17s 3d, 17 do. 17s Id, .2 do. 17s 6d, 16 do 18s /d, 8 do. 17s 3d, 13.d0. 19s, 14 do. 18s, 3 ! halfbreda 21s 6cL 1 black. 28s. , Wethers —10 shorn 255, 14 do. 265, 14 do 25s 7rl. 1 do. 225. 16 do. 21s 6d, 12; do. 22s 9 d0."23s 6d, 2 do. ■ 23b> 1 three--quarterbred 255. Lambs: 11 at.24s, 1 at 21s 9d, 5 at 21s. Hoggets :-H at 17s 4d, 25 at 15s Id, 2 at 2bs 6d, 5 .it. 25s 3d, 1 at 235. Store pens:—l ewe and lamb (all counted) Bs, 7 shorn wethonrlls 3d. 8 three-quarterbred ewes and lambs (all counted) Us lid, :21 crossbred- dry ewes 19s 3d, 6 ewes and 7 lambs (all counted) 9s 4d. 50 shorn wether-hog-gets'los 3d, 94 shorn 2-tooth wethers 15s 7d, 174 sound and tailing-mouth three-quarterbred ewes and lambs (all counted) 16s. Cattle. Fat pens. —Cows at £7 5s (2), '£8, £9 15s, £8 10s (2), heifers at £5 5s (2), £8 7s 6d (2), £6 ss, £6 15s..Steers: (3) £9 10s. £8 17s 6d, £8 ss. Stores.— Cow and heifer £6 15s, cow -in profit £4 springing cows £6 Ifs ou,. ■£0 os, j £6 £5 ss, 1 Hoktein bull 164 guineas, j cow in profit £4, 5 steers and neiiors j £2 13s 6d, 6 store heifers £2 4s, hi ( 2s, 6 calves 225, steers at £3 Is 6d, £2 (2), heifers at £4 12s (3d (2), £o, £1 16s 3 calves 12s 6d, heifers and steers ; £2'lss 6d (4), and £2 5s (3), Jersey heifer springing £5 ss.