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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9052, 24 July 1917, Page 4

LATEST COMMERCIAL.

ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET.

ASHBURTON YARDS—THIS DAY,.

There was a good attendance at the Ashburton stock yards to-day. The yarding at fat, shoop agregated 273, a« against 509 at tho Timvald yards last week, and included 6S ewos, 188 wethers, and 22 Jambs. Bidding wan chiefly confined to butchers, as the freezing buyers were not operating. Prices wore fairly well maintained 1 throughout. ;>ai-tic.ularly for well-fin-ished pens. Only two small pens of ewes were passed afc aiiction. Mr A. Kaine, Asliburtoii. obtained the highest price for a. \mi of 15 owes, which were sold :vfc 29s 9d. Mr J. Bruce, Seafield, topped the market for wetherß, and obtained 86s 9d for a,pen «l' , 15. Mr T. K. Atkinson, Dromore, reachod tho hi^luwt figure in lambs', and fiold two at 35s 6d. Ewes sold at s from.'22s Ix> 29s 9d, wethers from 25s 4d to 36s 9.1, and lambs from. 28s 3d to 35b 6d.

', The yarding, of .storo sheep • ag&re- • - paled 3703. ami included 922 hoggets,;'^ [the lialamv bi>i;ig principally ewes in-.-" ilamb. Prices showed a slight decline ": o-n recent wiles. Of the yarding 1403 ' were passed .it auction. ; .,y. Prices were:—. | Sheep. ,<* Fat Pens.—Kwes—l at 27s 9d. 2 do 20s 6d, 9 do. 275, 15 do. 29s 9d,'13 do' 1225. 5 do. 22s 6d.

Wethers—l 3at 30s, 10 do. 35s 6d 40 do. 355, 20 do. 365, 9 do. 33s 3d, 2 do. 34s 6d, 1 do. 29s 6d,- 11 do. '?o« 4d. 15 do. 36s 9d. r, do. 31s 9d, 6 do 355, 22 do. 34s -Id. IS do. 34s 4d, 18 do. 345, 1 do. 235.

Lambs- 2 at 28s 3d, -18 do. 20s 2 do. 35s 6d.

Stores: 140 2 and 4-tooth wethers 27s 9d. 130 f-bri-d owes (in lamb) 275, 106 mixed sex hotels 26s 9d, 35 do.. 255, 12 rams 2-!s (id, 20 do. 14s, 9 do. Ifis, 122 Ijalfbrinl v/other hosgoUs 265, 144 sound and fuil-moutli 2-bred ewe«. (in lamb) 31s !>d, "J 3:i 3-bred ewe hoggets 30s lid, 72 I'ailinjr-mouth Merino ewes (in iamb) los od, 200 2-iooth -Jbred owe,-* (in lanil)) 41s 6d, 6 ewes (in Jamb) 29b 7d. 50 soimd and full-mouth .J-brt'd ewes (in lamb) 29s 7d, 36 do 3-breds 30s 9d, 50 :i-bred w-ether ho°--«ct« Ismail) 18s Bd. 87 full and fail-mg-mouLh J-bred ewes (in lamb) 26s 9d, 96 full and failing-mouth -J-bred ewes (in lamb) 27s .»d, 24 J-bred ewes (in lamb) 2lte '.id, 58 .sound and fullmouth |-bred ow«* (in- lamb) 325, 147 do. 325, lfa'6 do. i-breds 28s 2d. '

Cattle. The fat pens consisted of seven headTwo *teer« sold at Clo eacli, 1 heifer at £14 17s 6d, 3 do. at £11 ss, and 1 oow at £]J 7s 6d. There was also a small on try of store cattle, and the following were sold:—Springing heifer £8i ss, BprinßinK co\v £7 10s, springing heifer .17 os, empty co^v £7 12s 6d.