COMMERCIAL. ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9212, 5 February 1918, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

ASHBURTON STOCK MARKET.

ASHBUIITON YARDS—THIS DAY

Owing'to harrest operations there was a small attendance and a correspondingly small entry at tho Ashburton yards to-day. The. fat sheep penned aggregated 1141, and included 122 ewes, 535 wethers, and 484 lambs. There was a good demand throughout at firm prices, and practically the whole of the fats were sold to freezing buyers and'butchers. The highest pricein ewes was obtained by Mr A. Hight, Seah'eld, who sold a, line of eight;'at 84s 4d. Mr T. Wakelin, Newlands, topped the market in wethers, and sold 30 at 34s Id. A pen of 34 prime lambs was sold on behalf of Mr F. Hanrahan at 29s 4d. Ewes sold at from 27s 3d to 34s 4d, wethers 30s to 34s Id. and lambs 26s 4d to 29s 4d. The yarding of stores aggregated 2032, and out of this number 106S were passed at auction. The highest price obtained for lambs was 21s 9d, while a line of 425 was passed at 24s .'J<l. A line of 118 four, six and eight-looth ewes was sold at 33s lOd, white a. lino of two-tooths were-passed, at the same price. Prices were:— • Sheep. Fat Pens.--Ewes: 7 at 30s, .18 do. 27s 3d, 17 do. 295, 3 do. 30s, 11 do. 32s 3d, 19 do. 31s, 19 do. 29s 7<U 20 do.. 29s 9d, 8 do. 34s 4d. Wethers: .15 at'34s Id, 15 do. 34s Id, 20 do. 29s Bd, 22 do. 33s 9d, 18 do. 325, .18 do. 3ls 2d, 17 do. 31s 2d, 400 do. 30s, wether j and ewe 36s 6d. Lambs■:. 47 at 2Gs (3d, \ 34 do. 29s 4d, 30 do.. 265; 62 do. 27s Id, 151 do. 27s Id, 60. do." 27s (id, ICO 26s lid. Store Pens.—2oo lambs 20s 9d. JQi, wethers 26s 6d, 32 rape lambs 2.1s 9d_,: 75 four and six-'toothi ewes 30.5., 115.. four-tooth ewes 31s 6d, 118 four, six, and eight-tooth halfbred owes 33s lOd. & Catlle. The yarding of fab cattle consisted of three cow«, and ono of these found a buyer at.£l3 10s. Only one store cow wa':i offered, and -passed in at £12 10s. '- v -'' " ' • ':'■-■ '