ASHBURTON.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14099, 19 July 1911, Page 11

ASHBURTON.

The weekly stock market, hold at i tho Tinwald yards yesterday, was only! moderately attended. Tho entry showed j an increase of 789 sheep on last week's j total principally stores. The total entry Comprised 3801 sheep, of which 367 were fat ewes, 258 fat wethers. ,22 fat lambs, and 2454 stores. A large number of the sheep yarded in the. fat pens, were only forward stores, and prices for these showed a slight decrease on the previous week's prices, but prime quality sold well up to market rates, and there was fairly keen competition, ewes making up to 17s 2d. wethers to 20s 3d, and lambs to 16s id. Prices obtained were as follows: — Prime butchers' ewes, 12s 3d to los; extra heavy. 16s 4<i to 17s 2d; medium quality, 10s to lis lOd; light weights, 9s to *9s 6d. Merinos—Prime, 8s 7d to 9s; others, 4s 9d. Prime butchers' •wethers, 16s to 20s 3d; others, 12s ld

* k ß *,, Prime freezing lamhe, 12s ld n£_"? *$'> ext r» heaw, 16s <d; others, It's to lis 7«j. fhe yarding of store sheep showed an increase on late markets, and competition was very much keener, a Southland buyer operating freely for wether hoggets. Sales were:—292 half-bred wether hoggets, ft? -d; 100 three-quarter bred, Bs9d; 33 sound and failing mouth three-quarter bred ewes in lamb, 7s lOd; 61 threequarter bred wether hoggets, 9s ld; 110 at 8s 6d; 35 three-quarter bred hoggets (mixeu sexes), 10s Id; 91 soundmouth haJf-bred ewes in lamb, 14s od; ll a ?J os ld ; &5 at 14s 2d; 40 at 14s »d; 100 at 14s od ; 200 sound and failing mouth at 8s Id; 99 crossbred wether hoggets 9s 2d: 208 sound and failing month half-bred ewes in lamb, 8s 3d". <Jr the small yarding of cattle, thero was only one storo steer sold at £2.

STOCK EXCHANGE OF CANTERBURY. The following sales were reported on Change yesterday:—Ward and Co., £5, £5; Talisman Consolidated, 51s. Tho latest quotations are:— Buyers. Seller* FINANCIAL .* «.4* J _.d. National Mortgage .. 38 6 — Permanent Investment, , Canterbury .. 10 0 0 — GAS— Chrrstchnrch '.. 016 0 — INSURANCE— National of N.Z. .. 116 0 — Standard of N.Z. .. 110 3 — MEAT— Bntish-N.Z. Meat Co. 1 a 6 — Christchurch Meat Co. (£lO paid) .. — 16 0 0* SHIPPING— Union Steam Ship .. — 2 2 0 WOOLLEN MANUFACTURING— Wellington Woollon .. — 4 10 COALWestport .. .. 19 3 — MISCELLANEOUS— Mason Struther- and Co. — 16 0 N.Z. Drug Co. ..203 — N.Z. Farmera* Co-0p... 212 0 — BREWERIESCrown Brewery .. — . 1 17 0 Manning and Co. .. — 4 5 0 Ward and Co. ..500 — MINING— Tali-man Consolidated — 211 0 Waitangi Consolidated 0 3 3 0 3 6