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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIV, Issue 2952, 20 April 1893, Page 2

MESSES J, T lOBD AND CO. Mews J. T. Ford and Co. (in conjunction ■with Mr Henry Zinder), report on the live stock market for week ending April 10 as follows :-Considering the wet weather on luesday last, the Tinwald yards were £»•>!» represented with all classes of sheep. The attendance of buyers was under the average j and most lines offered for sa.!o were withdrawn. *afc Sheep T The entries comprised principally merino wethers, which sold rom 7s to 7« 9d. Sheep-Quality v this line was not as well represented as usual. Prices for all sorts showed a faHina off, excepting one or two good lines of crossbred wethers, for which there was eager competition. Merino ewes, full mouth, made 5s 6d to 6s ; failing month from 3s 6d t04 3 9d. Merino wethers in forward condition realised ss. Crossbred wethers, twotooth, from 12stol6s.ipd; aged, from 9s to lOa od. Lambs—The small number yarded sold slightly better than prices quoted or late sales. Fat Gittle-A small number yarded; steers sold from £5 to £6 15s ; heifers from £5 to 16

rt.« V.2J n _G-Rejten, in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited (per Mr J R -Bland, auctioneer), reports on the Tinwald o 6 8t * tTTk^ for the week ending April 19:~A/ the Tinwald yards on TuWday April 18, owing to the heavy rain which fell during the morning the entry was not nearly so large as it otherwise would have been and only about 8000 sheep, 30 rams, and 8 head of cattle came forward for the day's market. The attendance was very poor, and very few sales were made «t 27 rams, and 7 head of cattle, and our sales were as follow :-70 merino wethers, 4s Id; l 2 fF 111™" 6*' 1* ld; 6° crossbred ewes lis M; 60 crossbred ewes, 10s 4d: 200 crossbred ewes, 10s; 1 Lincoln raro?2lgs; LnbrsL' a r i^ mbs,' 6 Lincoln*ram lambs, 30s; 5 Lincoln ram lambs, 27s • 5 17a 6d; 3 fat heifers, £4 15s; 1 steer £5 17s ou. ' Hinds Monthly Mabket-Ou Thursday ?Ju h WI hPi d 0«r regular monthly sale at the Hinds kaleyards. &There was a fair yarding and a good attendance of farmers a? dofc£ ers- Out of a total entry of about 1400 sheep we sold 1000 as follows :-23 fa Wmii°°S^ OS8i!; edS '.l3B; crossbred lambs, 83 4d; 90 merino ewes, 6a 7d: 306 crossbred two-tooth wethers, 14s 9d; 220 crossbred lambs, 9a. 1 cow, £3 ii s f i heifer, £3 sa. 4 ram lambs, lig ' * xHnfl S™««s.,fflo-On Friday, April 14, we held out first skin sale of the season and it was one of the briskest sales ever held in Ashburton, all lots beingcleared at satisfactory prices as follow : -Butchers' SsT^ftn? 14d, ti ,2?, Bd; woolly merino» Si£ £♦ ? d 4£ ld; bntel"ra' merino pelts, Is to Is 6d. Farmers' pelts, 3d te Is lid. Wool, 4£d to 6d, Hides and fat at BCAI6 r&vCS*