RANGIORA MARKETS.
Tr/ESDAY. There was a moderate attendance only in the yards, for as harvest approaches many of the farmers are kept engaged with the grain cutting. The prices quoted by Mr W. Buss were:—Fat Sheep—Crossbred wethers, 8s 6d to 9s; do do ewes, 5s to 6s: do merino ewes, 4s to 4s 6d; a line of crossbred hoggets, 6s 6d to 6s 8d ; a line of merino wethers, 3s 9d; crossbred ewes and lambs, all count, 4s 6d. 5s 6d to 6s. Fat Cattle—Steers, £A 19s to £5 10s; heifers, £3 Iss to £5; yearlings, 25s to 355; cows, good, £5 to £6; do, ordinary, £3 to £4 ; pigs, porkers, 25s to 28s; young stores, 15s to 20m ; weaners, 8s to 10s; sows, £110s to £2. In the Produce Yards' sales by Mr Tuttox—Sheepskins, 2s 6d to 5s 2<i ; pelts, 3d to Is 3d ; Cilfskins, Is 7d; hides over 601b 3jd; over 50lb and under 601b, 24d ; under 501b. 2sd ; rough fat, ljd to lfd; wool, in bags, 6d to 8d Tlocks and pieces, 2d to 4d ; fowls. Is 3d to 2s 3d; ducks. Is 6d to 2s 3d ; chick wheat, 2s to 3s busb ; milling wheat, 3s Od ; oats, 2s 3d to 2s 7d ; potatoes, 7s to Ss per 1001b; meal, 6s sack; sharps, 6s 6d; bran, 4s to 4s 6d; flour 18s to 22s per sack; cheese, 5d lb; timber, 6a to 6s 9d per 100 ft Grain Market—New oats were sold at 2s 4d to 2s 7d.
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Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7262, 23 January 1889, Page 4
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