MARKET REPORTS.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 8134, 30 March 1892, Page 6

MARKET REPORTS.

RANGIORA MARKETS.

•■ - • -.•, - •-.- ;■:■'; ...- - ; Tuesday, - ; - There was a large attendance at the market to-day 9 though not so great as last week. Some of the sheep sold were of a very good type. At the yards of Mb W. Buss there was aa entry of 6000 sheep, 200 rams, 70 cattle, and 120 pigs. The bidding' for sheep and cattle was keen and a general clearance made. The. prices. were, ■ fat crossbred wethers 15s to loa 6d, do ewes 12s fco 13s, crossbred breeding ewes (sis-tooth sad foQmoQthed) 12s to 13s, do full and broken mouth 8s to Ss, merino evrea (sound) ?sßd 3 do fall : -aad broken month Ss.6d.to Ss 6d» esossbred store hoggete 12s to I2a 3d, msriao wethers 6s to Is 6d, lambs 8a 6d to 9a 6d. The rama, which were a miscellaneous lot of all breeds, realised from 1 guinea to 5 guineas each, according to age. €k.ttis—rßeel equal to -18a per 1001b, good forward three-year-old steers SS 10a to £512s 6d, two-year-olds £3to£3l?e 6d, milch cows jB4 to i≥ 7. : Pigs—Porkers 15s to 17@, forward stores 12s to 14s, small pigs 6s to Ba. .' 'la the produce yards crossbred skins Is to 2a j merinos, 8d to is 2d; jMlts, 2d to 6d; hides at Ist® rates; roQgfi fat, l|d to |l|d ; wool, in bags, 4p per lb j do merino, in bales, s|d j lonfe3 and pieces, 2d to 3d ; fowls,- hens, 2s to 2s 3d; roosters, 2s 6d to 3s; ducks, 2a 3d ; chick whsat, 2s 3d to 2sßd per bushel.; oats, Is 8d; barley, 2s ; beans, 2s 8d to 2s I0d; peas, 2s 8d to 3s*;. rye grass seed, Is 6d to 2a M ; cocksfoot, Sjd per lb; potatoes, Is 6d to 3a 9d sack ; carrots, is 3d to Is 6d; parenip3, 2s; apples, Is 9d case ; eual Ss sack % sharps, Ss 9d; bran, 3a ; Hour, 24s gusrauteea; bacon, to 4|d perlb; cheese, 4d j birch timber, 6a 6d to TsperlQGft. In the grain market the farmers'were seeking higher rates, which the buyers seemed disinclined to give. The prices were about the same as last week.