MARKET REPORTS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8730, 28 February 1894, Page 2

MARKET REPORTS.

RANGIORA MARKETS.

' - -'- ■■ ' TCKSDAT. } On Tuesday there waa a fair attendance, The entry bf stock was good. Ma W. Bobs aud the New Zealand Land Association had an entry at the Central Yards ot 3400 - sheep, 410 pigs, and 38 cattle, The paces were—Crossbred wethers 13s to 13s 9a. do ~ ewes lis 6d tol2s6d, fat merino wethers 7s 6d to 9s, fat lambs 10s to 10s 2d, crossbred breeding ewes 8s to lis 6d, halfbred store lambs 6s 2d to Ba, crossbred hoggets lis 6d to 12s, 890 do at,l2s6d, old merino .. ewes ls to 2s 6d, do wethers ls to 4s. Cattle —Beef, equal to 23s per lOOlbs, springers £4 10s to £7 15s, calves £1 Is to £3 Bs, . y ear li oga £2 2s to £210s, fat heifers £510s, steers £7 15s. Pigs—Baconers, 36s to "49s 6d, porkers 22s to 30s. good stubbier* IBs to 353, weaners 8a to 14s 3d. At the North Canterbury Yards an entry of 2800 sheep, 80 head cattle aud 130 pigs. Sales by Messrs Matson and Co., Muss and Co., Pyne and Co., F. C. Taba»> and A.* P. TrjTTON. The prices were—■ Fat sheep 10a to 10s 6d, tWo-tooth crott* bred wethers lis 6d to 14s 3d, crossDwd ewes os 9d, four tooth wethers 13s 6d, M lambs 6s to 6s Bd, store lambs 6s, old ' merino ewes la 9d to ls lOd. Pigs, forward condition, 25s to-40»i weaners 9a 9d to 17e 6d, baconers £2 15s, porkers 26S'tQ;38»i stubblors 16s to 19s Gd:. * stores 355, yearlings'2si to 345, two-yields £ii 10s to £3, cows £4,. do in mfcw, ifatsteers end > .heifers £5 65.b.-£&l7s6d. j Ih the produce yards oi .■Minus A»° {Ji ' 'and YftiMCri the sales W«r« J T" ii Woolly crossbred skins'3s 3s, butotiaW do | 2s tb 2s 3d, merino ls 6d to ls 9d, psii|r}iodi Ireudered fat 2d, rough do l"_d* wool » bags 4d, do in fleeces 4_d. Roosters 2iW to 3s 4d per pair, hens Is 6d, geese 2«6a to 3s 3d, chick wheat Is 6d to 2s 4d,pet be* hel, oats Is to ls 6d, ryegrass seed IsoJI to 'f 6d, potatoes 4s 6tl, bran 3s, sharps 4s 6d to 4s 9d, cocksfoot 2_d to 3d per lb, onions Id lb, flour, best 17s; ordinary 12s to 16b.

There were very few samples ol grain offering, as laßt week the threshing iff* interrupted. There were- no quotations lor wheat, oats Is 3d to 15.4.d and pea*2s9d.