MARKET IMPORTS.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 9009, 23 January 1895, Page 3

MARKET IMPORTS.

RANGIORA MARKETS."•..'. . ' '' ivBSbAX^ Owing to harvest operations there- wa* / rather a limited attendance at the markets ' to-day. In tho Northern Central,Saleyards Mow. Bess reports an entry of 3200 sheep,. . 80 cattle, and 100 pigs. The prices weret— - Fat sheep lie 2d to 12s, fat merino wethers 6s ,6d to 7s 6d, do ewes 4a 6d to Sβ. fablambs 9a to 10s,.store lumba, good "sorts, 7ft v . to Be, metiium 5* to 6s, crossbred dry even"' 4a 6d to ss, do hoggets 7e 6d to Qβ, do boilers Is 6,d to 2s, merinos 8d to Iβ. Cattle—Beef '~ . equal to. 22s per lOQlb, cows, springers, £5 to £6 10s» dry cowe £2 10a to £310s, two-year-old steers£2loa to £3 10a,* yearlings 25a to 47s 6d, Pigs—-Baconors 35s to 37s ' } 6d, porkers 18s to 20a, sows 30a t0'403, stubblers 12s to 15s, weanera 6a to Ba. , In the prodnce yards Messrs TtJTTOiTAHD -'/ Wilmot report:—2-tooth crossbreds 10s 6d, lambs 5s 6d to 10s 6dj woolly skins Is 6d tc 2s 66% pelts 2dto 6d, fat.Hi lb,, wool in -"- bags 3{d to s£d lb, looks and piedes, lid to 2£d, fowls Iβ 6d to 2a 9d pair, docks 2s, geeee 3s to 3a 6d # chickwheac, Iβ 10d to-2s * : 2d bushel; oats Iβ 3d to Is 6d, milling wheat 2s 2d to 2s 4d, crushed oats Iβ od, Cape barley 2s 3d to 2s 6d, peas 2a 3d to 2s 6d, bran 2s 9d, sharps Sβ, flour 15s, do farmers 10s to 12s, potatoes 3s 6d to4s6d'cwt, bacocs 4d to 6d lb, cheese 2|d to v I :At the North Canterbury yards there wa» an entry of, 800 sheep, 50 pigs, and 10 cattle. Sales were conducted, by Mettrs .- Matson and Co., Euro ami> Co., Ptks axd ' Co., W. F. Jotnt, and J/ G.JS. V/isbwb. Prices were:—Fat crossbred wethers lie to 15s 3d, fat ewes 9s 6d to 12s 4d, merinos 2s to 3s lid, wethers 2s 6d to 4s 10d, lambs 6s 6dtolos6d, porkers 10s to 14e 6d, bacon pigs 25s to 40s, weanera 5s to 7s 6d, x forward steers £4 2s 6d to £5 ss, dairy cowa £3 7e " 6d to £5195, crossbred'sheepskins 2a -7d to 3s sd, merinos 2s to 3s, wool in'twgs 44 to - , 6d, iQcke 2d to 4id lb. '