MARKET REPORTS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9736, 26 May 1897, Page 6

MARKET REPORTS.

There was a good attendance at the Rangiora markets on Tuesday. In the Northern Central market of Mr W. Buss there was an entry of 2000 sheep, 70 cattle, and 30 pigs. Both sheep and pigs sold at late quotations, cattle dull of sale. The prices were—Butchers' fat sheep 8s to 9s, free—rs 13s 6d, crossbred breeding ewes 7s to 8s 6d,, crossbred turnip wethers 9s to 10s, do ewes 7s to Bsi fat lambs 9s to 10s 6d, stores 5s to 8s; cattle—beef equal to 17s to 18s per 1001b, cow beef 14s to 15s, springers £4 to £6, yearlings 18s to 225, two-year-olds 30s to 455; pigs—baconers 30s to 455, porkers 18a to 28s, good stores 14s to 18s, small do 83 to 12s, weaners 2s 6d to 4s 6d. In the produce yards of Mr A. P. Tutton, early shorn crossbred sheepskins 2s 6d to 4s, —te shorn do Is 3d to 2s, pelts 6d to Is Sd, butchers' Bkins 2s 9d to 3s 6d, hides and fat at market rates, fowls Is 6d to 3s 6d pair, ducks 2s 6d to 3s 6d, turkeys 3s 6d to 10s, chick wheat 2s 9d to 3s 6d bushel, do milling 3s 9d to 3s lid, oats, feed Is lid to 2s 2d, do seed 2s 4d to 2s 6d, feed barley 2s Bd, beans 2s Bd, feed peas 2s 9d to 3s, cow grass seed 6d to 7d lb, white clover 4d to 6£d, oat straw 30s to 32s 6d per ton, oatsheaf do 60s, tares 3s 6d to 4s 6d bushel, bran 75s ton, sharps 85s, flour, farmers' 45s to 17s 6d sack, do guaranteed 225, potatoes 35s to 40s ton, carrots 18s to 20s ton, apples 4s to 4s 6d case.

At the Temuka stock sales yesterday the following wero the prices :—Fat ewes and wethers, 10s 6d to 10s 9d; fat ewes,' 6s Id to 6s 3d; two, four and six-tooth ewes and wethers, 8s; two and four-tooth wethers, 9s 6d to 9s 9d ; four-tooth halfbred ewes in lamb, 98 5d ; threequarter-bred hoggets, 7s 2d to 7s 8d ; six and eight-tooth "ewes, 5s 10dto7s 4d; porkers 14s 6d to 14s :9d; slips, 4s 6d to 7s 6d; weaners, 4s to 6s od j fat heifers, £5 7s 6d to £5 12s 6d ; steers, £4 17s 6d to £5; heifers, £3 to £3 7s 6d; cows, £2 15s to £510s; yearlings, 15s to 20b.