MARKET REPORTS.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9886, 17 November 1897, Page 3

MARKET REPORTS.

At Rangiora on Tuesday there was a good attendance. At the Central Stock Yarns ol Mr W. Buss the entry was—lsoo sheep, 120 cattle and 200 pigs. Prices were—Butchers 1 crossbred ewes 7s 6d to 9s 3d, half-bred hoggets 5a 6d to 6s 3d, ewes and lambs (all , count) 3s 6d to 4s 6d, four-tooth wethers in fair condition 7s 6d to Bs, beef equal to 18s per 1001b, cow beef 13s to 14s, springers £3 to £5, yearlings (good sorts) 15s to 2Gs,;lnferior quality 5s to 10s. Pigs—Weaners 36s to 455, good stores 25s to 275, small do 16----to 16s, weaners 8s to 12s, porker. 15s to 255..

In the Produce Yards the prices were-** Sheepskins 4s to 5s lid, do merino 3s 6d U 53 6d, medium do 3s to 3s 9d, lighter skins 2s to 2s 9d, pelts 2d to 6d, lambskins Bdtols, fat 4s to 7s per owt, hides ljd to 2_d per lb, fowls 2s to 3s 6d per pair, merino wool sgd to 6£d, crossbr-d dojpdto 6£d, locks and pieces 2d to 4_d, chickirheat 3s to 3s 3d, milling do 3s 9d to4s, fc%rl«y 2s 6d to 3s per bushel, oats Is lOd to 2* 2d, feed peas 2a 6d to 3s, Prussian peas $* 6d to 3s 9d, whole beans 2s 8d to 2. 9d, crushed do 2s lOd to 3s, oatsheaf chaff £3 to £3 ss, straw do 30s, pigmeal 6b 6» pea sack, bran 65s per ton, sharps 85s, ,floar, stone 22s per sack, roller 245, table pot"ptot* 25s to 27s 6d per ton, feed do 12s to 15a. At the Tinwald yards there was sn eintry of about 4500 sheep, 35 head of cattle, and 14 pigs. Prices—Fao crossbred ewes -born, 6s to 9s 5d ; fat ewes and wethers in wooL 10s to lis 7d ; fat lambs, 6s 6d to 9s Hd * fat merino ewes, 6s to 6s 9d ; stores' and orossbred ewes'all count, 3s lOd to 5s 10d, shorn 4s 2d; merino ewes in wool 2s 6d; four-tooth wethers shorn, -7s 7d to 7s '9d j hoggete, 7s 6d to 10s 2d. Cattle—Fat heifers, £3 17s 6d to £7 15s - fas steel's, £3 to £7 5s ; fat cows, £3 15s to £7; dairy cows, £212s to £3155. Pigs, 12s.