RANGIORA.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11103, 23 October 1901, Page 9

RANGIORA.

On Tuesday, at Bangiara, there waa a fair attendance of the public. At the Central saleyards the. entry consisted of 1600 sheep and' lambe, 70 cattle, and 125 pigs. Prices w.ere: —Freezing sheep, 17s od to 18s; good butchers' ewes, 14s 6d to 15s; good half-Jjral hoggets, 14s to 14a 6d; medium,-do., 123 6d to 13s 6d; ewes and. lambs, 6s 6d to,Ba 6d; four-tooth store wethers, forward, 15e 6d to 16s* Beef—Prime equal to 25a per 1001b ; me* diunj do., 20s to 21»; good springer?, £8 to £9 Sβ; mediuns, £7. to £7 10s; inferior do,, £5 to £6;. ttto-year-old mixed, cattle, 't£s3 10a to £4 10a; yearlings; £1 10s to £2 2s 6d; calves, 20s to 255. Pigs ■ —Baconers, i light, 355.t0 38s; porkers, 25s to 28b; good stores, 15s to-16s; small do., 10s to 12s; weaners, 8s to 9s j suckers, 5s to 6s. . * Iα the produce markets prices were-— Heavy crossbred -sheepskins, 2s 6d to- 3sr 4d; merino- do., 2a 9d to 3a 10d; light' skins, 'Is 8d to 2s 6dj fat, 12a to 15s cwt; caWekins, Is to 2s 6d; hides, 2d to 3d per Ib; fowls, '3s 6d to 6s per pair.; ducks, 4s to 4s 6d; geese, ss' to 6e; turkeycr, 3s to 15s; chickwheat, 2s to 2s 4d per bushel; oats, 2s to 2s sd; feed barley, 2s to 2s 3d; peas, 3s 6d; beans, 3s; iyegrass seed (machine), ,3s 6d; do. farmers, 1$ 6d to 2a; cow grass, to 8d per lb; seconds, do., 3d. to 4d; cocksfoot, to 3id; ItaAiaji ryegrass, 3s pec bushel; oatsheaf chaff, 355: to 40s per ton; straw, do., 265; potatoes, £3 5« to £3 10s; seed, do., £2 to £2 10s; 'bran, 755; sharps, 90s.