RANGIORA.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13363, 3 March 1909, Page 8

RANGIORA.

There was a good attendance at the sales yesterday. In tho stock sale yards there was an entry of 6000 sheep, 100 cattle, and 150 pigs. Prices wero: —Eat lambs 13s to 14s 4d, fat wethers 13s 6d to 14s 7d:, fat ewes 9s 6d to lis, forward rape lambs 10s 6d to 12s, store lambs 7s to 9s, two-tooth ewes 15s to 17s 6d, four and six-tooths 15s to 16s Cd, sound-mouthed ewes 13s to 14s 9d, failing-mouthed sheep 9s to lis Gd, two-tooth wethers 12s to 13s. Cattlo —Fat heifers to £5 7s 6d, fat cows £5 ss, store cows to £2 10s, heifers £3 6s 6d, three-year-old cattle £4, two-year do £2 13s, yearlings 375, vealers to 345, springers £4 10s to £8, milk cows to £5. Pigs—Baconers 50s to 68s, porkers 40s to -18s, stores 30s to 38s, weaners 14s to 2os. In tho produce yards prices wero: — Heavy sheepskins to 7s, medium 4s, lighter 2s 6d, merinos 6s, lambskins 3s 9d, calfskins Is 6d, hides 3Jd per lb, fat I'd, merino wool to 9d, hoggett 7'd, half bred 6Jd. Poultry—Roosters to 5s a couple, hens 2s 6d, millets 4s, ducks 4s, chick wheat 3s 6d per bushel, oats Is 6d, barley 3s, Cap© "barley 3s 6d, peas 3s 9d, blue peas S.s, b&ans 3s 6d, dressed grass seed 3s 6d, pea meal 12s a (sack, pigmeal 9s, bran 6s, sharps 10s, potatoes 6s, apples 2s 6d case, tomatoes Id a lb, plums 2jd, peaches 3ld, pears id, onions id.