MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIV, Issue 9235, 16 October 1890, Page 2

MARKET REPORTS.

. The attendance at the Eangiora market was quite lip to the average, and a fair amount o£ business was done. Mr W. Buss reports an entry of 1000 sheepi 70 head of cattle and'2oo pigs, at his yards. The sheep sale was generally dull throughout, but cattle and pigs were all cleared, last week’s prices being well maintained. Butchers’ cross-bred sheep, in ' the tfool, fetched 16s to 17s ; merino wethers (shorn) 7s to 7s 6d, cross-breds (shorn) 10s to -Us, cross-bred ewes and lambs (all counted) 6s to 7a, merino ewes and lambs 4s 6d to lls 6d, and, all counted, merino ewes in lamb 7a 6d. Cattle.—Beef, no good quality entered ; fresh-conditioned cows JBS to £5, springers £2 10s to £4, dry cows £1 15s to £2 10s, 18-months cattle £1 5s to .£1 10s, pigs, good porkers 17s to £1; smaller do l2a to 15s, good young stores 12s to 14s?small do 8s to 10b, weaners 3s 6d to Ss. In the produce yards.—Sheepskins, crossbred 4s 6d to 5a sd, merinos 2s 104 to-5a 4d, hides at late quotations, calfskins Is, rough fat-Jd fco wool in bags 3d to s£d per lb, locks and prices 2d to 3d, fowls Is. 6d to Bs, ducks 8s to 4s 4d, chickwheat la Bd to 2s 6d, oats Is 4d to Is 7d, crushed do Is 6d, beans 2s, peas 2s Bd, ryegrass seed 2s to 4s per bushel, potatoes Is to 2a per sack, meals ss, sharps ss, bran 2s 94, flour 16s per sack, hams and bacon 3d to ssd per lb, cheese B£d, timber 6s Gd to Ta per 100 ft.