MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIX, Issue 9992, 22 March 1893, Page 3

MARKET REPORTS.

A large volume of business was done at the Eangiora market yesterday, the annual ram fair being held in addition to the ordinary sales. There was an exception-' ally large attendance, the weather being fine and the harvest, work completed. Mr W. Boss (associated with the N.Z. Loan, and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) reports having been favoured with an entry of 1800 sheep, of which lambs realised 7a dd to Ss, 8s 8d to 10s, maiden ewes, 16s Id; cross-bred fat sheep, 13s 9d, 14s lOd, 15s 8d to 15s dd; cross-bred ewes, 7s 6d to 12s ; merino wethers, 7s 6d ; merino ewes, 3s 4d, 3s 9d to 8s 3d; on account Whiterook estate, 830 merino wethers, 6s to fig Id. Messrs Ptne and Co. report sales Mr f0110w137 cross-bred ewes, 11s 2<Tj 250 merino ewes, 5s to 5s 8d ; 311 merino wethers, 4a 3d; 94 lambs, ss; 687 merino' ewes, 5s 7d; 1200 merino ewes, 6s 7d to Sr 9d; 1135 cross-bred lambs, 8s 4d. Memto H. Matson and Co. (associated with tfh* National M. and A. Company of N.Z., Limited) report having sold 12 two-, tooth half-bred ewes, 13s Id; 141 two-, tooth cross-breds, 18s lid; 188 fat lambs, 10s 6d; 41 cross-bred owes, 7b 7d j 28 four, six, and sound - mouthed ewes, 12s; 98 cross-bred ewes, 8s ; 189 merino ewes, 4i. Messrs Todhuntee and Jennings report sales as followOn account various clients, 98 cross-bred lamba, 8s fid; 183 aged merino wethers, Is sd; 123 fullmouthed cross-bred ewes, 5s 3d; 250 aged merino ewes, 3a sd; 76 full-mouthed crossbred ewes, 6s 7d; 400 full-mouthed merino ewes, 4s sd; 234 sound-mouthed merino ewes, 4s 7d; 18 two-tooth cross-brede, 15# sd; 16 cross-bred ewes, 12s 7d; 2 store pigs 9s 3d. Messrs J. T. Ford and Co. report as follow:—For Birch Hill estate, 256 four-tooth and four-year-old unwind owes, 8s ; 446 sound - mouthed merino ewes, 6s 8d; 250 failing-mouth do, 4a 7dj 86 do, 4s 9d; 25 merino wethers, Bs. Mr A. P. Ttjtton reports sales as follows— Sheep.—An entry of 900; store lambs brought 7s lid to 9a; do, fat, 10s 6d to Ils 6d; croaa-breds, two and fonr-tootb, 18s 6d to 14a 6d; cross-bred ewes, 8s to 10s 6dj merino ewfcs, 4a 2d to 4s 9d; cattle—springers, £4los to £6 10s ; pigs—suckers, 7a 6d to 9s 6d; store pigs, 16s to 24s fid. In the produce yards—sheepskins,'pelts, 6d to Is 2d; woolly skins, 2s 9d to 4b 2d; hides at market rates; rough tot. Id to l|d per lb; rendered, lid per lb 5 wool in bags, 4d to 6id; fowls—hens, la to Is 6d per pair; roosters, 2s to Ss; ducks, 2s fid to 3s; turkeys, 3s fid to 4s 6d each* chiokwheat, 2s to 2s 4d; oats. Is 7d to. Is 9d ; Cape barley, 2s 9dj bran, 2s 9d : to 3s bag; sharps, 5a to 5a fid; flour, 16* per sack; potatoes, 3s fidperewtj 3s 6d to 4s cwt; peas, 2s 8d to 3si cheese, 5d per lb; timber, 6a fid to 7s per 100 ft. For the ram fair there was a.large. entry from all the best known flocks of the northern district. The sales effected up to the time our despatch left were as follow: —By Messrs H. Matson and, Co. (associated with the National M. and- A. Company of N.Z., Limited) —5 Border Leicester rams, fg; 2 six-tooth Leicester rams, fg; 1 four-tooth Southdown ram, ligs; 1 Lincoln ram lamb, ig 5 1 twotooth Lincoln ram, Ifgs; 1 two-tooth Border Leicester, ssgsj 2 do, sge; 2 do, digs; 1 Lincoln-Leioester, £1 16b.—By Messrs Pyne and C 0. —28 English ram lambs, 4igs; 4 Border Leicaetora, Bto Bgs; 2 Border Leicesters, 2ga; 1, Ugsi 2, 2igs; 7 Lincolns, 2igsj 1, ligs,' By Mr W. Buss (associated with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency' Company, Limited) English 5 to figs; Border Leicester, 3 to 4gs*l Lincoln, 3 to 4gsj Southdown, 2 to Bgc; Romney Marsh, 2 to 3gs; hivlf-bred, 2 to 3gs.—By Messrs Todhdnteb and Jennings —English Leicester, Bga ; Border Leicester ' ram lamba, 2gs; Border Leicester, 3gs; two-tooth Leicester Sigs; Lincoln rams, 2£gs.— Mr A. P. Tittton sold 2 Border Leicester rams at £1 7s fid, 2 at £llos, 1 at £l, 8 at £1 6s, 2 at £2 6s, 2 at £2 6«, 2 at £ll6s, 2 at £1 8s and 2 at £llßs,

At the Tinwald Yards yesterday, there was an unusually large entry, considerably over, 20,000 sheep being offered for sale. The bulk of the entry consisted of cross-bred lambs. Breeding ewes, both merino and cross-bred, were also plentiful. Good lambs and good cross-bred ewes sold well, but anything inferior was hard to quit. The sale, on the whole, was not as brisk as last week’s, and a good many sheep were turned oat unsold. There were some particularly nice breeding ewes offered. A line of 108 six and eight-tooth cross-breds ewes from Mr E. G. Wright, sold at 13s lOd. Mr Peache's Mount;Somers ewes sold at* 18s sd, and a line of Lincoln ewes from L agmohr sold at from 13a Id to 13s 4d. Good lambs sold at from 10s to 11s 6d, inferior sorts as low as 6s 2d. One or two lines of good merino ewes sold at about 7s, and fat merino wethers at 8s 6d. Inferior sorts of merinos were a drug, old ewes going as low as 2s, and many failed to find buyer*. Owing to the number of sheep to be sold, the cattle, of which there was a fair entry, were not offered in time to include in oar despatch.

There was a large attendance at the Amberley fortnightly stock sale on Monday, and about 10,000 sheep were yarded, a large proportion of which found buyers. Mr W. Buss (associated with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited), sold 215 aged merino ewes at Is 6d to Is 7d, 100 broken-mouths at 8s Id, 250 six-tooth at Ss Bd, 40 sound-months, fat, at 6s 6d, 22 cross-bred ewes, aged, at 6s 6d to 6s lOd; 200 two, four, six and eight-tooth, assorted, at 12s; 100 goodmouths at 10a 7d, 74 mixed sexes at 8s 4d, 62 maiden heavy-weights at 15s, 500 crossbred wethers, two-tooth, at 12a; 84 two and fonr-tootha at 12s lOd, 190 -cross-bred lambs at 9s to 9a 6d, and 59 fat at 10s. Mr.F. C. Tabari sold 40 merino ewes at Is Bd, 63 broken-month at 2a 10d, 100 at 4s, 51 mixed ages at 8s sd, 150 four, six and eight-tooth at 5s Bd, 282 sound-month at 5s 9d, 294 at 6a 6d to 7s Id, 76 fat at 6s Id and 7s, 50 merino wethers, fourtooth, at 6s Bdj 13 full-mouth at 2s Bd,' 224 cross-bred two-tooth wethers at 12s, 217 two, four and six-tooth, mixed, at’ 12s; 22 freezers at 14s 6d, 31 two and fonr-tooths at 14s 6d, 800 cross-bred ewes, broken-mouth, at 8s to 8a ‘ Id } 881 twotoofchs at 12s 7d, 90 cross-bred lambs at 9s and 10a, and 70 Shropshire Down lambs at 12s 6d.

[FROM OUB OWN COBBISPONDIHT.] INVEBCABGILL, Mxsoe 21. There was a very large entry of sheep at the Invercargill stock saleyards to-day. The largest lines were freezing lambs, culls and aged ewes. Thera waa a com* paratively small entry of fat wethers. The values of fat wethers, maiden ewes and freezing lambs were well sustained, although all the freezing works are blocked tor space until the arrival of the Indramayo, daily expected at the Bluff. Culls 6l any class were difficult to sell, and suffered a drop of Is 6d to 2a pec head. Young sheep in good condition maintained recent values. The top price for freezing lambs was 12s 6d. Store lambs brought 5s to 9s 6d, fat wethers and maiden ewes 12s 6d to 15s 3d. There was a very mixed supply of fat cattle, which were generally of ordinary quality. Prime beef was scarce, and brought full rates, quite equal to 20s per 1001 b. Second and inferior quality realised 15s to 17a 6d.