MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVII, Issue 11231, 31 March 1897, Page 6

MARKET REPORTS.

RANGIOEA. The Eangiora market was again very full of sheep yesterday, and although the sale was hardly as brisk as that of last week, young ewes, turnip wethers, fat wethers and good lambs were in demand, and prices for these classes were well maintained. Aged sorts were dull of sale, but out of an entry of about 14,500 barely a thousand'werepassedin. Cattle were represented by an entry of about 80 head and pigs by 120. Prices were:—Fat cross-bred wethers 11s 6d to 12s, do ewes 8s to 9s, fat lambs 9s to 10s 3d, two-tooth half-bred breeding ewes 8s 6d to 9s Qd, four, six and eight-tooth . ewes 6a 6d to 8s 6d, aged ewes 4s to 5s 6d, two-tooth turnip. wethers 8s 6d, 9s to 9s 6d, . store lambs 5s to 6s 6d, store merino wethers 4s 6d to os, merino' breeding ewes 3s 5d to ss, boilers Is to 2s; cattle— beef at up to 18s per 1001 b, cows and springers A’4 15s ,to M, store cows =S2 to .£2 10s, two-year-old cattle <£2 10s to Lo ss, yearlings 255; pigs—baconers 38s to 455, porters 15s to 255, good stores 12s to 16s,- small 8s to 10s, weaners 3s to 7s. ASHBURTON. There was a large entry at Ashburton yesterday, nearly 20,000 sheep being yarded. The bulk of the entry consisted of breeding ewes, many of them having been passed at the fair at Tinwalcl last week. The attendance was good, and there was a little more life in the sale than was manifested last week, but prices remained about the same, and competition was not keen. The butchers’pens were well filled with fair quality sheep, a larger proportion than usual being merino ewes. Fat . cross-bred ewes made 6s to 9s, merinoes 3s to 6s. A line of forward half-bred two-tooth mixed sexes, almost ready to freeze, made 10s 7d, and another of three-quarfcer-breds, also iix forward condition, 10s 4d. Breeding ewes sold at from 2s 7d to 6s for old "-and failing-mqnthed ones, and as high as' 8s Id for good, sound-mouthed. A nice line of well-grown ewes from Mr Allan M’Lean’s Waitaki Estate sold at from 7s 6d to Bs. Part of the Balmoral merino ewes were sold at 4s, a considerable fall on the price paid for them at Cnlverden. Some nice young cattle were offered, but there was little or no demand, the best prices obtained being .£6 for a good steer and from £4 to £5 for heifers. In the pig yards baconers made from 20s to 40s, stubblers 13s 6d.