MARKET REPORTS.
GRAIN AXD PRODUCE. The -export of grain and produce from Lytte'iton last week included the following lines: sacks, wbea-'t, 1626 sacks and 2824 bag's flour., .5121 sacks oats, 110 sacks meal, 194 sacks baiiev, 61 sacks malt, 412 sacks bran, 129 sacks sharps, 152 sacks pollard, 79 sacks peas, 60 sacks beams, 136,4 sacks chaff, 70 .sacks, 71 'bags and 46 jamnkis onions, 280 sack',; and 142 bags .potatoes, 1322 sacks seed, and 79 bales, hay. ' OXFORD MARKET REPORT. The first of the weekly sales was held at Oxford\ on Thursday, when there .was an cniiiy of about 3000 sheep. The attendance of buyers was good, and bidding was .brii-'k throughout the *;ale. Prices -were rather better than at the previous sale, and almost every line changed hands. Fat laniibs brought from 14s 6d to 15s 4d. Store lambs, of which there was a large entry, 'brought from lis 6d to 14s 3d. Wethers made from 17s to 19s 3d, young 'breeuing ewes 16s 'to 17s 6d, aged ewes 9s to 13s 6d, merino ewes 6s to :9s fod, fat cwci? 13s to 17s Bd. Steers brought from £4 10s to £7. springers £4 to £6 10s, yearlings 25s to 50s. Pigs sold at full malike* rates. HORSE SALES. There was a yarding of eighty horses at TattersaH's on Saturday, including some fairly good draughts. There was not mueh demand for heavy horses, farmers having now satisfied requirements for harvest. Best draughts brought from £2B to £36..medium kinds £ls-to- £25, and aged at "all prices. Best light' harness'Jui'rses' broughtfirpjn '£l.4 to £2O, medium sorts £3 to £l2, and weedy kinds and hacks all prices, from £1 to •£6. . PIGS AND POULTRY. There we're fair yardings of pigs at Saturday's markets, and prices are without alteration. Poultry came forward in large numbers, and there was nn excellent demand -for good tabic birds. Pricas ruling were : Pigs—Stores 10s to 17s, suckers, and weaner's 6s 3d to 9s. Poultry—Roosters 3s to 4s 6d, pullets 3s to 4s 6d, hens ls.-9d to 2s 6d, ducks 2s 3d to 3s 6d, and geese 4s 6d to ss; all at per pair.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12422, 11 February 1901, Page 6
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358MARKET REPORTS. Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12422, 11 February 1901, Page 6
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