MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17904, 25 September 1918, Page 10

MARKET REPORTS.

RANGIORA, There was a yarning oi 1412 sheep at the ltan D market yesterday. Xbo lats lOtaned rob. Brices were:—Prime welders 43s 3d to 44s lCd, ugdt weights fias to fis/s la, prime ewes 4us, ligdt ttixi 2d io 32s 3d, hoggei3 30s to 3/s bU, lat merino ewes 20s. The bulk of tho stores wore hoggets, which were in lair demand. Best ewe ao s gets maue 34s lid io 3os bd, medium lots 2os to '3os bd, wether hoggets 2/s fid to 3Us 6d, med.uin 2bs 3d, mixed sox 2fis to 82s Id, aged ewes in lamo rls. Amongst the lines were 75 ewe hoggets at 26s bd, 44 at fios Gd, 160 (first cross E.L. and M.) 84s lid, 80 at 27s lid, 36 at 355, 80 wether hoggets at 27a fid, M at 30s Gd, 80 mixed sox dogger at 32a Id, and GO at 23s lid. There was an entry of 62 head of cattle. Springers rnado £9 to £ls, springing heifers £8 los to £l6, young cattle £0 15s to £7 12s Gd, emp.y cows up to.£7 12s 6d, empty heifers £9. Thero were 114 pigs penned. Baconera made 85s to 130 s, porkers' 60s to 655, stores 40s to 60s, and small sorts 18s to 30s. In the poultry department roos.ors sold from Gs 2d to Gs 4d a couple, hens 6s 4d, ducks 7s 9d, turkeys 18s. In the produce yards chickwhcat mado 5s 9d 'to 7s a bushel, oats 5s 6d, grass seed ss, wheatmeal 20s a sack, oatsheaf chaff 6s 6d, straw chaff 2s Cd, table potatoes 11b to lbs, early seed po.atoes 18s, stvedea Bs, carrots £k 6d, parsnips 4s, onions 10s per 1001 b, apples 2d per lb. ASHBURTON. ' The yarding of fat sheep at the Tinwald yards yesterday totalled 225, comprising 141 ewes and 8-1 wethers. Bidding all through was keon an I good prioes were obtained. Tho highest figure for ewe 3 was 633 for a small pen sold on account of Mr W. T. Teudie, of Chatmos, a/nd Mr E. T. Williams, of Watorton, got 40s 6d and 50s Gd. Mr J. M. Johnston, Ealing, obtained 48s Cd and 49s respectively for a couple of lines, and a pen sold on behalf of Mr B. Withell, Ealing, brought 42a Gd. The top " figure paid for wethers was 50s 6c., and 51s was secured for a couple of lots sold on account of Mr E T. Williams. The principal sales were:—Ewes—6 at 50s 6d, 18 at 40s 6d, 6 at 39s 9d, 15 at 363 6d, 10 at 42s 6d, 6 at 31s, 20 at. 333 3d, 19 at 30s, 11 at 43s 6d, 14 at 495, 2 at 535. Wether8 —1 at 61s, 7 at 51s, 11 at 50s Gd, 16 at 37s 7d, 16 at 36s Bd. The yarding of store sheep aggregated 2551, and consisted of 2057 hoggets and 120 wethers, the balance being owes in lamb and with lambs at foot. Thero was only a limited demand for hoggets, and of the yarding 1331 were passed at auction. Amongst the passings was a line of 170 ewe hoggo's at 3Gs Id, and another line of 95 at 34s 6d. Wether hoggets mado from 28s 7d to 29s 2d ewe hoggets 24s (for inferior) to 345, mixed sex ISs 6d, two-tooth owfjs 30s, sound-mouth, ewes 30s 3d to 30s 6d, four and six-tooth wetbors 39.1 Gd, sound-mou'h ewe 3 and lambs 20s 7d. Sales wore—so wether hoggets 29s 2d, 35 ewe hoggets (inferior) 245, 68 at Sis 9cl, 41 two-tooth half-bred ewes in lamb 30s, 120 four and six-tooth cross-bred wethors 89s Bd. 80 wether hoggets 28s 7d, SI ewes and 37 lambs 20s 7d, 242 three-quarter-bred ewo hoggets 29s 7d, 190 mixed sex hoggets 18n 6d, 231 two, four, six and eight-'ooth ewes in lamb 30s 3d to' 30s 6d« G 1 three-quarter-bred ewe hoggets 345. Thero was a yarding of 32 head of cattle. Bidd-ng was keen, and highly satisfactory prices were obtained. Fat stoers b-ought £8 to £l4 15s, and fat heifers £l6 ss, £l7, £lB and £l4 10s. A cow springing - to profit, sold on behalf of Mr G, Chapman, of Wil-

lowby, realised £2O, and another oow brought £l3 ios. Dry cows realised £6 15a and £ll, and yearling's from £3 to £5 6s, .EGGS. Messrs Harris Bros, report that at the auction sale of guaranteed fresh eggs held yesterday on behalf of the Canterbury Egg Farmers’ Association there was a very large entry, and every lot was sold at the follov/ing rates: —First grade hen eggs Is . Id, second grade hen eggs Is 3d, duck eggs Is 3idto la 4d, Competition eggs la 4d. 103