RANGIORA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5505, 4 March 1896, Page 2

RANGIORA.

j At the Eangiora market yesterday there wjas a very large and representative attendance of f annera and dealers, and a'j considerable volume of business was done. There wag .an entry of. 9600 sheep. 120 pigs and 80 head of cattta Prices Were equal to late, rates, and in some cases ai slight advance was shown. Freezing withers sold at lls,6dto 13s ; butchers' good cross-bred wethers, 10s to 10a 6d ; fat cross-bred ewes, 7s 6d, 8s 6d to 9s ; fat merino ewes, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; fat lambs, 8s 6d to 10s 6d ; cross-bred breeding ewes (eight-tooth) 7s 6d to Bs, do full-mouth 6s to 7s, older sorts 4s 6d to 6si cross-bred two-tooths 6s, 7s to Bs, lambs in good fresh condition 6s 3d to 6s Bd,' other sorts 4s to 5s 6d, six and eighttooth merino ewes 2s 6d to 3s, merino boilers Is 6d to 2s 6d, cross-bred boilers 2s 6d to 4s ; prime beef equal to 18s to 20s per 1001 b, cow beef 15s, springers .£4 10s to .£5 10s, cows in milk £3 10s to 454 10s, yearlings 18s to 255, eighteen-months old cattle 25s to 355, two-year-olds (mixed sorts) £2 to £2 -ss ; pigs— light baconers* 30s to 355, heavier do 36s to 40s, porkers 15s to 27s 6d, good fresh stores 12s to 15s, smaller sorts 7s to 11s, weaners 2s 6d ,to 4s 6d. In the produce department, butchers' pelts sold at Is 9d to 2s 3d, country do 9d to Is 6d, woolly skins 2s 3d •to 3s 6d ; fowls— hens Is 9d to 2s pair, roosters 2s 6d to 3s 6d; ducks 2s 6d, geese 3s to 4s ; chickwheat 2s 6d to 2s lOd, oats Is 8d to 2s, feed barley 2s 6d, oatsheaf chaff ,£2 5s £2 10s per ton, straw do 30s, potatoes 3s to 3s 6d cwt, bran 3s 9d bag, sharps 6s 6d, flour 16s to 20s per sack, ryegrass seed 2s 6d to 3s 6d bushel, cocksfoot 2d to 3d per lb, blue peas 3s 3d, partridge do 2s 6d to 3s Bd.