RANGIORA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6115, 23 March 1898, Page 4

RANGIORA.

I There was a large attendance at the Rangiora market yesterday, and the yards were again full of sheep. At the-.Ceritral ' _ards 9000 sheep were entered, 1 and prices were a trifle better than they tyere last week. Bacon pigs showed a slight rise, and small pigs were about Is easier. Prices were : Freezing wethers, 12s 8d to 13s ; butchers' fat ewes, ss, 6s to 8s 3d ; fat lambs, 9s to 10s ; do three-parts fat, 7s, 8s to 9s; stores, 5s to (ss ; weedy sorts, 2s to 4s ; half-bred breeding ewes, 5s 6d to 6s ; older sorts, 3s to 4s ; merino ewes for breeding, 3s to 4s ; older sorts, Is 6d to 2s 3d ; good store turnip wethers, 9s lOd to 10s 3d ; poor cross-bred wethers, 5s 6d to 7s ; ■half-bred boilers, 2s 6d to 3s ; merino boilers, 9d^ to 2s. Ninety head of cattle were yarded. -Beef, 17s to 18s per lOQlbs; ; springers, -E3 to -G4 lCs; good .dry cows, . .£1 5s to £2, good yearlings 15s to 20s, two-year-olds 35s to 40s. A number of inferior bred cattle of all sorts were entered, but are unquotable. Two hundred and twenty pigs were yarded, and the quality was exceptionally good. Prime baconers made from £2 7s 6d to £3 2s 6d, porkers 25s to 30s, good stores 20s to 28s, small do 15s to 18s, .weaners 8s to 12s, suckers 3s to 6s 6d. ' In - the North Canterbury Yards there was* an entry of 3500 sheep, of which 2800 . were sold. Prices were : — Fat lambs 9s 3d to 9s' _od, fat. ewes 6s 9d to 8s 3d, two-tooth !mixed 7s 3d to 8s 3d, half-bred wethers 7s '6d tb 9s, boilers Is 6d to 3s, store lambs 4s , 9d to 5s lld, two-tooth ewes 7s 3d to 7s 6d, < full-mouth breeding ewes 4s 9d to 5s 7d. i ' . In the produce yards prices were :—Slieep,skinp > ' woolly 3s to 4s, butchers' pelts 2s • to 3s, country do lOd to 2s, wool 5d to 6d, hides and fat at market rates; fowls Is to 3s 6d pair, ducks 2s 9d, geese ss ; milling ; wheat 3s 9d to 4s, chick wheat 3s to 3s 9d, oats 2s 2d to 2s 6d, feed barley 2s 9d, beans 2s 9d, peas 3s to 3s 4d, blue do up to 4s ; grass seed (farmers*) 2s 6d to 3_'3d, machine-dressed do 3s 9d to 4s, cocksfoot 3d to 4d lb, Italian ryegrass 3s 9d to 4s, cowgrass 6-J-d to 7d lb, white clover 5d to to 6d, oatsheaf chaff 65s to 70s ton, straw dp 355, bran 70s, sharps 85s ; flour, stone 20s sack, roller 23s ; cheese 3d to 31d lb, bacon 4d to sd ; apples 2s to 2s 6d case; carrots' 303 ton, potatoes 40s to 60s. TINWALD. The attendance at Tin w aid yesterday was quite up to the average ; but, as the dry weather still continues, and everyone is now short of feed, the demand for store sheep and cattle was no better than it was last week, and sales were difficult to make at any price. About 8000 sheep, 50 head of cattle, and a few pigs were yarded, but no animation was shown in any department of the sale. The butchers' pens were fairly well filled, mostly with inferior ewe mutton, and the store sheep were nearly all in very low condition. The following prices were obtained :— Butchers' sheep— Cross-breds from 5s to 9s 6d, merinoes 3s 3d to 4s 8d; stores— Cross-bred ewes from Is 6d to 5s 6d, merino do Is to 2s- 6d; lambs 3s 6d to 6s. Cattle— Pat steers £4, to 10s 6d, fat heifers .£3 .to 17s 6d, veal calves 17s ; stores, very unsaleable.