MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXIX, Issue 9969, 23 February 1893, Page 3

MARKET REPORTS.

There was a very large entry of sheep at tho Rangiora market on Tuesday, and business waa brisk throughout tho sale, tho attendance being good for tho time of the year. Mr Buss (associated with the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company) reports sales as follows :—2O mixed crossbreds, 12s; 20 merino wethers, 12s ; 60 mixed croaa-breds, 14a fid ; 61 cross-bred lambs, 12a Id; 100 mired lialf-brede, 15s 6d, 158 laraba 13s fid, 20 lambs 0a 3d; 23 merino wethers, 3s fid; 50 halfbred wethers, 12i ; 38 cross-bred ewea, 14s; 35 cross-bred wethers, 14a; 300 soundmouthed merino ewes, 7s Gd; GOO merino wethers, 63 6d ; 70 cross-bred lambs, 11s Gd; 300 merino wethers, ssi 8d 5 60 twotooth ewes, 12a 2d; 40 merino wethers, 3s Id; 123 cross-bred owes at 12s 2d ; 2GS half-bred wetheus, 13i 4d; 250 crosi-biod lambs, 8s lid; 175 Lalf-bred wethers, 11s ■ 3d; 82 old merino ewes, 3a 95 ; 254 merino ewea and lambs, all counted, 3s 9d; SOO sound-mouthed merino ewes, G? 7d; 50 mixed eross-brecis, 13a Id; 100 cross-bred lambs, 6s 9d; 60 mixed crcss-breds, 13s lOd; 80 cross-bred iambs, 11s 8d ; 30 fat merino ewes, 7s 6d ; 70 cross-bred lambs, 9s 3d ;30 do, (Ja; 150 twe-toot’a owes, 12,;; 50 old merino awe;-:, Ha 8d; 55 fat merino wethers, Ha 3d ; 20 fat crossbred ewes, 9u 9:1; 60 cross-bred ewes, 6a Bd. Cattle.—Springers, .415 5a to ,CG £>« ; fat heifer?, £0 15a ; calves, £1 10a; pigs, suckers, 8s 3d ; stores, 13s to 181 5 baconercs, 2Gs to 325. Mr W. Buss sold a quantity of sheepskins and produce at full market rates. M'esara H. Matron and Co. (associated with the National M. and A. Company of N.Z., Limited) report upon their sale us follows: —Every pen wan filled to excess, tho attendance visa good, and although the competition was not so keen as one would have expected, we managed to clear our entry. Wo sold as follows :—7l merino ewes, 5d ; 62 two and four-tooth ewea. He 7d; SO merino owes, 7s; 11 lambs, 83 fid ; 32 mixed ewes, 9a; 50 merino ewea, 4s ; 250 ewes and. lambs all told, 7s lOd; 40 do 7a 0(1; 54 two-tooth cross-brads, 12s Gif; 156 two-tooth freezers, 14a Gd, Messrs Pyijb and Co, report having add 300 lambs at 9a 6d ; 200 merino ewee, 3a 73 ; 200 merino ewes, 4s to 4s 2d; and 60 merino ewea at 5a 3d. Messrs Todeuntkb and Jennings sold 220 store cross-brad lambs at 9j Gd ; 140 cross-bred ewes, 13s; 320 merino owes, sa; 360 merino ewes, 5a 5 360 merino wethers, 4s; 9 small store pigs, 10s G-i; 6 store pigs, 13s. Mr A. P. Tutton reports having effected rales as follows ;—Two and four-tooth cross-bred maiden ewes and wethers, 14s Id; four, six and eight-tooth cross-bred owes, i 4?; four and six-tooth weshers, 14a Gd to I-H 9d; merino ewes, 4s 6;1 Co 5? 0d: fat merino wethers, Ha; fat lambs, 10a 79. to 13s Gd. Cattle—cheers, ,£4 10sj calves, ill 2a to ill 63. Pigs—Small stores, 5s Gd to 7w 6.!; stubblers, 13a to 20a; bacon pigs, 30s’ to 35a. Produce Woolly eh ee pa kins, 3d 6.1; pelts, 8d to Is 2d ; hides as market rates; rough fat, lsd par lb; cool, in bags, 6vd to GJ-d; fowls, hens la 8d to 2s 31 per pair, roosters 2a to 8s 3d; ducks, 2i 6d ; geese, -is Gd; chickwheat, Is fid to 2a per bushel; oafcp, la 7ci to is fid; Med barley. Is Gd to 2a; ryegrass eecd. Is Gd to 3s; cocksfoot, 2i per lb; potatoes, 4s to 6a per cwfc; onions, 6s per owt; meal, 5s Gd per bag; sharps, 4 1 Gd to 5a ; bran, 2a fid to 3a ; flour, guaranteed quality, 17a per sack, do unknown brands, 10s to 12s ; bacon, 4Jd per lb. There waa an entry of over 12,000 sheep at the fortnightly sale nb Amberley on Monday, with a good attendance of buyer?,, woo, however, owing to the dry weather and the temporary closing of ono of tho freezing factories, were not disposed to give, in many instances, the rates asked, and several large lines were withdrawn. Sales were effected at for merino ewes, 2s id to 2i 2ci for broken-moatbed, up to 6s 3:1 for heavy weights; cross-bred ewes, 11s Gd; four-tooth, 14s 8d; maiden, 13a Gd; cross-bred wether?, 12? Gd; mixed lots, 83 fid ; cross-bred lamb?, 8s lid to 12s. Cattle sold readily with brisk competition. Bullocks, J 33 3? Gd; heifera from £4 to £5 15a; calve?, fii to 29s 61.; young cows with calves, £'i 17s 6d to £5 15a; steers, JE2 fis to j£!J 14s; cows, Jl4 7s Gd tola 10? for springers.

There waa a largo entry at the Tinwald yards on Tuesday. About 10,000 abeep, 45 head of cattle and 4 pigs were yarded, Owiug, no doubt, to the teed having been dried up very much during the past week competition was not eo keen as it wss st the previous sale, and price? were somewhat lower—nearly 6i a, head nil round; The following are price? obtained :

—Fat cross-bred ewe?, 83 4d to 11s

81; fat cross-bred wethers, 15a; fat merino ewes, 5a to 63 10d; fat merino wethers, 7a 3d to Us; two-tooth crossbreds, lie fid, 13a, 13s 3d, 13s lid and 15s 3d; cross-bred wethers, 13a 8d; cross-bred ewes, 7s 6d to fit 3d; cross-bred lambs, 63 fid to 11s; merino ewes and lambs, all counted, 5? fid to 7a; merino ewes, 4s 3d to 63 There was a good demand for cattle, and the bidding waa brisk. Pat steers sold at .-£4 10s, £5 6s and £8 10s s fat heifers, £7 and £7 8a 6d; young cattle, Ifh; springers, £6 5s ; milch cows, £3 to £7 5?. Four fair porkers sold at FBI 10s each.