LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 15, 15 December 1883, Page 2

LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

■ v., Tt — • A.. v~ „!■■■. - . ; 77-2'%-4'poKix , fsrD." "•* " : .: ' Mr'Aifreil jjnckland reports :— At '^ne'Haymarket on Friday, November | 30, fodder brought from 2s 9d to 5s the ; !cw t t.|;.oats, 2s T Mjthe bushel. Horses ■ from the country - sold ffcedlj', aud late values obtained for them. Prices for j light harness and/ medium draught i ranged from £11 to £25 each. At the : .hide and skin sale on Tuesday, hides; ranged from 2d to 2£d the lb ; pelts, 8d - tb lid; 'sbedpj&ins, lsy.toftald^ lamb- ! skins, Is 7d each ; bags of woo], m rgrease* Afd to s,|d ; washed wool, B£d -NiheUb-."* / At Remuera on Monday, dairy cattle were m less than usual number, but without improvement m values. A ltirge'r than usual ffiusteu'offstore cattle met with a bri«k demand at .satisfactory prices. Pat cattle were yarded m less-than usual numbers. Steers were at last week's values, but cows scaicely -'maintained <■■ previous i J prices. ".:■ . , Shejep; both fat and store, were abundant. Last week's prices— about 2|d the lb "for wethers, was the ruling value. A full maiket of smallsized pigs of good quality sold freely aud brought 3£d the lb. . Averages, were : . 7 steers, £9 ; 7 :- steers, ?£B ;<6s j£B shears, &1 jt** 9d '] Napier wethers (Waikato fatteu*), ranged from 12s to 13s 6d each ; Gisborne jWetheri*, 13s 6d to. 15s 6d each. " i Messrs; .Huhter ; aja'd: Neman's report — Horses — There has been nothing veiy i noteworthy m the state of the market. I M average;, numbei^ta^ ■ .or with little or any alteration m value. >| ■ Atfthe IMrham Tarda, on Friday, no good draught horses were. .yarded^ and j several would' have fouridMready 1 purchasers. Medium sold at prices satis- I .factory to vendors. Light harness and hacks were scarcely relatively ;so high. Cattle — The supply has been good., Springing cows have not been m brisk demand, but all other descriptions have; sold at. Bj shade m, adfance of the pre-, vious week's rates. The entries for, the fuh* at Papaknra were less numerous | than on the previous month. There was a very large muster of stores at; Newmarket on Tuesday, and again ati the regular monthly sale at Papakura on Wednesday. Dairy cows were not yarded m large numbers, but wore quite sufficient for requirements. Fat beasts were yarded m less than average, quantity, ana advanced m value fully 58 per head. Pticcs for steers were fully maintained, and heifers were relatively lower m valu\ Sheep were plentiful. Well fatted wethers fully maintained their value bui lightweights were a shade lo<ver. Lambs were fairly plentiful aud sold Ss 9d to 15s 6d. Pigs — Very few yarded, demand good.