Auckland Stock and Produce Markets.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 3, 1 June 1885, Page 3

Auckland Stock and Produce Markets.

MESSRS HUNTER AND NOLAN'S RKPOUT. .:-": > ; J Auckland, Friday. J Horseß.-^Tfiere \v is im.'n:as.;il activity '"' m the market 'la'at Ki'Mny, as compared "■-with the jirevioiid Wi-ek.' A larger mini-»J|t-v"-ljfrtf iytir'n tnteivd, an- 1 most of them found purchasers. We quote liacl.s, at frinn j£s to £14 ; cart ami light harness hnrsus iJ froii»'£loto£33 10s; heavy draughts, £27 to< , ! . • 5;: - : " J Kat Cattle.— An average number were • ~pei>n«r> «t Newmarket on 'Ttu- Belay, lUeru '= -wa*» ; nonotabli: aiteraiiua m the value of 'lrtehl beef. l»nt the sliiphorno stock bore i!! , evidence of b.td weather, ami, witli tho .' "'exception of a few Jots scarcely inaiii- []\ the previous week's quotations. '] lly jSh ( i}«{).— tAii inarlciiuate .miiiiber were offered, ami competition was steady throughout. A few lots scarcely sold /: ..relatively, so high as tho previous week, but: for well-conditioned sheep there way ; uo duulinein value. ... i[ > ijjß.~^\yei'« m average number were bidding was brisk at previous ;': week's values. ■'■,••• '.--■ - ' i •• MR ALFRED BUCKLAND'S h ; ; .;. - REPURT. '„'titqre cattle are m larger .number than ' "of lute, bn.t at low values. Arrivals of Stock from the West coast arc larger ,y. thin wei-k than for BMveral months : conscqiianlly the supply^ both of rat o.ittl ? ; r ainl sneep, \v*s largely it: excess of usual , ..numbers. Prices for fat cattle m the ..:: earlier part of the sale wer- fairly sus tainud, but fell towards tin: finish. Am k- , landefaded Htee's sold at about 225, and : ; Bhipborne from 18s I.* 20s per lOOlbs. ' ;s. Sheep. — Uui formally lower than last v- week from Is to 3s each, and two shipii"« inents remain unsold. 70. b sheep, mixed sexes, -8:»ld for 13s 6-1 each; and ewes only were, at lower valucm.