THE AUCKLAND MARKETS.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 414, 26 October 1889, Page 2

THE A UCKLAND MARKETS.

Messis Alfred Buckland and Sons Weekly Report. — Ox hides ranged from 4£d to '3d the ]b ; cow hides, 2d to ityl ; calf ski a, 3jd to did the lh ; tallow, 17s 6d the owt • bntehtTs 1 skins, 3" Gd to 8s Id Htiition pkin, 3s to Gs ; lamb skins, Js to 2s 3d each ; wool in ba»s, 7«1 to 7UI the lb ; bonep, 4s 6d the cwt. At ReinucTa on Tliursday dairy cattlo were plentiful and ut low values ; pi iced landed from L 2 to L 3 10s each. S'oie cm t tie in fair inquiry at late values. F.it cattle, in full numbers, scaicely kept last week 'a values. Pi ices for good bteeis wete from lGs to 18s. cows 13s to I.™ p«^ looiim. Kisiliteen steeis from the Ivist Ccmst averaged L 7 8s ; '20 bteers from New Plymouth L8 16s. Calves, plentiful, weie requirt j d. Youn^ cilves brou^iit fiom Gs to 13s ; six months' calves 30s to 35s each, F,it sheep wore plentiful and lower in prices Is to 2^ each ; wethers in their wool aver.itfpd 17s Gd ; shorn hoggets, 8s 6d. A draft of shorn wethers from Wtiitara were withdrawn at 12s, Fat lambs numerous, but required, prices lMiigcd.fiom the gi eater part fiom 8s to 13s each. Pigs of fair qu-ility and modulate were plentiful, but kept their values, and coarse pigs of small size were also fair competed for.