COMMERCIAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XXII, Issue 42792, 17 October 1905, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Butter: Dairy and separator, 9d to 10id; farmers keg, firsts 8d ; milled, in bulk, for export lOd ; factoiy rolls, lid. Fresh eggs, Sid to 9fd dozen. Bacon: Farmers, 5d to 6d ; factory 6jd. Hams : Farmers 5d to 6d ; factory 6 id. Onions : American, lCs to 18s cwt. Chaff : L 5 10s ton. Potatoes: Southern, Ll2 ton; seed kinds, Ll2 to Ll 6; new round, 2d lb ; new kidneys 21-d to 2fd. Alfred Bucbland and Sons’ Report. Horses: At the Haymaiket on Friday we had a full yard, with keen competition for all young and sound useful sorts. Active waggon and ex--press colts and fillies realised from £34 to £43 ; medium draughts, £22 os io £3O ; buggy horses and good hacks, £l6 15s to £2O; light harness and ordinary hacks, £6 10s to £l4 ; weeds and ponies, at late values. On Saturday, at Waiulcri, we held our usual mi-n'hly sale, and yarded considerably more than the averagnurnber of stock. Dairy cows sold tip to £7 10s; dry, to £4; strong calves, to £2 6s ; 3 to 4 year old steers, to £6 ; bulls, to £6 Gs; young pigs, 9s to 10s; potatoes to 9s, small bagsGrain, etc.: Maize, in limited supply firm at 3s 3d ex wharf, to 3s 61 *'x store ; oats, 2s 4d to 2s 6.1 ; inferior, 2s; fowl wheat, 3s 6<l; chaff, firm at £5 ex rail, to £5 10s ex store; bran, £4 ss; carrots. 20s, At Retnuera on Thursday, dairy cows in full supply, were dull of Prices of those at- profit were from £5 to £8; dry. to £3 15; strong calves, to 40s. Fat and youug calves, in full supply, sold freely at late values (lIS sold). The beef pens were well filled with cattlo of "oodjqeali'y, which sold irregularly and at slightly I'wer >-ates, ox beef se'ling to ‘2ss the lOOlh ; cow, to 21s; steers ranged in pi ice from £7 'o £l2 2s Cd ; cows, £4 to £8 2s 61

(282 sold). There was an average yarding of mutton. Prices were lower, best wethers in their wool soiling to 325; lighter woigl t->, to 255; shorn,; to £lOs 9d ; heavy* owes, to 28s others to 22s (1,330 yarded ). Lambs, in full supply, wore lower in value fully 2s Oil per head, best selling to 17a 6(1 (130 sold). Pigs, plentiful, mot with koon competition, small sellintr to 18s; porkers, to 38s; bacouors to 98s (173 sold).