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Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 42, 15 October 1896, Page 2

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The Waikato Argus Opfick, Wednesday. McNICOL AND CO.'S OHAUI'O SALE At Messrs McNicol and Co.'s sale at Oliaupo on Tuesday, about 400 head of cattle were yarded of a very mixed quality, some very f,ood and some very coarse. There was a good muster of dairy cows—about 40—ami most of them of a gcod class. For good cows close to profit there was a Rood demand, and prices were in advance of what r they have been these last three weeks. There was a fair demand for well-bred calves and yearlings, but coarse cattle of all classes were unsaleable. Except for dairy cows and a few pens of wcll-lrcd yearlings, the tone of the maiket was, comparatively speaking, dull. The following prices were obtained :—2ogal. milk cans (second-hand), from I7s fid to 22s ; light milk waggon, £8 ."is. Dairy cows : 1 do., i'.-> ; 1 do., i'3 Is ; 1 do., £4 53 ; 1 do.. £4 2s (id ; 1 springing heifer, £3 7s Cd • 1 cow, £."> ; 1 do , £4 17s (id ; 1 do., £-"> 2s (id ; 1 do., £.">;>* ; several more sold at the above prices, very few passed ; 1 pen of half-fat empty cows, £3 19s (id ; 1 pen mixed yearlings, 32s ; 1 pen do., 3(is ; 1 pen of very good and well-bred yearlings, 3Ss ; 1 pen four-year-old steers, in good condition, £3 10s ; 1 pea empty cows, in low condition, £2 lis ; 1 pen two-year-old steers, in good condition, £3 5s ; 1 pen 18nipnths steers, £2 5s ; 1 empty heifers, in very good condition, £3 7s (id ; 2 pens of good empty cows, nearly fat, £."> 2s (id : 1 pen heifers, £2 10s. Only a few head cf beef in the market, for which there was not much demand. Sheep : About b'oo were yarded and nearly all of a good class, lint the demand was slack and most of tin in were passed. 1 pen half-fat ewes, (is Sd ; 2 pens hoggets, 7s ; 1 pen small hoggets, 5s Sd ; 1 pen fat heavy ewes, Pis ; a good line of -1-tooth wethers, well-woolled and fat, wore passed.—(Oliaupo Ccrresponden'). HAYVKKA MARKETS. ThkEcmont Faumkks' Union (Limited), report under date Hawkka, October Sth, lS!>(j :—Unr monthly sale was held at Ckaiawa, on Thursday, the Ist inst., when a fair entry of stock was submitted. Bidding on the whole was good, tc that nearly all lines changed hands. We quote :—Yearling stccis, £1 •Js (id to £1 \6i 6d ; yearling heifers, £1 3s to £1 13s ; dairy cows and heiftis, £s' 5s to £6 5s ; heifers in calf, £2 10s to £3 10s; store tows, £2 10* to £2 10s; calves, Ss to lis. We had about outadvertised nuinhir ot cattle at Manaia, on Wednesday, the 7th inst. Bidding was good for 'large steer?, and on the whole a large amount of business was done. Wc quote :—Forward bullocks, £4 12s lid to £4 ISs ; fat cows, £3 5s to L'3 10s ; yearlings, £1 3s (id to i'l 15?. FROZEN MEAT. The Nfcw Zealand Loan & Mkkcaxtii.e Ackncy Company report : London, 4th September, 1800' : The demand siiiee the date of our hist advices has been quiet and while values for prime New Zealand mutton have been fairly well maintained for other descriptions less money has now to be aicepted. A clearance has practically been affected of the damaged meat referred to in our circular of 7th ultimo, but recent arrivals have not turned out altogether satisf ictorily and this in conjunction with a spell of wet weather has tended to unsteady the market. Prime Canterbury lambs' arc fairly firm but with the advanced season the demand for other sorts has materially fallen off ami prices hive given way. 'While holders of Australian mutton for a time professedly maintained a sa'e limit, sheep, of late, have been generally obtainable at less money and this week it was decided by the Committee to abandon the attempt to maintain values by this means. With stocks on the si ot reduced to small compass coincident with a hardening of values in America, frozen foiequartcrs of beef have marked a sharp advance, lip to 2s per Sib having been secured. American ((notations, however, have since receded, and at the close a decline of .">d per stone from the high:st point has to be recorded. Hind quarters continue to meet a dull sale and are now worth but little more than fores. Notwithstanding the wet weather which prevailed this morning, there was a fair demand at Smithfield for mutton and lamb, and prices in some instances ruled tinner. To-day's quotations at Smithfield are :—Prime selected Xcw Zealand mutton, 2s 4d to 2s oil per Sib ; average, la lid to 2s ; inferior, Is lOd ; Australian mutton, Merino, Is Sd ; do., crossbred, Is Oil; prime New Zealand lamb, 2s KM to 3s ; average, 2s (id to 2s 10d : Australian beef, fores, Is Sd to Is !> 1 ; do., hinds, Is Sd to Is KM. AUCKLAND MARKETS. (l!Y TEUEGBAMI. —OWN CORHESTOXDEXT.) At.X'Ki.AND, Last Night.—Messrs Hunter and Nolan's report : At the sale on Friday horses of a good stamp sold briskly. Heavy draught realised £l3 to £3."> 10s ; medium, £lO 10s to £l(i His ; light harness, £4 10s to £l3 ; hacks, £3 to'xlO ; weedy sorts, 20s to ::.">;. A pair of coach horses ietched £45. At the .I unction Yards on Tuesday there was a plentiful supply of sheep. The cattle market was considerably easier. Wethers realised lis i)d to ISs ; ewes, 10s 3d to 14s (id ; shorn, Pis to 12< (id : lambs, 7s to 12s lid. Pigs were scarce, selling at from 15s to 30s.