AUCKLAND MARKETS.
(BY TELEGBAI'U. — OWN COKKKSPOXOKST). Auckland, Last »"iglit. Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Report :—Horses still remain dull of sale. Heavy draughts range from £lO 10s to £2O; medium draught, £7 15s to £lO 10s ; light harness, £3 10s to £!); hacks, £3 to £lO. Hides show a slight improvement ; oxhides, 3.U1 to 4M ;eows and steers, 2d to 3Jd ; kfps, 3}d. Sheepskins : Ticked longwool, 5s to (js ; ordinary longu ools, 3s 6d to 4s lOd; crossbreds, 1» IMto 4s Od; Merinos, Is 5d to '2s (id ; lamhskins, (i-ld ; pelts, Sd to Is 3d ; wool, Gid ; pieces, lid to 3d ; tallow, 12s 3d per cut. ; bones, £3 10s to £3 15s per ton. At the Junction Yards, there was a fair muster of fat cattle, but last Tuesday's prices were hardly realised. Ox beef sold at from 17s to 19s per 1001 b and cow at lGs. Sheep were plentiful, and sold at late values. Wethers sold at from 12s GV to ]<m 3d ; ewis, 13s 3d to 14s Od ; shorn wethers, lis 3d to lis 9d ; shorn cues, 7s to 12s. Lambs were brought forward in large rumbers, and sold from .">3 9d to lis. Porkers sold at from ISs Gil to'2s? ; weaners from 5s 9d to lis. Dairy cows were plentiful and sold at low values Sprngers, £2 10s to £3 ; dry cows, £1 10s to £2 19s.
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Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 199, 21 October 1897, Page 2
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229AUCKLAND MARKETS. Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 199, 21 October 1897, Page 2
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