AUCKLAND MARKETS.
(BY TELEGRAPH—OWN CORRESPONDENT). Auckland, Last Night.—Messrs Hunter and Nolan repoit : —Horses : Heavy draughts, sold at from £ll to £l9 10s ; medium ditto, £9 to £l3 10s ; light harness, £3 10s to £9 5s ; hacks, £3 to £8 ss. Hides : At late values ; bones, £3 per ton ; tallow, Pis to 12s 6d per cwt ; sheepskins, Is 5d to 3s 6d ; pelts, 3d to Is 4d ; lambs' akins, Is 2d to 2s sd. Wool : Fleece wool, 4d to 6d ; lambs' wool, 4£d to 6d ; pieces, 3d to 3Jd ; locks, ljd per lb. There was an average supply of catte yarded, with no change in values. Ox beef,4,6s to 17s per lOOib ; cow beef, 15s, Oxen, £5 to £i 15s ; fresh-conditioned steers, £2 15s to £4 17s 6d ; fat cows, £3 10s to £5 ss. Sheep were plentiful and prices easy. Wethers, 6s to lis 6d ; ewes, 5s to 8s 9d ; lambs, 4s 3d to 9s. Pigs scarce. Small porkers, 12s to 12s 6d ; weaners, 6s 6d.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 257, 10 March 1898, Page 2
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166AUCKLAND MARKETS. Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 257, 10 March 1898, Page 2
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