AUCKLAND MARKETS.
(by telegram.—own correspondent). Auckland, Last Night.—Messrs Hunter and Nolan report :—Horses : Heavy draughts, £l2 53 to £l9 10s ; medium, £9 to £l4 103 ; light harness, £3 10s to £9 10s ; hacks, £3 10a to £S ss. Hides, prime stout ox, 41 to 4fd : steer and cow hides, 2|d to B£d ; calfskins, 3Jd to 4d per lb ; bones, £3 ton ; tallow, 10s 6d to lis 9d per cvt; sheepskins, 2s to4s3d; pelts, 9d to Is lid ; lambskins, Is 3d to 2a 6d. A fair supply of cattle was entered at the Junction Yards. Last week's rates were maintained. Ox bpcf, 17s per 1001 b ; fat cows, 15s per 1001 b ; oxen ranged from £4 17a Od to £8 10s. Some small steers were sold from £3 to £4 10s each ; fat cows brought £3 to £5 10s. Sheep were plentiful, but there was an advance of fully la per head. Wethers, 7s 9d to 10a Od ; ewes, 6a to 10a; mixed sexc, 6s 6d to 9s ; store ewes, si; lambs, 4s to 8a 9d. Pigs, scarce, 14a 6d to 21s each.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 260, 17 March 1898, Page 2
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182AUCKLAND MARKETS. Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 260, 17 March 1898, Page 2
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