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Waikato Argus, Volume X, Issue 954, 25 May 1901, Page 2

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Wa i & vvt, AtUrtJfl Oitkick, Th is Day. AUCKLAND MAHIiHJTS. KKW Zk\USll Lfi.-i.V ASO MkIIiUS* TK-S AiVhKOV i)ri (IjTW). JLrl'Ok*! Sttii'Bsi»i Ontltiiift >n steady demand, RVeiagJJ r.uiiii.i'is Irtdns hmuyht forward This u«u«'| lot* were bioucht Utvler tile |i>ii>ni*;i' on Frid y at ti~, .j Durham Yirils, Lidding fin- anything of *ond quo. Uy being go.>d, bu* '{r otnnr ohr;*-i-* slow. \V«qni)tH! tisavy draughts Irom Rt'l \l< fill to £4O : medium do., £l9 10* In £32 I'it Cd ; light harness ilo.. £3 15s to £2<l 12s 6d ; hacks, £-1 5s to £ll 17s 6d A sulky realised £l2 10s t spring cart, £lO 10?. Cottle :At the JtewDiarkec Yards on Tuesday dairy o ttth &ud store stock were penned in average numbers. Dairy cows were at late valuer. Beef yarded in full numbers showed an improvement on last week's quotations. Ox bee! sold at f-nm ISs to £1 Is 1001 b; cow, 16s toJB . Steers realised from £5 15a to £lO 7- fid ; tows, £8 17s Cd to £7 7s 8d j grown «te» r«. £4 2a to £3 16s; two to thiee-year-old steers, £3 2s fid to i'4 5s ; store cows, £1 19s to £3 2s j dairy cows sold ut from £4 15s to £S 10s. Sheep : Weio yarded iu full mini ors, but showed no alterations on late values. Wether* sold at from 13s to 19s 9d ; ewes. 8* 9d to 15s odj hoggets, )'s 01 to 10s Bd. Pics: Porkers sold at from 19s to £1 IQs; wearers, 4* 6d to 10c fid, Hides s Stout ox, s£d to (j;s'l ; nit d'uin. 4Jd to jid • light, 3|il to to 4d ; s:oin, 4J-d | o>lf. sound, B}<l to 4Jd ; kip, 3d io-Bfd. Skins: La<ge salted, '2a to 2a 7d ; medium. Is 3d ro Is 9d : dry, 3d to 6d lower. MaiKe i As anticipated last week, the price has fallen Id bushel Present price is 2a 3d on wharf for wholesale fines. Oats are firm at Is lOd bushel, c i.f. Potatoes are eelling at £3 10s ton on wharf. Messes alfkkd Bucklaxd and Sons' \7EtKLY RtPOET:—Horse3 : At tbe Haymarket, on Friday last, entries were Well up to the average, and many good animals changed han.ie at fully late quotations. We sold several vehicles nnder the han.mer, including a secondhand landau, double>seated buggy, gig, Bprina; cart, and some harness, saddlery, and'horeo covers. At the special sale of horses held at Pukekohe on Mouday there were upwards of 200 entered, and the gieater number sold at satisfactory fjrices to the vendors. There was a aree attendence of buyers and competition was keen throughout for all young useful animals. Medium draughts and light harness classes were welt represented, and sold freely, the former £24 to £3l 10s, and the latter £l2 to £2O each; strong cobs and small hack?, £5 to £9. Grain and other produoe ; local dim oats sold at Is lOd ex store ; Southern feed advanced Id per bushel, selling at la Iljdex wharf to 2s Id ex eton;; maize, 2s 7d to 2s 8d ex store, 2i 4d to 2s 6d ex wharf.. Chaff market is glutted with inferior stuff, which is difficult to quit at any price; prime chaff, £2 10s to £2 12s 6d ex mil. At Remuera on Thursday dairy covrs were penned in usual numbers ; tbo«e of aood quality brought from £6 to £S ;j« ; backward springers. £4 to £5 10s. h'oie oattle were dull of sale, and mr.ht of those advertised were passed. Fat nod young calves sold freely, fresh dropped Lrirpip" from to 10s; medium, l:.'a to 15s: heavy, up to £1 17s 6d (00 w.M). Fat cattle fully sustained last week's quotations, 18s to 20s the ICOlb for « -l 1 - fatted steers ami heifers; cows, 15s to 'l7s (220 sold). 'Mure was no improvement in the sheep market, h.ivy wethers fetching from 15 s ! to 17m 9d ; lighter sorts, 12a 6d to 14s; ewes. 8s 9d to IB*; lambs. 73 to 10s each (1100 sold). Tho pi« pens were fairly vuf'll filled, end those of good quality '• opt late values, potkeis bringing from £1 to £1 10» each : email. 2s Gj to 100 6d ; heavy up to £2 3s !90 s->W).