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Waikato Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1599, 4 July 1903, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Bra Waikato Aboos Office, This Day. STOCK SALE. llhe New Zealand Loan and Mer■tile Agency Co. (Limited) report : ■ our mouthly Ntjovuuwahia stock sale Friday we yarded u fair number of ■cattle, ' principally young stock, for ■which there was brisk competition, ■every lot being disposed of, with the B^Mntion ., of a few low-conditioned Bjfcat an advance over recent sales. r^ e lumber of dairy cows and were brought forward HPthead), and all sold, good cows at HP%roK making up to £8 10a, and to calve p in the spring, £5 15s to £7 10a ; good I heifefs, forward in calf, £4 10i to £4 I / 17s; others close to profit, £5 10a to £5 1/ 2a fid (one line of 12 making £6 2s 6d If xiach); BtroDg calves, mixed sexes, M.J realised £2 4a to £2 18s; smaller sorts, K £1 3a 6d to £2; IB~month*old quiet •■\heifers, £3 10s; yearling heifer, £3; Bf"2J-year-old steers, £5 la: freah-con-HP ditioned cows and heifers, £4 to £4 15a. During the week we have sold privately Ha line of 2200 owes at a satisfactory AUCKLAND MARKETS. Messrs Alfred Buoklamd a*d Sons' — Horses: We offered the ■Average number at the Haymarket on ■ Friday. Draught filly, £42 10a ; colt, B £49 ; aged draughts, £l6 to £26, Kjn°rlium draughts £l9s 10a to £3O, buggy HEiorses and good hacks £l3 10s to ' 10s ; l'gbt harness and ordinary hacks, £5 10s to £lO 5s ; pony sulky and harDSSB brought £25, buggy and harness £l2, Hay 14s to 19s load and 2s 3d c wk straw 183 to 26a load. Hides, (ow, Skins, Etc., Hides easier. IJd to ssd, cows 3id to 4gd; calf, to 3-Jd : ataga 2|d, damaged- hides at tive values, tails Is sd. tallow gd to 22s 6d, bones 4s 6d, rough Skins : Large 2s to 3s 6d, small damaged 2d to la 9d, pelts 2d to Dd, lambs Is 7d to 2s 2d. Grain, : Oats same as last week. Maize ill supply sold at 3a 3d ex wharf, for le dry sample 3s 6d ex store, fowl at 38 7d to 4a Id, prime chaff 0a to £4 15s ex rail, inferior and aged £2 to £4, bran, £5, sharps £6, ota £1 ss. pressed bay, dull of sale to £4, clover £4 10a to £5, straw ss. There was an average number of k of all olasses at Bemuera on Thurs- . for which there was steady conrtion throughout. Dairy cowß sold l£6 10a to £9, dry £2 15a to £s' and young calves, ahort of requireits, sold freely, small were from 5s a, medium 12a to £l, heavy up to 108(60 sold). The beef pens were Hiled, and with few exceptions all of real good quality, pricea being firmer throughout. Steers ranged in price from £7 10s to £l4 12a Bd, cows £5 10a to £9 (254 sold). Eleven steers fattened by Mr Robt. Hall averaged £l2 16a 4d. Sheep same forward in usual numbers and met with a ready sale. Extra, 5 heavy wethers sold from 17s to £1 2a 9d, lighter aorta 12a 6d to 15a, ewes, weighty 14a to 17a 9d, othera 8a to 12a (1750 Bold). Lambs penned in moderate numbers, were at late values. Pigs short of requirements, Bold freely, Baconers £2 10a to £3 15a. small 8a to 12s 6d, porkers, £1 10s to £2.