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Waikato Argus, Volume XV, Issue 6033, 1 August 1903, Page 2

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Thb Wadcato Abocs Office, This Day. AUCKLAND MARKETS. f Messrs Alfked Bui-eland and Sons' Rkport.—Horses : We had a full yard at the HaymarkeS on Friday, and a large attendance of buyerß. Heavy 9 draughts, £3O to £4S ; spring cart and waggon horses, £32 to £36; bugay ; ho'ses ond good hacks, £ls to £27 J light) harness and ordinary backs, £5 10s I to £l2 ; a farm waggon reached £l6 ; ' dray, £l4. Hay, etc. : Hay, 2s to 2s 6d* >J- owt, and 10* to 22a load ; straw, 15s to '. 20s a load. Hides, tallow, »kins, etc. ; \ Hides—Ox, 4Jd to 5d ; cow, 4jd to 4£d ; \ calf, 2d to 4jd ; stag, 2Jd; kip, 3d to - 3id • tails, Is 5d ; damaged hides, at late — quotations ; tallow, 21s 9d to 2'ia ; bones, It):-* 6d ; rough fat, lid. fekins : Besc to 3s 7d ; small and country, ■lato3s 5d ; lamb, to 3s; damaged skins Hat relative rates. Wool : Long, to 4 \ d ; ■ cots, 3|d; fleece, 3£d. Grain, etc. : ■ Oats, Barrie as last Meek; white Tar- ■ tarian seed, 2s 8d to 3a; maize, again Bin short snpply, 2s lOd ex wharf; wheat, Bt« 6d to 3a 9d ; barley, 3s 2d. Chaff, Blower; prime, £4 to £4 5s ex rail, £4 K 10a to £5 ex store. Carrots, 25s to ipOa; pressed hay, £2 10s to £3 10s ; Bbeßt clover, £4 10s to £5 ; straw, £3 ss. i*'"'At Remnera, on Thursday, dairy stock - 'were well represented, but dull of sale. |'(Those ab profit sold from £6 to £8 103 ; atore cattle plentiful, sold freely ; 3 to 4- : year steers, in forward condition, sold from £7 5s to £9 7s 6d : dry cows, . £4 JOa to £5 12s 6d. Fat and yonng short of requirements, and were jktquired ; small, 4a to 8s ; medium, 12s ■to 18s I heavy, np to 79s (60 sold). The Bbeef wens were well filled with cattle, mostly of good quality, for Inch there 'was steady competition Monghout. Beef sold np to 28s, cows W2oB the 1001 b. Steers ranged in price fcm£S to £l4 10s ; cows, £5 to £ll Hptld). Sheep again came forward in ■t supply, and consequently sold By. Best wethers sold np to £1 8s 9d ; H-9, 14s to 18s; ewes, heavy, to ■Od ; lighter weights, 12s to 153; Hets, 10s to 14s ; stores, 6s to 9s. B. scarce, kept late valnea.