COMMERCIAL. THE AUCKLAND MARKETS.

Waikato Times, 22 February 1873, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. THE AUCKLAND MARKETS.

Cattle.— Mn Alfied Buckland reports, for tlie week ending Hiiday, February 21 : At Keuiuera, on Tuesday, (tiiiry cattle kio in. fair enquiry, and fully average nuinbeia btore cattle in if quest at slight advance over late markets. Fat cattle in full supply— l3o head sold ; last ■weeks price weie fkirly sustained thiougliout the sale, bheep were of good quality, and in avei age supply- 570 penned. : pi iee 3- ruk d high, More pigs wei c unusually numerous but met with a steady sale at late r.ites. bmall-sized fat pics weia also in full supply, and maintained pievious values. Lambs in less than usual n-vuibeis, but not higher in pi ice. Paces obtained were— A well bred shorthoin cow, £13 5s ; average dairy co\>s, from £7 10a to £9 lf>a ; calves 2:5s to 44s ; yearlings, 45s to 55s ; two year olds, 70* to 82a 6d ; grown steers, £5 5s to £6 5s : dry oows, £3 7s Gd to £4 17» 6d ; fat cattle, 25s to 27s 6d the lOOlba ; fat sheep about 5d the lb-, growing store pigs, 12s to 2os each ; small-sized porkers, 4d to 5d the lb : fat lambs, 10s to 19s each. FARM A>*D Dairy l'RODTJca— Wholesale Prices : Jiutter, fresh, per lb, lOd ; butter, salt, per lb, Til ; cheeßC, 5d ; Eggs, per dozen, 1b 3d-j. lard r per lb, 3d ; bacon, od to 6d ; hams, 7d. Flour.— Wholesale. : Superfine, silk dressed, per ton £16; fino, do, household, £14; seconds, £12; sharps; £7; Adelaide, per ton, with bags, £16 ; Oamaru, do, £14 10s ; Dunodm, do, £14 10s; Canterbury, do, £13 10s; beet colonial wheat, per bushel, 6s to 6s 3d. Hay AND Uoii>.-— Wholesale : Maize, Sydney, 3s 9dto 0s ; do, provincial, 3s ; oats, 2s 9d ; bran per bushel, Is 3d ; hay, per ton, £i 10s to £5; oaton, do, £4 10s to £5; Btraw do, £i. Kvrni Orsr am>Fl\x. — Gum, woll Bcroped, first quality, per ton, £15 to £16. Flax, finest quality, £23 to £26 ; fair to good, £20 to ££3, native drcabcd, unncutcliod, £15. Tow, £6 Wool.- Greasy, long staple, Is Id to ls*4d perlb; ditto, half-bied and merino, lOd to Is 4d ; washed fleeces, long staple, la 3d to Is IOAd per lb , ditto, half-bied Is 3d to Is 7iJ. Tallow, £35, casks lucluded