COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday, September 3. AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 514, 4 September 1875, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday, September 3. AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

MR i.LFUED EuCXLAM>'S WEEKLY £,EFOBT.— At Remuera, ou Ihuraday, da">ry cattle were in inual numbers, und better than usual quulity. r Jht>y were in gooil demand, at a slight improvement over last week's values. Store cattle in average numhnrp, and »t late values. Fa* ccttle in fuil sMpuly ; 133 head jarded. They v/evc of good qualiij, and m»ny of largo siza. Priee3 steady throughout the sale, M & decline of 2a G 1 the 100 ]ba. Store sh^ep plentiful; aged and inferior Biarcely «j»le-blf», but good grazing sheep in ei.quiry at late values. Fat sheep in usual eupj>h'; : bout frO poR Prieei slightly higher than last ■week ; pijrs in usunl nuirbera, and in demand at extreme pries. Prceß given were : Quiet cows, vt or near (alvinp, £6 to £12 15s ; weaned calves, 40s ; 12 to 18 monlhu'-olcl steers, £3 10a to £4 j hoctorf, 60s to 7 r 's ; 2to 3-yrar-old steer*, x-i 10n to £5 15s ; cows, £3 10s to £5 Fat cattle, 37a €d to 40a tho 100 lbs ; long-wcoled cvjcs, with lambs at side, 18s to 23a 6d ; me-ino and wellbred ewes, 93 to, 123 each; storo long-w soiled wothors, 16s tol7B oich ; fit sheep, 4d to 4W the 1b ; irell-bred pigs, 4d the lb, lire weigbt. MESBS9 lIUKTEB XXD NoLAN'3 WiiUKLI BBrOBT. — Horses : Thero was an increased number onterod on Friday, but, as a rule, of inferior description. A fevr good onea offered, for which it .was difficult to obtain the reserves, and sale* ■were not so'Dumeroud as if the market had been idlovred to find its level, We quote : Hacfei, from £G 10s to £18; light-harness horses, from £14 to £18 53 j medium draught, withdrawn at £30. Cattle : Th»re wus bub a moderate inu3ter at Newmarket, and, although occasionally the bidding; was slow, nearly all in -\rero disposed' of. D»iry cows wro eagerly competed for, and advanced in value fully £1 p er beatl - At PPia"a i' a " kura there wos, as usual, a large muster, which met. with spirited competition, cud, with very feur exceptions, wvre deposed of at an adranoe on Kewaiariefc rates. 20 L were disposed of. Fat beasta were ahort of requirements, and were in spirited demaud, to sorts realising 45s per 100 lb. We q Joto :-D ury -cwa, £6 to £0 17a. ,6d 1 three- jf&r-oM et »ors, £5 to £6 15s; one-aDcl-lialf and two yoar-old steers, £1 103 to £6 2s 6d; yearling steers, £2 2j to £4 ss. Store cows, from £3 to £4. 17 a 6d each. Sheep : The supply has fcoen good, and the demand steady. Tho expectaticm of ren.lo's hm ecftrcely been realised, wbile purchnsera hoked for a decline, but hive jx^n ob.iged to purchase afc last we -k's quotations. Stor» half-bred ewes so!d at from 13s to I«3 6d ; /at wethers, from 2J ato 28a each. Pigs: Very lew oJFeriag; thei;e rcmaiua an unsatisfied •demand. Mr Knot reports the attendance at his sale t>f Mv E. Messftot-'u furniture and building materials ut iS T guruawahia, on Thurday, was weil attended »<^d quod prices ruled. Kauri chest of drawer^ iSt 15i ; mirrors, from 5s 6d j chairs, 6s to 163 c-ioh ; oiieffunior, £4 ; sewing machine, £6 j LoiJattiavln, from 20s ; mattrasses, from £1 ; Jus red, XUd Gi 5 fe't carpeta, from 30i ; carpenter's bencb, 32s 6d ; grindstone, u2i fid. Building rnntjriils were eagerly competed for. The ircehold with cottage was withdi&wn, £230 being the highest oifer.