Commercial. Waikato Times Office. Friday evening.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 636, 17 June 1876, Page 2

Commercial. Waikato Times Office. Friday evening.

Mit Ai/pun) EucklwdS "\Vi.i:ki.y Rkpout — At the Uaymarkct on Friday, fodder was in lull supply, and at )afe values van ing with quality from 2s to is 9d the cwt ; chVff, 4s 3d tho cwt ; maize, 4» lOd the bushel ; barley, 3s 3d, or.ts, 2s lOd the bushel. Horse stock in If so than r.vci\ij»e numbers, und dull of sale. Of tho c sold, heavy diaught brought LAo to Ll6 Is; nu-d'uin diau:»ht, >Ll2 to L 2 3; riding lioiscp, Horn L 4 to Ll2. At Waiki.to, on Tuesday, thtre was a numerous and but a small muster of slock. Fat cuttle and well-bred «t-«.r* were ia request BtJull values ; cows wore dull of b.ili 1 . At Mi* Motion's, on Wednesday, tho nttei, dunce was smaller than uiual. Prices wcrj satisfactory throughout, <and for the cattio near 20s per head was given in advance of usual marled values. The mangolds at Mr Udy's i pained from 17a to 20i to the ton on the ground. At Bsmuiru, on Thuisdiy, dairy cows were in u»uiil numbers and at loner values. Not many etoro cattle penned, but good animals in requo-t ut lii r 'hei* valuo. Fat oattlo in average numbon ; 150 he.»rl ynrdedj mostly of small size, and many not well luted. \.t b?ginnin^ of the sale pnefs were lower, but from the number purchased by ihe pnz ers, rallied as the sale proceeded. Sheep were in moderate numbers, and at low values. Pigs plentiful, and also lower in price. Pricps gi*cn were : Diiry cows, from L8 7s 6d to Ll2 ; heifers, from 1.5 to LG 10s ; ten or twelvo months old calves, L 2 12s 6J to L 2 15a ; dry cows, 14 to L 6 ; three to four-year-old steers, fG 53 to 1.8 2s 61, iitcittle, 25s to £8* the lOOlba Agod longwoolled owes, 8i ; fat sheep, 2d to 2Jd the lb. Averages obtained wero : 100 half-bred wether, l.Ts 5d 5 longwoolled wethert, 17s 6d ; R. 1). Ridley, 10 steers, L8 14s ; Thomas liogers, 14 heifers, L 6; John Runciman, 50 steer?, L8 4*: Walter Harris, 13 head, LlO ; John Short, 33 head, L 7 !h ; R. Lueker, 21 head, LG 7s ; John Fisher, 21 head, £8.