Commercial. Waikato Times Office. Friday evening. ALFRED BUCKLAND'S REPORT

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 691, 18 November 1876, Page 2

Commercial. Waikato Times Office. Friday evening. ALFRED BUCKLAND'S REPORT

At thn UftymnrLef, on Friday, • much Ijrger numb r ol wood borse nock wenotfered than uaual. Ihere wai u good attendance of buyer*, and nuii,f tales effe'ted. Unbroken draught brought troin £27 to £47 ; I'eaiy draught, youna and well-broken, £W to £49 ; meaium lirnuglit, £la to £30 ; riding how. u from £8 to £20. Ihe pure b>ea bull, Cupid, £73 ; the Liucolu ram*, bred by l\irk> h.m and imported, from £10 to £34, nwragirrg £17 each ; maize, 4s to 4s 3i tlifl buiuol; bwt meadow bay. 3* 31 the cwt. Nut many bidet or akins offered TtiOi>- were m lute valuei. Sound hide*, 3d l-16t.1i tbe lb ; wool in greavo, 6i 1 to 3.1; loolce, 3JJ ; wuibed mool of inediu-i. quaiit;, 10± i ttielb. At tbe o ule fair, k mrgtsr muster <jC ttuck thuu catalogued were penned. Tiie weather wai unpropitious, but bujeri were in attcnduni'e, and all »old «tttit(uct.orilj. Tli* principal en quirj Wai for well-breJ breeding «ioik and vrown itvera in fre-b condition "Young cattlt did not bring »ucb cxtremr prices b§ on lha lut occktion, but fair vmue* were obtained ibroughout, tbe ruitrlel pruei risiug parcapciolj towarlt the c-loitf ol tbe auouoo. Abore 1400 betd of c» tie were auld. At Drurj, on Wcdneidav, there was a fail uu>i er o cattle uf all de.-cnptiou* with a large at* landunoeof bu\en. Dairy cattle at pro. fit were p.eutiful »nd in t'eadj damund at Auckland rates, from £6 10* to £10 eucb. Grown entile, in fre.-h condition, nerniu request at extreme ?alur-». louDg cattle comparutiTeljr dull of tale, Auckland ra c* obtained for thtm. Remuera, on Wedneidny, wat ully tuppliea witn »totk o. all kiudi. D irt cat lie ainin'a i.ed lj.»t wee^'a Taluea Store cattle oull of tale, but scarcely allow< d a lower quout 00. Fat t».tie in areruge supply, 135 jjrded ; pricrt lower about 10* per head, and MDged (ruin 253 to 28a tbe lOGib*. btort) ibat-p m moderate numberi »nd Ti ry low condition. Shorn bogga't*, (Mixed laxes brought 6t 9d each. «et vuia lambs "t tide all counted 4, 9J eocu. Fat aiieeu iv hjO.htul• supply, nod ut i.et week » t lun—2d to 2fcd per lb lor chom ilieep; 3J lor *h epin wool. Luajb* n> lea* number but uo belter wor h ; g< oi Ittmi)* tai-ly enquired for, at 10a -o 15a each; inferior fium 6<, ai.d dull of •ale. F»i c^lT«i ami pi^s in Inn tvd numbtrt, with a I toady inquiry at L»'. week'a Vulutt. Average prices ob u iidj were: fcio .unl lu^lor, 17 »te«N, £9 10-.; O*eu &h thbndg". 26 uead, £9 8,; C ii Wttlkt-r. 83 >!•<!», l 9 iO* ; ii li«ut, 20 -teeM H9 \d* ; John Scutt, 12 .leers, £9 6* ; IVJ i,>y.o ,14itecn, 19 12i6d; W JKii^nway, 3U kead, £7 6« 6i •mm.