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Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 1005, 30 November 1878, Page 2

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Waikato Times Office, Friday Evening^>4

AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET, j toll, k. BUOKLATO) SOTEEKLY,|IEroiiT. : At to-dap(! hurst&y), dairy ; . cattle-were dull of rSJUe. Store cattle were freely for at "flilly late values.; were penned in full numbers—lGo yarded all sold freely at late quotations. Good beef selling at 3as to 37s the lOOlbsJ Fat sheep were of medium quality, aud in short supply; prices obtained were from 2{-d for ewes to 3d for wethers. Lambs woro in average supply and fair enquiry, but fell in price towards the end ot the sale : good quality brought from 10s to 13s; medium, 7s to i)s each. Pigs were in good demand. Both fat and store averages were:— W. Nicholls, —, £ll ys; 37 steers from Awitu, £11; 8 steers, D. Oaley, £lO 2s 6d; 6 steers, Robert Carruth, £lO ; 8 steers, W. McLaughlin, £9 lis 6d; 6 steers, W. Woodward, £9 19s"; 7 steers, John Smith, £9 7s Gd; 8 cows, R. Hall, £9. messes hunter and nolan's weekly REPORT. Horses: The supply has continued good, and there has heen a corresponding demand. Wo quote : Hacks, from £5 to £2G; light-harness, £l4 to £24 los; heavy-draught colts, unbroken, £4O 10s to £46; heavy-draught horses, broken, £3B to £42. —Cattle: Not quite so many were yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday as on the previous week. The value of fat beasts had an upward tendency, but there was no noteworthy alteration in other desertions of stock.—Skeep : In tolerable supply, but there was little alteration in value. Lambs were yarded in full numbers, and sold well.