AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1141, 18 October 1879, Page 2

AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

' MR A. BUCKLAND'S WEEKLY BEPOfIT. On Friday, at the Haymarket, maize brought 4s; oats, 3s; fowl wheat, 3s 9d .-per. bushel: copra oilcake, £o. the ton. Horse stock in usual supply, and at good values. Aiedium draught brought from £10 for,aged to £34 for young' animals; good riding horses, £{6 to £21 ;• inferior, # #rom£s each.; ..,;... , : i On Tuesday, hides were oi middliiig & * quality onlyj and ranged from 2|d to 2sd „ per lb ; tailow, 18s and 18s; 9d per cwt; , sheepskins, ;ls lOd each; .wool,-4£d per lb. „", .Thespecial sale at Mr Milne's residence ' was vary numerously attended, and gpod prices were realised, throughout .the sale., Medium draught marej.with.fpal'i at if opt, realised £47; aged draught mare, in foal, £53; four-year-old, £27 ; yearling foals, £10 10s to; £17 10s;.'double plough, by Wallac^ : £l7 MV single 1 plough, £7 10s: ewes and lambs, 12s 6d per couple; yearUngs,£4v7s'6d}tbi£4/l6sJ ' /■ j : At, Drury,, on-, Wednesday, a; mujch iarger muster of cattle than usual was yarded, ando a- full attendance of buyers. Bidding was brisk throughout the sale, and an advance in price on all classes , obtained. ■ At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were fairly'represented. ' \ few choice' animals fairly competed for-^but. any of ''! inbderfite quality were at nominal values. Prices, .ranged. from. £5 -8s: to £11 los. Store 1 cattle above average number and eagerly competed for at higher values than have hitherto rilled this season. Fat cattle in full numbers, 150 head yarded. Prices j■• slightly lower than last week, but good quality "were steady, between 32s and 35s theT 1001b. Store sheep in moderate , -.number, ,aud: late, Ewqs "and • 'lambs, from 10sto 13seach. " Fatsheiepin less than average number, but with no alteration in values. 'Shorn sheep, 2d, in their wool, 2|d the lb. t;jLambs plentiful,, and in good request; good animals, from, lls jtq ...... . (i> . r \ ' ' MESSES HUNTER, AND NOLAN S WEEKLY. . KB^OET.. .... - . - ! ! iHors'es. 11 —The market' has been particulary stirring, the supply having been good arid the deihaud active. ■On Friday, at the Durham.Yards, there was a large numbpr of entries.and, an unusually large proportion were of.a good stamp and con- .. sequently elicited'keen'competition, and • there remaiusf "an unsatisfied demand for good' upstanding 3foui\g /> geldinKs and eavy draught colts are wanted. We.quote: Backs■froml£Bto^£ 10 10s; light harness horses from £L7 ,16s to £25; $sausri ''43 lOs^'Tok 1 supply Jum» beeu

about an aver ago one. Tho domand has been steady, resulting in little alteration in value. At Newmarket, on Tuosday^piices^rg fat beasts fluctuated ver-y>much.-lg|Eo^t9p? sorts last week's prices' were given for those not sufficiently up iu condition", ' lower rates. had^o. be submitted to .; : steers. Jwore itfibrisksdpmaiia^lpairy cows wjeire welirepres|nted, ancWor them biddui|; :was slow. WeVjqnoto :\''dairy cows from .%7 10s §#.£lO 2pd ; dry^ows, from £4 £6 £3 to i"3. iiOs , two-year-old steers, from l'4--to £5--10s; three-year-olds, from £5 5s to £7 10s; beef, 30s to 35s per lOOlbs. -^-.Sheep. — ..Vn.^,averagertr7.nuinber - wereyarded at Newmarket on' Tuesday ; competition was steady throughout The quantity of good sheep penned was limited, ; aud... ._for r .them-..laß.t^^eqjlsliS ;pricc?. r wx3rej maintained, while for inferior description there ''WJia'W sligfKfc ; decline in value. Lambs were rather scarce, and sold at from os 6d to 9s'-3d. , ' " : :