COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday Evening. AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET. MR A. BUCKLAND'S WEEKLY REPORT.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1179, 17 January 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday Evening. AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET. MR A. BUCKLAND'S WEEKLY REPORT.

At the wool sale on Tuesday, hides were pitched in less numbers than usual and at recent values, 3^d to 3fd the lb. Sheepskins from 2}-d (for pelts) to 3s 7d for wooled-skins. Wool in the grease was from to Id higher than last week ; washed, At Bemuera, on Thursday, dairy cows were in usual number, and brought from £6 to £10 2s 6d each. Not many stoic cattle yarded; those were in demand, particularly young cattle The imported shorthorn cows occasioned a large attendance, and they were fairly competed for. lhe.highest price realised.waa 40 guineas, fgifflk Jbf w orm Smith lor _a choice ' roan heifer. A number of others brought from 12 to 31 guineas each, and the heifer calves 12 to 13 guinea* each. Fat cattle were' offered in larger than usual numbers, 191 head yarded; many of them were young, and light weights, but prices were steady throughout the sale at 26s to 28s 'ftnr^ptiM, io'^s 1 to 24s v ior medium 1 Quality; all yarded were 'sold/ f>heep were in usual number and slightly better worth; 2*d was the ruling quotation. lambi in full numbers, but many of . them;, although w,eli, grown ijofc well fatted, and prices were lower Is to Si per heajl £hau last week.-, ,

JGCSBBB HUOTBB JJTD NOIA3I S WEEKLY JtEPOKT. ' j ' Howes.— There was increased atiimathe' market. The nnmber of entries • at the Dtttham Yarde, on Friday, for sale by auction, was corsiderably over the average. The bidding was steady throughout, and nearly aU were disposed ( of eitber at auction or afterward

rivately. We quote: Hapk^S&^to i Styttlei||lhe Btftf)ly has befen tt^)cl, ami fl^den^d steals land prices ntfire con>~ v&idors, the top price being £T2*fwT At Pukekohe, on Wednesday, there was a large number of stock. Competition was rgooxt throughout the sale, and for well•bred stock an adranced rate was given. We quo«« : Calves, fom 3.5s to £2.1 79 6d; yearliagslisr to £3 17s 6d; 18-months-|ojdlAlrl| £4 to £4 17« 6d ; grown steers, £5 ; beef, 26s to 29s per 10 ilba. - ?*Telf.— TKe Netrmarke"t Yards were completly filled .with sheep. ' here was good competition, and prices were sustained, but there was no upward tendency. Wethers jpld at Is 8d per 81bs., while owelj^9Sly" (riaiippd^jß 4d?!. j^imbs wera VeVy *pTeimf ol, 'ifld **ad ? & &6m 6s 3d to 13s 6d each. (