COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday Evening.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1223, 1 May 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday Evening.

• AcfcKtAtfD Cattle Market.— Mr Alfred tßuckland'* Weekly Report.— On Saturday, at , the Haymarket, fodder ranged from 23 to 4 s 3d ' tSe 7d tow oats is lid to » ad: •ryd grass, 253 d t<*4S 3a; cocksfoot, 3s tojs 6d -■the bushel. ' A second-hand express, £17. Horse , stock were iri unusually large- number*, and of good quality. Prices for draught stock were low. « Good unbroken medium draught ranged from .-£l7 to* td £20' jtos; heavy draught, , £20 to MMCh: a pair of bunw ponies, £35? the racehorse tpnterSW, useful riding &rses from £n .to W On Tuesday.hides ranged from 2jd to 31 d itflbl: tallow, 21s' tb 21s 6d the cwt.; sheepskins -ftonW4dito/3*4<l eachr fleece wool, m grease sate of Mprtown/WM fairly attended, and alniost all the- Tillable allotments sold at pncc» varyink from £z<& to £134 an *<*(}• Avhcn the

road through the property is fenced off, it will make sht remaining portion fully as valuable as those sold. At .Jtcmueni, on Thursday, dairy cattle* were more numerous than for several we^psV Best JM§nV«l* mainlined their value, but thosto of a middling quality were lower in price. Store cattle, of a good class, were in full numbers. For calves good prices ruled; they brought from 46s to 52s each; but well-bred .steers, trom two to three years old, realised but £4 is** to £5 12s 6d, and coarse-bred three-year-old steers, £i 15s. Fat cattle in less numbers than for several months; under ioo head yarded, and prices rallied, — for best steers, about 20s each; prices for best Auckland fatted, were from 24s to 265; and for ship borne, 22s the ioolbs. Sheep were in fully average numbers, but in good de--mand, and better worth from 2S to 3s -per head. They ranged from 2*d for inferior, to 3d per lb. jfor best quality. Pigs were abundant, but maintained late values. Messrs Hunter and Nolans Weekly Report.— Horses — The races have caused considerable inlerruptton to business," and scarcely an average number have changed hands. The alteration of stile day had, as usual, a damaging effect on the Auction sales. An average number were sub- ' t kitted at the Durham Yards on Saturday, but the bidding was slow. However, nearly all in \ycrq disposed of, although in some instances Values could not be reached. Wo quote— Hacks from ,£5 to £tx 15s; light harness horses from L.12 to L2l; medium draught, L.35. CattleThere has been an increased supply ot dairy cows, but it has been short ot rcqurcments. and but a limited number of stores offered. Fat beasts at Newmarket, on Tuesday, were yarded in -adequate numbers, and sold at about last week's quotations, although prices fluctuated considerably, 25s per ioolbs. being given for top sorts, while ship-borne barely reached 225. Sheep— The Newmarket yards were well filled on Tuesday, and last wcckJs prices were sustained, and for a few lots a shade in advance was given. Mutton, from is 8d to is iod per 81bs. Lambs were in fair numbers, and sold at from <s to 14s. Pigs were yarded in increased numbers, but were still much short of requirements. Good porkers sold at 3d per lb. live weight, some obtaining even a shade higher value.