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Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1229, 15 May 1880, Page 2

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'{.•Tftrifafe flf^Offldey Friday Evening. '! WAIKkTO CATTLB-MARKE^-Mr T. &&»<*- .Jantf reports.: At . the Ccmbndge Horse Sale, onTSatuiday, May Btb, there was the usual rt&nbSr of horses entered for sale, a larffe atten'dan'c* and a decided imptovoment 'in 'tbd dcjnan*lfor riding horses and good hacks but 'anWKbt horse? and plough horses were almost ♦miMfcablcf. At Qhaupo Live Stock Sale on <frTuftkdaV last. a"few cattle were yarded and s&ld jdi.Urice*.' va'rying- from 5* to >ios por-bcad lower than I*6 the sale* a. month previous A large number 6f sh,e,ep, apd lambs were penned;, and 'foTfatih'cdpgooa price* were obtdiotf! nKinno ewes, 7*'? Ralf-bre'd an* lori^voolle^ ewes 12s; small sW&t'sheop, josi \ The longwoold lambs wocc wlthdw^iiajj. A few useful horses were loltf'af satisfactory prices. Auckland C.VTTJ.B JMarkbt,— Mr AUjed

BuSjgtand's Weekly Robert.— ThccHaj market on Friday last, aittll marfcejt of fodder m untamed pj*&pus values^ Bartiiy' brought' 2S V>d f mai/6, 3^W.to"^s 9«*V cocksfoot, 4s the bushel. Horse stock ol a good cla^s wciv in demand. Medium draught biought from £26 10. to £50 ; heavy draught, £41 ; small horses, liom £0 to £u> ; "Performer" yearlings, 50s eaih. Hides wore in limited number, but late values. They brought fiom 2sd to 3^d the lb. Station sheepskins, is iod to 2s 511 each. T.illo<v, from 14s to 23s the cut. Wool, in grease, B^d the lb. At Remuera, on Thursday, store cattle were slightly better worth. F.vt rattle in average numbei ; 120 head sold. Prices for good quality .uhanced on last week 3s to 4s the ioollis. The mirket was to some extent irregular, but all "weH-frttteil cattle brought from 24s to 28s the ioolb->., bui secondry quality were at lo"\v~ \feil(ies. She<}p were in moderate supply only, and not »s good quality .»>> List week ; ruling prices about a^d the lb. Well-bred pigs, both^fat.and_storc, were in demand at high rates, but a number of hea\ y pigs from the coast were at moderate values, • f ' Messrs Hunter and Nolans Weekly Report. — Horses — There has been a tolerable supply, and good demand. Hacks have been at an enhanced V<ilu(& and^. ther§ is an unsatisfied demand. At die !>iirh;irß Yarns, oft Friday, above the average number, wpre submitted by auction, and competition" was good.' Consequently prices, particnlarfy for hacks, was more satisfactory to a endors than {or some weeks. We' quote : Hacks, £*, 17s Cd to £18 10s; light ; harness horses, from £t2 15s to j^iQ^s^d; medium dr.iught, from _to £36. Cattle — iThe number brought forward this week-" was nqt^uU&so largo as usual. Pairy and s.tdro $tock were' moderately represented on Tuesday, at Newmarket, and, numerically, the butchers's pens were well supplied, but \ery few of them were^ufficicntly up in condition. Competition^vas good, and although a feto animals reached 24s Jjer loolbs, 22s 6d was the prevailing price. There avis no noteworthy alteration in values of dairy br store stocks. Sheen — The number yardpd on Tuesday, at Newmarket, 'was not so largo ns usual, nor were there sufficient wethers, but the prftvidus week's prices were fully sustained. L»njbs,are getting late in the season, and scarcely sold as well as the previous week, us 6d being the highest figure obtained. Pigs wore Scarce, but in brisk demand, 3d per lb., live weight, being given for porkers.