Waikato Times Office, Monday Evening.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1387, 24 May 1881, Page 2

Waikato Times Office, Monday Evening.

OIIAUPO LIVE STOCK S - iX," ' ■]' 4 ? Mfssrs. \V J. Huntkr & Co. riMjoj* Aajlpn Thursday, the ioth nut., the) hcldtlieiPusu.it fortnightly s.ilc (if cattle. &c, at the Oh.utpo Yard-,, riii're «v.i«. a very large attendance of buyers, and nlthouph a I irge number of cattle advertised wen> not brouuht forw.ird, the y.nds wero well hlti-rl. For steers tor turnip feeding md dniry cattle there w.is keen competition. A I.trgu numbei of >ioth Sdt and sturo sheep and horses also met with ready sale. We quote dairy cows from £6 to £& 7sOdj weaned <* lives, £i 18s to £z 5s ;.ono year and orjeaiid a-h.ilf-ycar-oUK, from £2 tot to £3 7S 6d ,' two^j ear-old steers (low condition), £4 to £) 15s ; steers in fresh condition, £<, t6' £6'xe^\ fit sfecrr, £6 zs 6d to £7 7s 6d; fat cows and < heifers, , £4 i?>. Od to £6 is (id; store wethen. (half-bred), 9s 6d; fat wethers, r2S 6d ; plough and riding horses fiom £7 17s 6d to £i 2 <s.

[by cable.] LONDON MARKETS. i London,, May 20. — Consols havo risen J p<*r Cent., and arcquoted td-da'y at 102 J. ■ The total quantity of who.it afloat for Great Hrituin is quarters. AdeLiidu wheat, ex warehouse, has fallen to 46s per 4971D5. : Adelaide flour, ex warehouse, 33s 6d per aBolbs. New Zealand wheat remains at 445. New Zealand sj per cent. 10-40 loan has risen J per cent., and is quoted to-d«iy at ros ; New Zealand 5 per cent. 1&80 loan remains at 104 ex dividend ; New Zealand 4^ per cent. 1870-1904 loan, 102 J.

TUB WOOL SALES. London, May ?i. — At the wool sales to-day, 10,200 bales were offered, m ikinp a total of 90,500 bales catalogued since the opening. The tone of the brie was firm.