COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday Evening.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1407, 9 July 1881, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday Evening.

MrJ S. r>uckl,ind\ AWiklv Kiport— \t the Cambridge jariK on liic-di\ list, then wire no iat tattle jarded, neither win then .mv sheep penned Hie Latth liioiiljlil torw.ird were 2^->i'ar-old sti ers .mil hi iti'is in lust condition, ■'lid met with a re idv sale 1 In* steers were well bred, and sold at £*, l^s; lliiliis and cows, £^ '° £3 7s 6d e.ic h, and a ([im t hi ifer, it 1 living, £0 \ lot of JOllllg pilfs VM'll Sdlll It Os I icll , light hacks md weeds, £^ to £7 eu h

AUCKLAND CMTLH MARKET. Mr Alfred )Uu kland\ \\ i okl\ Report —l ho Grej hound Yards on Immliv, Jul\ i, was \m 1! supplied with fodder, o.itt n h.ij bringing from 2b cjd to ]s ; meadow h i\ , fi inn 2s od to )s y\ , clover, 3s 6d , and n b ill's nn dow h.i\ (slight!) damaged), 3s tjd pei rwi. -mii ill loads oi hi\, i6s to 255, and straw, 8s to 17s per In. id Sevent) -five b lgs Co Ist maize ',s 7d to }s 8d per bushel , 50 1) i','s pot itoes, I,? 1 7s 61! poi ton Hit boncflour and guano adwitisc d w.is pissed, not bringing the owner's rcscivi —Vt the Ha)m.ukct, horses were )ard<'d 111 limited numbtis, and print ip.illj oi an mferioi sort Light -h irness horses and h.nks brought iiom L, to h,\ 10s. Mcst ol those entered were disposed of Ihe buggy adveitised brought r.2o,and pnvatel), .1 pair of f.l1 111 horses 1/jo — \t the Hijmiikt't, on Incsday, hides and skins were ofiued in in creased quantity. Hide's wore slightly higher in pnee', and sheepskins ireeh m.untamed late \ .ilues. Hides ringed from }'d to 3 i^-iOths the lb ; tallow, 22s to -;|s- 611 tin cut ; sheepwkins, 2s o,d to is )d c ich , wool, in giiase, o|d ; s< oun d wool, t)Jd the lb Vt the mom hi) s ile .it W iiuku there was a limited muster ot slot k brought lorw ird, the we ither being tinusii 1 11 \ severe, but all jarded found re id\ buvers.— liut at Pukekohe, on the Monday following, tin re was a large number yarded, partieitl.il 1\ d nry cows of good quaht), and price wen- we'll susi.unid throughout the sale; and a sm ill iju mtit> of trees and shriibs brought s itisf letorypm es —At Remuura, on 'lhursday, d nry cattle at piofit weie plentiful ; best anim ils weie fairl} rompeted for, but aged and inferior (attlcwiie .it much lower values; store cattle in usu'il numbei, vith a steady dein md at hto vahu •. Kit cattle, 111 full numbers and of better th m usual qualitj , prices for best quality ranged hum z=;s to 27s the loolbs , but aged cows and si condar} animals were from 22s 6d : one draft of sj o\en .ueraged Lll 19s. Ihe sheep nurkct w is fairl) supplied, but not equal to requirement:-, md best wetheis advanced 5s per head, a draft of In ad a\ ciaging 22s eaoh ; gor>d wethers biought from 17s to each , aged picked ewes, us and us 6d , longwoollcd hoggttts, mixed se\es, ius each. A moderate market of pigs; sold more freely than for several weeks. Messrs. Hunter and Nolans Wcekl> Report. — Horses.— There was an improvement in the niarket as compared with the previous week, 'i he muster at the Durham Yaids was numeiically as large as on the previous week, and competition w.is much brisker ; consequently several horses held over from the prov ious sale were disposed of at a higher figures. "We qutc hacks at Lj ios to L 1 8; light hai ness, Ll4 to L 22 ; medium dsaught, Lt/ to L 27 10s; draught, L 35.— Cattle.— The market has been fairly supplied, and there has been little alteration in value. _ Dairy and store sfcxk were rather short of requirement at New Market on I ucsday, but there was an adequate suppl) of fat beasts. 'Hie tone of the market was scarcely so firm for butcher's stock, but there was no alteration in the value of stores or dairy stock. At Papakura on Wednesday, there was an usual a very large muster, <i good attendance of bujcrs, and Newmarket rates were full) maintained. We quote : Dairy cows, from L8 7s 6d to Lio 5s calves, from Li 7s od to L 2 js , jcarhngs, from L 2 to Lj 2s 6d; dry cows, L.B ss ; iB-monlhs-old steers, L 3 10s 10 Li 2s 6d ; heifers, L-) =;s to L 3 17s; grown steers, L 5 7s 6d to L 5 15s. Sheep — The pens at Ncwm.iiket were well filled on Tuesday, and there was an advance in value of fully lb per head. AVcthcrS sold at from 155. to 18s; ewes, from 13s to !«• Pigs,— A moderate number were yarded, ana prices wore unaltered.