AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1431, 3 September 1881, Page 2

AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

Mr AfiKiu Bucw \\»'s Weekly Report. — At the H.i\ market, on Autr 20, fodder was plentiful but lower m price. Oaten .md meadow hay brought from 3s to 3s od per rwt , small loads, x6s to 28s , straw, 10s to 27s pir load, oats, 2s lod to 2s nd per bushel. I went) -nine tons of Napier potatoes, thrown fiom Hobait seed, L 2 5s to 1.2 I2sod per ton, and 8 tons ol Canteiourj kidne> potatoes, L^ 8s pci ton ihere was a moderate numbei of hoises \arded, and an\ thing 1 of a good stamp elicited good compt tition Actne medium draught, from Ll9 to L 22 5s ; light hacks and harness horses brought from L 6 to Ll3 ss. The Wangantu horses advertised vwre not landed in time for the sale. At the Haymarket, on Tuc-daj, there was the usual muster of hide 1 ; and sheepskins, and a large supply of 1 alf skins; last week's \alues were fatrfy sustained. Best hides brought -lid; calf skins, 42d the lb ; station skins, js 6d to 5s each. At Papakura, on Wednesday, there was a short muster of cattle, but a fair inquiry, and good prices obtained for all stock brought forward At Remuera, on Thursday, no good daily cows were yarded, store cattle were in usual supply, < and dull ot sale, barely maintaining late \alucs. Fat cattle in short supply, 115 head >arded, but those were all of choice quality. Prices \v,erc" lower tUaa Id&t week, atid ranged from 23s tp

TTpr; Kvp pjr Yv, *^ , aA'JMgood (mMh bcin4We.ad\v«.«s the xgolbs ; <*he£p wPi i e4fiM!fatiftil l^P i 'a> l^sAVeck'sT#Atues ; "td to i|d thl*}b, if in tHlplr\\oo!T*iit shorn* sheep of choice quality did not bring ad thclb. Pigs in short supply, and consequently brisk inquiry. Messrs. Humi'R & Noian's Weekly Report — Hordes. Ihe improvements noted tlie pievions week have continued as to pucjVbuMtfS UVMpbifc. brought forward has been t circiqnstfribcjd. -(At the Durh.im Y.iids about SiT average number were cnteied for sale b'y"afrct!3ft*T"bohfp'ctttion' J was Rood throughout the sale, and prices ruled in favour of thi. \cndor as compared with the two previous weeks. A shipment per St. Kilda, arrived too late for the s.ilc, so had to be held 'o\er for the following 1 one. We quote hacks L 7 toLis 10s; medium draught, 1,22i0s to L3O; draught, 1,37.155. Cattle- There b<ts< been a fair amount of business done. Stores scarcely reached expectations of vendors, but dairy and fit stores tvere quitted, satisfactorily. The Newmarket Yards were fairly well filled on Tuesday. 1 here was little alteration in the value of dairy stock, biit vendors were scarcely Satisfied at the prices of scores, perhaps induced by expectation of .1 rise at the approaching fair. Competition for fat beasts was steady throughout the sale, but last week's values were barely maintained J here was no alteration in value of any description of stoi ks, Sheep :' There was a_ moderate supply at Newmarket on Tuesday, bidding 1 was spirited, and prices had 4 slightly j upward tendenc}. Wethers sold at, from i6st^2is6d' ewe*!, fiom 12s 6d to 14s gd. Pigs : Brought forward in limited numbers, and withoiit alteration 111 value. < i.t

AUCKLAND HORBE MARKET. (Hy Electric Telegraph.) AocKrAND, L.ist NigU.— -At the Havmdrkot to-day, horses by the bt. Kilda, from Wang.inui, were sold. Buggy and harness horses, sold from £13 10s to £23 5* ihe draught horse Duke of Huccleuch and the draught entire Young Inuinciblc were not sold.