COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Wednesday. AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1476, 17 December 1881, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Wednesday. AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

Mr An kid Huckivsd's Weekly Report. — At the H.i) mat kct, on Tuesday, hides were in fully aveiage number, Prices ranged framed to ,\' 2 d the 11). .Sheepskins weie also in full number!), and brought fiom 3s id to 5s od; l.imbskins, tod to il-odi 1 - od f.ich; tallow, •'os 6d to 22s> 6d the cwt. Ihe wool sale was fully attended by buyers — 216 bales and a numbor ofbrgs sold, Trues ii'sjul.ir, and >\it'n no quotable change from previous sales. Wools, in grease, ranged from yd to 8 i-i6d ; the greater part bunging ire in 7^ to 7]d the lb ; washed wools. 9^d to 1 1 |d the lb At the especial sale held at Air ilicks' t^rm, Pokeno, on luesday, there was a very numeious attendance, and satisfactory 01 ices obtained thioughout. At the r it tie fair, held at the Remuera Yards on We dncsilay, s;oo head wctc yarded. For steers ot all classes tlieie was a fair inquiry, parti'.ularh giown steers, in fiesh condition, choice bicd cows and heifeis weie .>Ko in leque^t, but aged 1 ows and interior heilers were ,it low v ilucs and almost 11ns iltviblc. lhe pcdiyfico c attle did not ('ml buwis Vt Remuera, on lhuisda), d 111 \ ( ows WLie in limited numbei, and, unles> ol thoiio qu.ililv, unsileable. l\it tattle in ui<jd( l ite number, mil ot good quality. Tines sff id) and i.injjed fiom lbs to 2|s tJu; iikillj, Shot p 111 aver ige suppl), but baiely maintained pivMous \ ilues J'nces jriven r mj^od iio.n to a{d ll'o lb I nmbs 111 full numheis, and good denrmd Good qu tlity brought from 10s to 14s t ich Well bud stole pigs i.inly competed fin, liut'oiiac anim ils at low v.itue I' it calx's b< tlei worth t!i in lor several weeks p ist G od ainni.ilb bi ought tiom 3ss to tl si%| f'i jMissus lli'Mi'K &. Nor a\S A\ cckly Report Horses I here hisbi en a tolerable amount ot buMiuss, the dunmd has been steady, .tnd about .pi .uciii^i numbei weic oftVicd. l'he auction s.ile was held at the Durham Yards on Saturd i\, instead of l''ndi). A good man) hi-io mil>initted, but theic was a slowness about the bidding th it pi ills f,'i\en did not watraut, but almost without exception lots were cleaied. We quote hat ks, from £<\ 15s to 175, od ; light h irness horses, from £\i to £15; hcaw quick diaught, j£io,i7s Gd: diauijht, £37 10s. Cattle: llieie his been no incietsi.d animatioa in the 111 irket, nor has there been mm h alteration in At New market, on .Tuesday, the muster «is not&M I'ir^o .is on tfio prei ions week Die dem mil lor all descriptions was stc idv, but gum ill\, purchis-rs were bettei sali^in-J than silleis At Pukekohe, on \V< dm sday, the yards weic will filled, bii)crs were in attend mc c, and although toi some few pens of giown stec.s the espet t itions ot \endois could not be readied, the lesult ol thes.ile w.ts\ei) satisf.ictory. ihere wis no noteworthy alteiations in quotations, "sheep Iliesuppl) his been sc.ucel) up to the iMiage. but still suflkient for requirements. At New m irki-t, en l'jodiy. tompi tition was stead). W'ethcro attiotn Ijs to 16s i)d, cwos horn us to ijs,st(nes, )s qd to os. Lambs were plentiful, add sold at fr.mi 7^ to 12. 3d. Pigs" huppl) inodei ife impio\ed dem md , consequcntl) there \\,is a slight upw ird tendency.