COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday. LIVESTOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1490, 21 January 1882, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday. LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Mr Aimi.i) Huiki.anij's Weekly Keport. — At the Il.iym uket ystcrday week the supply <it ludder was short ot i entitlements and brought ti nut J» oil to i-> od per ci\t , Mil.ill loads, 17s to 355. Lite \.tid was f.mly lilled with horses, which cmisisUd priiitip.ill) of .'in infenor stamp. Medium draughts btought tiom £ib to £2s, and .1 numhci (il light li.v ks .mil h.irness hotses, £^ to £\i> cii.li. llu're is still 1 demand lor young and sound holies of .ill < lasses .t( (<ur \.t!m's, 'lite steeplechasei lLruhom brought /J27. Hie iiropei lios advertised were withdiawn At Drurj on Widmsday, tin re was <i large number of young 1. itllt" mustcicd. L'riecs weie steady tiiroughmit at full) Lite value*. At Remuei.i, on ihursd i), not m.mj il.my cows ya-ded ; those were at I.ILI \ lines. Store 1 attic were in full niiuibera, and met with .1 brisk inquiry. l'\it taheb wore uiiusuallj abund nit, .uul co:isc(|ticntly lower in \alue —from 3s tiiji eai h. J' it cattle in e\( ess ol i. 1 ]inu Mient ; 170 head virded, and isohe.id sold. J'ricc* were lowei, about js the roolbs, or pel heid J'liLei langfd Irom lOa lor < 0 use ship-borne bullocks to 23-. the loolbs tbi < hoii c Am klard fatted. F.it sheep during the past week have also been leceived in full numbers, and prices are lowei both foi lit anil stoic. Fit wethers .ire .it 2 jd, c\c» 2d, and large numbers rent un unsold. l.,mibs hue ,i!sn shared in the (■ill ot pi ices, aie lv] 1 > n.ie third le-.s 111 price th 11: for the p ist foitni'jhl. Yeiy choire qu.ility brrmght 12s od, but the greater number were tnun 5-1 to ijs c n h. Ml ssi s lli'M i-< S. XOl \\N \\'eeklv Report. —Jloises Iheichas bi en no noli win tiiv ( h ui'^e in the market. On Kiid.n, about (lie usual number were subinilti d I>\ .mii tion at tie Durham V irils. Ihi ir wis 1 niiipi tition, but it lacked spiut, and wiiii 1 l«its rein lined unsold, in consi (jnenie ot e\pei tations ot \indura not being rea< lied. Doubth s bujers were h mging bark foi the dr itt liom II iwer.l, ad\ertiseil to .irrive. L.iltle 1 Hie miikct lias been l.iirlj supplied, mil tin re Ins bi en 1 i orrespomling demand. I) nry sto k idi meed 1 little in \ ilue, while fat ilurk tended. \t Newmarlet, (in luesday, a luge nuinbci ot dairy to.vs were ) irded, and Din es li id .1 iipA.ntl tendian. \'ery lew stores wt r • submitti d bur there w.is nn ample number ol lit b^asis, prim ipallv local, which were unitorml) well tit'ul hrill, then 1 was .1 noticeable decline in \ahu-, fe.\ pens obt. lining more than J2s od pel ioolbs. Sheep: JLhcre, was a goud imistt 1 ol -,lv >p, but \t rj few were sulficie'ilh fitted to suit the tastes of butchers, and is hd pi'i Mbs. was ditluult to obtain. A large numb -I fit 1 inibs weie agiin yarded, and sold .it ti 0111 7-. vl to i2i 6d. l'igs . I here w.is a good ni'iilei, and impioved demand. Prices had an upward tcndeniy