COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1496, 4 February 1882, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

WAIKATO CATTLh MAHKhT. J. S. Bucklan'd's Report. — At the Ohaupo Yards on Tuesday, 2 Itli January, the average number of cattle were yarded. Prices ruled higher for wellbred two and three-year-old steers. All other classes of cattle were at low values, but with very few exceptions, all brought forward were sold. At the sheep fair held on the same clay, a hinall number only were penned, and those principally aged ewes and lambs, young bheep being but poorly represented. A large number of rams of good quality weie penned. There was a large attendance, and buyers for all entered at full values The following is a copy of the &ale : — Ewes and Lambs — 1 Lincoln ewe, bted by P. Le&lie, James Forrest, 255, John .Martyn ; 17 ewes, Samuel Bronifield, 11s, Alfred Smith ; 27 aged ewes, Samuel Bromfield, Bs, John Glasson, ; 32 aged ewes, Cornelius Day, 8s 6d, McKiimon Bros. ; 19 two-tooth ewes, Cornelius Day, Us 3d, Daniel Greenwood ; 10 aged ewes, A. S. Sherret, 7s 9d, W. Layne, ; 17 shorn lambs, E. C. Shepherd, 9s, Alfred Smith ; 24 ewes, Cornelius Day, Bs, Vinson ; 23 wethers, W. W. Higginson, lls, Thos. Wilkinson; 18 wethers, W. W. Higginson, 11s 3d, B. and J. Coleman ; 29 lambs, W. W. Higginson, 10s, James Harper ; 33 lambs, E. H. Beauchamp, 7s, A. Main ; 21 ewes, E. H. Beauchamp, lls 6d, E. C. Shepherd; 30 lambs, C. B. Vickers, 7s 9d, James Harper ; 25 lambs, C. B. Vickers, ss, James Rybuvn ; 20 lambs, A. S. Sherret, 7s, W. W. Higginson ; 20 lambs, A. S. Sherret, 8s 3d, James Harper ; 23 lambs, Samuel Bromfield, 10s, James Harper ; 58 aged ewes, C. J. Storey, 7s 6d, A. \V. Gubbins; 50 ewes, R. and J. Bosanko, 9s, Thos. Goodfellow ; 48 ewes, R. and J. Bosanko, 9s 9d, Roger Harsant ; 40 ewes, R. and J. Bosanko, 10s, Roger Harsant ; 5 wethers, Thos. H. Hoy, 10s, Alfred Smith j and 500 half-bred Napier wethers, sold privately at 9s 6d each. Rams. — 2 Lincoln ram lambs, bred by James Forrest,- 14» each, John Martyn; 1 two-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by D. McNicol, 355, John Martyn ; 1 two-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by D. McNicol, 355, E. C. Shepherd; 1 two-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by D. McNicol, L 3, Edward Lake ; 1 two-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by D.

McNicol, 30s, W. Alderson ; 1 two-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by D. McNicol, 255, E. |C. Shepherd ; 1 two-tooth Lincoln rani, bred by D. McNicol, 255. W. Livingstone ; 1 two-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by D. McNicol, 255, R. Harsaufc ; I two-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by D. McNicol, 20s, Vmson ; 1 two-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by D. McNicol, 255, D. Greenwood ; 1 two-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by D. McNicol, L 2, Jolui Martyn ; 1 two-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by D. McNicol, L 2, C. B. Vickers; 1 ram, John Martyn, 1 Is, W. Hume; 1 two-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by C. J. Storey, L 3, William Taylor; 1 two-tooth I Lincoln ram, bred by C. J. Storey, L 2, William Taylor ; 1 two-tooth Lincoln r.xm, bred by C. J. Storey, L 2, R. and J. Bosanko ; 1 two-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by C. J. Storey, L 2, James Gribble ; 1 two-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by C. J. Storey, L 2, J. H. Scott; 1 two-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by C. J. Storey, L 2 10s, William Taylor ; 1 twa-tooth Lincoln ram, bred by C. J. Storey, L 2 10s, William Taylor ; 3 Lincoln rams, A, B. Snttor, 25s each, John Martyn ; 1 Lincoln ram, A. B. Suttor, 255, J. H Scott ; 1 Lincoln ram, A. B. Suttor, 255, S. Westney; 1 Lincoln ram, A. B. Suttor, 20s, E. H. Beauchamp ; 1 Lincoln ram, A. B. .Suttor, 20s, S. Westney ; 2 Lincoln rams, R. and J. Bosanko, 6s each, "Walter Hume. At the Cambridge horse sale, on Saturday last, the twenty-one horses advertised to be sold without reserve were brought forward, and all disposed of at prices varying from L 2 to Ll7 each. A great many others were entered for sale, but there was not much demand for them, and the majority were reserved and passed in. Those sold brought the following prices : — A pair of light plough horses, L 7 each ; young staunch strong horses, Ll7 and LlB ; a good hack, L2O ; and some light hacks and aged horses, from 10s to L 5 each.

WAIKATO CATTLK A>'D SHEEP FAIR. Mlssics \V. J. Hun rut &. Co. kbpori : — At the Oh.iupo Yards on 'lhursddy, fully 400 head ot cattle and 1000 sheep were yarded. Cattle were principally young stock and well bred, especially a draught fiom Pokeno Valley. There was a good attendance of buyers, both for sheep and cattle, and the bidding was spirited throughout the sale. With few exceptions all stock were sold. We qilotc : — Dairy cows, from L 4 15s to 1,6155; backward springers, L 5 to L 6 10s; weaned calves and yearlings, Li 2s to Li 5s ; two-year-old steors (well bred), L 3 to L 4 10s ; three-year-old steers, L 4 10s to h$ 5s ; fat cows, L 5 7s 6d to Ls 15s; (at steers, L 5 10s to L 6 7s od. bheep Ewes (aged), 8s to 10s gd , ewe hoggets, jis to us 6d ; lambs, 6s to 8s; inferior do , 4s to 4s gd ; large framed store wethers, 10s v>d , rams, from 10s to 40s.

AUCKLAND MARKETS. Mr Aifrid Hut kiavd's Weekly Report. — Vt the Haymarket on Friday, J.inu.iry 27, fodder was in short supply, and brought Irom 2b gd to is 6d per cwt.; small loads. 17s to -52s ; .miKtr.iw, 20s to 34s per load . 50 bags fowl wheat (damaged) 2s 6d to 2s xod per bushel. There were .1 very large number of horses yarded, including a shipment from the co.ist, which, owing to the piotractcd passage, were in ,1 wretched condition, and brought from £2 16s to £8 ios — good prices, considering the state they were in ; medium draughts sold fiom £15 to £2b; light harness horses, £10 to 20; hacks, £$ to £17 ; and a cab and harness, £}o. Ihe bull advertised w .is withdrawn. At the Haj market hide, -.kin, and wool sale on 1 ue->day last, second hides brought from 3d to 4d the Ib ; sheepskins, is to 2s gd each : wool in gieaso, 63d to 7^d the lb.; scouicd locks, 6!<l ; belly pieces, oid to wld the lit At the ■sale ot land held on Satmd.iy, the allotment at Kamar.ima, with cottage, bought £ 1 =;s ; allotments .it Awitu, 15s and 20s an .lore lespeetivch For the farm at Papaku-a Valley, £075 w.is oftcrred, and it w.i>> held for £850. At the sheep tan on \\ eduesday, about 3000 ewes were penned, aid for all joung animals yarded there \s as a steady demand, and few remained unsold Pi in", ranged from 6s to gs for aged sheep, and irom is to 25s for \oung stock, varying with their i|ii ilit v ioo lambs brought from 6s to ios c icli \t mis wcie jarded far in e\c ess of ro<iuirenientb, about 100 of the best were sold ac pines \ at \in,{ fiom 21b to LH, but the gieater number were sold to the butcher. At Remuera, on lliursday, dairy cows ot good quality maintuned the advaiued prices obtained last week, but aged and inferior animals were at low values, stoic cattle, numerous and dull of sale. Fat cattle of prime quality in full numbers, prices, steady throughout the sale at 21s. the xoolbs, Sheep were in average stipply and steady demand at 2^d the lb for good wethers, and lambs were again in better request. Ml SSR 1 - Hl'Nll R WdNolW's WI'EKXY Rhlok 1 — '1 here were rather more than the usual number of local horses brought forward on Fridly last, and bidding was comparatively brisk, most 111 being disposed of at a slight advance on last week's quotations. Cattle: The supply of fat sto< k has been smaller than usual, but the improvement in price has barely been perceptible. At Ncwmatkct, on Tuesday, there was about the usual number of dairy stock yarded, and lather a smaller quantity of beef than usual. Dairy cows were freer than the previous week, and sold at from L 6 15s to Lo ; fat cattle, from igs to 235. At Papakura, on Wednesday, more than the usual number of store cattle weic offered for sale, and as buyers were plentiful, competition was keen throughout, and all lots in were disposed of at prices most satisfactory to \ endors, being an advance of about ios per head. We quote calves from 25s to 40s ; yeailings, from 32s Gd to 50s ; heifers, from L 2 ios to L 3 ; two-\eai-old steers, L 3 ios to L\ ; grown steers, from L 5 2s Cd to 1.6. Sheep: Ihcre was about the usual number of fat sheep offered at Newmarket oh Tuesday. A slight advance on last week's tates wore given. A very nice lot of wethers fiom Gisboinc sold at from 13s to 16s. Lambs: A smaller number than usual in, and sold at fiom 7s 3d to tos. At the .Sheep Fair, there was an increase in the number jarded as compared with last year, and prices were a shade higher than at the ordinary markets. A good many in excess of those catalogued were penned, and all in were disposed of. Lincoln ewes sold at from 12s to 17s; lambs, Irom gs 6d to 11s; rams, fiom I|sto 4 guineas. There remained an unsatisfied inquiry tor Leirestcrs, and both ewes and rams of that description could have been placed at satisfactory prices, Pigs: Very few jarded. Prices nominal.