COMMERCIAL. Waihato Times Office, Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1571, 29 July 1882, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waihato Times Office, Friday.

. AUCKLAND MARK&TS. ;- Mr Ai.frkd Buckland's Wkkki.y Rkpokt.— r> At tbo Haymarket, on Friday latt, fodder was in full supply, but maintained its previous week's ,; > values. A considerable quantity of grain was. ; sold. Maize, from 3s to 3s 3d ; oats 3s ful to ! 3s 9d ; fowl wheat, 4s 4d to 4s 6d per bushel !, The Christchurch hmses were freely competed [{' for: prices for best draught ranged from £40 to v £W; medium draught ranged.ftom £25 upwards; ! light harnesses to £15 eafch. At the Haymnrj ' kct, on Tuesday, hides • brought from 3d to 3§il the lhtmShccpskias wero in better request comi, 1 pared with their quality ; they brought from 2* to ,f 3s lid each. Tallow, 24s 6d to 25s the cwt, At (] |t. Papakura, on Wednesday, a larger than .Usual 'j muster of cattle met with a steady demand ,v throughout the sale. At Kemucra, on Thursday, \ a lai'ge'UUiuber'Of'cows near calving, generally ', in low condition, met with art indifferent sale, " varying in price from £4 to £G; good cows in , condition were £7 to £9. A pen of calves '> brought 255 ; young dry cowi, £3 10s ; no other i store cattle yarded. Fat cattle were in full sup- ,, ply, and prices showed_a downward tendency as .' the sale proceeded,' bu,t rallied towards its con- - cluiion. Prices ranged from 21s to 26s the 1001b. Averages were £. C6nstable, 6 steers, £10 12s Oil; , Thomas Cawkwell, 24 head cows and steers, £(i ; F. Smale, ,20 steers. £8 it 6d ; A. and J. Scott, ;i 16 stocr^,'£B 3s 6d ; J: Howie, 8 steers, £7 17s (id; ! J. Barugb, 8 steers, £7 Is 6d ; J. C. Firth, 32 ' steers, £7 9s 6. Sheep wera in full numbers, and started at last week's values, but fell in price as the sale proceeded, from Is to 2s per head. A few well-bred store pigs sold freely, and some well-fatted bacon pigs Drought from s(fs to 72s o'd each, M«ss'rs Hunter StNoLAN'sWEEKLvRhPORi. — The market has been tolerably active, and several horses that on previous occasions could not find purchasers have this week changed hands. At the Durham Yards, on Friday, there was quite an average number submitted for sale bv auction. The competition was steady, and almost without exception those entered were disposed of at <juite the previous week's values. Woo], hides, and skins : A moderate supply met with good competition. Hides sold at from 3d to 3Jdper lb ; skins, Is Gd to 3s lOd; wool, in grease, 7d per lb ; rough tallow, 23s 9d per cwt. Cattle : There has been a good deal doing in dairy and fat stock. Stores were in short supply, and there remains an unsatisfied demand. At Newmarket, on Tuesday, there was n full muster of fat beasts, a moderate lot of dairy cows, and a limited number of stores. There was also a very small muster at Waiuku on Wcdncsd.iy. Prices for fat beasts have had a decidedly upward tendency; 27s Od per lOOlbs. having been given for several pens, and some few animals reached a shade higher. There was no noteworthy alteration in the values of dairy or store stock. Sheep : Notwithstandidg there has been a large supply, there has been no apSrcciablc decline in value. Pigs were in mocrato supply, and corresponding demand.