COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1645, 20 January 1883, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Mr An km> Uuckiand's Wi'fkiv Ri'i-oki.— At the ordinary weekly sale on I'uosd.iy last, hides wore pitched in larger numbers than umi:il, and realised S^d to 3 1-lOd the In ; sheepskins, from Is -Jd to :5s I)d. Upwards of CO bales of wool were disposed of^-Ojd the lb being the average price for greasy, andfld thclb for washed wools. At Druryl ofe," Wednesday, a Urge nmnber of store c.ittle were y.irded, .ill of which were sold at late values. At Rcmuer.i on Thursday a lew dairy c.ittle were brought forward, and sold at late prices. Fat cattle were in largo supply, and sold moro Ircely than of Lite, Aiu.kl.ind l.ittcd c.ittle fetching 22s tlic lOOlbt. ; shipborne, 20s. Sheep were in moderate supply, and late prices obtained. Wethers ranged from 11s to 15s ; ewes, 9$ to 12b each. Fat lambs, abundant, and maintained their price— best puns bringing from 10-. to 14s (U each. No alteration in the price of calves orpi^. , HUNTLK AND Nol.W's Rl PORT.— IIorsCS : Ihero has been little alteration m the market worthy of note. No strange lots have been brought torw ird, and the demand though steady lins not been keen. At the Durh im Yards on Friday abovo an average number were submitted to auction, .mil nearly all found purthascrs. Bidding wfis steady, though not spirited. Good upstanding }oun(j hoise, .ire saleable, and a few really good heavy draught* would find purchasers. We quote li.ic ks front £f> to £11; draught horsos, fr>o to £,"20, useful spring cart horse-,, £18 to 12s Otl. Wool, lluloi, and .Vn.ins lliere was not much wool bioui'ht lofwaid, but prices wore fully maintained. Hales sjld at trom (nl to 7Jd, bags,, irom.Jldto Ud ; li.do-., from 3d to '!\d pei lb. ; jielts, 0d to Is7d. Cattlo : i'liure has been. i good deal dointf, but for Lit beasts seli'-rs had to submit to a reduction. Other descriptions unaltered. At Ncwmarkit on luesday the buct pens were well hlled, and there was an adequite number «f dairy cows, but stores were m shoit supplj, althougli sufficient for requirements ; v.ilues were unaltered 1 lie diiry cows were not of very good desenpuon, and scarcely the previous week's prices were uuen. Average prices for fat beasts receded lully 2* per lOOlbs Sheep . 'lliere was a lar(je number penned at Newmarket on iuesdij, but the miioritv were not suiriciently up in condition, and sold at i datively low prices, although bought by the 'lUUhcrs. Wetheis ranged from JO-> (o JOs !)d. 7C\ves sold .it from !)s to I. is lid Limbs wero plentiful, and sold at fiom 3s to 12s Od. Lambs unfit for the butcher are almost unsaleable Pitfs.. Very few were yarded. Good porkers, worth yd per lb., live weight ; coar-.e stores 2(1

VUCKLANI) MAitKhT QUuTAfIONS. Fakm AM) J)aikv Pkoul'ci: — Wlwlnalt . Hutter, Iresli, Is ; Mutter, salt, 8d ; Clv csc, local, Od to b\J ; Canterbury, do , 7d to <ltl ; ''£SS S < P er t»o/., Is i)d, Lard, per hi uldei , o'd to 7d ; Hacon and Hams, Provincial, Od tobd , H.ims, fed to '.Id ; Canterbury Hams and Hacon, !)d to !)'d, m cloth; Hams only, lid, Jams, ."> do/en, £1 17s (id to £1 lbs 3d, fowls, per pair, Is to fis; Featheis, hiked, clean .md seleiUd, up to "s perlb. Ri/ail: Milk, per tju nt, Id ; Hutter, iresh, Is Sil ; salt, do., lOd , Cheese, colonial, do , •Jd to lOd ; Ktfgs, pei do/en, Is Od ; Lard, per lb., Od to 9d ; Fowls, etch, '2s to 3s ; Ducks., do ,2»to 3s Od; Geese, do , i>b to 7b ; iurkcjs, do., each, 7s to 10s ; Pigeons, :'s Od to 3s Od per pair; Uacon, per 1b.,10d to Is , Hams, do , lb to Is Id. K.u.m Gem AM) Flax MutKir — flic Gum market is brisk at prices quoted below. Receipts for month to date, 275 tons. Ihe following quotations appioximato to present rates:— Good ordinary, LIG to Ll7; East Coast, 1/05 to LOO. Flax, per lon, Ll7 to L'2o; Tow, do., L 7 to L 0 ; Fungus per lb., S\A ; Cocoamit Fibre, per cwt., l&s to 17s; Beeswax, Od to lOil pur lb. Hay Avij Corv Makki r -Wholt sale Maue, local. Is Od to Is !>d ; Oats, .'»» lid to .is Sd ; Wheat, local (none); fowl, X to Is Cd ; j>arley, Is Od to Is ad ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, Lfi to \h ; LuLiirnc, ditto, L(> to LC 10s (nominal): Straw, per In id, 18s to LI 10s, Chaff, mixed, Ld 10s; Oaten Chafl L 5 10. to LG (very •scarce); Hay, oaten, Lf' to L"> 10s; Clover, Ls los to L 6; Potatoes, per ton, L 0 to L 7 cc). Retail : Al,iuo, 0s : O.its, ditto, Is to Js 'M ; Htan, per IOOIbs, 7s ; bharps.. per lOOlbs, Ss Od; Wlie.it, fowl, per bushel, fis; Jlailcy, (cod ditto, 4s (id to .")s. Hij, per cwt , 0s to 6s Od Lucerne, ditto, 7s 0d to bs, Oaten, ditto, Cs to 7s: Straw, ditto, 3s to Is; Chaff, ditto, .r>sod. r >s0d to 6s. Fiouk i\f vkm'l — IVltnltsa/t bupcrfinc Flour, .silk dressed, pi-r ton, £\i 10a, do , household, Ll2 10s ; hundreds fis , hities 10s., per ton Cvtra, sacks .nid bags free , Southern, do., \A\ to Ll2, Jiran, pei ton (s uks included), local, LOlOs; .Southern, do, L.") l.>s , .Sharps, Lo 10-> , Cabin Jircad, do , LIH; Oatmeal, do., 1,1/ 10s to Lib ; Pearl Barley, do., L-0 to L'2l ; Diead, per 21b loaf, 3id. Si'i'ns.— Lucerne, Is lid ; White Cover per lb , Is to Is Id; Red .Jo\ei, per lb , <Jd to lOd; Cow;,'iass, per lb., Is to Is 2d; Alsvke, per lb , Is to Is id ; lsefoil, per II) , 7d to 8d ; 'limothy, per lb , 7d , Rape, pei lb , 4d to 5d ; Purple-top Aber. 1 urnip, per lb , Is 3d; Gieen top Aber. do, Is drl, Green Globe iuinip, p'-r lb , Is ; l'raine Gr.iss, pei bushel, 7s to Bs, Ryetfrass, per bushel, bs Od to 7s Gd , Cockbfoot, per bushel, ab'uit &> (id . Misceli AM oi.s. — Kcrosine, fiom lo 7d to Is 8d; oidinaij brands. Woolp icks in quantity, ,ii> 3d each ; Corn Sacks, 9s to 11s per do/en I'cnein^ Wiie, No. 0, 7, and 8, assorted, 1,13 10b to Ll5 per ton. Lime, slacked, 1j per biibhcl, Quick Lime, in stone, Is 0(1 to 2s New Zealand Palings, r )ft , 7s 0d to 10s ; Oft , 13s ; Ti-trco Rails, 1 2 Kk to LJ 10s per 100; Purin Pobts, L« to L 7; Sluiiffles, Us to Its per 1000; Hobart Palings, -)lt , 16a to ISs ; Olt , 18s to 20s; Hobart Rails, (scarce), 7.">s, S.">s and 100b, bu\ infr and selling quotations jManuri's. — lionedust easy.—^jdne\, £7 to £7 10s, according to qu,ilit> . Auckland, £7 to £S 10s ; Peruvian guano, £17 to £lb , M lldtn Island, £i>, Huon Guano, small lots, £5 to £(>, bags included ; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £11 10b ; 13oneflour,