AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1648, 27 January 1883, Page 2

AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

■ HuNTi.u Anh Nol\n\s Huron i .— Hotscij : The supply lias been moderate, .md most of thole \>Hcr<sd"for Sale* toutid purchasers nt. previous values. At the Durham yards, on l'mUy, the number onti red w.is abo\e the .uer.ige. and .iljnost without e\'."cption found purchaser*. We iiuoto hacks from £7 to £12 10s ; active medium ' draught, from £20 to £20 12s Od. Cattle : Hut a limited number was brought forward, but there \v.i!» an indisposition c\mc<-d bv vendors to rive' Advanced rate. Ihe number j.mlrd .it both .Newmarket and Waiuku was limited. Dam neoWVwrc unaltered in value, but there was an upward tendency m the price of lat beasts I-'ow -.nmmoiontly up in condition weic yarded at Newmarket, oil 'J ucbd.ij . A number of cows sold at i datively low figures, but well fatted steers cnceeded "expectations ol \eudors, fully 2is pei lOOlbs hi\ mg been given, bhecp : A good many i wore' brought forward, but complaints ot the quality were loud. '1 hi- stores were lacking in breeding and low in condition, and sbld at from 1 Is (id to 12i Od ; wethers, from 10s to IOS. Lambs were in excessive supply, and sold at from :5s f>d to lMs (id. Pigs have been rather scarce. Good porkers are saleable. Mil AllKLI) ItUCKI.INU'.S AVI Llvl.l KUI'ORI.— At the Ha> market, on Friday last, fodder was in .small supply, and ranged— for K°od hay, from ' 7s (Jd to Us : oaten str.iw, from Is 6d to 0s ; chaff, £& I'is tlie ton. A small line of oata, & 4d the bushel, .md mai/c «s lOd the bushel. Horses were in moderate supply, and varied, for useful animals, from £VS 10s to £'20 10s: inferiol stock, lrom L/ 2 :>s to LS MH. On Tuesday last hides .sold from -'id to -1 )l-10d the 1b ; sheepskins, 3> fid to Is -_'d each, lambskins, from !)d to Is 7d cdcli. A few parcels of wool sold lrom s[d to 7Jd the ib. At Kcmucr.i, on Thursday, dairy cattle wore scarcely represented, and no store cattle were j aided. Fat cattle wero m usual supplj, and nitt with a brisk sale at an advance ot about Is the KHUbs over last week s market, prices ranged from -22s to 2".s the IWlbs. 'lhe sheep j arded won- generally of inferior quality. 'Lhc teiv pens of choice quality brought from Us toKis each, bul the greater number sold from 8s to Us. Lambs wero in grc.itur numlx r than re<iuircil, and prices \\<,ro low, nu.ilU) trum 7-. ro Ss o'd eac/i. Tigs were in usu.il siippl} , and at late values.