AUCKLAND LIVE-STOCK MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1705, 9 June 1883, Page 2

AUCKLAND LIVE-STOCK MARKETS.

Mr Alfrho Kucki.and's Wbkkly Rkport.At the Haymarkct on Fnd<ty, Juno Ist, fodder of good, quality- ranged from it 6dtO Wj OJ per ,cwt. ; oats," Zs 6u per bushel } carrots 3s 8d per cwt. Hono itock were plentiful and maintained their values, young ' activb harness being the clasjiiiostly-jn .request, At flto Haymarket on Tuesday , ? hides* ranged from 2d to 3Jdpcr lb. : tallow, 24s Od per cwt.; sheepskins, Is 4d to i, OJ each; wool, 5d to 7d per lb. At the rattlisales during the past week, at Waiuku .md Pukekohe, there were 'Hot many cattle yarded, but a better enquiry for young steers than lor sonic time, and all <tock brought forward hold. At Rumeraon Thursday d^iry cattle were numerous and at irregular values, those at profit selling at high prices, but,|f not elpse to cnlvintf comparatively law values, ranging between 18s and 22, 6d the lOOlbs. Sheep were in good enquiry and sold bettor than for the past lew weeks ; good lambs were particularly in request. Pigs were ' numerous, and, with the exception of suckers, in brisk enquiry throughout the sale. Mkssks Huntkr and Nolans Weekly Rkport. — Horses : About the usual number were entered on Friday last, but bidding wab dull and vjiciccs .'Wefo in favour of purchasers, active spring-cart horses ot a right stamp alone sccur,4oB' compctitioil, W° s?1( * the hurdle^raccr, Trovatore, for 1.50 ; hacks, from L 5 0s Od to 111 2s Od ; medium draught, LlO 10s to JL23 12s Od ; heavy draught, L 27 to L 35. Hides, skins and tallow ; More than the usu.il number of hides ■were pitched on Tuesday, but prices were lowor | than Save been for some time. We sold hides from 2Jd to 3d ; skins, Is 3d to 2s Od ; tallow, LI 3a- tid to LI 6s 6d. Cattle :At the Newmarket Yards, on Tuesday last, there were but few cows or store cattle offered, but fat stock (principally shipbornc) were in more than usual numbers, and sold at prices slightly below last week's quotations. At the Papakura sale on Wednesday, a large number of cattle were broughtforward, a good many were disposed of, but prices were a ■hade lower than last month for all kinds of ■tore stock. Dairy cows at their profit, beiugtn demand, were readily cleared at more satisfactory rates. We quote— Yearlings, LI Is to LI lls Od ; heifers, Ll 17s 0d ts L 2 5s ; two-year-old steers, L 2 Is to L 2 7s Od : dry cows, from Ll 6s to L 4 ; dai.y cows, LO 7b Od to L8 10s. Sheep ; About the usu»l number were yarded at Newmarket, but principally fat, and,priccs were at about the usual rates. We quote— Fat wethers, from 14s Od to ISs Od ; fat ewes, 10s 0d to lls. Pigs : Demand for good porkers brisk, but iew brought forward.