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

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1756, 6 October 1883, Page 2

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

Mr Awkki) Bucklanii's Wkekly Report.— On Friday, September 28, fodder fully maintained its valuos, good quality selling from 5s (id to 7s per owt,, mar/c, 2s lid to 3* 3d ; oats, 2s 8d per bushel. Horse Btock were yarded in full numbeis, and were in .steady demand, good medium !drMghts varying from €23 to £27 oach. At the hide and skin sale, on Tuesday, thete was an impvoyod inquiiy for hides ; pi ices ranged from 2§d to 3^(l. Tallow vancd a good deal in quality, and ranged from 21s to 31s (id per cwt. ; sheepskins, Is Od to la 2doach ; lambskins. 7d. At Pukekohe, on Monday last, there was a Urge muster of , atoro cattle, and quiet cows vroio in do-, maiul at inodei.itu values, but young e.illle barely maintained fchoir late pnco«. At Rumucia, on Thursday, dairy cattle weie at late values ; store cattle better worth ; fat cattle in full number, and fully sustained last week's values— drafts of cattle, avci ageing 2li.s the lOOlbs. Aveiagos weio— 2o steers, from the farm of Mr Vavasour, New " Plymouth, £13 ; 5 o\«m, S. T. Westnoy, £12 ; 11 o\en, W. Taylor, £11 5s ; 12 oxen, James Taylor, £10 12s ; 2(5 steers, H. and J. (xoodfellow, £!) 12s ; 38 oxen, Whakatane Company, £fl (is. Sheep weie in anusuully short supply, and advanced in puces 3s each. Lambs were in full number, but good inquiry, and ranged fiom 4s to 18s each, but 150 lambs a\ei aged 14s. Pigs of all classes wove in brisk inquiry, particulary well-bred stoics. Messrs Hunter ami Noi-an's \Vei:km REPOiir.— Horses : The supply has been large, of which theie was an unsual proportion of those of a really good stamp. The demand was brisk, and highei iatos ruled than has been the case for some time. At tho Durham Yaids on Fnday, .shipment from the West Coast, added to an mci eased number of local, had tho effect of ciamming the yards and attracting a laige attendance. The lesultwas a most successful sale, both a.s to pi ice and numbcis. We quote— Hacks, at fiom L 7 t<> Ll7 ">s ; light harness hoises, from LXi 10s to L' 22 ; quick di aught, LlB to L2B 10<. Cattle : the activity noted last week lias been continued, and prices foi stoic and fat stock have had n, slightly upward tendency, but no notowoithy alteration in nnleh cow*. At the fair at Papakuia, only some (500 head weie cafcaJogafcd, but pncos woio i datively higher than at tho mdmaiy halo-. At Newmarket, on Tuesday, an aveiage lnunUer weie yaidod, and theie was a good muster at the monthly Papakura sale on Wednesday. Theie lias ljuon no alteiation in the value of daily cows, ttteeis in fi-esli condition weio in great request, and a larger number would have found pmchaseis. Heifeis and cows weie ])lentiful, buyeis had no disj)ositiou to ghe advanced rates. The butcher pens u eie fan ly filled, and tho condition of nio'-t of cittle leflcctcd credit on the feeders, and ]>i ices weie coilesjiondingly good ; 22 head medium •weights fiom ill Hen's tavni .it Pukeioa aveiaged Lll .">-.. while smaller lots of piovincial scarcely w oi th as much for concspondingvve ghts. Wo ((note. I'eef, fiom 21s to 30.s pel lOOlbs , dany cm\>, fiom L"> to LS ss ; cahos, fiom 15s to 21s ; yoailing ht«(si.s, fiom 3Ss to 32s ; heifeis, 22s to 2 ( U ; two-ycai -old steels, fiom \il 12s («l to Lo 10s ; lieifeis, fiom 35s to 50s ; giown strcis, funnLs Issd to L 5 1~is; (hycows, fiom L 2 17.s (id to lil. Sheep weiu scauely hufKcient for loqimeniinit^, and)>iice^ had an upwaid tendency, as compaiud with the previous week; wetheis sold at fiom IDs lid to 23s lid; ewos, Ki-i to 18- lid; lambs from 7s to His e.ieli ; pig--, \ery few yaided, but pi ices woie good, Id pel lb. live weight being given.