AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1759, 13 October 1883, Page 2

AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK M ARKETS.

p- -Mb Alkkkd Auckland's Wi^kly lvi> FOitr. — At the Haymaiket, on Knday last, foddor sold at previous value i. Pi ices ranged from 3s> l)d to (is the cut. JLoi^e stock sold freely ; those of a light descnp- ,- tion from £5 to €10 each; fauly stiong riding hor-.es up to €15 ; medium draught, suitable for omnibus woik, €15 to €20 ; btrong farm lioi.se:> up to €32 10-.. At the i hide and skin sale, on Tuesday, hide-, ranged from I.M to 2^l the lb.; tallow, 27s and 2!)s the cw"t. ; sheepskins, fiom 11-.I 1 -. 3d to 3s lid each ; crossbred wool, 4]d to 5d the lb. At Waiuku, on Sutmday last, there was a larger muster of cattle th vi for in m> months, and all found ready buyers ainony the settlers of the di.stiict at aatisfactoiy prices. At the Reinuei.i cattle fan, on Wednesday, above 900 head weie sold, and of the->o fully 000 weie steeis, b"twecn three and five yeain old. Ye tilings and calves were in much less nunibei than ' usual, and not many cown w eie yai dcd. A few young bulls hold faiily well. Cows were at late pi iocs. Cal\es and yo'iilm, advanced m price over late lnaiket-, fiom 5s to 10-s each, but giown stems weie, at low relative valuer Yoailing- i.uiged fiom :>Olo 4") ■„ and one pen reached €.J. Two-\v u - olds were but little bottei w>ith. Tumv-year-old>, fiom to to €1 10-,, fom-,oai-old-f, €3 10s to €110- The hi^hot pnci 1 obtained b;mg €">l"^ foi well-buvl livc-yoar-old stoei-. m ficli co»dition. At 'iiemuera, on Thui-dav, d ury oms woio numerous, and maintained their puce. Store cattle m a\eiage supply, and slightly better woith than at the -^le of yi-.teidav Fat cattle in full nuiubui, and geneiallv heavy wciglits. L ist w eek's ]>i ices- -27> f<n good light and medium weight to 25s foi heavy cattle— ueie fully sustained. Avei- " ages were— S steei-,, \V. Tayloi, €10 11s; Bsteeis, (1 rice and L'aikei^CS V>y, <S he.nl cows and stoe^, H. Jnsher, €S o,s : -)ii Napior o\en, €H> l'Js ; :5 ( ) Jla\\e\a A. Muh, €10 10^. The fat maiket was fairly filled, but luie of 5i l)llc l quahtA, and well-fatted -beep weie at V>'A the 11) Htore Mi'Ji'p dull of .sale. L unbs in mode rate numburand bit knupui >' ; good (jii'illtv In ought fiom Us to 10s oacli. Stoic pif.,in unusually large nuinb-i and steady demand at late \ alue,, but fat pit,s weie lower in price. Mi:ssits PfiNrru vnd Xoian ■, Wi lkm Rkpokt.— Hor>c-. . A g.iod ni.tny ha\e again been bmu'^ht fmwa.d, and found pmehasei-, at ab-mt the pie\ious week,-, rate-.. At the Dmliani Y.iuU on Kiiday, a laigo nunibir \<>ii<i Mibimtted to auction Competition a\.is good, and sales weie effected in almost eseiy cisc, and tlieie w.i Ino alteiation mpi ices. Hide-, >km N a\ool and tallow: Moie than the usuamiumbei were pitched at the Dm ham Yaul- on Tuesday, and though they weie, without exception, all in good condition, they weie light in weij,l)t, and sold jnopoitioiiateh low. "We quote . 1 lide->, 2 ld to 2;d , skms, 2s Id to is Id; wool, .'i^l ; tallow, 22-. pei cwt. Cattle Tin le iia . been l.ithei nmi' than the usual inrnb. i of '-ton- --t<> \\ brought foi waul at New m 1 1 ket tills week, but daily cow -. liave be '.i -.ence, and not oJ as good quality as usual, lie-'f, equal to requiiument-., sold at fiom 20- to 2 S V Od perlOOlbs. At i'ukekohe, on Wednesday, theie was abuut the u-^'ial nunil)"i of ,ton btock pumiLd, pnncipally yeaihn}>-> and two-yeai -old cattle, and pi ice-, .showed an upwaid tendency. Wt (pioie voaihngfrom €1 0s to €1 l")s , t\.o-yo.'i-old st-ia-., £215sto€l ; thieu-veu-old st,i<ois, €1 11to €5 1"h ; heif<'is, €!to W Ms (id. Sheep . The vaids weie w.-ll tilled, <m T\it-d.i>, with both stoic and f.iL. M»4 of tlio-e lit for the buteh i -i weie -.hoi n, and sold at cm responding puce,. We quol" \.etlnis m wool, IK to <-;! Is Cd ; hoi.i, 1 >- to 1% 'Id : htmewetheiN IK (>d to IN (>d. Lamb-, very few penned, aid ><M at 1 I - to 17-- (>d Pig's: A g.iod numb") biouL'hL foiw.ud from the coast, and both fat and -toie mci a leady maiket, and puce-, weie in favoin of vendois ; stoic-, 2^l to lid, fat, -'Hd to lid jjer lb., live weight.