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

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1771, 10 November 1883, Page 2

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

Mil Au'iu:i> Bunavvn's Wkkkm Ri> POiir.— At the Haytnarket, on I'Yiday lnsfc, hay and straw maintained the prices ,?<>btained tho week previous. Horse stock was in g->od supply and tin 1 pi ices realised were generally satisfactory, unbroken colts ranging ,f mm' L") to Ll7 : heavy ill iMijyht 5 marojs, L4O ', Light and small holies, L.*> to Llti. On Tuesday, hides woie pitched in iljooH quantity, prices showing favourably . with >]»rovious week, the better quality realising 3d3-l<iths ]>ci Ib, Tallow was in large quantities, and good sort*, brought 2*>s to 27s Od pur c\\ t. "Kull-w oollod she?p->kins keep at former prices, namely. 2s lid to I"7d ; small lots of woo] fotehod 4UI to ."Vjd ; locks and jiicCv^, '<V^\ \>w U>. At W.iinUn cattle sale, on Siturd.iy l^t, soaokil lot^ were ofFou-d, «uid with !>ut slight e\eeption all were sold at price*, satisfactory to sellfi.s. At Pukjkoh", iiii Monday, tlioio was ,i full mustjrof cittlo. but buyuis weio not vrv\\ roprosiuiturt, stoi u cattle in moderate uumper, mid for htjorn a bettei i'iii[uny, but c'own and h-ufui.-. wr-ie low in pi ice ; fat cattle in full nmnbei, \\ ith a steady demand throughout the. pi iocs landing with weight .and quality fioni 22-. to 2'>-. the 1001b-., and pi ices were highest at conclusion of the sale : averages were : 2 oxen, J. Woston, LlO l^s 4d; IH steer.s. \V. Taylor, LS Us ; 8 hteois, steers, .Tas. Taylor," LS ; l(i hteer.s, Urice and Parker, L 7 4n; 13 *teer>., J. and J May, L 7 18s ; 74 Napier oxen, L!) 15s ; IS hteers, J. Winks, L') 13s ; 10 steers, John McElwain, L(> 3s !)d. Sheep weie in ohort supply, and good enquiry : lambi in full number, and steady values, ranging with quality from 9s (id to lo.s, but the greater j number brought from 11s to 12s (>d each ; pigs at lower \alues, paiticularly heavy weights. MesSKS. HtfNTKIt AN'l> NOLANS WhKKI.V EEl'Olir.— H»b'M : There has boon little or no alteration in \alue of .stock ; alxuit the usual number were yaulod on Fiida^, and prices for hacks weic .it last week's values, while useful spiing-caifc and 'bus hows ,tflTanced in value. We sold hacks fiom LS tf) Jj'H .w ; useful spi nig cai t.uid bus Jiorsus, LlB to I/2H 10-, ; hides and skins, a limited number, brought forw aid, hold ;it fiom for hide.s 2W to 2C ! d ; skins, Is 3d to 4s 2d. Cattle fTheie is an miiisu.illv laigc uumbi'i of rftore stock both ntoui {.u\ and usual monthly sale at Paiuknia. V \ei\ l.ugtj innnbi'i nl stt v "i ■- enteii'tl : .intl elicited kwn competition at .in advance on late jn-ice-. At the New iiunkct Yaids, on Tuesday, <»\ei an a\ciage liuinliei of fat cattle weie yauled : bidding thioughont was spirited, and la e<piotations wore full\ maiittained. Sluvp : An unusually 1 uge numberof fat shoe]) weie penned on Tue->-dny, prinei]>ally fiom Ifaweia and<ri->borne, and being in prime condition, sold at an advance on last week's ]<iici>. Tig- : But few yai ded, and m consequence uoni])L>tition was keen, and late ([notations fully hiistained.