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Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1815, 23 February 1884, Page 2

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Wnikato Times OJJicc, Friday. W. J. Huntek ANn Co. Rki'o:u\— At their Ohaupj sale on Tuosd ly, Feb. 12, a largo number of both cattle and sheep were yarded ; there was also a good attendance. The cattle yarded were principilly stceis (well-bred) from 2 t> 4-yrs-old, and fat stock. Dairy ows were in reque.st, and nearly all sold at an advance of tilling rates. With the exception of 0,10 pen all sheep yarded sold, brisk competition existing throughout. Wo qu.ite: Dairy cow-,, £1 to £15 103 ; .store, cows, £3 to £3 10* ; weaned calves, 20* t<> 2S-> ; yowling s>tet?\-, £1 15s to £2 10s ; 3 and 2i:yr-old steers £,i to £3 18s lid ; 3 and 1-yr-oU I steers, from £1 12s 0.1 to £5 10, ; fat heifei. £3 '0s to £"> 10s : fat cows, £"> to £ i 10, ; fat stei-r.-., £"5 to £(') 10n ; store lamb-,, from .")■> *kl to 8s Dd ; fat ditto, 9s 3d to 1U (id ; young ewes, '.)■, to lls 3d ; aged, .">■, (id to S', ; fat ewes, 10s Gd. — At the special sale of hoisei .it Cambridge on Wednesday, Feb. 20th, by older of the Sheriff, there was ,m unusually large attendance, many hundred persons being piebent, and notwithstanding published warnings, written notices, &c, the competition for everything offered was exceedingly brisk, and a good advance was obtained on previous prices at ordinary sales. Besides above horses a large number were entered and disposed of at satisfactory prices to vendois. We quote : Upstanding liacks, £0 to £1") ; medium diauglit horses, £10 to £2.") ; cobs, £4 to £!) ; mares and foals, £•") to £7 10-, ; weedy ditto, £2 to £4 ; light yeai lingo, £1 15* to £3 15» ; buggy, .£l4 ; old drays, £2 i)s (id to £4; harrows, £2 to £2 los ; plough, £2 10^.

AUCKLVNI) LIVE STOCK M UlKI.r Mil Alkkkd Buckfand's Wkekia 11kPOlir. — At the Haymaiket, on Fuday List, fodder was in full supply, and brought from 3ri (5d to 5s 3d the cwt ; oats, 2s isd ; fowl wheat, 3s 3d the bushel ; chaff, €5 to £5 5s the ton ; single-seated buggy, £17 103 ; double-seated buggy, £33 10s. Hoise atock were in usual number, but no fresh ntock being offered, were dull of bale. At the Haymaiket, on Tuesday, a larger quantity of fodder than on any other Tuesday was bi ought forward ; prices were without alteration. At the hide, skin and wool sale, on Tuesday, hides weie in busk enquiry ; prices ranged from 2UI to 31d ; calf skins, Id to 4d the lb ; sheepskins, !)d to Is !)d cich ; « owl (m gre.iso), .'J|d to ">\(\ the lb ; fat tallow, 20,-, to 80- the cwt. At the Pokeno Yaids, on Monday, a small muster of stock met a fair sale, at cuuent values. At Dim y, on Wednesday, an unusually laige number of cattle (mostly young .stock) weie yarded. There was a good attendance of buyeis, and good pi ices throughout; many hunched cattle »ere told. At Remuera, on Thuisday, dairy cows of model ate quality weie plentiful and at lower value* than List week. Stoic, bteers in good demand. Fat cattle in average number only, but at lower value than last week, about 2-, the lOOlb^.. Sheep in usual number and Lite pi ices fully sustained. Lambs abundant and of good quality, but the season appeals to have passed, for unless \ery choice their pi ice was not over 7s each. Pig-> plentiful and in brisk demand. Vveiages were : 21 steers, J. and J. May, £8 18-, lid ; 7 steers, R. Fisher, £7 17s lid ; (i sceer>, S. Westney, £7 2s Gd ; Hi stra.-, Unce and Parkei, £7. Mk->-.u->, Kixrai \\*u Xoi.vn'sßki'Ori". — Hor->e» : — Li-fc woekV rem. u ks uill apply to the tian-victions of tliis week, with the exception that theie was a slightly upward tendency in the value of animals of a leally good stamp. At the Dmham Yaids, on Fiiday, theie was a good mustei, and buyioiior hacks changed ImikU .it tS"). Kot ordinary animals puces fluctuated: but, on the average, tiioio was no notewoithy alteration in \alue. Wool, hides, and .skins : Wool, unalteied in \alue. Wellwoolled skins had a .slightly upwaul tendency, and sold at : FOl hides, 3d to 3UI ; skins, lid to 2s lOd. Cattle; the supply has scaicely been so laige as usual, but the demand has been slack, and consequently the previous week's piici's weio baicly maintained foi all desctipttons. At Newmarket, on Tuesday, theie was a fair muster of fat beasts, many of which weie of veiy good quality, but puces weie lower than on the pieuous week. (Jood daily cow.s weie woith nioie mono}', and stoics unaltered in \nlue, but few of the Httei being y aided. Sheej) . Notwithstanding that the nuinbei yaidod was below the average, theie was a visible decline m the value of wethois, whicli were geneially insufficiently fatted for the lequuunienti of the butchers. K\\ es w cie 1 datively higher, and many moic young ewes could ha\e been jilaced to adv.mtage. Lambs, being plentiful and lower 111 \alue, the top pi ice being 12s 3d. Pigs sc.uce. (Jond young store pigs found piuehaseis .it high pi ices.

AUCKLAND MVKKI-T QUOT moVs-. Faku axi) D vnu YuoviGL. — Wholesale : Butter, fiesh, lOd ; Buttoi, salt, ."id to 7d ; Cheese, good local, "id to (id ; Canterbury, do., (kl to 7d ; JAgs, per do/-., Is (Id ; L:ud, per bldddei, 7 'A ; Bacon and Hams, Punincial, (id to Sd ; Hams, Kd to (Id; Canteibury H;mis .uid Bacon, i)d, in cloth ; Hams only, lid ; J.uns, pei c.vsc, "> do/., Ll 17s (Id to LI lSs 3d ; Fowls, per [i«iii, 2s (id to 1> ; Feathei,, b.iked, clean and •.elected, Is (id to Is !>d pei lb. Retail : Milk, pei quait, 4d ; Buttei fiesh, Is ; salt do., 8d to lOd ; Cheese, colonial, do., Sid to lOd ; Egg-, pei tin/. , Is Od; Laid, pei 11), (id to ltd ; I< owls, each, 2s t<> 3s; Ducks, do., i's to 3s ; (Jeese, do., .">, to 7s; Tuikeys, do., ."is to <Ss (id ; Bacon, per lb., lOd to Is ; Hanis, do., Is to Is Id. Hvy and Cohv MutKiM". — Wholesale: Mai/.e, local, 3s to 3s 3d ; Oats 2s od to 2s 7d ; Wheat, Is (id to Is <ld ; fowl, 3, 3d ; Bailey, 2s Sid to 3, 3d ; iug J3aile,\, ."is to .Is 3d (no demand); Hay, meadow, pel ton, piessed, L(> to Li ."is ; Lucerne, ditto, L(i to L(i 10, (nominal); JStiau, per load, ISs to LI 10,; Chaii, mixed, L") ; Oaten Chaff, Hi ; Hay Oaten, Li to Lli;Clovei, LI 10s to L 7; Potatoes, pet ton, L 3 to L 4 10s. lleta.il : Mai/e, 3s lid to 4s ; Oats do., 2s !)d to 3s 3d; Biciii, per lOOlbs., o,s ; Hhaips, perlOOlbs., (is; Wheat, fo.\l, per bushel, 3s (id to 4s ; Bailey, feed do., 3s (id to 4s ; Hay, per cut., (is lid to 7s ; Lnceinr, do., 7h (id to 8s ; Oaten do., (is to 7.s ; .Straw, do., 3s to 4s ; Chaff, do., 7s to 8s (id. Kiuiii (iiM ami Vi.w MvnM:r.— The gum niaiket ib finn at ]/iices ([noted below. Receipts for month to date, about 327 tons. The following quotations appioxiniate to Eiesent iates : — Poor oulinaiy, L3S to 40 ; fair to good oi dinary, L4O to L 42 ; hupeiiov do., Li 3to L 44 ; Kast Coast, L">7 to £.")8 ; VUx, per ton, LIS to L2l ; Tow, do., L 7 to L!) ; Fungus, per lb., 2W to 3d ; Cocoanut Fibie, per cwt., lostolfh ; Bee.s\va,\, Sid to lOd per lb. Fi/HjR Makkkt.— Wholesale : Supeifine flour, .silk diessed, per ton, LI 3 10s; do., do., household, Ll2 10s; hunch ecU 55., tiftie« 10& ])er ton e\tia, sacks and bags free; Southern, do., LlO 10s to Lll 10s; Bisin, per ton (sacks included), local, L"> ; Houthein, do., L 5; Shaips, Lo 10s; Cabin Biead, do., LIS; Oatmeal do., Ll2 10, to Ll3 ; Peail Barley, do., L23t0L24; Biead, pci 21b loaf, 3U\. Skkds.— Luceine, Is 3d ; White Clmer, per lb., Is to Is kl ; lied Clover per lb., SJd to 10d; Cowgrass, per lb., Is to Is 2d ; Alsyke, pei lb., l.s to Is2d; Tiefoil, j>er lb.,Yd to Sd ; Timothy, i>er lb., 7d ; Kape, ])er lb., 4d to .^d : Piuplc-toi) Abeideen Tin - ni\), per lb., Is 3d ; ( heen-top Abeideen Turnip, pei lb., Is 3d ; (rreen (xlobe Turnip, perlb., Is ; Piaiiie (xr.iss, pei bushel, 7.s to <Ss ; Ryegiahs, per bushel, 5s to (is ; Cocksfoot, per bushel, about St.. MIhCKLL VNKOUh. — Kerosene, fiom 1 s 7d to Is Bd, oidinai y brands.. Fencing Wire, No. (i, 7 and 8, assorted, Ll4 lO, to Lls los per ton ; Lime, slacked, Is per bushel ; Quick Lime, in stone, Is 6'd to 2s. New Zealiind Pahngh, sft., 7s Od to 10., ; Oft., 13s ; Ti-tiee Rails, L 2 10, to L 4 per 100 ; Puriri Posts, L 0 to L 7; Bhinglefc, 13s to 10s (id per 1,000; Hobart Palings, sft., 15s to 19s ; (if t. , 17s I to 21s ; Hobart Rails, 75s to 85.5, buying and selling quotations. Mamurks. — Bonedust, Sydney, L 8 10s to LS), accoi ding to quality; Boneflour, Li) 10s; Auckland, L 7 to L 8 10s ; Peruvian Guano, L 18;1 8; Maiden Island, L8; Huon (jtuaiio, small lots, Lsto LO, bags included ; Huist's Chemical Mamire, Ll4 10a.