AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1821, 8 March 1884, Page 2

AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK M ARKET.

Mil Awhbi) Buokland's Wkkkly Kk- j rour. — At the Haymarket, on Fiiday, fodder was abundant : prices ranged from 2s (5d to 4s for meadow, and from 3s to4-> 3d for oaten hay ami sheave-.. Oaten chaff brought from 4s (id to 5s the cwt.; lye grass seed as tho bushel. Hoiv>o stock were in usual number, and maintained their valueb ; good medium draught ranging from £18 l(K to £23 oaoh. On Tuesday there was also a full muster of fodder cart-*, which sold at fully Friday's rates. Hides and skins on Tuesday were in usual supply. Hides sold fully Id per lb dearer than for man} weeks. Fair to good quality brought from 3\d to 4^d the lb. Pelts and skins weio at late value >, and brought from lOd to Is lid eich ; tallow, 24s and 27s (id the cwt.; longwool, 4W to s \d ; fine wool, 5Jd to 7d the lb. At Waiiiku, on Saturday, theie was a full muster of stock, and for dairy cows a good enquiry. Stoic cattle were .it late values. Ewes brought 10s ; lamb-,, 8s lid each. At Pukekohe, on Mr nday, there was an usually good muster nf cattle, a full attendance of buyers, and good prices throughout the sale. At the sale of .stock at the farm of the late W. K. Taylor, the implements hold freely at full values. The ewes were all full-mouthed, and brought from (is lid to 10? 9d, averaging 9s ; lambs, (is each ; waggonette, £40 ; .single seated hooded buggy, £3(5 ; the riding horse Misfortune, £30 ; farm gelding, £2!) 10s ; riding horses, from £S to £1(5 each. Household furniture also sold freely, and at higher pi ices than were expected. At Remuera on Thursday, dairy cows of inodei.ite quality were yarded in full number, and barely maintained last wcek'.s values. Store cattle were dull of .sale. Aged cows in fair store condition sold at 10-> each. Fat cattle in less than usual number, and met with a very iuegular bale. Prices were highest at commencement and conclusion of sale, and ranged from 18s to 22s the lOOlbs. Sheep were in usual number, and slightly better woith, about Gd each. F.it calves were in better demand. Few fat lambs yarded, and those brought extieme prices, from 14s to 17s each. Pigs weie aKo in steady demand at late values. Averages were: 8 steers, R. Kisher, tS Us ; <S steeis, E. B. Walker, £7 0s ; S steeis, X Allen, £0 J~n ; 8 steeis, J. How ell, £(> lls ; l(i cows, Grice and Paikcr, £"> 7s (id; 3(iO uetheis, J. Bailey, 14b <)d ; 140 ewes, J. C. Fnth, 14s ; 58 ewes, Paton Biob., Ils9d. Messks. Hi'vrmi \\D Noi,\\'s Weekly Rcpokt. — Horses : There has been a good deal of activity in the maikct, and those of a good stamp icaliscd satisfactoiy puces. The Durham Yaids weie completely filled on Friday, shipment fiom Whanganui being the great attraction. Thoio was good competition thioughout the sale and pi ices on the whole were satisfactory to vendors. We quote : Hacks, at fiom £"> to £ll> 10-, ; light harness lioises, from fi.') to £23; medium di aught, from £22 to £23 155. Wool, hides, and skins : The supplj has been moderate, demand good. Wool sold at fiom 4;jd to sjjd ; merino, 7t^d : lam-, wool, 8-jd ; hides, 3^d per lb. : skins, 5d to 3s 3d. Cattle : There has been mci eased animation in the nrukt't. Stmes jnaintauuvl their value, and theic was a busk demand and upward tendency m pi ice for dairy and fat stock. There was an average muster of dairy cows, and a snort one of stoics and fat beasts at Newmarket on Tuesday. Puces foi davy stock and fat beasts wuie a shade hi^jliei than on the pievious week. At Papakuia, on Wednesday, theio was a lai^e niustoi of cattle. and good demand thioughoul. Piicj-- f'>i stores weie maintained, and foi danv and fat stocks higher values weie obtained. We quote: D.vuycows, fiom t'"> 2s (id to to £9 ; dij' dany cows, fiom £2 to t2 12s (id; c.ilvci, from 12s to 22-, (id ; yeaihngs, from 27s (id to 3"i- ; eighteeu-jii'iuths-old steers, from £2 10s to £'< 10^ ; giown steeiu, £4 to KllOs; beef lils to 22s pei 1001 bs. Sheep weie fauly jdentiful, and puces were in favour of the vendor as compaied with the pievious week. Lambs sold at fiom (is to lls 3d. Pigs continue scaice, and although an mfeiior number weie yauled on Tuesday, and met good competition, selling leaddyat fiom 2UI to 3\d per lb. li\e weiglit, theio icmaiiis.ui un-»-atislied demand'