AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKET

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1837, 15 April 1884, Page 2

AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKET

Mr Alfred Bucklvxd's Weekly Report.—At the Hayniarkot on Fiiday, April 4, fodder ranged fiom 3s h> 4s 3d the cwt.; oats 2s nd tho hinhel. Horse stock were yarded in much largei number than usual. There w,h a numerous attendance Jof -buyers, and pi ice* weic satisfactoiy throughout. Draught stock ranged fioin £23 to £35 ; the ponies, from £4 to €7 10-, ; i iding horses, £7 to £29. On Tuesday at the hide and skin sale, hide-, w ere m dem md ; prices ranged from l 4 ld to 4jd the lb. ; buuud and %clean hides free fioin cuts brought from 3d upwaida ; tollow and fats, from 18s to 28& the cwt. ; skint, and pelts, from Id to 2- 3d ; and wool fioin 4UI to s^' the lb. At W.iiuku, on Monday, sth of April, stock weie in full number- and good condition. Bidding was dull, But all were wild at full market value*. The sale at Mi Geoigo Glew.-", Famuro, w.is fully attended by the neighb<uu-. Puces weie go )d throughout ; the br-t cow-, ranged as high as £15 each. At Pukekohe, on Monday, an unvioiially full market (a large nuinbsr of cowrt and heifers near their pioHt) met a good enquiry. The demand was biihk throughout, and better pi ices obtained than for several months. At Kemuera, on Thursday dairy cows were in usual number, and at late values. Store cattle in gi eatei than average supply, many of them of choice breeding, but pi ice- were low. Two-year-old steer-, £2 13s to £3 ; three yearold heifer.-., £2 lo- to £3 2- (id ; steer calves, 255. Fat cattle weie of good quality and abundant, pries- lower, and ranged between 15s and 20-, the bundled lbs. Fat sheep in full number, and fully maintained last week's pi ices. Fat lambs wei c also in full number, and good demand. Calves in moderate supply, and sold satisfactory. Pigs plentiful and required. Average-. wore: 8 oxen, Jame- Tayloi, £!) •">& ; 11 steers, W. Tayloi, t'S 2* !>d : 43 stew-, A. Rastie, £7 l!>s ; 24 steer-, A. A. Co., £('» 17s , 11 stecis, E. B. W.ilkei, £(i 7s (id ; 1(> steers, (Trice and P.ukei, £'> 10-. (id ; 10 steers, A. Biucj Suttor, £(i IDs ; '21 wives, E. Gubbini, £1 10, 3d ll!> lambs m tliuir wool, 13s (id ; 100 lamb- shorn, Waikato Laud Association, 8s !)d.

Messrs Hunter and Nolw's Weekly Report.—Horses : There has been nothing worthy of note. The supply has been a modtrate one and the demand conesponding. At the Dm ham Y.uds, on Fiiday, an average number won 1 cuteied for disposal by auction. Theic \\a* fair competition, and with \eiy few exceptions 1 >twere cleared, pi ices on the whole leaching the expectations of vendois. We quote hacks sold at fiom £<> to £1S ; hu;ht harness horse-, £12 to £17 10- ; -piing-eait horses, £23. Wool hick-- and -kins : Little wool has been bi ought forwaid. Hides and skins in modciate supply. No noteworthy altoiation in \alni -. Cattle . (Jnitu an average numbt'i lias boon biought Unward. Littk'alteiation in \alueha- been shown by le-ult of -ile. Then 1 was a good number of fat and dany stock aided at Newmaiket, on Tuc-dax, and -caicely an aveiagc .imount .it I'likckolie on 7'ednesday. Dairy cows ha\e continued m bn-k demand, and enhanced \aliu<-. Fat bea-ts fluctuated a good doal in \aluc, while some top sou- roiiohi'd 23s jit 1001b- : mfeiior and cow beef sold at His. Koi d.urv and stoic stock theie w.v- no alteiation uoithy of note. Sheep ha\e been y.uded in moderate uumbei- ; the demand ha- been steady, .is al-o the puce- at which they hau- been disposed of, tlieio having been no noticeable ditteieiuo i>n the pi e\ ions week'-. Lamb- weie -(aicc, but 13s (id was the highest \ aim*. I'ig- . None \ai dud.