AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1848, 10 May 1884, Page 2

AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKET .

Mr Ai.frijp BrcKh\xn\s Wkbklv Ri> pori\— At the Ilavuiarkot, on Friday, May 2, fodder Kinged funn 2> (5d to 4& 3d per cwt. ; oats, 2s lOd to 2s lid ; maibP, 4s 4d per bushel ; bonedust, £o 5s per ton. Horse stock were in full supply, and the whole of the imported consignments cleared. Prices for medium dra 'glit woie fairly sustained, but heavy di aught were at low values. Prices for be^t heavy draught ranged from £2~> to €3(5 ; medium draught, £17 to £23. On Tuesday, at the hide and skin sale, late values of hides were sustained ; pi ices for best wore 3,-} d per lb ; fat, 23> the cwt., sheepskins from lOd to 2s f)d each. At Waiuku, on Satuiday, a small muster of cattle met with a dull the continuous diy \\ cither effecting \nluo, but at Pukekohe, on Monday, theie was a good mubter of stock, and anumoioiis attendance, and the gicitci numbei vaulerl Avero sold at s.itisfactoi yin ice-. At I'.'miiera on Thursday, dairy co\.s and hcifei-, near calving weie unusually numerous Good animahweie in demand at full iates but medium weio low jn puce. Stoic cattle scaiccly saleable. Fat cattle in full numbei->, and nuccs weie without alteiation, ISs the lOOlbs, may be quoted as the value of well fatted steeis. Sheep weie in full numbei s, some of unusually good quality, and no nnpiovement on last week's values. Store pig-, wci c numerous and m good enquiry. Small bizcd fat pigd were also in full numbei s, and in demand at 2VI the lb.

Mksxks HuNn:u and nolvn's Report.— Horses : There has been considerable animation in the market, and the pievious week's rates were maintained, but there was no advance. At the "Dmham Yaids on Friday, no heavy di aught hoicses weie yarded, but a. number 'of quick draught stock sold freely at fioni £22 to £2!) 10s ; light harness hordes, fiom £13 to ; hacks, fioin €(>to £9. Wool, hide--, and skins weie in short supply, but the demand was not quite so good for hides, and one paicel was withdrawn foi higher rates. Sales were made at fioin 21, d 1; ; skins, at from Is id to 2s 7d. Cattle. Thine has been a good deal doing in the maiket,, tlie demand was biislc, and on the whole theie was an upwaid tendency for fat stock, while stoics fully maintained then value. At New maiket, on Tuo>daj,, fie mustei of fat blasts wa-, not quite so laige as was c\])ected, owing to lough weathei pie\onting a shipment fiom (xisboiune. There was anaxeiage numbei of dames, and but a small number of stoics; howover, theie v.'s a Luge numbei of the latter, as well as dan y stock, y aided at the usual monthly monthly '-ale at Fapakma on Woduesdoy, wheie both .stoics and cow-, at their piofit sold highui than at Xewmaiket. We (juotc . Beef, fiom 17-> to 22s pei lOOlbs ; dany cow-, tiom £l> 10s to £ ( ) 2s 0d ; calves, from His to 27s each ; yearlings, fiom 22s to 3 is ; thy cows fiom i'l 17-> <»1 to £2 V2-, lid ; emhteen-mouth-uld stceis. fiom JJ7s Ud to i!J '.">-, ; giow n steei-, W to £3 17s Od. ,Shee]) . Theie has again been a good supply and a laigei piopoitionof staeewes than usual. We quote : Fat uotlieis, from 10-. (id to 1 1Od. Tigs : A limited mimbei only came foiwaid, and a good demand for both fat and stoic pig>. We quote : (4ood, davy fed pigs, fiom €1 4s lid to £2 17->.