Tuesday June 24 1884.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1896, 30 August 1884, Page 2

Tuesday June 24 1884.

Tlicie was .i hin.illoi show of fat than List Tuesday tlio finality being of a fair average, .md neaily all out of wool. The best descriptions of .sheep .suitable foi shop purposes weie in fan demand, prices inclining in favour of pm chases ; but for middling and mtenor classes, paiticulaily ewes, tiade was slow, and to effect sales less money had to be accepted. As might h;i\e been expected at this tune of the yeai, the supply of lambs w.h Luge, the puces being also in favour of pin chaseis. A dull finish was cxpeuenced. Best lambs fiom 38s to 42s ; ssoeondaiy, 30s to 34s ; nifuioi down to 245. Top pi ice of mutton, ]0d to lOjd ; seconday, <)',d to il^d ; nijeuoi down to 8d per lb. Of fat cattle theie was a laigci supply than last Tuesday, amongst them being anumbci of pinne animals. Tiade was slow, and pi ices weie in favour of piuchaseis. Top puce of beef, ]0s ; secondaiy, iU (5d to <.h t)d ; mfeiior down to 8s per nnpei lal stone. A cleaiance was effected. Nothing done in pigs Numbeis in themaiket coinpaied with last Tuesday : —Fat sheep and lambs, 927, apvunst 1173 ; fat cattle, 100, against G2 ; pig-, 2, against 6. The supply °f stock at the htore inai ket to day was coinpaiatnely small, but, notwithstanding, business seemed to be vei y sk'ck, and at an advance houi few cattle liad been sold. One him held all tha sheep in the market. Theie was a fain demand, but the want of lain, and consequent scai city of giass, had a bad effect on trade. A cleaiance was, ho we\er, effected. Halfbied hoggb (clipped), sold from 41s to 43=j ; Cheviots, 345. Numbers :— Sheep, 82(5 ; cattle, 851.