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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1902, 13 September 1884, Page 2

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TVaikato Times Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Mr Alfred Buckl.vnu's Weekly Rel>our.— At the Haymarket on Friday, September sth, fodder was at lower value*-. Ordinary hay brought from Is 9d to 3s; choice quality, 4s 3d and 4b (id the cvvt ; chaff, 3-, iJd to 5s fid tho cwt ; damaged maue, 2s to 2s 9d ; barley, 2s 9d ; oats, 2s 4d to 2s lid tho bushel; oidiivary bonednst, £7 15s the ton ; potatoes, £4 the ton ; piesscd oaten hay, £5. The lior.se maiket was well supplied with young di aught stock; the lately mipioved values weie fully sustained, and busk demand nilcd throughout the sale. Pi ices for he.v y draught langed from £2(5 to £15; medium draught, up to £20 ; a light buggy, £17 10s ; On Tuesday thcic was the usual muhtei of hides, skins, and tallow. Bebt hides broup-ht 3^d the lb ; tallow, 22s to 27s Od the cwt ; slieep skins, Is 8d to 3s 3d each. At Waiuku on Satuiday last the yaids were filled with cattle, principally co\\b oi young stock. Thcie was a steady enquiry from the surrounding settlers for all offeied, at satistactoi y prices. At Romuera on Thursday daily cattle near calving were fairly repiesonted, and at late values. No .store cattle yaidcd. Fat cattle in full numbers, and prices steady throughout, ranging with bi/e and quality between 22s and 2(!s the lOOlbs. Kit calves plentiful, and m fair enquny at late \aluos. Fat bheep were in model ato nuinbeis, and without alteiation in pi ice. Limbs, numeious and dull of .sale compared with last week, puccb langcd fiom tJ-> to 11s (id each. I'igs wcie yarded m full numbing and weio in busk demand a.t puces batisfaetoiy to tho hellers. Messrs TTixrcu and Nol\\\s Wj:ekl> Report. — Iloises : The mipio\ed demand has continued, and almost all otteied found purchascis at an advance on lates pieviously lulmg. fjvute an a\eiago numbei weie submitted for auction at the Durham Yards on Friday. Bidding was bi lsk throughout the sale, rind almost without exception lots weic cleaied. We quot lucks at fiom £7 to £8 10-. ; light harness houses, fiom fill to t'l 1 ; van horses £23 ; diaugh, £20 to £28 10-. Wool, hides, and skins : Theie was a moderate supply of hides, but of mdifieicnt quality, consequently, the prowous week's values weie b.uely obtained. Puces for skins had an upwaid tendency. Cattle : With tho exception of dany cows. .ibo\c the usual number weie bi ought foiv aid and disposed of. The butcbeiV pens at the Newmaiket Yard-, weie well idled on Tuesday, but there was a hunted numbei of both stoic and davy stock, and tho>e weie of indiffeicnt quality. At l'ukekohe, on Wednesday, the xaids weie completoly ciiimined. Competition wa-> good, pud .scaicely a lot was withdiawn. Beef a\eiage 28-j per lb-^. ; no notewoithy alteration m othei descriptions of stock. A\oi age weie ; 4 -.teeis, -Tamos (Jiven, £10 Is; ■"> stoeis, Hale Bi others £7 ; Hi stcci*, Buttle £8 11, . 10 bteeis, Reynolds, V) 'J-, (id . S steeis, Scott Biothei-, £') 1"^ :8 stuci-,, Like. U lo 3s 3d ; 10 steeis, KnntPi, £8 7s, Scott, £10 ll r >s ; 1 cows, Scoit, £"> 18s i)d ; 18 steeis, John Mutin, £7 Is7d ;7steeis, (hieison, £0 l~>s cjws, f) 2s Od . S steeis, Peaison Bios., £8 4s. .j(i sheep, 18s Bd. Sheep: The gieatm number y iided on Tue-day, at Newmaiket. were ofinnilteient desuiption, conseqnentlj" se\eial pens intended foi the butcbei weie brought by the gia/ier ; wetheis sold at fiom 10s to 2k; ewes, 11s (id to 17s !)d. Pigs a cry short supply good,J,poikeis leahsed 4d per Id. li\e weight.