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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1914, 11 October 1884, Page 2

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Wtnkaln Timrs Opine, Friday. WUKAI'O MMIKETh. MkssKS W. .). Huvrr.n and Co. KKrour.--At tho Cambridge Yards on Thursday, October 2nd, a good numbei of daily, f.tt and young stock, wore yarded. All in met ready .sale at satisfactory prices. At tliu Cambridge Hoi>o Sale on Saturday, October 4th, only a limited number »>f hordes were biougnt forward. Good back*, weie in request, and many huh c could have been placed. At the Fnir held in the Ohanpo Yards on Tuesday, October 7th, about the largest number and best class of cattle yet shown weie yarded. Theie was also a very laige attendance of buyers fiom Taur.wga, Auckland, and the noighbouiing townships, and spirited competition existed tin onghout the sale. About 40 dairy cows sold freely. Choice speyed cows and neifeis in fresh condition, and grown hteers, were eagerly competed for. A largo number of •sheep, pimcipally owes and l.unbs, M>ld well. With few exceptions, .ill cattle sold. We quote : Dany cows, fiom £5 to £7 . r )s ; springing heifers, £2 10s to £5; calves (mixed se\e«), £1 Is to 2">s ; yearling steeis, from £1 l")s to £2 (is ; 1\ yi-old sfceei.-, £2 10s to £2 17s ltd t 2-yr-old htom--., £2 !-">=* ti> JJ4 ; 3 and 4 yr-old steeis, £."> to £7 2* (Id ; s-peyed cow-, .uid heifer.s, £3 t(/ £3 K5-. ; 2-yi" old heifeis, £1 10s to £2; stoic cows m low condition, £1 10-, to £2 2s lid ; yeailing well-bred hmfeis, £1 .">•> to £1 lUs ; f.it cows and heifers, £1 to £(i : f.it steeis, £(> •">■> tij £8 ; 123 longwool ewes and lambs, K>-> ; 100 ',-bied ewes and lambs, 1 K lid ; hoygett-, 11s 3d ; fat sheep, IK to IK lid etch. AVCKIANM) UVi: STOCK M\UKr.PS. Mil Alhihij BbCKf-\Ni)'h Wi:kkly Kr.ronr. — At the Haymarket on Fnday, October 3rd, fodder sold freely up to .">s the cwt ; bed-chaff, £.") to £ j 10-. the ton ; o<it>, in better demand, and io*e in ])iice 3d the bushel ; iuai/.0, 4s .Id tin; bushel. Horse stock in good supply with a >teady demand, but draught bt ought £1."». At the hide and .skin :>.ile on Tuesday, <i> l.uger muster of hides than UMial weie pitclicd. They were in good demand, and the highest puce obtained for .i considerable time. Trices ranged fiotn 2d to 4qd the lb ; calfskins, up to 4Jd ; tallow, fiom 20s to 28s the cwt; | ftheepskins, from Is to 4s Isd each. In cattle inoie bu--i!ic--s has been ti.m-.actcd th.iv ii-iUtil. The impioved price obtained foi fat cattle, together with the reason, has occasioned a bettei demand for stoic stock, winch lu\c been bimight foiwaid in increasing nnmbeis. At W.uuku, on Hatui d.iy last, near 200 Ikmcl wore y.irded, .uid all found willing Impels anmug the .st,ttk'is of the neighbonihood ; and at I'ukekohe on Monday, the y.uds weie filled with .^tock, but being mostly females, wcio compai.itivcly dull of sale. Stole cattle m usual numbei, and late \alne->. F.it catth* weie plentiful, and advanced in puce o\oi la>t week s ni.ukct 2s tho JOOlb^ ; compact, wellfatted steels, n.ediiuri weight, wimc at 2S-,, V.xt sheep in n-.ii.il nuii'bi'i, and tho>e--lioin were.it low et \.iluo, fiom Is to 2-. o.ioh. Lamb-, weie shoit of lequuoiniMits, and sold at high values, langing fiom 11s to 22> each. Pigs weie in modei.iti 1 numbei, and niaintained the high )>vim- lately uiling W.iikato .uoragos uoie— 7 stefi-., Scott Biothei., £11 17s ; 7 stoeis, X Fisher, £10 17s ; 24 ste< is, W. Tayloi, £10, 4s ; 7 s-teei-, D. Caley, 210 2s: S steels, Ed w aid Allen, £'.) .Is ; 32 steels, H and .1. (4oodfellow, £') ; 7 stei-is, (leoije C'laike, £S Kis ; Hi .steeis, Chailes Htoic\, £S 1.")-. ; 120 shorn wetlieis, William 'Si'lb>, l")s ; 130 wetheis in then wool, 21s 'kl Mh-slis UlAl'lll \M) Noi \N\ Wl'LliU Ki'l'Oi'.r. — Hows . There lias not been quite so much stu im tin; maikct .is m the pii'\ioiis week, but good hones, p.uticul.uly di alights, inaint.uned (lull \alue ; .ibovc an avci.igf miinbei weie submitted by auction at the JJut ham y.uds on Fml.iy, bidding was not so biisk iis in tlic pievious week, but only in a few instance-, icseives could not be i cached, and thoio was no notewofthy alteialion in value. Wool, hides, skins, and tallow . The supply bas been good and competition coiitsponded, consequently prices had an upwatd tendency. We quote hides fiom 2]>d to Id 13-li!ths ]ier lb, ; sKin s fiom ]s .'id to Is each ; wm I, 3d to "kl per ll>. ; tallow, 2"is per cw t. < 'attlu . an au«iage number wen; bi ought foiw.nd. The demand was steady. Dany stock i eci-ded a little in \alue, but othei desLiiptioiis weie unalteied. Less than the usual number woicyaided at^ewmaiket on Tuesday, but theio was a good jniistei at l'ukekolie for stoie-i ,iud daily cows. Competition was not quite so biisk ris on t!i<; the pievioiis week, l'nccs foi fat beasts fluctuated \uiy much, langing fiom 20-, to 27s p"i lOOlbs. Xonotewoithy altiM.ition in stoics oi dany stock. Tigs : Vended in niciea-cd numbei s, and sold at puces m f.uoiu of \endor. Kat slieep . An average number weie raided, and last week's pi ices weie maintained. (hi ( I hit -> ii:i.(.i; uh.] VIM li()l iiNK WOOI, s\l,l >, Mi:r.l!OLi:vi , Octobei !). -Tho Kew Zcnllatid Loan and Meieantilo Agency Company (Limited) held then hist sale foi tlio season this afttiiioon, when the spacious auction room in then m.iginhceut ])ieiinscs, Collins-'-ticet West, was ciowded, the attendance of ]>iiLish, foii'igh, Aniencan, and colonial wool buyeis, and othei nitei csted in jiastoial peisiuts, being extiemely laigc. The catalogue coinpused 1310 bales, the bulk of the lots otleied being ini'diuni and infciioi wool, and m no way iepu'sentati\e of the new clip. In gencial, ]>iiees ieah<ed about eip'al to those obtained at last \uu"s side, but the l.ites woe s]iir))t)^ e.isiei foi gie.is> wools. The bidding was >pniti'd thioughout, 1200 bales \\ mo disposed of undri the hamniei I'^oi sunned wools an especially him .md active (lem.nid was expeiienccd, and p.ucels solil up to 20d. Uieasy nienno leabsed to 10jd, and gie.isy clos^Ineds to ili'd. As _\et it is too eaily to pionoiince upon the genoi.il condition and cpiality of this ye.u'.s clip. The pi<ispects of the Melbourne m.ukct .ue exceedingly good, and extensive buying oideis ,ne known tube, on hand.