Waikato Times Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1941, 13 December 1884, Page 2

Waikato T imes Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Mil Aia-'iiKi) Isui:ivi,\\!>'s NVkbki.y Rnrour.—At the Il.vyni.uUct on Friday last fodder langcd from .'<-> 3d to Is (id porevvt. ; chalf, 70* the ton : oats, 2s 30d and 2* lid the bushel. Hor»e stock were yarded in full numbers. Unbroken stock at low values •, theno from Uisborne ramrod from £110. to £11 each ; active medium draught, with Uial>, brought ftom £H to £23. A diay and harness £1(5 ; dogcart, £H»; buggy. £25. Hides and skins on Tuesday List were in loss than usual quantity ; there was a full attendance of buj'en, and no change in value-'. At the W.uuku sile on Saturday ab nit 150 cattle were .sold to local buyers sit satisfactory prices. Two medium draught lioimjs brought lesppctively £19 and £18 ; draught niaie <md toil, £J3 and the farm of Mi U. H. (ireen. il"> an aeie. At the sale of Messrs G.irrett's stock there was a very nuuieious attendance, and good prices obtained throughout. At Remuera on Thursday, .stoic cattle weie in bettei enquiry. Fat cattle in average number and in untamed the impioved value of last week, l'rices tanged with quality from 21b to 24^ tho IOOIbs, with a steady demand throughout the auction, Fat calves were numerous, and at lower values. Sheep w.oro in short supply : very few were penned. Trices advanced on last week's quotations about two shillings each. Lambs plentiful, and generally of good quality : choice pens brought from 12 1 to l~)a each. Mkmsus. Huntkka.vo Nor.vx's Wekkm Rkpout. —Hor-.es : A good n.any were brought forward, but the demand was slack, and scarcely an average nmubi>r changed hand-. The Dm ham yards weie well tilled on Friday, but the Povci ty Bay lior.-cs had to be held ovoi until the following Fiid.iy, as instructions had not come to hand, consequently some disapp >intmcnt was sustained by intending pin chasers, and the effect was tv mar competition, the result being a dull sale without much noteworthy aiteiation in value. Cattle: There has been increased vitality ; the supply, although not large, has been adequate, and prices for fat stock were higher than on the previous week. There was an adequate number yardul on Tuesday at Newmarket, which met conesponding demands; and there was over an average muster at Pukekohe on Wednesday. Diiry and store stock were without alteration in value; a few top sorts of fat o\en i cached 25s per 1001b-.., but cow-, sold a-> low as 20-.. Sheep : There was a good mustei at Novvmai ket, and advance in value of fully 2-> each. L.unbs : Plentiful, and sold at from 3s (Jd to 13-.. Pitfs . Scaiee. There remains an unsatisfied demand.