AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1976, 7 March 1885, Page 2

AUCKLA ND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Mu Ar,KiiEi> Buckland'h Weekly Rk poki —At the H»ymarket on Friday last, fodder was at late values ; oats were lower in pr'ce, and ranged from Is 7d to 2a 9d the bushel ; mai/.a, 3i 7d the bushel. Hot so stock in usual number. Heavy draught brought up tt> £33 ; tiding and light harness, from f'J to £'20; inferior horses, 40s. At the wool, hide and skin sale on Tuesday, be^t hides ranged from 3d to 3jd the lb ; tallow, ftom 20s to 25a Od the cwt ; pelts, f)o:ii liil to Is each ; skins, up to 3s 8d each ; wool, from lid to7W tholb. At the sale brld at Mi John JohnV, at Otahuhu, on Siturday last, there was a very numerous attend ince. Tho sale was an unusually long one, but steady competition was obt lined throughout, and all hold satisfactorily. At I'nkekolie, on Monday, there was a good supplj <if \nluable cattle, well forward in thmr condition. Good dairy cows ranged from ft s to t'7 10s each ; fat stears, £5 10s ti> fii 10-i ; calves, 12s to IDs each. At Ut ■iiiicia on Thui-.day, fat catt'e were in full nunilvrs, but many of them of veiy middling quality. (Jood animals were, at la^t week's quotations, from 18s to 21s the 10011 m Sheep were in full supply, but maintained their pi ice, and were highest nt end of sale. Fat lambs were of excellent quality, and also in good reqrest, the gteiter pait bringing from 10a to 13s each. I ) in v cows were t-carcely so eagerly c«mjii ted for as for the last few maikets. I'Vin ilo store cattle, young stock, and steers in low condition, were at lower values, but fiesh conditioned steers were in fair enqnuy. l'igs : Plentiful, but lequired. Ml sSKS. HUNTKH AS'D NOLVN'S WtKKI.Y Xi i'diu. —Horses : The number bi ought : foi w nd w.i-, scaiccly up to the aver.ige, which mot coiiesponding rlomand, there b. nig n<> iioteHoithy altetation in value. Th" Ouiham Yards were fan ly supplied on Kndvy; competition fluctuated consideialily. Most ot tho lots were cleared, but foi se\eial animals reserve-, could not be icached, buyei.s holding hick for the Wanginui hoi ses next week. Wo quote li.ickn at fioin 4I"» 10s to £'20; light harness horses, &S 10. to £V> 15s ; medium draught, £30. Wool, hides, and skins: Moderate supply with steady demand ; wool m grease, at from .jjd to 7jd ; hides, from 2,' d to 3jd ; calf hkfns, 4Jd ; skins, from od to 2s 3d. Cattle, dairy, nnd store stock havo been nioderately jilentiful, but more fat beasts would hate found purchasers at *n adv,inci3 fif fully 10s per head on the previous weok's rales. The Newmarket yards on Tuesday weie, sufficiently supplied with store and dan v stock, and there was a large muster at the monthly Papakuia sale on Wednes d.i>, but the number of fat beasts yarded was scarcely sufficient for requirements ; an ndv.-moe of fully 10s to £1 per head >>n wellf.itti (1 beasts ; d.iiry cow«« in brisk demand ntfi<nii£(i to £H 10s. Wo quote . C.iUfs, H«i to 20s ; Y°arlings, 3"is to 30s ; M mouth old --Ueirt, 40s to .")srf ; grown steers, £3 17s •idto fl ."is ; diy cows, 35s to £3. Sheep : The Xewmaiketyaids were adequately supplied on Tuesday, competition was spnited throughout, and an advance of fully Is per head was given. Lambs were rather scaice. I'igH. Short supply.

(I. W. Bivnky and Co. Report.— That at tluur weekly «alo on Tuesday, 3rd insfc., of wool, hides, and skins. All hidos to hand were nf light and infonm descriptions prices roniovi d fiom 2j to 3,' per ll> ; ix'lt-, ■Sd to Is Jd ; l.iinl; skins, Is Id to Is 3d c.ioh ; wool, ">d to "»j per lb.