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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2012, 30 May 1885, Page 2

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H'uxLato Times Offie*> Filday WVIKVTO MARKKTd. Mit J- X. Bicklvni) Reports.— At the C uiibndge Ba7.m "n Sitmd.iy U»t a lot of fowls were sold at 2s Gd to 3s the couple ; tin keys 2s to 3s c icli ; young pigs, 7a (>.l to 10s ; ami a lot of Maori pips, fjs to 12s <■ id), according to sue ; infenor oaten elutF, £3 10* per ton ; c.uiots, £2 per ton. The hot sp m.uket was dull, and but little business done, old horse-sand light hacks going fiom 8s to £-1 ; yearling and two ye.ir-old colts, 30s to £3; medium draught iiiu-p, £14; aged di aught hone-, £8 to £10 ; horse, dray and harness w.w sold at £15 10s . tip diay, £7 10s ; and a lot of harness, £2 to JE3 17s lid the set. At Oh mpo live stock .vile on Tuesday last, the u*u.il numbor of e.ittle weie yaided, but they were puncipilly &iown ttnd of a good class, there being oulv five head of eo use cittle m the m.irket. Dairy cows at pii>tit weienot repre-onted. A few backwaid spnugeis brouglit t'4 to £t I"' 1*;1 * ; eighteen unmths to two-year-old stecis of good quality, £3 10s to £1 7s (id. 'J ho five peus of Te Akau rfteers brought £4 17a <>d, £■>, £5 2s lid, £"> 17s lid and £i>. respectively, and one pen of smaller cattle, £4 7s (id. The Richmond -t( cis a\ eraged £3 .Is ; those from Puko, £"> 10s. The hve pens of Euieka Bteerswere a clioice lot, and comuetition was keen. They were sold at £5 los, £fi 2s Gd, iO os, £li 12s lid and £7 •">*, respectively. The cattle horn Wairakau were fr«m one to two-yeu-olds, .uid bi ought from £2 10s to £15 r»s p.uli» Fifty fat owa and heifeiswete sold at puue-. vaiymg from £3 10^ to £"> 10s nich. 20rf merino wethers Hold at S-. Gd, and 150 crohS-bred full mouth ewes to lamb early, ICK each. At the y.ile at Redwood farm of Mr .1 Allw ill's stock on Wedne->diy, there was not a large attendance, but with the exception of ti action engine and thrashing machine, poi table engine aud chaff cutter, the tin cc entire horse* and the throe i ace hoises, all was sold at fairly satisfactoiy prices, a.s following list of sale will show .— hauows, £3 15s; ditto, £2 12s 5d ; fleuble harrows, £1 15s ; ic inner, £2 10s; single plough, £3 5s ; double, £11 10s ; dull, £12 ; dray, £7 15s; oats, 2s lid per bushel; biv mare, £21 ; d'tto, £1(1 ; ditto, £13 ; pan bay hllies, £1> each ; colt, £S lis ; mare, with foal at foot to Feve, £9 15s ; ditto, £7 12s od; Memento, in foal and with foal at foot to Few, £27 10-.; colt foal to Teve, £10; maieand foal by Feve, £11; Choper and foal 14 guineas ; pair yearling colts by Sterhngwoith, £8 each; yeaihng hlly by ditto, £14 10s ; two-year-old colt by Aiiel, £20; Clipper - Sterhngworth filly, 30 guineas; two Heicules colts, £(» 10s and £8 ; Northern Hero hlly, £9 ; hack mare, 3-yeai-i.ld. £11 10s ; pony, £5 ; two hackf,, £5 15» and £7 10s.

AICKJ, Vi\]> LI\K VTOrK MVKIvKr-). Mk Aimti) liuokL\Ni)"s Rkpoki'.— At the Hay market on Fuday May 22, there was no alteration in the values of fodder, winch was in usual supply, but gram was sold in mere ised qnantitv. Loose fodder dehveied to the buyer ranged fiom 2s 3d to 4s (id ; straw, at 2s "the cut ; bran, £4 7n Od , chaff, 413 to ±14 2s od the ton ; maize, 4s ; feed wheat, 2s to 2s 9d ; beans, 3s 7d ; barley, 2* 3d ; oats, Is lOd to 2s 3d the bushel wore the priced obtained. Good horse stock weie in le«s number than required. Draught ranged from £15 to £2S ; pomes and riding hoi ses, from lot, to £10 At the hide and skin sale on Tuesday, hides weie in full number and good demand ; best quality ranged from 3Jjd to 4^d the lb. Tallow, 25s the cwt. The puce» obtained for sheepskins are low for the season of the year, and ranged from 7d to Is od each. Small parcels of wool brought from 3jd to 6?d the lb. Store cattle were y tided in limited number, yet pi ices remain low. At Papakura mi Wednesday, the sale was confined to dairy stock near calving, and this des< ription of stock being m demand, good prices were realised. At Komuera, on Thursday, dairy cows, fiesh calved or at calving, were in request at extreme price-*, but cows a short time to inn were comparatively dull of sale; -tore cattle in larger number than of late, but at low values. The arrivals of stock from the West Coa-tt were larger this week than for xoveral months, consequently tho Mipply both of fat cattle and sheep w as largely in excess of the usual numbers. Puces foi fat cattle were in the earlier pait of the sale fairly sustained, but fel towaids the finish. Auckland fatted steers were about 22-., ands>hip-borne from 18s to 20s per lOOlbs ; sheep were uniformly lower than l.wt week, from Is to 3s each, and two shipments remain unsold: 70H> sheep, mixed sexes, sold for 13s (id each, and ewes only were at lower value" ; pigs were also in full numbers, about 200 sold ; well-fatted pigs, medium weights, were in request, and sold satisfactorily, but growing pigs were lower in price than of late. Waikato averages were: 12steeis, J. and C. Gonld, £!) 4a; 3j steers, H. and J. (loodfellovv, £8 8s ; eight cows, T. N. Allright, £G os. Mk-,s,ks. Huntek and Nolans Wekkly Repokt. — Hnrses: There was increased activity in the market, as compared with the pievious week, but barely an average amount of business was done at a slightly met eased value, at tho Durham Yard*. A larger number than on the previous week were entered for disposal, and with few exceptions found pui chasers. We quote hacks at fiom £\> to £14; cab and light harness horses, £10 to £22 10a ; heavy draught, £27 10s. Wool, hides, and skins in moderate supply and steady demand. Hides, from 2\d to JMd per lb ; skins, Is Id to 2s 3d each ; wool, 4d to G\<\ ; tallow, 19s 0d per cwt. Cattle: Baiely an average number have been disposed of at about pieviuus week's values. The Newmarket Yaids, on Tuesday, were fairly filled with beef and dairy stock, and but few stoics. There was no noteworthy alteration in wine of local btock. The shipborne boie evidence of bad weather, and, with the exception of a few Jots, scarcely maintained the previous week's quotations nt per lOOlbs. Sheep : An adequate number were yarded on Tuesday at >.evvmarket. Competition was steady throughout. A few lots scaiccly cold relatively ho high as on the piovious week, but for well-conditioned hheep there was no decline in value. Pigs : An average numbei was yaided on Tuesday at New market. Bidding was biisk at pie: vious values. Mthsiw U W. BiNNEV and Co. repoit that at their weekly sale on Tuesday of wool, hides, and .skin*, the maiket for nil well-saved hides was firm. Kirst-clasa heavies, 4UI to4/d; light, H{d to 3^d pei lb ; skins, Is to 2s 'Id each ; pelts, 1« (id to 4s 3d pei dozen ; wool, 4^d to sJid ; lock and jjiece.s, to Id per lb.

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS. Farm and Duhy Pkoduck. — Wholesale : Butter, fresh, It 3d per lb. ; butter, salt, 8d to lOd per lb ; Chee&e, Rood local, 5d to Md ; Canteibury, do., 4^d to sid ; Egg-, per do/en, Is 9d ; Lard, pel bladder, 7d ; Baton and Hams, Provincial, l»d to hd; Hams, 8d to !)d ; Canttrbuiy I Jains and Bacon, siden, !Md ; equal numliMM, f'jd t" 10d; Hams, 11 [d; Jams, per erne 5 doz , t"l 12-. Od to £1 ljs lid ; Fowls, ptr pan, 2 (k! to 1 ; Feathois, baked, clean and -olettuj, Is 0> t> 1< l;d perlb. Kitiil Milk, per quiiit, 4d ; Butter, fienh, Is Gd ; Halt do., 10d to Is ; Clieese, colonial, do., 8d to9d; Egg->, l»er do/,., 2s; Laid, per lb, (>d to 9d ; Fowls, ouch, 2h to 3s ; Duck*, do., '2a to 3- ; Geese, do., 5s to 7s ; Turkeys, 10., Tjs to 8s (Id ; Bacon, per lb.. 10rJ t<. Is ; Hams, do., Is to la 4d. Hat and Cobv Mahket. — Wholesale (selling ex <*t»Te) : Mai/e, local (now), 3s !>d; Oat% 2s 5d to 2s 8d ; Barley, 2s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4a ; Wheat, 3s Gd ; fowl, 2rt 8d to 2k 10d; Hay, meadow, per ton, prewHed, £f> to £(5 5s ; Lucerne, ditto, Lt> to £(i 10s (nominal) ; btiaw, per load, 18s to £1 lOh ; Chuff, mixed, £3 10s to t'4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 5s to £1 15k ; Hay, O.vten, £t to t'4 10^ ; Clover, £1. 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, £3 to £3 10s. Retail : Chaff, pel cwt., 'is to Hi ; Potatoes, do., 3s 1x1 ; Mai/o, 4a to -U 3d ; Oats, do., 2s J)d ; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3s to .5, 3d ; Barley, fued, do., 3i to Js ; Ha\ per cwt., o"s Gd to 7s ; Lucerne, do., 7s Gd to 8s ; Oat«'n do., <>s to 7n ; Straw, do., 3s to 4 ,. Seeiw.— Lncenie, 1h 3d ; Wlntt) Clovoi, per lb., Is t ,i la Id ; Red Clo\ci, pur lb., 8d to fld; Cowgia-s, ]>er lb., lOd to Is; Aluyki;, pei lb.. Is to la Id ; Tiefoil, per lb., 7d to 8d ; Timothy, jier lb., 8d ; Jvape, perlb., 5d ; Piui»l<'-top Aberdeen Turnip, per lb., Istols3d; tiiovn-topAbeidetn Tuinip, per lb., Is 3d ; Green (Jlobe Ti.inip, per \b., la ; Praine (iriWH, per bushel, 0a ; Ryegrass, per buHhel, r »s to (i.s ; Cock foot, per bimlu I, 7s fid to 8s Flouk Markkt. — Whole».>V . Superfine flour, silk dreoHcd, per ton, £11 10s ; do., do., household, £10 10s; hundieds 5«., fifties 10« per ton extra, sack« and bagu free ; Soutnorn, do., £8 15s to £i) ss; Bran, per ton, (sacks included), local, £5 10s ; Southern, do., £5 ; Sharps, £T> 10s ; Cabin Bread, do., £18; Oatn.jal do., t!3 10s to £14; Penrl Bt»rl<\y. do.. £21 to €22. Kauri if cm and Flax Markef.— Snp|)heK for month to date, 335 tons. We quote prices nominally : Poor oi dinary, from C 2"» do%\ n ; f-n'r oriinrxry, 630 to £32 ; Vxjst, do,, £3'J; Euit Const, JJK> per ton.

Flax, n«i ton, ±!lt> to €20 ; Tow, do., £(1 10s tn Jfc!9 ; Fungus, por 1b , 2}d to 3d ; Cocoanut Fibre, percwt., 15i to 17« ; Beeswax, 8d to lOd pei lb^