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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2021, 20 June 1885, Page 2

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W UK UO M\Kh.Kls. Wml.ih, fun,* uiliK, Fuday. J. S. I'.i'Ckr-vvi) itrroKis— At tho Cam bridge cattle bile on Thursday, ft small number of stock were yintled .and very littlo Imsincsn don*. Hoifer calve*, 17« ; quiet cows about h.vlf grown in calf £1 to £"i ; two-year old empty hoifois in good condition t"2 2 (is and £2 l."»< f.tt cows £4 12* Hd. to £•>. Thu Lit uwes and l-neinio wetheis advertised wcic not sold, .uid .1 littlo lot of shorn hogget* brought 7-> 3d eac h. Mhs-jitsW. J. HrNrKKAvn Co. Um*oki Tli.it •if C iiiibiidgc on r nnii?d,i) llthuist There was « good muster or stock, fat cattle weio in demand, .uid sold f.mly well, we (juoti, ftit heifer i, £4 10c to t'"> "is ; f.»t cous, fioni £"") to tT> 1")^ ; f.it^heep, 11'-> ."id. At llu liumo sale on l^th m~.t , tlieie w.is .i lar^o mustci" of lioisi-s. Tlioui w.i-. <i Bpnited denuind, for good h.iulvs and light hinu is hor-.« s, ,i l.u^e nmnber exeh.inged li.mds .\t i.itiit ict'ii y |im.is. We (pioto h.»ck>, from t'~> to t'i> 1(N ; poiuu 1 -, fiom i'J 10s; tnodium di.mulit, ftomfll t" fc'lU ; dmy, £V2. At Oh.mpo on Tuesday, Kith in^t , less tli. in the usual liiiinlmr <>t cittle weie pouned, but those j aided weic of a good class and sold well, sewial |>»'iis of large bullocks wen: withdrawn .it sale, >ouiu of which weiu stftervvaids placed privately, 2-yo.u old i*tceis wete in demand and all Bold, good dairy cows were, also well mprcsonted and met good competition, h laipo number of sheep, (about .">00) met ready ftalo, neatly all being disposed of. \V c quote d^iry cows, t's os to U 7 17s fid ; backward springing heifern, from £4 to £4 10s ; weaned cah es, from 15s to 22u ; 1^ and 2 yoar-old «teor«, £2 8i to i*3 7a ; 3 year old »teers, £5 to £(> f)s ; fat heifers, £4 to £"i fis ; fat cow 2, £4 10s to £"> 10s ; long wool ewes, 8s fid to i)s ; hoggpts, (is Od to 10s ; merino ewes, 4s 3d ; farm waggon, £17 ; horse, 4''i ; liarn«s«, £2 ; mare and foal, £ 1 7s ; saddle, £1 18s.

AUCKLAND LIVESTOCK MARKKTs. Mr Alfukd Buckland's RKi'our.-At th? Haymaikvt on Friday, June 12, horse fodder landed with quality fiom 2s ttd t<> Is 9d tho cwt. ; pressed clover lwy, 4s drl to .""»-, the cw t. ; chaff, 4*3 to £4 2s (id tho ton ; maize, 3s to 3s lOd ; oat"!, Is lid to 2s 3d ; beann, 3s 4d ; wheat, 2s !M the bushel ; cmfot», 50s tho ton. Several Rood liding and jumping hordes were sold, \. u ying in price from £2<i to £00; unbroken medium draught, £10 to £13 ; broken draught, £13 to £1S : but infonor horses wore unsaleable. At the hide and akin sain on Thursday, hides maintained their \.ilue.s. licst quality brought 4^l thelb; calf.sJifn«, up t<> <J/d , tallow, 22s to 21s (id the cwt.; pelts and hlviuh, from lOd to 2s (id each. At Diury on Wednesday, tho muster of cattle was less than usual. There was a good enquiry for dairy cows at profit up to t'7 10* each ; grown steers dull of sale, other doscwptions «t Jate value*. At Rcinuera .>n Thuisday. dairy cattle inniut.unod their Into \,iluc^; no Htper cattle y.irded. Fat cattle were, yitrded in lomh th.in usual number, and of good quality ; but prices weic lowui — lfo the lOOlbs being tho l uhn£ price obtained. ¥.\t c.vKes were scarce, .md good prices ob tamed for tho-,e broiiglit fmw.trd. Sh"ep, in usual number, wore also at lower \.ilue-, about Is e.ith. Pifjs of all clas-es unstained Into values. They wciein good demand. Mkssus. Hlntkr and Noi, \n's Wn ki \ Kkpokp.-- lloisos : Thrre h.ih i»c.h> im d vitality in the m.irkct, and for liomus of ,i goiKl stamp, there was an upwaul t iuKnc> in piiues. The nuinbcr Hiil>mitted I >y ,tuc tion wii- not ai largo as usual. Competition wts fairly good .uul mo.st of the lot-> were ele.u oil. We quote hacks from iT> t<> €14 1(K; light harness hordes, £7 10s to tl.~>; draught, felS 10> to K2"). Wool, Indus, and skins f urly plentiful. We quote wool at fid tol.'.d ; hid.*, 3d to 3, j>ei 11). ; skins, 2h Id to~2s lOd ; t illou, 21s per cw t. Cattle, the mtrket h.is been adequately supplied, the demand ste.uly ; and, with the exception fif cow l>uif, winch w.is n sli wlo lower in value, theio was little alteration m pi ice--. The Newm irkot Vaids, on Tuesd iy, won 1 iiuMKrat ly well filled with all di-cnptions. I hm j Ouvs were well vepiOM'idoi], inu\ for Mr A. Issacs' . stock, there ». is Innkemn]>etitiiin. I'nce.s langed at from t(i 10s to €l(» .">s. ( irown store t>teui-> w< le well com peted for, and bold at from £\ 17s (id to £'">. An unusually large number of fat co\\s wore yarded, and were lower in value, prices ranging frem 17s (id to V.U per 100 lbs ; steew 18s to 225. Sheep : a fan mu*ter of West Coast «hpep weie yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday, but the weights were much lighter, consequently prices foi wetheis did not exceed l.">s each. l'i)fi • Modcnti 1 supply and busk demand I'iiceH langed fio-n 2|<l to 11 pel 11). lno wo^lit.