COMMERCIAL. Waikator Times Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2024, 27 June 1885, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato r Times Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Ml Ifl M I 11 \\l) JN'dl \\ s. Wl I M \ RU'Oitr. — lionet : A good manj luve been brought foiHiinl, .uul found puieha^rs .it .1 slight advance on tlic pifMou-i \\i'c!v'-> value*, peih.ips owing puneipillv t" tin) presence of a number of stiange hoi^o. The number euteiod toi disposal at Hit* Dm ham y.iuli was over the avenge, .uul uichulcd <i shipment ficiin Kew l'lym »uth, which attracted conMdeiable attrition ,md c<>ti*r quent c mipetition, winch ie-iiilted m on the whole .1 sitisfac-toiy s.ile. W»> quoti' . Hick-, from IT> 10^ t<> I'll; unbroken, i.M")to til, hunt'->^ .m>l ipnng c<vithoiv>», fmin £!> to t_'O, di.«u«lit hoi>e-, I'l.X to H2\ Wool, hull 1 -., .nid -,kin->. Supply niodt'iMto, but ({iMlity of liuli-. i.ithor light, \\u\c-, ranged .it funn .S|d to 'Aid ; skin-), at fioin Is (id to 3-> (id : Im^s wool, in gi&iM:, ">d pci lb. Cattle : The nun ket li.vs been f .urly active, and for fat be.i-it^, jMiticularly itcei-), thorc was .m upw.ud tuudoncy vi \.ihic. The midwinter quat terly sales at Waiukit on Saturday met most unf.ivoui.ible wflivthur, and there wai consequently a small imiitei. Puces were relatively as high as »t Newm.uket on Tuesday. At the latter place there w.is an average muster of dairies, and stores were fairly represented, but a limited number of fat beasts weie yarded ; competition was good throughout the iale, and .an advance of 10-> per 100 lbs. for cowi, and 20s for .steers was given. l'rice-> langed from l)Ss to 2-ls per 1001b--. ; dairy cows, fiom Koto £!) 10.s ; stores, without noti'woithy alteration ; sheep, \ery few local weie penned at Newmarket on Tuesday, but tlu-re was a very fair muiter of West Coast sheep, and prices reinainod unchanged from last week ; pigs, very few yarded, demand good. Mr Alkhkd Bcckiand'.s Repokt.— At Reinuei.i on Thursday, dairy cattle wore dull of Hale with a downward tendencj to lower \ allies. Store cattle, particularly «teer^, were in better enquiry, and advanced in price. Fat cattle m average numbers, mid generally of prune quality, puces rallied, and wero steady throughout the Hale, prune quality, Auckland fatted, at tlh ; hlupborne, from 20s tlio 1001b*. Store sheep in demand at full value.-*. Fat wethers of pi line quality maintained thi-ir full value, a draft of 400 from Napiei, averaging 801hs., brought 18s each, but middling quality of sheep were at lower prices and fully 400 remained unsold. Fat lambs sold at high \ .lines. Fat calves weie also m short supply, and in demand at extreme values. l'fg> of all kind--, but generally coaise animals woieinunuMi.il niunbeis, sevoial hundred --old, juices were well sustained throughout the sale