COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2057, 12 September 1885, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

AUCKf.VM' I.IVK SLOCK MVKKKTS. Mu Alfiiuj 13icklvm)s lUi'Oiu I.—At1 .— At the Hay market on Fuday, Septembei I, loose fodder ranged from 2s l)d to 3s Ud the cwt ; best chaff, tt 10s the tou ; oats, 2s t<l and 2s 5d ; beans, 3s 4d ; maize, 2s lOd tho bushel ; piessed hay, fc4 .">s to f> the ton Horse stock were in moderate supply only, but the unptoved values foi working horses noted m last week's reuoit ware fully sustained. Light harne-s ranged from t'7 ; medium and heavy draught, from £14 to £28. Revolver did not fetch the reserve, but m for sale privately. Sir Colin, di aught entire, brought £_'l ; a hooded buggy, W> ; .spring cart, W7 .">s. At tho hide and skin .sale on Tuesday following, hides wore moie plentiful than usual ; if sound, they ianged in pneo from 3d to 4,\,d the lb ; tallow, 18=, to 21s the cwt Sheep skins weu) also abundant. Puces varied fimu Is Id to 2s lid for station skins, and from Is lOd to 3-< lOd for butcher skins. With the spnng, tho utimbei of cattle y.uded at the countij sales inciease considei ably. At Waiuku on Saturday last, the yards were all filled, and buyeis foi that ottered, with a considei.ible advance in prices over late market.--, p.utionlaily foi calves and yearlings; but grown cattle were also in dem md, and a fan supply of fat cattle bi ought Auckland prices. At Pukekoheon Monday, theie was also a full muster of etock of all tk-uiption-, which sold at similar values to the satisfaction of the seller. At lv" unmet aon Thursday, davy cows at calving were at lowet ptice^ than for a twelvemonth ; they tanged from £.5 to £.") each. Stoic cattle of allkind.s in brisk encniuy at full values; fat cattle in full numbers, l">0 head hay ing been received fiom tho West Coast ; prices wero steady throughout, for well fatted of good quality at 22s the lOOlbs ; fat calves sold freely ; <<lieep were plentiful, store wethers, in their wool, fiom 10s to 12s each ; fat wethers from 13s to 18s, but if Bhoin, from 11s to 14s each; few lambs yarded, those brought 20s each ; store pi«s were in moderate numbers, and sold at extreme values. Mkssus Hcnter and Nolvns vvkkki.v Report.— Horses : The market has been comparatively quiet; about .in average number changed hands at scarcely tho previous week's rates. The number entei ed for disposal by auction at the Dm ham Yards on Tue-iday was not so 1 irge as on tho previous week, and as nearly all were local horses, there was only ordinary demand, and prices, except in a few instiwictH, bail an inclination to recede, but the alteration was not noteworthy. Wool, hide-<, and -kins : Moderate quantity brought forward ; demand continue* good foi sound, heavy hides, at from .'Ud to 3d per lb ; light, 2, l d to .M ; skins, from 2s ."id to 3s lid each. Cattle . The number of stoics offered has not been so large as on the pievious week, and dairy and fat beasts were scarcely as well represented, but there was little difference in value as compared with the previous week. The number yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday was scarcely up to tho average, but there was a good muster at Pukekohe on Wednesday: theio was a continued demand foi stole steers of all ages, but female stock wero comparatively neglected. The demand for dairy cows w.is -toady, but good animals were well competed foi. Fat beasts weio moderately plentiful. Well-fatted steers reached 24s per lOOlbs, but green steers and cows were relatively low, some of tho lattei receding to 15s. We quote : Calves, at from 18s to 32s (5d ; yeai ling, steers, from 2.js to £2 2s M ; eighteen-months'-old stcerb, £2 .">-< to £3 ; grow n steers, £3 10s to £"> ; dry cows, £1 los to £3 l">s. Sheep : The number yarded at Xewmarket was about an average one, and the first lot of shearlings thn seuson mide their appearance, being a shipment from Gisborne. There seemed an indisposition on the part of the trade to give a corresponding value as compare' 4 with vvoolled sheep. Prices ranged from Is (kl to Is lOd per 81b-<. Lambs: Few yauled, and sold at fiom (is to 14s (id. Pigs scarce. Mk.nirs (J. W. B/vvf\ AM) Co. report th»t at their pale on Tuesday, Bth instant, of wool, hides, skins-, and tallow, the market was well stocked, but prices show a further fall on last week s quotations :—: — Fust class heavies, 3 Jd to 3fd ; medium, 3fd to 3id ; calfskins, 3d to 3W per lb ; butcheis and cross-bred skinb, 3s to 3s lHd ; station, 2s to 2s 8d each ; tallow, £18 10s to £10 10s per ton.

[RELTER'S rELKGRAMS.] LONDON WOOL sVl.hb. LONDOV, September !».— At to-day's wool auction 10,202Jbales wore catalogued to a flat in.uket. Piices generally dropping.

LONDON It VUKUS. London, Septembei J). — Consols havead\ancedto £100 2s (id. -Adelaide wheat, off coast, leinaius at 3lis od ; but off coast cartroei have fallen to 34s 'Jd.

ft'Ht N./.1.. VVI) M. \. LO. | London, September S Wool : The sales progtcss Hatlj. Since clo<<e of last sales, greasy has declined Id to l.d, clothing (washed) IUI to 2d, combing (washed) IUI to 2d, scoured (washed) 2d, Hue gieasy crosa bred 2d, fine washed crosslucd ',d to Id, fine scoured cross-bred Id, coarse greasy cioss-bred W, coarse washed cross-bred Id, coarse scoured cross-bred Id and Hd, and limbs' j,d to Id, The American demand is good foi long .staple merino light m grease Competition on French account ii sluggish. Competion on Belgian and German account is dull. Theie is much it regularity in the bidding. Attend ancc of home buyeis is good, but foieign hunted. The total quantity catalogued to date is 70,000 bales; l."), 000 bales have boon held over for future disposal. Hops: Crop prospects heio aie uncertain. The plant lieio is mote or lev affected by mould. The yield in Ameiica and on tho Continent is expected to bu exceptionally good. New Zealand arc woith 40s per cwt.

MELBOURNE M \KKBT.S. Mkuioiune, September 10.— The local manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited) leports on the Melbourne produce mat ket as follows : Shipping whc.it steady, at 4-< 2d per bushel ; raaltinsr barley, per quartet, 4s to 4s (id. New Zealand oats show an all-round advance of Id to 2d per bushel ; feed sorts ate hnn and active, at3to !<•> 1(1 ; malting descriptions aie in pood demand at Us 2d ; New Zealand oats, under bond, 2s 2d to 2s td pei bushel.