COMMERCIAL Waikato Times Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2063, 26 September 1885, Page 2

COMMERCIAL Waikato Times Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK M ARKETS.

Mil Alfred Blcklwd's Rin'oiir.— At the Haymaiket hoi->e sile on Fridiy, September 18, ntock w >re in full number, and sold freely ; a further advance in pi ici' of well-broken draught, stuck being obtained. Heavy draught ranged from Jt!2S to £32, medium draught .uid light harness fiom £17 to £20; ndin-f hm*", fi.nn £ I 15s to £20. Loose fodder (plentiful) brought fiom 2s lid to 4h M the cwt ; pressed fodder, £1 to £4 10s the ton ; oats, 2s 3d to 2s .VI ; in u/e, 2s lid ; beuis, 3t 4d tlie bushel ; potatom, £3 17s (ij to £4 10s the ton. At the hide and ikin sale on Tuesd ly, hides were pitched in full numbers. Prices were lowered iliout J ,d the Ib. They r.mged from 2d to 3{d the fb ; fat, from 7s t > ll>< the cwt. ; wool, fiom .">3d to "> t 'd the lb ; sheepskins, fiom Is 2d to 2s .")d eich. At Remuera on Thursday, dairy cattle were dull of s,ile, but all good animal-, sold between £> and £l» each. Store cittle abundant, «md lower in price than a foitnight since. Foui -year-old stem-, of fair quality at £4 each ; others in propoitwn. Fat cattle in usual numbers weieat irregular values. Prices varied from l.Ss to 22s each. Fat sheep were better woith about 2s each. Lambs numeiou\ and at lower values : they brought from 8s to 13*, with a good enquiry throughout. Pigs weie plentiful, but in demand at satisfactoiy prices. Messrs. Hvntkr and Nol\n's Wkkiu/i Rkhobt. — Horses: There has been but a hunted number brought forward, and there was a slightly upwaid tendency in \alue. .Scarcely an a\erage number were entered for disposal by auction at the Dm ham Yards on Fiiday, but there was Home fan ly good y >nnif draught stock, which were well competed foi, and the thorough bied horse Kalo was sold for 00 guinea". There remains an unsatisfied demand for good young light harness horses and active medium draught. There was no noteworthy alteration in quotations. Wool, hides, and skins : An increase of quantity was pitched, but principally station and light in quality. We quote: Hides at from 2 f 'd to 3\d per lb.; skins from U Id to 3s 3d; woof, in bags, 4dto4|d. Cattle : The number of fat beasts has been below the average, but other descriptions were in usual numbers There \>.-n an upwai J tendency in value of good beef. Store and dairy cows receded slightly m \altie. There was a large number of store steers yarded at Newmarket on Tuesd iy, - md many pens displayed care m breeding, frown steers realising from £4 to £"> 17s fod. ).ury cows were not well competed for, nor were there any good animals yarded. Fat beasts in less than average nutnbei-, and there was an upward tendency m \alue, fi!*hough prices were very irregular. SheepThere was an unnsally small number yarded on Tuesday at Newmarket. Wethers hold at from 17s to IDs each ; ewes, I.ls 3d to His i)d; lambs, Ds to Kis 3d. Pigs were scarce, and nold at from 2}d to 3id per pound live weight. Mkssrh (}. W. Binnk\ and Co. report that at their weekly sale on Tuesday of wool, hides, «kins, and tallow, fiist class stout hides sold at from 3|d to 3 11-Kid ; light, 2^d to 3id pei lb ; butcheis' cro^bred skins Is lid to 3s ; mi'iiuo, Is !)d to 2s 2d each ; tallow, £1(> to £18 10s per ton.

ACCKLAVI) MUiKhT QUOTATIONS. F\KM AM) DUKY PIIODICE. — Wholesale: Butter, fre*b, lOd per lb. ; buttoi, «alt, up to !tjd i>er lb ; Cheese, pood local, r»l to ">\d ; Canterbury, do., 4(d to SUI ; Kggs, per do/en, lOd ; Lard, per bf.wldei, 7d ; Bacon and Hams, PioMiici.il, (id to M ; Hams, «Sd to (hi ; Canterbury H.icon only, U\<l ; equal numbers Hams .md Bacon, S\d • Hams only, 10d ; Jams, pei ease 5 dozen, 30-< ; Fouls, per i>.nr, 2s to 3-> (id ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is (id to Is Od perlb. Retail • Milk, perquait, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to Is ; salt do , <Sd to Is ; Cheese, colonial, do., Bdto !)d ; Eggs, j»er do/en, Is ; Laid, i»er lb, (id to !)d ; lowls, each, 2s to 3s ; )ucks, do., 2s to 3s ; Geese, do., 5s to 7s ; Tuikeys, do., 5s to 8s (id; Bacon, pei lb.. lOd to Is Id ; Ham«s. do.. Is to 1-, 4d. Hay and Corn Mvrkkt.- -Wholesale (selling ex store) : Mai/.e, local (new), 3s ; Oats, 2s 3d to 2a ."id; Barley, 2s 3d; Malting Barley, 4s ; Wheat, 3s 2d ; fowl, 2s 8d to 2s lOd ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 5s to £5 10s; Lucerne, ditto, £i> to £(J 10s (nominal) ; Straw, per load, 18s to £1 10s ; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10-, ; Oaten Chaff, £4 5s to £4 15s ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £5 10s ; Clover, £(> 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, £4 10i, sacks included. Retail : Chaff, per cwt., 5s to Gs ; Potatoes, do., 4s (id to ">s ; Mai/e, 3s to 3s 3d ; Oats, do., 2s Gd to 3a ; Wheat, fo,\l, per bushel, 3s to 3s 3d; Barley, feed, do., 3s to 4s ; Hay, per cwt., (is Gd to 7s ; Luceiuo, do., 7s (id to 8s ; Oaten do., (ix to 7s ; Straw, do., 3h to 4h. Seeds.— Lucerne, ]s 3d ; White Clover, per lb., Is to Is Id ; Red Clover, per lb., 8d to Od ; Cowgrass, per lb., lOd to Is; Alsyke, per lb., Is to Is Id ; Tiefoil, per lb., 7d to 8d ; Timothy, per lb., 8d ; Rape, per lb., 5d ; Piuple-top Aberdeen Turnip, per lb., Is to Is 3d; Ureen -top Aberdeen Turnip, lb., Is 3d ; (ireen Globe Turnip, pi r lb., Is ; Prairie Grasn, per bushel, Gs ; Ryegrass, per bushel, 5s to Gs ; Cocksfoot, per bushel, 7a 6d to Bs. Flour Market. — Wholesale: Supeifine flour, silk dressed, per ton, £10 10s ; do , do., household, £'J 10s ; hundreds 55., fifties 10s per ton extra, sacks and bags fi cc ; Southern, do., £S to £8 10s; Bran, per ton, (.-<ack» included), local, £(5 10s ; Southern, do., £o 10s to £0 ; Sharps, £f> ; Cabin Biead, do., £18; Oatmeal do., £11 to £12 10s ; Pearl Barley, d.*., £10 to £20. Manures. — Bonedust, Sydney, prune, £S to £!>, infenor £7 15s to £8; BoiljHour, £!) to £10; Auckland, £8; Peruvian Guano, £18; Maiden Island, £8; Huon Guano, small lots, £5 to £G, bags included ; Hi rst's Chemical Manure, £13. Miscellaneous. — Keiosene, 130" test (duty paid), from Is 7d to Is 8d ; 150' test (duty paid), la lid ; Fencing Wire, No. G, 7, .md 8, assorted, £13, £13 10-<, and £11 respectively per ton; Luii**, slacked, Is per bushel ; Quick Lime, in stone, Is Gd to 2s ; New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s (id to 13-. ; Oft., Us; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £4 per 100 ; Punri Posts, £G to £7 ; Shingles, 13s to Ids Gd per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20s; Oft., 18s to 21s; Holwrt Rail*, 80s to !K)s, buying and selling quotations. Kauiii Gum and Fl\x Muikef. — Supplies for month to date, 278 tons. Wo quote prices nominally : Poor ordinary, £.'{o downwards; fair orJinaiy, £33 to £3t; b>st, do, £.T) to £38; East Coast, £14 to £18 per ton. Fla\\ per ton, £lli to £20 ; Tow, do., £li 10> to £11, Fungus, per lb., 2 VI to 3d ; Cocoanut Filno, per cwt., I'm to 17s*; Bi-^v. t \, 8d to 10d |»-r lb.