AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2087, 21 November 1885, Page 2

AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Mil YI.KUKI) ]Jf('KI.\NIW RKI'OKT.—At the I lay market, oh Friday, November 13, good hay brought fnmi 2« 3d to 4s- 3d tho cwt ; oat*, 2s 4d t>> 2s <5d ; iiim/.e, 3s 3d the bushel : potatoes, £& sh the ton. Moiho stock wer«* offered in full nnnibci, mid sold more freely than usual. Unbroken stock, medium draught, brought from £10 to £IJ e.irh ; heavy draught, with trial, up to L.i 4; tii'mlhiiii riding horses, from £3 10s upwiudu On Tui'Kilay hides wem pitched in full numbers*. I'ucoM ruled higher than for xi'vcril week -4, bust parcels biought fioin 3\d to Id tho lb. Skins woio Hold plunti fill ; thosi> m full wool brought fiom 2s id to 3s 7d oncli. Tallow, from 11s to 13a tin? cwt. At tho wool h.ilo on Wednesday bidding was steady throughout. I'riccH for longwool ranged from 5Jd to fid ; merino and half-brod, from r >i<l to <Wd tho lb, or about /d tho lb under last nen*ni'n values. At tho l'okcno h lie, on Monday, young cattle were in bri-k enquiry, .md sold at satisfactory pnens ; and at f)rury on Wednesday there wan a full market, with abrink enquiry, iiud higher prican woro obtained for young cittle and dairy cowu than for hoiiio time past. At Kutuueru, on Thursday, diviry c.Utlo wero in fair enquiry. (Jood aniinau ranged from £8 to £H each. Frenh conditional cows at oxtrnne prices. F<it cuttle, yarded in Icsh than average number, maintained thnir valuo. Fat nhcop dull of Kale, but l.imlw ni demand .it last weok'n values. Pigs of nil kind* lower in price. MtiSIW. Hl/NfKK AND NoiV.v's WkKKI.\ IlKroiir. —■ Homok: Thoro has been in ere tsed vitality in the market, attributable in a croat degree to the fact that a couple of shipments came to hand, but them w,»h no apparent alteration in value. Tho Durham yardn were woll filled on Friday. Tho competition wa« htoady throughout the ■alt>, resulting in nearly all bcin,f disposed of at prices on the whole satixtactory to \endori. Wo quote : Hacks from £'17 l."n to i!l'»; light harness liorxo*, £10 10-* to £'H 10 ; medium draught, £17 10< toi'JS ; heavy draught, £31, Wool, hides, »km and tallow: The weekly sale, on TuosJay, was fairly supplied with hides and nkins. Wool us being hold for tho hi ries' s.ilc<. Wo quote hides at from 'Id to 3/d p'-r lb ; cdfflkuiH, Id ; «kinx, 2s to 3s each ; tallow, £\ I por ton. Cattlo : There h i>, been a gfKKI many of all descri|>tious brought forward, and the dein mil has been Hpinted, conse(|iiently a laigo numbt r have changed hands at fully the protiouA week's vilues. Tho N'owmarkut Yards wore well stocked nn Tup-d ty with dairy, Htore, and fit stock, all of which wero keenly cornp"te,d for, and a ino^t sue COHNful Hide wan the rettult, pncus Imni,' in favour of vendor as compared with those ruling for ho.iio we<'kx. Hhfup wen- mi .idoquate diijiply at Newmaiket on Tnc*d.iy. AK>d Kheep, although well conditioned, Hold relatively low, barely Is 4d per 3lhs being given ft>r fat wetherK, wheread young Htock of the Hamo clans realised Is lOd. Thimbu, plentiful, Hold at from Hh to 1 is l>d. Pig< scarce; prices ranged from lid to 3d per lb. MKSHiuUr. W. BiKNKT AND Co. rejioit that at their nalo of hides, sheepskins, <uid tallow, held ln»t Tuesday, a large minply came to hand, and the bidding throughout was brisk. Tho following priceH woiu oh tain-id, vi/.; —Fiwt claiw, 3{d to id; nicdmiii, 3d to 3jjd ; inferior, 2£d to 24<l ; cjxlfskniH, ;\\d to Id per lb; Hhuc|>'<kiii < <, from U to 3h Id ; polts, 3d ; Inmbskins, 7<l each; tallow, 11s od to 15s; bonCH, 5s pt r cwt.