COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2093, 5 December 1885, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

WAIKU'O MAUKLCi. Mn .T. S. Bt'CKf.\sn reports :— At tho Wftttoa H.ilo on Wednesday last a small number of cattlo only were yarded. Those were principally fat cows, and sold from £■1 lf»s to £"> ."is each. GOO sheep wero penned and sold. Store ewen bt ought 7« 7<l ; ■tore cross-bred wethers, 10s (id ; .md a few horxoM changed h mds .it satisfactory price*. At the Cambridge Cattle Sale on Thursday, •omo veiy nice cattle, both fat and store, wero yntded. Eighteen-monthn old steers brought £1$ ; grown steers in low condition, £4 ss; two yoar-old well bied heifers, £2 12-* ; 18 months-old Shorthorn bull, £7 10s ; ditto, Hereford. £.") 5h ; f,it cows, £1 2s fid to £(» each. 200 well-fattened owes and wethers were penned, l)\it iinno sold. Mkssrs W. J. Hu.srat k Co. report : - At tho sale of Napier wethers on the 21st inst., the greater part Hold at from 10s Od to lls, thi! btUiicc weir cleared ptivately at 10s tkl. —Vt C unbridle on Thmsday, November 2flth, tliero was again a full muster of cattle and shci:|>. (rood beef wa-s in demand, and all sold ; neveral |wns of stores rein lined unsold, but wore foiwarded ti> Oluupo, and disposed <>f there. A large number of «heep were sold at sat'Hfaetory prices.— At Cambridge Horse Sale, on November 2rtth, there was a very largo number of hoi him brought foriv ud, and a, fair demand. A good number eh mg^d hands. Hack**, from £'> to £11 ; light harness horse*, £X to £J0 ; medium draughts, £17 to £18 10s.— At Ngaruawahia, on Monday, although we held a Halo the month previous, tho yards wore completely crammed with good cattle. Nearly all (told. Koine fresh steoi" only being reserved ; buyers, expecting a fall in price of beef, declined giving big prices. A lurge number of cows nnd heifers olicited keen competition, nnd realised more than owners expected. We ((note : Yearlings, mixed Boxes, £1 7>* to £1 IN; yearling steer*, £llltti> KllXslid; 1} and two-year old ntcers i"2 ISs to £'.i 2s lid j tun year-olr} heifers, £2 to £2 10s ; three and four yearold heifers, £3 to t'» —At Ohanpo on Tuesday, December l^t, we had the (argent cale nince starting in busmes-t. The cattle were principally large, and of a good ulaxn, and although buyorit were unnecided to stock heavily on account of no rams for Homo time, there was good competition throughout the Hale, and nearly every be.ist sold. Tliero was a large attendance of buyer« f loin all paits. Young xtock were enquired for, and sold full)* 5s higher than pro\ ioiih sale. A large number of three anrl four year old »teem met fair enquiry, but were a shade lower than previous market. Dairy cows were in demand, and all sold. Wo quote : Dairy cows, from £4 to £li ; yearling steers, £2 to £2 7s : 1J and two-ynnr-old ditto, £1 I.w to £3 10- ; L>i totluee-year-old ditto, £4 2s to £"> ; four-year olds, £."» 10* to fcti ; two-year-old heifern, £2 10s to £2 12a ; yearling heifers, £1 f>s to £1 12s ; tlneu-ycar old heifers (fresh), £3 to £> ; fat cows and heifers, £4 4s to £"> 7s lid ; fat steers, £.1 10s to £7 10s ; working oxen, £li 10s ; marefl and foals, £5 ].>s to £!) l">s ; active plough horse, £7 l">s ; yearlings, £1 Il4to£.~>eaah.

Arnawn i.ivb stock m\kkkiw. Mh Ai.KitPD Bucklvvd'h KKi'onr.— At tho horse «alo on Friday last, November 27, home *tock wore yarded m full numberH, ,md although tho greater number were Hold, prices obtained were lower th.in have lately ruled. Pmcos fur draught stock ranged fioni £10 to £20 ; inferior hordes, from 3.~>s each. Fodder was also at low values. Straw, fidtn 13s to 20s ; the load, hay, from 2s (>d to 3s (Id theewt (delivered) ; oatn, 2s 21; maize, 3s to 3s 4d the bushel. At tho Haymarkct nalo of hides, wool, and nkinn nn Tneaday, hides brought from 2\<\ to ${d the lb ; fat and tallow, fioin 10s to 14* 3d tho cwt ; nhecpHkins up to 3s 7d each ; bags and hiiiill parcels of wool, from j 4d to 'i£d tho lb; locks and pieces; from 2d the lb. At tho second wool Hale, held on Wednesday List, there weie present tho name buyer* a« on the fir*t occasion, but prices were ncarcely so huth, generally about J of a penny lower than on the firit occasion. Above 300 bales weio pitched, and nil but ono lot of ten b.iles sold at tho Auction. At Kcmuera, on Thursday, Rood dairy c.ittle Hold fiom £5 to £7 ; medium quality at low values ; store cattle in demand at full ratei. Fat cattle in full number. At opening of sale un advance of l.">s each over last wcek'rt values was obtained, but this was lost as tho w.ile proceeded, and quotations arc from IS-, to 2Js the lOOlbs for good Bteers. C.vhes unlMu.illy plentiful, and prices in consfqueuco irregular. Fat sheep m moderate supply, were dull of Halo at lant week's quotations. Fat lambs maintained their values ; good quality from 10m to 1 1« each. Store pij»s requued ; poikert* lower iti puce than of late. KKfOitr — Horse» : There has been an improvement in the market during the |u«t week, both a» to mipply and demand, but resulting in scarcely any alteration in value. There were a good many submitted by auc tion. At tho Durham Yards on Knday, competition wa.s steady throughout the sale, and most of the pricos realised were up to the expectations of vendors. We quote :—: — Hack« at front £<> t" £15 10s ; li^ht harness liorses at from £11 tr> £18 .">s ; medium draught, £34. Wool, hides and skins : Modorato -supply, and generally of inferior description*. We quote : Hides at from 2d to 3Ad por lb ; BkinH, 2s 3d to «s 5d each ; wool, in bags, 4/d per lb. Cattio: Thoiu hiu< been a good many brought forward, and found purclianers. An upward tendency haa bet'H exhibited for atoreH, but the previous week's willies for fat and dairy Htock were barely m untamed. Tho Newmarket Yard* weie fan ly tilled (in Tueu day, and the l'a|>akunv Yudn 'vere crammed on Wednesd ly. I'ricen for stores had an upward tendency in b>>th markets, and at Papakuradairy cows also maintaiuorl preuous vahifH, but in some instances were a nhado lower at Newmarket, aud the h.-uiki remark is applicable to fat bcasta at thin market. Sheep : Tho East Coa^t yarili wore fanly well tilled at Nowmarket on Tuesday, but no Went Coa-.t sheep wpio yarded. There was no noteworthy alteration in value. Lambs were plentiful, and Hold at from 9s to 14i. Pigs in adequate "i'l'P'y. nnd met corresponding 1 demand.

AUCKLAND MAHKET Ql'OT VTION.H. FUIM AND DVIUY PItODLX'K. — Whole »alo : Butter, fresh, 8d ; butter, x.ilt, M ; Chee««, good local, 'Ad to 6d ; Cuitoibury, do., 5d to Old ; J^ggK, pur do/en, 1h ; Ij.vnlj per M.-uidei , 7d ; Dion and Hams, J'rovincial, 7d to Jkl ; Hams, 8d to ild ; Canterbury Bacon only, 7d ; equal number* HaiiiH and liMxm, BJd to 'M ; Hams, 7d ; .liiniH, per case 5 do/.en, 30s ; Fowls, per pair, 2s to 3* Cd ; FeatherM, baked, clo.in and nelectcd, Is (id to 1h Ud per Ib. Itetail : Milk, f>er quart, 4d ; Butter, frexh, up to lOd; «alt do., 8d to lOd ; Chccae, per lb., (id to 7d ; Egg*, I' cr <l°z-» 1* 3d ; Lard, Jmr lb, (id to ild ; fowl*, each, 2n to .'<s ; Jtickx, do.. 2h to 3« j (Jucho, do., . r >s to 7-< ; Tnrkcyn. do,, Th to 8* (Jd ; B.icon, pei llj.. 7Jd to K£d ; Hanw. da. «d to yd. Urn and Cobn MARKicr.— Wlioleh.il(« (nellmK ex Htoro) : Maize, local (new), 3s 3d to 'A* (id ; Oat M,2», 2» 3d to 2h sd ; Barley, 2s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4«; Wheat, 3h ild t«i 4* ; fowl, 3k 3d to 3h tkl ; Hay, meadow, per ton, prexMod, £t."wtoi;.'>ios ; Lucorn, ditto, i'(> to Jt'f; 10-t (nominal) ; Htraw, per load, iHs to £'1 10h; ChafF, mixed, £3 10s to HI 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £t 5« to £1 l.n ; Hay, Oaten, £1 to A' 4 10» ; Clovor, £li 10s to £7 ; N«w PotatooH, £7 to £8 p«i ton ; Old Pota toe«, £3 to £1 per t<m. UeUil : Chaff, per cwt., /5h to f»n ; New Potatoea, l<\ to Id p«T lb ; Maize, 3h (id to 3s !»d : O.its, do., 2« 6d to 3h ; Wheat, fowl, per bUHlicl, 3rt (id ; Barley, feed, do., 3s to Ah j Hay, per cwt., tin fld to 7s ; Ijticern, do., 7s (id to 8k ; Oaten do., (in to Jn ; Straw, do., 3* to 4h. Hkkdh.— Swede and Turnip Seed I*,1 *, Is to In 3d ; Sorghum, 1-t per lb. ; Planter'a I'riond, 1h per lb. MaN'Uibh. — Bonodimt, Sydney, prime, £H IO« to £0, inferior £7 lfm to £8 ; BonyHour, t!l to £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian (Jiiano, £18: Maldun Inland, £8; Huon (fiiano, Hiiiall lots, £5 to £(>, bags included ; Auckland Chemical M;imno, £13 ; Freezing Company's Superpliosphnte, 32 per cent., £H ; 25 per cent., £0; Corn Manure, £8; Jloot Manure, £8 10s ; Otuhh Mivnuro, £7 lOtt ; BonediiHt, £9. Kloub Makkkt.— Wholccale : SupeiKne flour, Milk drexMcd, per ton, £10 10s ; do , do., houKohold, £8 10s to £!> 10fl ; hundrcdn Kh,, fiftiea 10h i>or ton extra, Hacks and bag! freo ; Southern, do., £8 to £8 10s ; Bran, per ton (»*ckn included), lnc.il, £<> ; Southern, do., £5 10h ; Sharps £."> 10<; Cabin Bread, do., £18; O.itracat, do., £11 to £12 lft* ; Pearl Bailey, do., £19 to £20. MIftORJXANKOIH. — ICernxonc, 130* tPHt (duty paid), from Is 7d to 1h 8d : 150" tent (duty paid), la Ud ; Yrnring Wiro, No. »>, 7, and H, assorted, £13, £13 10h, and £14 reHnectively per ton ; Limp, Hlacked, In por bimhel ; Quick Lime, in atone, In (id to 2h ; New Zealand PalmgH, sft., 7« (id to 13s • fift., 14«; Ti-troe Rails, £2 10^ to £4 per ;0O j Puriri Po8t», £0 to «7 ; Shingles, l? f

to VU lid |Hir 1000; Ilobart I'.ilinjf, Wt , 17s to 20s; <>ft., ISs to 2ls; Hohart Rail-, 80h t<> !K)-«, buying ami (railing quotation*. Kamii (»um ani> Flax MAiiKitr. — Supphus for month to d»te, 311 tonx. We <ju<>tt! prices notniniilly : Poor ordinary, £20 to t'J."< downuMrdft ; fair ordinary, I'M to JL"r. ; hiMt, do , £37 to KM ; K.int (!<i.ist, £4<i to £IS |u>r ton. Fl.ix, |>er ton, £lti to t'tf); Tow, do., t's 10> to 4'B 10i ; Fuugiiri, pel 11)., 2,' d to 3\(] ; f'-oiMninit Fihrc, per cwt., l.">, to 17^ ; Ui'eswav, 7d to 10(1 per lb.