WAIKATO MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2113, 23 January 1886, Page 2

WAIKATO MARKETS.

Messaa W. J. Huntek and Co. Rkport.— At the H.uiulioi tloi-«o 6<»le mi Wednesday, J.niuary 20th, there wero about 00 horses brought forward; also A large mini* bjr of well-hied pigs and auvi'r.ildairyeows; also .* ifood uinver of people. For tjood dia'igli'H thoiv w«w K«'O<J competition, < ami '"■fuir number <».>ld. All the pi#* s iid tt fair and -..ttt-if ictury prices; «Ja > dairy ows. We quote: Cow* from £3 2s 6d to £4 15.s ; Hindi |>ifjrn, :">s to 7->; cnedium, 11m; f.it pififH, 22.i Gd Bdch ; medium draught h >i -c* ranged from £10 10s t.. t'l!>; Inoic, fiu tv £12; panics, £12s «d to 4*2; stroiiK spriitcr c^rt, £16.—At Cim<>ridgu <»» r<iurnd-t>, J.tuu.uy '' 21 nt, th'ire \v.w a, l.ug-j number of fat cuttle, a few Uiiry c<iws, ;uid »<» -t"re-< y-mled. For f.it st iclc tfo<*ra wislittlo c>mpetition, . ( and but few sold. A number of merino sheep yarded also, but did uol reach mvimr'a reserve. > Mil .F. S. BucKLAxn reports: At the Cmntind^'o Cattlo Sil«j «n Thui^diy, lltli 7> instant. Ahovo tlr. avoniKe ftiiiount of bu3illl*^B wad done. Twonty ho.id fat cattle, we were sold t» the trade, and irmny odd lutftof cows mid store «tojrs found purchaser at satiBf.ictory prices, notwithstanding the dry weather. Fat ewes hold <it 10-» each. — . ' At the bizair, on Saturday laat, a lame numlwr of poultry wf»iv entered and aold at from 10.1 for chicks to Is 9J eacli for grown fowls; younjr pigs, (is to 8s each; a lot of good bacon and (urns, 7£d to Od ; potatoes, on par cwt. Hordes : L.^.s th.m the average number were brought forward, but many '"■Wore of a >;o.id class and a f.iir number of S lea effected, 23 bein^ Hold under the hunRce* realised were : Unbroken four-year-old filly by Kantin' Ro)>iu,£2l; two-year-old colt by Rantin' Robin, £14 ; waggon 01 "' farm horse", four to nix yeais old, £1G to £19 and £20; strong backs. £6 to £13 each ; poniOH, £3 10d to £s.—At Ohuupo 011 Ttie.sdajrlast, above the number of cattle adveitised were yarded, and all sold with the exception of a few aged cows and one pen ot steern. A few good dairy cows were sold *' at fair values, £4 10s to £6 each being the . prices obtained. Fruob yomitf cow« brought CV£3 to £3 10; 20 yearling steers, well-bied, HB2 13s ; 26 ditto, £2 lls ; 31 yearling *te«rs, -322 5s ; 12 18-month» ateerx, £2 17-s 5d ; 15 JSlwo-ycjiir-old*, £3145; 12 ditt<», £3 ss; 8 ditto, £3 7«6d; tbr^e yonr-olds £4 to r*4 O.s 6d; fat steers, £6 7s 6d ; fat cow-, -££3 10s to £4 15a: 120 prime fat wetherx, £^md 250 atore wethers were penned, but no •ales effected.