Waikato Times Office,Friday. WAIKATO LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2140, 27 March 1886, Page 2

Waikato Times Office, Friday. WAIKATO LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

•.., Mr J. S. Bucklvnd Repokts.—At Ohiupo on fueiday, 10th tnst., a lar^e, number of c.U tie of all descnptirnw wero varrled, and nearly all' sold at fair price-". D.ury cow,<, £i 12- Gd t<> £2 17s 6d to £3 2« (>d, for inferior sort* ; better *>rtB at £3 15s tii £1 7s. (iclj steer wltes ;it Jtll l-> «iud £1 iU ; Wits wlve*>aJ;lG4;yenrlinj,' »"d 1* yr-old htecis at £2 10s to £2 15-; 2 and 25-yr-old stoera, £i! 1S«, £3 U, £2 17s (><i, £4, and L'l 2a ii{l; 3^-yr-old steers, £4 10d, and grown steers, £Vl7s 6d to £3 15^; young empty cow.- and heifeis, £2 5-, £2 7- Gd, £3 15< ; fat cow* in full supply and dull of fc.ile. Only » fc?w s"'d lnd t rAdfl at from £4 to JBs.' A lot of crona-brerl ewes from Napier sold ,it 4s each, and culls at 2i 3d each ; Lincoln rams in low condition, 10s each, and a few Shropshire lambs were sold at 12s Gd each. On Monday last at Cambridge, out of the 3700 bhuep ndvertisod only 500 sold at !)s each, and 850 at &. Have 2500 for private sale. At Cambridge on Thursday lait » junto number of cattle of all classes yarded, but few sold. Sdles effected were kapringiiig heifers, £3 15a to £4 12* Gd ; some good dairy cows near calving being withdrawn. Cows with calves, £2 5s to £2 7a 6d; grown steers, nearly beef. £6 ss, and **ii, £7 6a ; smaller steers, £3 17i 6d. .Fat menwa meot with dull s*le, few being warited. ♦Those sold made from £3 17s 6d to £4 15s. Only sheep sold were a pen of cross bred r Napier ewes in low condition at 3s Gd each.