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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2161, 15 May 1886, Page 2

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n-i - Waikato Times Office, Friday. ».. WAIKATO LIVE STOCK MARKETS. V J -MR J. b. BUCKI/ANU RkPORTS :— At Ohaupo on Tuesday, cattle were yarded In average supply. Dairy cows and springing heifers were yarded in full numbers, and all aold readily at good prices, ranging from £4 10.4 to £o" 5s for good cows at profit, and £3 5s to £4 5s for neifrrs coming to tiret t .calf. , Steer,^ calve* niado 2U ; , yearling ivfeWfiil; 2i-yp.old Htoers, '£3 16s; BJyrold steers, £2 10s to £4 ; and grown steorx. £4>los; pen of steers for turnips, £3; fat cq<Hrc of good quality, £4 lOu each ; 100 fat wether*, 8u each. — At Mr Richardson's sale on Wednesday, there was a large attend.•ttautae of buyera. ImplementH sold well. Seed sower at £17 ; dray at £3 ; dray at $"»$? Roller at £11 10s and roller at £12 ; disc barrows, £4 5s and £7 ll r »s; D.F. plough*, £0 15s and £7 ; harrows, £4 15s ; »j Coitland waggon, £33. Cattle: 21 steers id ' good condition at £4 ss ; 21 heifers, nearly beef, at £3 ; and 03 young steers •were passed at £2 10-". Horses: Many were passed, not leaching the reserve, \;hfa»ught mares making from £12 to £23: yearling draughts, £3 15s to £0 sa ; riding — iMuki, £& to £5 10a ; three-year-old unbroken i iding colts, £14 10* to £17; h«ck mares, £45< to £8 ; draught foals, £5 to £6 ss; hack'foaln, £4 to £4 10s. Bonnie Prince wns pnssed at £100, the price wanted being £200. Jfeve wns passed at £40, the price wanted being £100. Private •ales during the week : Pair dra\tgfft colts .'?«t'£6o;' draught yearling colt by Bonnie Prince, £25 ; yearlinK colt by Feve,- £15 ; hack at £17, and one at £14 ; also, 4 tons of t Rood potatoes at £4 per ton ; 100 bushels of r ""Mltssns W. J. Hpnteb and Co. Report. —At the sale of horses, &c, at Kibikihi, on •nStttttrday, Bth inst, a large number were brought' ' forward, also a good attendance from all parts, and a fair number I,iflbange;d, bands. Good hacks were in request. Belling from £O 10b ; ponies, from ' £3 ijo £5 ; fat pigs, £1 4s each ; foVls, from M to lOd each. At sale of furnitnro and property of Capfc. Capel on '"■ Saturday morning, Bth inst., there was a < "frery large attendance of buyers, and a very f-^latisfactory sale resulted. A number of horses, carts, &c, have been disposed of 'pliyately through the week. At Ctmi> jbridge, on Tuesday, May 13th, although an extremely wet day, there was a good muster r offatcatle, and only few stores. Nearly sit yarded sold, fat cows and heifers, £4 , r tq ,£5 10s : 2i year-old stcen, well-bred r £i'2d Gd ; Fat wethers and ewes 9s 3d each.

* ■ auckland live stock markkts. Mb Alfred Buckland's Weekly RePOBT.— At the Haymarket, May 7, fodder , generally wm in large supply, and prices ruled in accordance with past week's quotatjpns. Chaff £3 10s to £4 ss, oats 2s 7d the . bushel, potatoes £1 10s to £3 10« per ton, * fconedust, £7 5s per ton. The land at Awhitu realised 3a an acre, while that at ' ituaVaka found a purchaser during the * week at the upset price. At the horse marked the animals were in the usual num- * tan, values of previous week being well kept up. Tax-cart £19. Hides and skins on Tuesday were pitched in large numbers, and values kept at lattt quotations, viz :— Heavy bides 4d to 4gd, medium 3£d to 3-Jd, calfskins 3d to 4sd, sheepskins Is 4d to 2s 7d, pelts od to lOd, tallow 13a per cwt. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cows at their profit were in demand ut full rates, '•tore 'cattle at late values. Fat cattle, .in moderate numbers, were at last week's, -values, steers ranging from 18s to 21s per 1001b*, cowd from Ids per 10011*. Sheep, in short supply, obtaiued an advance in prictf on wethors of fully Is each, but ewes were at previous values. Pigs, of excellent fauatity and in moderate supply, sold low, fully 7s each less on a 25s pig than has lately ruled. •MISSRS.'HuNTKR AND NOLANS WkRKI.T Report. — Horsey : There was no noteworthy change in the marHet this week. ..Jkbout an' average number were offered for ■ale, and disposed of at previous values. The number submitted by action at the Durham Yard 3 on Tuesday showed a slight increase' on the previous week, but no cormpoudiqg advance in rates, but most of the lots changed handy at the previous week's quotations. Wool, hides, and ■kins : The supply has been rather limited. Heavy hides were pitched, 3id, being the top price reached ; calfxkins 4id, skins, Is 9d. Cattle : There has been a good deal doing^in dairy and store stock, but the Spply of fat beasts has been limited, kiry stock and fat beasts were unchanged in /value, but prices forgrofvn atore steers seceded a little. Rather a large number of dairy cow* were yarded on Tuesday at Newmarket. There was alto a good muster of stores, those classes being similarly represented at Fukekohe on Wednesday. Fat beasts were scarcely sufficient for requirements. Lost week's values were sustained, but there was no advance. Sheep : Scarcely an average number were yarded »tsftvvmfcrket on Tuesday. There was no alteration in value as compared with the previous week. Wethera (select* 11* to 13s each, e.yyes from 7-s to 12s, lambs ' sold at rom 5s to 7s od each. Pigtt were yarded in "adequate nuuibera, and wore well competed for, and sold at from 2.} d to 3.Jd per iblive weight. .MlSSBfe |Gr.. W. BIJfNEY iAND SONS 1 ) RE" lOUrl— iAt our xale on Tuesday ''last, we ■old a full catalogue of hides, sheepskins, Ac Thf demand for heavy ox was brisk. Local butchers' sold up to 4^d for dry, and and 4|d per lb. for green-salted. At these figures ox. hides sold from 23s to 25s each ; tpi-eat large parcels averaged 23s to 23s <>d and 25s each respectively. Country hides sold freely up to 4|d the lb. We quote : Ox hide* at 4d to 4ld per lb. ; cow hides 3d to 3&d, light, 3d to 3|d. Calfskins sell Tery freely from 4^d to 4£d for green-salted. Shfepekins sold well at last quotations. Tallow : Still dull of sale at 13s Gd to 14s for Rood, Os to 10* ordinary, 8s to 8s (kl per cwt. for inferior.

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS. FARM and Dairy Puoducjs.—Wholesale: Butter, fresh, 8d: butter, salt, 7d to 8d; Cheese, good local, 5d to 7d; Canterbury, do,, none ; Eggs, per .loztn.-ls Od ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., G.j'l So 7<l; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, Gd tv Sd; iiaras, GJd to B£d{ Canterbury Bacon, 8d; «jqual numoera Hams and. Bacon, B£d; Hams, 10£ d; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 30d ; Fowls, per jp»ir, 2» to 3s 6d; Feathers, baked, clean and Selected, Is Gd to Is Od per lb. Retail: Milk,, per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to la per lb; salt do., prime, BJd to Od; inferior, 3d to 7d; Cheese, per lb., Gd to 1 9d; Eggs, per dozen, 2s; Lard, per lb, Gd to «Jd ; Fowls, each, 2s Gd to 4s; Djicka, do., 2s Gd to4s; Geese, do., 5s Gd to 8s; Turkeys, do., 5s to 7a Gd; Bacon, per lb.. 7£d to Is; Hams, do., 8d to Is 3d. _. -

Hat and Corn Market.—Wholesale (wiling ex store): Maize, local (new), 3s 6d; Oats, 2s Gd to 2s 8d; Barley, 2s, 3d J Malting Barley, 4s 2d t<» 4s 6a;' \Vheat, 4s 9d ; fowl, 3n 7d to 3s 9d; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 6* to £5 10s; Lucern, ditto, £<i to £0 10» (nominal); Straw, per load, 18s to £1 10s; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10-s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 5s to £4 15s ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s; Clover, £G 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, £4 5s to £410s pet- ton. Kotail: Chaff, per cwt, 5s to (is ; Potatoes, 5s to 5s Gd; Maize, 3s 9d to 4s; Oats, do., 2s 9d; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3s 9d to 4s; Barley, feed, do., 2s Gd to 2s 9d ; Hay, per cwt., Gs 6dto7s; Lucern, do., 7s Gd to 8s; Oaten do., Gs to 7s; Straw, do., 3s to 4a.

JSLufUKß3.— Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10t to £9, inferior £7 15s to £8 ; Boneflour, £9 to £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £14 to £17 ; Coral Queen do, £5 ; Long Island do, £i 10s, bags included : Superphosphate of Lime, 20 pur cent, to 28 per oent., £6 to £0 10s ; do., do., 30 per cent, to 38 per cent., £8 to £8 10s; Hurst's Chemical Manure, £13; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., £8; 25 per cent., £6; Corn Manure, £8; Root Manure. £8 10s ; Grass Manure, £7 10s ; Bonedust. £9.

Swcns. — Retail : Swede and Turnip Seed, Is to la 3d per lb; ftorglmm, Is; Planters' Friend, Is; White Clover, Is Id: Red Clover, 9d ; Cowgrasn— American, lOd ; English, Is ; AUyke, Is Id ; Timothy, 8d ; Trefoih 8d ; Lucern, Is «!d ; Rape, fid ; Ryegrass (scarce), Gs Cd to 7s lid per bushel > Cocksfoot, 8s Gd per bushel.

Floor Market.— Wholesale : Superfine flour, silk dressed, per ton, £11 10s ; do., do., housohold, £9 10s to £10 103 ; hundreds Sb., fifties 10a per ton, extra, sacks and Wgs'ftep; Southern, do., £9 5s to £91$9j Bran, *• per" "ton (sacks included), £6 ; Sharps, £7 10$: Cabin Bread, do., £15; Oatmeal, 'do., £14 ; Pearl Barley, do., £17 fctom

Misckllankous. — Kerosene, 130' test (duty paid), Is 7d^ IT>O 0 test (duty fiid), 2s ; Liuw, , rfwlpd, Ivper tmshel ; trick Lime, in stone, la' (id to 2s ; ew Zealand Pfthnffs, sft., 7s Gd to tfs; flfL^Uv; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £4 W 100? Ptriri Posta, £6 to £7 ; Shingles', 13s tolCm 6d per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17* to 20** 6f*., 18» to 21s ; Hobart Raih, BQi4B 90iT| WitOi No. 6, £12; No. 7, £12

10s ; No. 8, £13 ; Barbed Wire, 30s por cwt. Buying and selling quotation)!. Kauri Gum ajjo Flax Market.— Supplier for month to date, 181 tons. We ?[uoto prices nominally: Poor ordinary, £25; nir urdinary, £33 ; minerinr ordinary, £36 to £3(> upward* ; East Coast, nominal ; Flax, psr ton, £15 to £19: Tow, do., £6 10s to &S 10-. ; Funaui, per lb., 2^'d to 3^d ; Cocoanut Fibre, wr cwt, 15s to 17i ; Beeswax, 7ii to lOrt nor H>.