COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2164, 22 May 1886, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

VTAIKATO LIVK STOCK MARKBTB. 1 Mr .T. S. Bccklano Rkporth :— At Mr Short 1 * special salo at Te Awaioutu on Friday, the 14tn, there was a large 1 attendof buyers, and prices wcite good throughout. Horses with one or twin e\ceptions realised in excess of Cambridge prices. The steaii) engine, thrashing machine ami J «lefator, did not reach the reserve 'put on 1 them, and are still for private salo. At CainI bridge on Thursday last only 14 head were ' , yarded, and out of them only sU found purchasers. There were 4 fat cows, | £3 17« tfd ; bnll at •£! Ih, and dairy cow at! £2 14s. . Sheop, 300 yarded,, 40 blackfaced hocrgett, j ■old fit 15s ; and a pen of scrubby old ewes ■ »at 10* per dozen. Have a demand for d.xiry cdws close at calving. Mkssrs W. J. Huntkr and Co. Rkport. Ij-T-At Cambridge on Saturday, May loth. 'There was rather a small muster of hoi sea, principally medium draughts, hacks and. pony's were inquired for, and sold fairly well. We quote hacks, from £'■") 10d to £8 ; V/Pf> ny"»n y'"» horn £2 to £5. At Ohaupo on Tuesday, May 18th, the yards were again K^Slled with stock, there was alto a, very large attendance of people, good dairy cows were in request, about thirty gold at fair prices, yonnpr stock were in demand and sold well, grown steers did not sell so freely, as previous sales and some were withdrawn. A large number of'spayed cows and heifers sold well, also beef were in request, and nil' 'iVQId . with exception of two lota. A large* number of sheep were yarded, and all sold with one exception. We quote dairy cows at calving, £5 to £6 ss ; backward springers, '£Sto £4 155; weaned calvev mixed sexes, 12s to 18s; heifer calves, 103 to 14a; steer calves and yearlings, £1 ' 13s to £2 fa ; 2J ,*nd 3-year-old steers, £4, £4 5s to £5 12s ; •payed cows and heifersi £2 18 u 6d to £3 ; fat heifers and cows, from. £3 to £5 12s 6d ; (■tore lambs, 5s 9d; fat lambs, 6s 9d; merino ewes in lambs', 5s 3d; croas-bred, j dp.,, fa 6d ; fa|i, sheep, jlQa each. t „

( ■ <»r t . ■ m , r ( auckland livestock jlvbkktf?. ' , ,'j^b , Alfred Buckland's Weekly* Redout.—At the Haymarket on Friday, 14th ■ 'May, fodder was in full supply, and sold freely ; best loads brought 4s s)d the cwt. ' 'Oats brought from 2s 5d to 2s Bd, maiae 3s 5d to 3s 9d the bushel, chaff from £3 5a to £4 5s the ton, bonedusfc £G 10s the ton. I Horse stock were in full number, good animals scarcely maintained late values, and inferior were at nominal prices many ibeing sold at from 10a to ijOs each. The sale of fodder on Tuesdays has greatly increased ; prices equal that of the Friday's ,' sale. Hides were in usual number, and ranged up t« 4id the lb, fat and tallow from " 7s 6d to 12s Gcf the cwt, sheepskins Is 4d to • 1« lOd, pelts from (id each. At Pokeno, on . Monday, above 70 head of cattle were . yarded. There was a larger attendance tnatf usual, and prices were good through- , j, out the sale. At Drury, on ♦Wednesday, the, cattle yarded were in less than usual , number, but dairy cowg were comparatively ' numerous, and, if near their profit, in good demand. All stock yarded met with a quick sale. At Remuera on Thursday dairy cattle were in demand. Good animals -- brought from £7 10s to £9. Fat cattle in . moderate supply brought from 183 to 20s the 1001b. Sheep were better worth—twotooth wethers weighing 651b averaged 13s ; no stores offered. Fat calves were short of / requirements, and brought extreme prices. Choice dairy-fed pigs were in fair inquiry, but stores and coarse animals at very low values. Messrs. Hunter and Nolans Wkeklt Rbpobt.-— Horses : There have been a moderate degree of activity in the market, and prices were fully sustained. The nurar bet entered for disposal by auction at the Durham Yards was quite up to the average, and most of them found purchasers at the previous week's values. Wool, hides, and skins : Short supply but brisk demand. > Hides realised from 3^d to 4i, skins from 'Is4dto Is lOd. Cattle : The supply of dairy and fat stock has been adequate, but few stores were brought forward, and the demand for the latter was slack. There was a gond muster at the Newmarket L iYards on Tuesday. Dairy cows were well competed for, as were also fat bsasts, but stores were comparatively neglected. Dairy cows sold at from £6 to £8 10 a, beef 18s to £1 the lOOlbs. Sheep : Short of requirements, consequently prices advanced, particularly for wethers, for which from 12s to "13s 6d was given, ewes 7s to 10s 'Jd each. jPigs: Adequate supply and corresponding demand. Prices ranged from 2d to 3Jd per ' lb. live weight.