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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2170, 5 June 1886, Page 2

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Winkalo Times Office, Friday. W\lK\rO MVRKRTS. Mk-^us W. J. Hlxtkh -\no Co. Kepoht -AtOambiidgeon Saturday, May 2!>th, thorn \v.n a good muster «»f horses, :ind but little demand. Several good active diaugl.tssold at fair prices; active young cart horses cold fiiirly well. We hold al.s<>a lot of bacon and h.ims, .spring c.irt, harness fee. We quote draughts from £12 to fcls;spnng cart horsas, £10 to £12; u.nbrnkon clt, £12 ;nprmgcart, €13 ; harness, £2 10- ; bacon, .">d to ."Ad ; hams, 7d. At Ohaupo on Tuesday, " there was again a very larger number of cattle y.irded, nearly doiibto the quantity advertised or advi.sed of. A largo number of dairy cows and backward spi infers sold at satisfactory prico, a \oiv largo nunibor of cattle we're yarded, llood steers, 2 Vycars-old, the greatei part sold ; about "jO head good beef Mild at very satisfactory prices to owner-. Hut few sheep yarded, and all sold. We quote dairy cow-, £•"> to £0 ss; backwaid -pi infers, £3 5a to £1 ; btore cow-., i'l 17^ Gd to £J l">-t ; heifer calves, 14s to IS* ; steer calve-, £1 4s to £1 14s ; 1-i-yr-old stem's £2 4s lid to £2 13s lid : 2 and 2\-yr-old sluur-, £2 l."»s to £3 (is; 3-yr-old steers, £3 7s (id to £5 12s ; 4 and ft-yr-old bulliick.iin fresh condition, £•"> 10s to £0 4s (id ; fat heifers, £3 5s to £•"> ; fat cows, £4 to £") 10s ; fat hte-^rs, £"> to £•"» 10? ; ewes, 7s 3d ; wether-, 7s Gd. At the special sale held at Mr Day's on Thursday, June 3rd, in con3squence of the e\treme wet day, there w.is not a very large attendance. Stock looked to disadvantage. All the cattle with the exception of a few dairy cows sold at fair prices. The hor.ses wore hold over for Hamilton special sale on Wednesday next, !)th inst. The pigs and fowls were very choice, and nearly all sold. Besides Mr Day's cattle, about 50 head were brought for disposal by neighbour*, but time would not permit of offering, and were held over for our next Ohaupo Hale. We quote : Common fowl, Is to 2s ; Black Hamburgh, 2s (id to 3s Gd ; Spanish, 2s Gd to 3s ; gamo, m ; turkeys, 3s each ; sucking pigs, 7s Gd to 10s ; waggon, £13 ; roller, £1 ; also, lot of sundries at fair prices. Young cows in calf and milking, £3 5s to £4 ; good cows, well forward in calf, £5 to £(5 ; \h and 2-yr-old heifers in calf, £3 to £3 7s fid ; steer calves, £1 7s Gd ; heifer calves, £1 5s ; yearling filly, £U ; 3-yr-old steers, £4 6s each. We have also disposed of privately through the vveok, 1100 fat wethers, lls 9d ; 100 longwool owes, 10s each.

auckland li vk .stock mvukets. Mr Alfred Buckland's Weekly Retort.—At the Hayii)*rket on Friday, May 28, loose fodder was plentiful, prices ranged from Is9d to 3-> !Jd the cwt., chat! 3s lOd to 4s lOd the tun, oats 2s 7d to 2s Od the bushel, maize 3s 7d and 3s 8d the bushel, carrots £3 10s, potatoes £2 the ton. Horse stock were yarded iv full numbers, and sold steadily without reserve. Strong three-year-old colts ranged from £9 to £11 15s, and pood heavy drauglit'broiighfcjup to £25. At the hide and skin sale on Tuesday, June 1, hides brought from 3Jd to 4}d the lb, calf-skins, 4d to 4M, at 3s the cwt., sheBpbkins from Dd to Is S)d each. At Remuera on Thursday, June 3, dairy cattle maintained their values. Store cattle were scarcely repre-ented. Fat cattle, in full number, were of good quality and sold freely at an advance of 5s to 10s over last week's pricea. The general average of the market was at 18s, and a few choice pens reached 20s the 1001b?. Sheep, in moderate supply, scarcely maintained last week's values, particularly those of best quality, but lambs were in "demand at full vhlues. Pigs were plentiful and of good quality. Last week's improved values were sustained. Fat calves, scarce and required, Messrs Hunter and Nolans Wrkkly Report.— Horses : The market during the past week has not been quite so brisk as on the previous week ; but few strangers put in an appearance, but there was considerable excitement over the pl.mt of the estate of the Lite Mr Webber. Tho number of entries at the Durham Yards was quite up to tho average, and competition wrts fairly good ; tho greater number found purchasers at about the picvious week's value?. The plant and stock of the late Mr Webber realised the following prices :—Doublehors>e break £45, dog-carts £29, buggies from £1(5 to £30, waggonettes from £30 to £!.">, the hunters Euchre £21, Misfortune £14, To Wlietuinai'tiniara £IG, trap horses from £(> to £10 15s, hack horses from £5 17s (id to £11 15s. Wool, hide*, and skins : Above an average number were pitched at the Durham Yards on Thursday ; competition for hea\y hides was particularly brisk. Prices ranged at from 3W to 4jjd, skins from Sd to Is 7d eacli. Cattle : The number brought forward has not been particularly largo, but buiticient for requirements. Prices did not alter materially. At the Newmarket Yards, on Tue«dav, below an average number were placed in the butcher's pens. Pressing wants could not lie supplied, consequently prices were much in favour of the vendor. Dairy cows vvere scarcely as numerous as on the previous week. There was a good muster of the latter at Papakura on Wednesday, as well as store-, for all of which there was good competition, and all were disposed of at fully pre\ ions quor.itiona. Sheep : The vitality exhibited the last few weeks has continued, and prices have been favourable to vendors. Wethers sold at from 12s 9d to I,*K ; ewes from 10s 0d to 12s (id ; lambs sold at from 7s 3d to 8s Gd. Pigs : very few yarded <m Tuesday, prices nominal. Messrs (t. W. ,Binnkv and Sons' Report. — At our sale on Tuesday last the attendance of buyers was large, and bidding spirited throughout. Thi' demand for heavy o>c hides exceeded tho supply, so prices advanced from £d tn |d per lb. Cow hides and light steer, however, declined about -Jd per lb. Damaged hides were dull of sale. Calfskins bold freely up to 4 : i'd for best, and, 4d to l\(\ per lb for medium qualities. Reports by the last mail from Australia advise a rise in light hides, so we expect a cones, ponding rise in this market. Heavy ok sold from 4Jd to 4gd per lb, medium 4d to 4jd, cow 3d to 3W, damaged Ud to 2£d, local butchers' extra heavy ox sold at 24s Gd to 28s Gd each, heavy 235, light from 13s to 13s Gd, heavy calfskins up to Bs. We sold about 400 at'above quotations. Sheepskins (local butchers') sold at Is lid to 2s, country bkins Is to Is Bd, lambskins Is to Is 3d. Tallow sold from 10d J)d to.;i2s per cwf

AUCKLAND MAUKCT QUOTATIONS. Faum and Daiuy Produce.— "Wholesale : Butter, fresh, Sd ; butter, salt, 7d to Sd ; Cheeno, good local, 5d to 7d ; Canterbury, do., Mono ; ]£ggs, per dozen, It. Od ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., o\d to 7d : Bacon and Hams, Provincial, Od to 8d ; Hams, Old to B\d ; Canterbury Bacon, 8d ; equal numbers ELuns and Bacon, BJd ; Haras, 10^d ; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 30s ; Fowls, per pair, 2s to 3s Od ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is Gd to Is 9d per lb. Retail : Milk, per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to 1b per lb ; salt do., prime, B^,d to 9d ; inferior, 3d to 7d ; Cheese, per lb., Od to J>d ; Ejfgs, per dozen, 2s ; Lird, per lb, Od to 9d ; Fowls, each, 2s Gd to 4s ; Ducks, do., 2s Gd to 4s ; Geese, do., 5s Get to 8s ; Turkeys, do., 5& to 7s Od ; Bdcon, per lb.. 7}d to Is ; Hams, do.. 8d to Is 3d. Hay and Corn Mvrket. — Wholesale (selling e\ store) : Maize, local (new), 8s ; Oate, 2s fld ; Barley, 2s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4s to 4s 3d ; Wheat, 4s 3d to 4s 9d ; fowl, 4s ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £4 5s to £5 iOs ; Lucorn, ditto, £(5 to £0 10*. (nominal) ; Straw, per load, 18<t to £1 10s ; Chaff, mi\ed, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oaten Chaff, £4 5s to £4 15s ; Hay, Oaten, £4 to £4 10s ; Clover, £0 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, £4 per ton. Retail : Chaff, per cwt., 5s to Os ; Potatoes, 4s Gd to Jte ; Maize, 3s 9d to 4s ; Oats, do., 2s 9d ; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3s 9d to 4s ; Barley, feed, do., 2s (id to 2s 9d ; Hay, per cwt., Gs Gd to 7s ; Lucern, do., 7s Gd to 8» ; Oaten do., Gs to 7s ; JStraw, do., 3s to 4s. Manures.— Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 lOoto £!), infoiior 67 15s to £8 ; Boneflour, £9 to £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £14 to £17 ; Coral Queen do, £5 ; Long I->Und do, £4 10s, bags included ; Superphosphate of Lime, 2(> per cent, to 28 por cent., £(i to £G 10s; do., do., 3G 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., £G ; Corn Manure, £8 ; ■Root Manure. £8 10s ; Potato Manure, £8 10s : Grass Manure, £8 ; Bonedust, £9. Seeds. — Retail : Swede and Turnip Seed, Is to Is 3d per lb; Sorghum, Is; Planters' Friend, Is ; White Clover, Is Id; Rod Closer, 0d; Cowgrass— American, 10d ; English. Is; Alsyke, Is Id; Timothy, 8d ; Trefoil, 8d ; Lncmi, Is Gd ; Rape, Od ; Ryejfi\as<* (scarce), Gs Gd to 7s.Gd per binhel ; Cocksfoot, <S-> '5d per bushel. Flouk Market.— Wholesale : Superfine flour, silk dn\ss'*d, per ton, £12 10s : do., do., household, £10 10-. to £11 10s ; hundreds 55., fifties 10n per t>n extra, sack*, and baps free ; Southern, do., £10 5s to £lo Ins ; Bian, por ton (sacks included), £7 ; Sharps, £7 10> : Cabin Br\ul, do., £15 ; Oatmeal, do., £14 ; Pearl Barley, do., £17 Kh to £18.

Misckllankous. — Kerosono, 130' test (duty paid), Is 7d ; 150° test (duty paid), 2s ; Limp, xlacked, In per bushel ; • .•nick Lime, in stone, Is Od to 2s ; Nuw Zealand Palings, sft., 7« Od to 13s; ■'.ft., 14s ; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10a t» £4 per 100 ; Puriri Posts, £G to £7 ; Shingle*, 13s t.» Vis <>d per 1000; Hobart Paling sft., 17.5t020t; Oft., LSs to 2is ; Hob«rt Bail", SOh t.jT i»0s ; Wire, N». C>, €12 ; No. 7, £12 18U ; No. 8, £13 ; Barbed Wire, 30i por cwt. liuvnip nnd Hi'lliup quotations. ivAUIU (JUM AND VUAX MABKKT.— Sni»,ilieH for month to date, 415 tons. We quote prices : Poor ordinary, £25 ; f.ur orJiniiiy, £'62 to £84; superior ordiniry, £3(> ii| -wards ; Kast Coast, £42 12s; Kla\\ per ton, £15 to £19; Tow, do., £5 10s to &S lOt ; Fungus, per lb., 2^d to 3|d ; Cocoannt Fibre, per cwt., loa to 17>» ; B-esw.ix, 7d to lOd per lh.