AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2197, 7 August 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Mil AIKHKO lilCKLVSll'h WfeBKlA fiKroiti':—At the Haymaiket on lu-ida}', July 30, loi^e fodder brought from 3s to 4s !ld the cv t, pressed luay ."">& to 5s (id the cwt, chaff £4 the ton, maize 2s lOd, oats from 2s to 3s 3d, barley 2» «Jd the bnahel, potatoes from f> to £G'lss the ton, carrots 40* to 4,>s the ton, bonedust £7 to £8 ss, potato manure £7 10» the ton. Hon>e stock were y.irded m full numbers, and there was- more animation in the bidding than usual, and prices wore without alteration. At the hide and skin .sale on Tuesday hides were, pitched in full numbers, and prices rallied fiotu last week ; best hides hi ought Jos each, calfskins 4d and 4kl the lb, sheepskins also sold better than of late ; fullwooled skin.s brought from 2* 3d to 3s Id each, wool s^l and Gd the lb, tallow 12s and 13s Gd, bones ~>d the cwt, horn.sGdeach. At the Pukekohe cattle bale on Monday thoie wimp aHi of cattle of all description-, yaided, and a full attendance of .settler.-; prices obtained were .satisfactory to the s-ilUns. At Remuera on Thursday dairy cattle were in usual number and without alteration m \alue.s. Young dry row-, brought up to Ho ns each and a pen of 1"> store .steers coming three years old brought £3 10s. Fat cattle were yarded in less than a.\ei age number. Piicc» were fitmer and ranged troni lGs to ISs the lOOlbs. l<at calves numerous but maintained their vilue. I\it sheep were better worth from Is to 2s each, latnos brought from 10s to 13s and weie \ aided in greater number. Pigs weie plentiful, generally well bred and of late values. Alkssiw HrxiKß and Xolaxs wi:kklv RKl'Oiir.—l lords': Tboie was a moie animation m the market than on the -prewou.s week, but --till sales were rather restricted, without any noteworthy alteration in value. About the usual number were submitted by auction, and bidding for those of a good stamp was faiily brisk. We quote hacks at from £5 15 to £10 ss ; light harness horses, t!) 10s to £18 Tw ; medium draught, £U) to £20. Wool, hides, skins and- tallow: Vim y little wool brought forward. * Hides, a >hado more plentiful, as were albo -,kms. Competition brisk. We quote heavy o\ hide-,, at -id to i.d ; medium, 3d to 3 \t\ ; light and inferior" 2kl ; skins Is Sd to 2* lOd each ; tallow, Us 0d to 12> Gd per cwt. Cattle : An mci eased number as compared with the previous week were brought forwaul. Uiuy >tock had a flight upward tond.mcy. Other di.scription.s unaltered. Theie was an average number yarded at X«i\-m«nkct on Tuesday, and also on Wednesday at Papakura. Daily cow.s wcuewell competed for, and although no hi n 'h j)i ices were leachod, average anunalb realised nu advance of 10s per head. We <|vote: Calves, at from lGs to 225; vearlingN from 20^ to 233 Gd ; dry cows, £2 to i' 2 12s Gd; grown *teeis, from t'3^ lot, to >J [ '2* Gd, fat steers, from £o .")-, to £S 7s (>d ; cows, from £3 17s Gd to £5 15s. Beef fluctuated from los to 20, per lOOlbs. Sheep were penned in adequate numbers at Newmaiket on Tuesday. Competition wao staady at last week's values, but being h-httn- vu-itrhts 15s 3d was the top price. iSmall blmep, H& 5 ewes, 10s Gd to 13s s)d; Umbs, 1 i>. Piga weie moderately plentiful and of good quality, but piice* uiled in favour of the purchaser, varying from 2d to 3', pei lb live weight.

Mlv>us (r. W. Btnni:y '.and bONS kerour.—At their weekly sale of hides, skins ,md t.illnw, a Lii'tje catalogue was got through at the following prices, namely, heavy ox 4d to 4^l ; medium, 3jd to 3jd ; light, 3d ; cow, 2j!d to 34, calfskins, 3W to 4'j ; (lain.i^wl *, L'd per lb ; sheepskins, local batchy' 3-, Id ; lamb '.kins; (is; country butclu'r-.', 2- (id to 2-* Sd ; medium, Is Gd to 2,, infouin 1 , Ud to la each, tallow 12s to 13*, pCi CW't. __________