AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2218, 25 September 1886, Page 2

AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Mn Ar.i kci> UrcKr.ANn's Wkkkm\ Rkl'oui\—.U the Hay market sale on Fiid.iy, September 17, looho fodder was in brisk demand ; all sold freely at from 3s to 4s 3d per uwt. Grain w.is at late values, oats fioni 2s -~>d to 3s 3d, maize 3s 3d the bushel, Auckl.ind-grown potatoes £3 5s the ton, boned ust £7 ."« and £7 7" the ton, superphosphate and .special root manures £8 5s and £ ( > the ton, best chaff £."> oa the ton. The hor-e stock from the country were undersized, and at moderate values, but .ill u-eful farm horses yarded sold freely at from £li to £19 each, and there is tin unsatisfied inquiry for stock of this class. At the hide, and skin sale on Tuesday, hides were slow of sale at l.i*t week's values. For sheepskins thoiovsu. a much better inquiry. Fiesh skins broneht from 3s 4d to 4s each, wool ~>id to (iijd the lb. At Remuera on Thin tday dairy cattle were in full nnmbeis uid late values. Store cattle scarcely represented. Fat c.itlle in less than usual number met with a dull sale, prices iangmg from lGs to 18s the lOOlbs. Fat calves in brisk demand at extreme values. A moderate market of fat sheep fully maintained last week's advance. Lambs were plentiful ; prices ranged from (5s 6d to 13a (id, averaging about 10s each. Pigs in limited number sold freely at a slight advance over Lite m.ukets. MKsSKS HUNI'EU AND NOLANS WRRKLY RKrour.— Houses: An average number have been brought forward, and changed hands with little alteration in price on previous week's quotations. There was a good market at the Durham Yards last Fiid.iy, competition being steady for hoi sos of a good stamp. We quote : Hacks at from £."> to £13, lit^ht harness hoiaes £() 10s to £13 10s, medium draught £1(5. Wool, hides, skins and tallow : A good number of hides weic pitched, but principally of inferior quality. Hides of good quality sold fieely. Wo quote: Damaged hides from 1 ',rl to 2\d per lb, cow hides 3{d, ov hides, 3}<lto3;d, heavy ok hides *2lis Gd each, sheepskins Is 7d to 4s Id, tallow 14s per cwt. Cattle : The number offered for sale during thn week has been over an average one, and prices scarcely maintained last week's values. The pens at Newmarket woie well filled with fat blasts on Tuesday, competition was spirited, and prices ruled at from 18s to 21s per lOOlbs ; fat steers ranging fiom £(> to £i), f,it cows from £."> 5«, to fcS. F.it sheep were yarded in full niunbins at the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday, and competition was steady throughout the s ile. Fat we the re in wool sold at from 15s to 17s 3d, shorn from 12. s to l"is, ewes in wool from lls to los ikl. springs lambs (5s to His fid. Pigs were yarded in full numbers, and at low values.