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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2239, 13 November 1886, Page 2

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The IVulkato Tun»s OJfitc, Friday. WAIKATO U\ X sI'OCK MAKKKTS. Alfred Buckland and Co. Rkpokt. - At Cambridge on Satui day la*«t, the y.iuN were well filled with semi? st"ck, uid neuly all sold at late prues. At tli<» horso s.iL bidding was .slow, but 27 horses changed hands a ,l, l fair values ; light draught up t«» £L 4 ; and light hxiuu** up to £10 each; ordinary aoita up to £(>. At Oh.iupo on Tuesday only half the lmmber of stock advertised were brought forward, the show in Auckland ha\ ing caused many not to ean 3 forward. bBQ hoad wen- yarded, of the^e .">3 were dairy cows. Davy cows brought good valuer, as did all clashes of store stock, e\ceptinff yearling bteers, which \ve»e low it than usual. We qiiote good .stom 1!--grown and fivsh couiitio'icd at fumi K\ ~>- to £4 17s ; -'» yeai old bteer-> at £2 I.")-, to €3 f>s ; yearling steeis at €1 Us to £1 1 ( > : fresh, spayed and empty cows at £'2 5-, to £2 14s ; btef lower than Uhiial, cowh fetcli ing from tl to £4 l."i-, htccis, at £~> l.")> iSheep : We sold one lot of nice ewes m wool, lamb at side, at 12> 1)>1 each. At Waitoa, we had a good theie being a fair muster of cattle and anumerous.ittendancp. ISO head yaide.l, and neaily all sold at Waikato value. Sheep : We sold a pun of ewes in wool, with lamo .it side, .it Itss Od ; fat ewes in wool at Its (id ; stoic ewes in wool at .)» lid, and shorn f.it eu< s, at 10d ; in young pigs at G-> ea-th. No horses sold.

AUCKfANP LUE MOCK MVKKEI'^. Ml.v Mis AU'RKI) BLCKLAXD& Co. leport.— At the Ho-ymarket on Friday, No\ ember .">, loose fodder hold from Is 3d to 4s the cwt. Horse stock weie forwarded m full number. Medium draught brought fioin £10 to £20 ; heavy draught, £10 to £20 10s ; oats, 2s 7<i ; chatf, £3 10 to £4 10^. Tuesday being Prince of Wales' Birthday, the uMial sale of hides and skins was not held. At Waiuku a large number of cattle were yarded, and the prices obtained were satisfactory. At Remuer.i on Thursday, dairy cattle were in moderate number only, and at late values. Store cattle : In average supply, and dull of sale. I'at cattle :In full numbers ; last week's values fairly sustained, prices ranged for the greater pait from 20s to 23s the 1001b, falling towaids the end of the sale to IS, the 100ib. Prices for the show cattle ranged : For the oxen, horn £10 12s (id to £13 17s Gd ; and for the cows from £8 10 i to £10 12s Gd. Fat calves were in Ip^s than usual number, and sold well. Fat sheep : In modeiate number, were fiim at late value*. Lambs : Pleutful, but in demand ; all of good quality, brought from % to 14s> each. Porkers weie also in better demand, and btore pigs faiily competed for.

Mnsbus Hunter and Nolans Weekly IlEPOur. — Hoi&ea : There was about »n average number offered for sale, and the demand was brisker than on the previous week at fully the then ruling rates. (.JuiL^ the usual number were submitted by auction at tho Durham Yards on Friday. We quote : Hacks, £5 15s t> £15 ; light harness horses, from £7 10s to 614 ; light draughty from £10 to £15. Wool, hides and skins : There was a steady demand at the pre\ ions weeks values, but there was no auction sale on account of Thusi-day being a holiday. Cattle : A good many store cattle of good description weie brought forward, and changed hands at prices which do not leave a large mat gin for the gra/ier. Fat stock ha\e not been in excels for requirements, and there was an upwaid tendency in value, particularly for medium weights well fatted. Dairy cows : Sufficient, and without alteration in value. The Newmarket .sale was postponed until Wednesday, on account of the holiday. Thery w.ib a large muster of stores, and an average number ol dairy and fat stock. Competition was good throughout the sale, and lots weie cleared. The oxen exhibited at the show on the previous day were certainly veiy piitne, but did not sell relatively as high as lighter weights. The Waikato Land Association's prize shoi thorn realised £13 ; Herefords, £12, £12 10s, £11 5s and £11 respectively. A. A. Fantham, Esq., Hawera, shorthorn, £11 ; J. Fisher, E-*q., Pukerimu, £12 and £11 ss ; E. Cameron T'>q., Gi&borne, £15 and £13 respectively, We quote : Beef from 20s to 23s per 1001 bs ; heifers, 24s to 345 ; eighteen months' old steers from £2 to £2 10s ; grown steers from £2 3s Od to £1 50. Sheep were yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday in average numbers, and sold at quite the previous week's value*. The Waikato Lind AiwxMation'.s pii^e wethers bold at from 22s to 29.*. each. Limbs were in large numbcis, and sold at from 7s 3d to 15s. Pigs were in short supply; prices ranged from 2d to 3J par lb., live weight.

AICKLVNi) MVRly!',l' qLOI'AfION'S. Fa km .\Ni)D\i«i Pkodice. — Wholesale : Butler, fresh, 7d ; batter, salt, 7d nominal, not being in demand ; Cheebe, good local, <"Ud to GUI ; Canterbury, do. none; E;?gs, per (10/'jn, 7d ; Lard, in bladder, per lb., dVI to 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, (!d to 8d ; Hams, GVI to S\d ; Oanteibury Bacon, 7d (new cnro) ; equal numberb Hanib and Bacon, bare, 7jd; Hani-., B ( 'd ; Jams, per case f> do/,on, 27s hi to 30a ; I'otvls ])er pair, 2s to 3s (id ; Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is (3d to 1-sDdperlb. Jlttail : Milk per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, up to !)d per lb ; salt do., prime, $\d : inferior, 3d to 7d ; Cheese, ]>qv lb, (id to Is ; Eggs per dozen, !)d ; Lard, per lb, Oi to 0d ; fowls, each, 2b to 3» ; Duckb, do., 2s to 3s ; (Jeese, do., 5s Gd to 8s ; Turkeys, do., G-s to 7b Gd ; B-xcon. pur lb., 7jd to Is ; Hams, do., 8d to l^ 3d. Hay a"m> Cokx AlAiucEr. —Wholesale (current helling rate*) : Mni/e, local hievv), 2s lOd; Oats, 2s 4d to 2s 7d ; iWley, 3s to 3s 3d ; Malting Barley, 1- to 4s 3d ; Wheat, .*>g to 3b Od ; fow', 4» Gd ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pruned, £4 to £~> ; TiUcern, do., ±!G to £(» 10-. (nominal); Sti aw, per load, lh's to £1 10> ; Ciiafr, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10, ; Oaten Chaff. £'4 ; Hay, Oaten. £4 to £4 10s ; Clover, £G 10s to £7 ; Potatoes, £'2 10-. to £4 per ton ; Seed (Tasin.mian), £*> to £(>. Retul: Chaff, os t-» Gs jjer cwt. ; Potatoes, 4s to 4s (»d ; xMaizc, 3^> Gd to 3s !)d ; Oats— feed, 2s !>d to 3s ; seed, 3s (Jd to 3s M ; Wheat, os 3d to 5s 9d ; do. fowl, per bushel, 4s 3d to 4s Gd ; Barley, feed, do , 3s to 3s Gd : Hay, jjci 1 cwt., Gd l>d to 7s ; Lucern, do., 7t> Od to <Ss ; Oaten, do., G.s to 7s ; Straw, do., 3s to Is.

Skkds.— Retail : Swede and Turnip Seed, 1-5 3d perlb ; Soighum, Is ; Planters 1 Fuend, Is ; White Clover, Is Id ; Red Clover, 9d ; Cowgra^-s— American, lOd ; English, Is ; ANyke, Is lri ; Timothy, 8d : Trefoil, 8d ; Lncern, 1- (id ; Rapp, fid ; Rveffiasa (<c<uce), 0-> (id to 7s (id per Imshel ; Cocksfoot, 8s Gd,

Manurfs. — Boneduht, Sydney, prime, £8 10- to £<.) ; inferior, £7 15-* to £8 ; Boneflour, £0 to £10 ; Auckland, £8; Peruvian (luano, £14 14-. to £17 ; Coral Queen, do., £5 ; Long J*lund do., £4 10s bags included ; S uperphot.pl) ate of Lime, 2<> per cent, to 28 per cent., £0 to £(> 10s ; do., do., 30 per cent, to 38 percent., £8 to £8 10> ; Hunt's Clifiuic.il Manure, £13 ; Free/ing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., £8; do. do., 25 percent., £(5 ; Coin Manuie, £8 ; Koot Mo-nut c, £8 10s ; Potato Manure, £8 10-. : (fiais Manure, £8 ; Boned u^t, £I>. Kr.obK Maiikkt. — Whole-ale : Roller Flour, per ton, £13 5s to £14 s»> ; Supei fine Flour, silk dies-cd, £13 10- ; do , do., h ni^ehold, £11 10^ to £12 10^ ; hundreds 5.-, fifties 10s per ton extra, Hacks and bags free ; Southern do., £11 5s to £12 ; Bum, per ton (sacks included), £6 ; Sharps, £5 10s ; Cabin Bread, do., £17; Oatmeal, £14; l'uarl Barley, do., £17 lOs to £18.

JMi^cEfiLAXKOL-5. — Kerosene, 130' test (duty paid), from Is od to Is Ud ; loO test (duty paid), 1« Od to Is lOd ; Limo, slacked, Is per bushfl ; Quick Lime (in .stone), Is (id to 13s ; New Zealand Palings, r>tt., 7s (id to I,'}-. ; (ift., 14-, ; Ti-treo Kails, s:i 10s to €1 p.n-100; Pmiri Posts, £U to £7; Shingles 13s to lGs (id per 1000; Ilohait Palhirs, sft., 17s to 20- ; (ift., 18s to 2h ; Hobart Pi.ail«, 80s to Ms ; Wire, Xo. C, €12 ; No. 7, €12 10-* ; No. X, €13 ; Barbed Wire, 30s per cwt. Buying and .selling quotation^.

Kalki Gum and Fl\x Markkt.—Snoplies for month to date, 03 tons. Wo quote ]>nces : Poor Oidin.iry, hcaice, £23 to £30 ; Fair Ordinary, £3!) to t4O; .Superior Oidinnry, £42 to £41; Ea>t Coast, £")0 to £7)o ; Flax, per ton, £15 to £1N ; Tow, do., t's JOs to £7 lOts ; Fungus, per lb., 2jd to 'S\d ; Cocoiinut Fibre, jjoi cwt., 15-i to 17s ; .Beeswax, 7d to lOd per lb.

[REDTER's TELEGIUiMS.] ANTWERP WOOL SALES. [PER N./.L. ASM") M.A. Co.,_ UMIITJI).] London, November 10. — Tho Antwerp sales of AustralaHiiin woolh opened at le\el of prices of List L union sale^. The market tliore for River Plato descriptions is unchanged. A Pross Association message says : — At tho Antwerp wool sales j>rices arc oqual to tho closing rates of the last London tales.

LON'LOV .MARKETS. [iM'R N.Z.T. AVI) M.A. CO., LIMiTCD.] London, November 9.— Woo].— The wool market is unchanged. Who;it ami fluiir. — The mivket l- finnpr. Victoiiui whmt ii worth 3jt per 4!)'»lo^, landed ; Kew /ea-

land average 34-. ditto; New Zealand long b 'iriod, Jr>^ ditto. ]* irley.— The maikot i^ better, and New Zealand sorts are in d<>mitid, quotation bjing Ms per 4lSlb*. Talluw.— The stocks are light, and th market is firm. Good muttou tilio'w i w.>rtl» 2"s> por cwt ; good beef ditto, 24s UI. L atlii'r.— Tho market is unthang-d. Kuu i Gum.— Medium and inferior qualities are in g.-od demnnd. Good, scraped, pile brownish and junber is worth l)4s per cwt. Good, pali-sh, scraped, and threoparts scraped, garbled soi tf, are worth CSn |jer cwt. Medium, half scraped garbled suit-, >re wotth4!K per cwt. Frozen meats. —The market is quiet. New Zo.}laiul mutton, weighing per carcase 00 to Oolb, is worth 4 ld per lb.