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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2298, 2 April 1887, Page 2

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The Wnikaln Tlinas Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS. ; Mi: Aukeii ]U;cKr,AM)'s Weekly Ki<:pout.—At the Haymarkot horse sale ; <>n Friday, March 25, horse stock were ■in usual'number, and sold freely, although there was no improvement in values. Prices for useful draught ranged from '.£7 10s to £14 ; a dray, £10 15s ; spring c.irt, £14. Fodder was in usual supply and late values, ranging from Is 9d to oh Grain sold in quantity—maize, from o.s Hid to os !)d ; oats, Is 10d to 2s t>d the bushel; chaff, £3 17s (id to £4 10s the ton ; bran, 4s ild the cwt. At the hide, skin, and wool sale, on Tuesday, light hides were in better enquiry, and heavy hides maintained then , previous advance. Tallow, 10s Od to 15s the cwt; pelts and skins, from 0d to 2s '8d each ; wool, from 7d to T.fd the lb. At the I'ulvekolie eattlo sale on Monday, March 18, fat cattle sold freely, at fully Auckland prices. Calves and young cattle at moderate prices. C»ws, from £3 to £4 each. At Papakura, on Wednesday, a full muster of store cattle and dairy cows sold more freely than for several months, (rood dairy cattle and young steers were in brisk demand. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were in full number, and maintained the improved value of last market, Stores were numerous, and without alteration m value. Fat cattle, in full number, but very variable quality, scarcely realised last week's valves. Sheep, in full number, wore slightly better worth,. and a few pens', of lambs'sold well. Calves were also in demand, and a full market of pigs of prime quality brought 3id the lb, dead weight, and a coop of lowfs2s2d each. Messrs Hunter and Nolan s Rctort.— Horse teed, grain, and chat! plentiful; grass seed scarce. No noteworthy change in value. Horses were more plentiful than on the previous week, and there was a slightly upward tendency in values. Ilia entries at the Durham Yards were above the average in number. There was a large attendance, and for most of the lots competition was steady, but prices ruled; in favour of the purchaser. Thoroughbred mares sold at from 13 to 23 guineas ; hacks, from £5 to £13 10s ; light harness, from £7 5s to £11. Wool, hides, skins, and tallow : Short supply; value unaltered. Cattle : The number brought forward has been below the average, and there was an improved demand, resulting in a slight advance in value. Tho number of dairy cows yarded at Newmarket on luesday was insufficient for requirements, and prices were very much in favour of the vendor. Few stores were yarded at the principal market, but a good many were disposed of at outside Scales at fully previous week's values. Tho beef pens at the Newmarket yards were not fully occupied, there being a total absence of shipborne. There was an advance of 20s per head in price for top sorts and on cows, and insufficiently fatted steers, of 10s ; and we quote a corresponding advance on dairy cows, store stock unaltered. Sheep: The number offered at Newmarket on Tuesday, was scarcely, so large as in the previous week. There was an increase in value of from Is to 2s per head, but no heavy wethers were penned, 11s (id being the highest price obtained ; ewes, from 5s 3d to 0s (id ; lambs, from os to 11s (id ; pigs, well-bred and ted, fully maintained the previous week's values, but rough animals were lower, prices ranged from lid to 3d per lb live weight.

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS. Fakji and Dairy Produce.—Wholesale : Butter, fresh, Sd to 10d per lb, according to quality ; butter, salt, 5 3 d nominal, not being in demand ; Cheese, Rood local, s£d to GM; Canterbury, do. none; Eggs, per dozen, Is lid ; Laid, in bladder, per lb.,' Cid to 7d ; Bacon and Hams, Provincial, Gd to Sd ; Hams, to Bid ; Canterbury Bacon, 7d (new cure); equal numbers Hams and Bacon, bare, 7.-fd; Hams, 8 : id: Jams, per case 5 dozen, 27s (id to 30s ; Fowls per pair, 2s to 3s Cd • Feathers, baked, clean and selected, Is (id to Is 9d per lb. .Retail: Milk per quart, 4d ; Butter, fresh, 10d and Is per lb; salt do., prime, CM to 7id : inferior, 3d to fid; Cheese, 6d to Is; Eggs, per dozen, Is 9d ; Lard, per lb, 6d to i)d ; fowls, each, 2s to 3s; Ducks, do., 2s to 3s; Geese, do., 5s to 7s; Turkeys, do., Gs to 7s Gd; Bacon, per lb., 7-Jrd to Is ; Hams, do., Sd to Is 3d. Hay and Corn Market.—Wholesale (current selling rates) : Maize, local (new), 3s Gd to 3s 9d ; Oats, 2s to 2s 3d ; Barley, 3s to 3s 3d ; Malting Barley, 4s to 4s 3d ; Wheat, 3s '.)<! ; fowl, scarce ; Hay, meadow, per ton, pressed, £i to £■■>; Lucerne, do., £0 to £<> 100 (nominal); Straw, per load. IBs to £1 10*; Chaff, mixed, £3 AOs to £410*; Oaten ChaiT, £4; Hay, Oaten. £i to £4 10s ; Clover, £ti lO.sto 57 '; Potatoes, £4 to £4 10s. Retail: Chatt, f>6 to us per cwt. ; Potatoes, 5s Gd to Gs per cwt. ; Maize, 3s !)d to 4s; Oats—feed, 2s 3d to 2s (id ; seed, 3s 3d to 3s (id ; Wheat, 4a 3d; do., fowl, scarce; Barley, feed, do., 3s 3d to 3s Gd ; Hay, per cwt., Gs Gd to 7s ; Lucerne, do., 7s Gd'to 8s ; Oaten, do., (is to 7s ; Straw, do., 3s to 4s. Manures.—Bonedust, Sydney, prime, £8 10s to £9; inferior, £7 15s to £8 ; Boneflour, £9 to £10 ; Auckland, £8 ; Peruvian Guano, £14 14s to £17 ; Coral Queen, do., £5 ; Long Island do., £4 10s, bags included ; Superphosphate of Lime, 26 per cent, to 28 perceut.,£G to £(510s ; do., do., 35 per cent, .to 38 per cent., £8 to £S 10s ; Hurst s Chemical Manure, £13 ; Freezing Company's Superphosphate, 32 per cent., £8 ; do. do., 25 percent., £G ; Corn Manure, £8 ; Root Manure, £8 10s ; Potato Manure, £8 10s ; Bone Manure, £8; Grass Manure, £7 15s ; Bonedust, £8 10s. Flouk ■MARKK-γ. — Wholesale : Roller Flour, per ton, £12 5s ; Superfine Flour, silk dressed, £12 ; do., do., household,.' £11, sacks free ; Southern do., £1) j 15,s to £10 10s ; Bran, per ton (sacks included), £5 ; Sharps, £5 10s to £G ; | Cabin Bread, do., £15 ; Oatmeal, £13 ; Pearl Barley, do., £17 10s to £18; Patent Porridge Meal. £13 15s in sacks to £15 in 71b bags. Miscellaneous. — Kerosene, 130 test (duty paid), from Is od to Is Gd ; 150° tost (duty paid), Is 0d to Is 10d ; _ Lime, slacked, Is per bushel; Quick Lime (in stone), Is Gd to 2s; New Zealand Palings, sft., 7s Gd to 13s; (ift., 14s; Ti-tree Rails, £2 10s to £4 per 100; Puriri Posts, £(> to £7; Shingles, 13s to lGs Gd per 1000; Hobart Palings, sft., 17s to 20s ; lift., 18s to 21s; Hobart Rails, 80s to 90s ; Wire, jNo. (i, £12 ; No. 7, £12 10s; No. 8, £13 ; Barbed Wire, 30s per cwt. Buying and selling quotations. Kauri Gum and Flax Market.—Sudpliea for month to 31st inst., GOO tons. We quote prices: Poor Ordinary, £30; l<air Ordinary, £3G to £40 ; East Coast, £55 to £5G ; Superior Ordinary, free from swamp, £45; Flax, per ton, £14 to £17 ; Tow, do., £5 to £7; Fungus, per lb., to 3Jd ; Cocoanut Fibre, per cwt., 15s to 17s; Beeswax, 7d to 9d per lb.