COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2400, 26 November 1887, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The ll'tii/.el „ 'h.'i . Friday

W.M KATi' LI V 4. Si'.iGK MAKK KTS. Ai.i ki;i■ 111 riil, ,Mi AM' Co. BeI'nur. At (..ambridg-, I'-I Saturday, the c; ,Uli, yanls were ni"'l'r it' ly well filled, mill nearly all yarded sold nt beltert!' an l.itvulm->. I tin y IM tn £S 10 1 ; fn-rli empty ymnigc I"'-. t”J to t'2 10s ; yearling sle-i-s I -Vi to t! 1- : three-year ~M ulcers, (nnn 1-'-’ 1» I" £S l>. Horses ; ,\ great 11111 uIii*r wen- nlli'ivil ami mmiy '•old lint lit I'\tn'ini'ly low pi iee>, lipjlit hacks, £I 1 weeds (ruin 20- to £2 ; ibauglits, (ruin t - i lo i'l.’i. At ( Mlilt Ipii, mi To.-.-day. Wr 1 1 01 1 II laini' 11111011■ rof cut*!•', ninl g""d |.i'ic.'' for iii'iirly all classes. Dairy vows, (nnn Uln £S 1 ‘Jr. ; f-jniiicintt beil.-rs, fii'in '-’1 I - ini 1" JS'J ; S-ycar-old store "-t.' ■■•re, frnm £2 Ini In u;; :< ill I ; fiedi steers, -nil III" ay, !.'1 I- to ill IIP ; 2-yeav old r-ti'i'i >, t'l 18s to £2 10-i ; I.S-iiii.iitli-stiii'i'.i, from 25 s to lid- ; fresh empty cows, l.”.l t'licli : fat ''"WA £S 10- to Kl 1-'; fat steers, t'l 10- to >y. 5. Siiri'p ; 2'i fat owns ID each. At Wail..a, on Thursday, wo Inn! n (.lit muster of cattle and all sold with Llm exception of 2 dairy lows at nvnr Wildcati. values. Shta'p : Wo sold fat lambs at Ns lid ; fat owls, at 7s lid to Ss lid.

AUCKLAND LI VK STOCK MAR

K KTS. Mr Alfred Buckland’s Weekly Kki'out: —At tlm Hayminket on Friday, November ISl.li, Innsi! meadow hay brought frnm Is (id tn IS (id ; iiati'ii slum vis, ,'S S 1 In Ss ; clndi, L’s (id t'i ‘ls Sd the cwl. ; cats 2s iid and 2s ■ld the hu-hel ; wimlp.ck.-. Ss lid each; prime sides bacon, 7d : hams, Sd per lb. Horse stock, in full number, sold freely at late value. Huntsman bo.light £25 ; light harness and medium draught, from £(i to JLTOeach. At the special sale of farm stock held on Saturday at rapatoetoe, there was an unusually munci'ims attendance, bidding was spirited, and satisfactory prices obtained thnmgh'iiit the sale. A full market of bides and skins on Tuesday sold satisfactorily. Trices for good ox hides ranged from' £1 to £1 7s; c.w bides, lls to 11s cadi; pelts, from lid to lOd ; lambskins, (id to Is 2d; sheepskins, Is 7d In Is hi each. At Ueinnera on Thursday, dairy cattle were dull of sale at late values. Store cattle sold more freely; gu'.d steers from £S to £1 each. Kilt cattle, were at a uniform lower value, prices ranging from Ms to Kis the 1001b. Sheep were in moderate supply, and were lower in price about Is each. Wethers ranged from lls In ID; ewes, 7s to lls. Lambs, in short supply, sold at first freely at last week's values, but fell in price astbesalc proceeded fully 2s each. Store pigs were in brisk demand at extreme values, and purkers were also in good inquiry at satisfactory prices. _ Mkssiis Hustf.r anii Nolan s Report.— (train, horse-feed, seeds, &c : The market for the past week has remained flat and no noteworthy alteration has taken place in prices, excepting Oamarn potatoes, which advanced to £1 and £ 110s per tm, and maize to 4s per bushel. Horses; The market, last Friday, at the Durham Yards, continued steady, an average number coming forward, and most of the lots found purchasers. We quote backs frnm £1 10s tn £l4 ; light harness horses, £.i 10s to £l2 JOs ; draughts, from £lO os to £ls 10s. Wool, hides and skins ; Tim quantity brought forward on Tuesday, at the Durham Yards was nut large, but Hie demand was good. We quote Dx bide-, from .‘5.61 to 4,(1 ; cow bides, Hid to S.Jd ; calf skins, 4„d to od per lb ; sheep skins, from os to o.s ; pelts, from od to I'd, Eat cattle : About an average number came forward at the Newmarket yards on Tuesday, the prices remaining at last week’s quotations, from lli.s to 18s per ,100U)s. Fat sheep were penned in small numbers, and competition was brisk throughout. 'Ye quote : Fat wethers, shorn, from Ss to 12s (Id ; fat ewes, shorn, from 7s (id to lb lid ; iambs in moderate supply, and sold freely Ivotn 7s lid to lls fid. Pigs: Very few yarned, and sold well, particularly those of good quality. AUCKLAND MARKHT QUOTATIONS. Farm andDaiiiv Produce. -Wholesale : Rutter, fresh, lid ; butter, salt, Wd to 7d ; Cheese, local, S.UI to Id ; best factory, 4. l ,d to lid ; Kggs, per do/.., .Sd ; Lard, in bladder, per lb,, 5,', dto 14',d ; Bacon and Hams, provincial, (id to Sd ; Hams, bid to Sid : Canterbury T.aeon, 7d (new euro ); Hams and Bacon, bare, Hams, S.i'd ; Jams, per case 5 dozen, 2Js lid to 30s ; Fowls, per pair, Is to 2s; Feathers, Is (id to Is lid per lb. .Retail: Milk per quart, 3.', dto -Id; Butler, fresh, Sd per lb; salt do., prime, fi.'.d to 7.U1 : inferior, 3d tn (id: Cheese, fid to Sd ; Kggs, per doz., lOd ; Lard, per lb, lid to lid: fowls, each, 2s tolls; Ducks, do., 2slulL; Cecse, do., ns to 7s; Turkeys, do., (is to 7s (id; Bacon, per lb., (id to Is ; Hams, do., Sd to 4s Sd. GARDEN AND ORCHARD PRODUCE. Wholesale; Apples, Ss to 12s per case, 2id to 4d per lb. ; Lemons, per doz., !U to Is Sd; Onions, per lb.. Id to IJd ; Celei y, per doz., 2-; Carlic, Sd per lb.: Pumpkins, Ss lid to 4s per cwt. ; Cocoanot.-, 10s per sack; Oranges, Sd to 10 I per do/,., Ss to Ss (id per case; Bananas, 141. Retail: L'mon.s, 2s per doz. ; Onions, per lb., 24 : Apples, per lb., Id to (id ; Oianges, Is to Is S4 jetdoz.: Celery, per bundle, Sd ; Pumpkins, per lit., Id; Banana-, Sd to 44 ; Garlic, od per lb, ; Cncnanuts, 2d to Sd each. LONDON MARK KTS. [reuter's telegrams.] London, November 2S.— Consols are IOSsI. New Zeala nd securities are unaltered. The market rale is S per cent., and the bank rate 4 per cent. Breadstulfs and tallow are unchanged. The New Zealand I,"an and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), have received the following London market telegram: London, November 22.—Wool,.—The sales opened fairly well this day at the level of last series, except short staple merino scorned. Scoured market easier. Competition by both home and foreign buyers is fairly active. Attendance of both home and foreign buyers is gum!. The sales comprise about 101,000 bales. 10,000 bales have been sent to the manufacturing districts direct. Wh aiten Hour ; Market is steady. N./,. wheat, f.n.q,, in granary, has advanced I- per -lllldh since last report. Tallow : Market linn. LONDON WOOL SALKS. London, November 2S,— At the opening of the colonial wool sales ye-terday there was a brisk competition. The prices realised were equal to the closing rates of last, series. At to-day’s wool sales 11,400 bales were catalogued, the market, being steady. At yesterday’s sale lIHOO bales were cataadvices state that the sugar yield is very disappointing, and will barely reach 110,000 tons, (150 tons are engaged for Now /.calami.