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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2474, 19 May 1888, Page 2

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Tho ir,iU-i;l,< Tim:," OJice, Friday. V.'AIKATO 1/1 VK STOCK MAKKKT-S. .Mi:ssKo \V. J. HINIKII AM) Co. Ul-TOKT.—-At To Awanuitu on I'l-id.-.y, May 11th, at the clear;inco sale at Mr PraU's grocery store, then; wns ;i very large attendance at the salt. , , lasting six hours and a half, everything sold at friiiid prices. At Cambridge mi .Saturday, at Messrs l'moth and Robert's meat wold fairly well. At cattle yards, good number yarded, some wdl-Lircd young cattle Mil well, some choice I'cef were penned, but only part solil ; we quote yearlings (mixtid Mixes), Ids ; 15 months steers. n ls ; 2 year-old sa'.ers (very fresh), £2 ; fat heifers,' .I"! 10s ; fat wethers, 10s. At the liorsf) and produce sale, only a small quantity of the latter brought forward, but a full number of lwrsos for which there was little demand and few .so'd. Apples sold for lid lb, potatoes-Is a has. Hacks, £4 10s to £!); p»iy's from £1 5s ; horse, dray and harness, .1:7.' At Olmipo on Tuesday, .May 15th, not so many cattlo as usual yarded, good springers iii request and sold well. A large number of young cattle met ready sale and we can place several hundred sit our next sale at Ohaupo if wall-bred, grown stuers were dull ot sale and not many sold, several pens of cows and heifers sold fairly well. Beef : None of g.»>d quality yarded, the greater part sold; we quote : dairy cows ,f;ito ,€-! 2s; weaned calves, (is to 10s; veavliugsi mixed from Ms to 17s ; 1.',-to-two year old steers, SI -is to £1 10s; L'.'.-to-IU- year old steers, 255: to i , ;-!; empty cows, £1 2s to £1 10; fat heifers and cows. Kss to i,"', 10,2000 cross-bred ewes, (is 7(1 : 100 cross-bred wethers, 7s 3d each. At Mr I >glo's clearing sale on Thursday, May 17th, at Kihikihi, there, was n largo attendance, and fair prices realised. We quote : l>. I' , . Plough, Sl'.) Is ; dray, ( J7 ">•> ; plough harness, 21s ; hacks and ponies, CI Is to £3 5s ; draught mares, £10 10s to £10 15s ; I! year-old colt, £(i 10 ; fat cows, £2 7s (id to £3 7s (id ; backward springers, £1. 17s Gd to £3 2s (id ; 'weaned calves, 8s each. We have also sold privately, about 200 head young cattle at fair prices ; 200 owes, at (is !>d ; 47 acres turnips, at 37s lid per acre ; 45 at 30s per acre.

Jlk J. MuNiroL Rei'OUTS.—At Ohaupo, on Thwrsday, I had a larga muster of stock and a good attendance of buyers, Demand was mostly for turnip steers ; other sorts little wanted, Hold for Mr Chas. Could. :n steers, at £3 3s; 13 do. for MrC. M. Bnniskill, £2 IHs; 2<i do., from Kuamii, K'.i (all for turnips) ; good 18-month to 2-year-old steers, £1 7s to ;iil 10s ; empty cows, 5s to 21s. For fat cows there wi-i no demand, and none sold. Hold 100 good store wethers at 'J.-i, and privately, mi Wednesday, 200 good crossbred uwe.< at lis (i<l, Many wethers wanted, but buyers will not give prices asked. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Mj; Ali'kkd iJtx'Ki.AXii's Wkkki.v Rhl>o iu'. —At tho Hayinarker, dunnof the past week, wire-pressed hay S'jld from 2s to 3s; loo.io'meadow hay, 2s to 2s 3d ; oaten hay, Is lid to 2s tho cwt: oats, In 10.1 to 2s 3d ; barley, 2s (id to 2s lid ; wheat, 3s to 3s Id ; cock-foot, r>s ; ryegrass 3s the bushel; carrots, tl 10s to tl ITis ; onions, i'-l tlic ton ; chalfmittar, t.> 3s ; drays, £10 10s and AT l"is; hooded buggies, .-I'M and i'2l, respectively. Ib'rscs were, on Friday, 11th "May, in usual number ; pricr.s for useful .stock ranged from £o to J-Jl2 each. At the iiide itnd .skin sale on Tuesday, both hides and skins were in full numbers; bidding was brisk. IK hides ranged up to 4j-d ; cow liides, 3.s UAM ; calf .skins, 5d the lb ; ]n,nib skins, 2s Ud to 3s ; sheep skins, 2s to 3.i 7d each ; wool, -l.'.d to 7d the lb. The country cattle sales held at Pokeno and 'Driuy were not so well supplied as usual; prices were without alteration. At tho 'Jtomuera Yards on Thursday dairy cattle were in better request; useful animals ranged from t"> 10s to £!J 2s (id ; store cattle also sold more freely; two to three-year-old steers brought k'-i each ; fat cattle, in average number, were at last week's values; good steers brought from 1-U to Kis; cows, Us to los tho JOOibs. I'at calves in moderate supply ; young animals of gooil qualify in demand, but large-sized calves were comparatively at low values. Vat sheep wr.ro bitter worth, best quality of wethers brought los (id; lambs, 10s; owes, !)s ; store merino wethers, 2s (id each. I'igs plentiful : largu-si/.ud lower in price, fully lOs, and small pigs Is to 2s each.

Mussns. 1-IYntki; axi> jS'oi.anVs Wkkki.v 'ItKI'OKT. — llnvset'e.ed, .seeds, grain, etc. : Tho supply has been ample, but demand slack. Jlorse.s: Hither an iiicrunsed number have olferod fur sale, but there was not a corresponding demand. The number submitted by auction at tlie Durham mi I' , i iday was quite tip to tlie average, but bidding was slow, and for a fow lots reserves could nut be reached. Wool, hides, and skins: An average quantity was pitched on Tuesday at die Durham Yards ; values were in favour ot tlie vendors as compared with the previous week, although the maximum prion was not so high as on the previous week. Cattle: The number brought forward has not been so largo as on the previous ■week. 'Dairy and fat stocks have been in demand at a slight advance in price. The IN'e.wmarkct Yards, on Tuesday, were fairly well occupied by dairy and fat beasts, and but few stores wore yarded. Competition was good throughout tin; sale, and an advance of ~>- on d.iiry cows and from r>s to 10s on wHI-f.dted leasts. The following average-; wro obinined for dilleront lots: iv.l. s!e v.., V, Us lid, £(!, .K'i l"i-. JJ'i !_? =, L'"' 10', ':■>:>.-, cow.--. til's I'd, !-."i ]'<-, fo 7- lid, '.':! :N c.l. fj 17s (Id ; dairy cows, from .£,', to i.'. r > 10.--. Sheep: Tlht" was a a\:;>:i muster :-.t Xewmaiket on Tuesday, but vi:s'v little alteration in value. Wctl.i-rs realised i.:js and ewes 10s. Aver-»'.'.■-i for ciiliVrent lots were: Wether?, 11s, UU '(I : Limbs, (is !(..! ; mvus, !)s, !»s ,'id ; one lamb brought Ms lid. J.'igs were plentiful, lint (jhielfy of inferior quality ; prices roaJised from LM to Mβ per lb. liio weight.

MKssiw (ioLiwi'.oßornir and CD'S MONTHLY (iIIAIX KJOL'OUT. The wheat market has been very dull during the past month, and, notwithstanding more favourable news from the I'nitod Kingdom, shippers, even at the improved quotations, are unable to meet tho views of holders, consequently our export business is almost at a standstill. With an available .surplus of a limit 130,000 ton,s still on hand, prospeets aro not cheering. Owing t> the limited demand for Hour, millers will only purchase for immediate requirements; and as ;\ largo proportion of the wheat now held in store must be -sold within the next three <:r four ni'iiillis, it is (lillioult to see where a niaiket is to be found at butter prices than are now obtainable. The season, however, just entered on docs not promise to be a favourable one lo:- either agriculturists or graziers, flic ab:;cnce of rain preventing sowing operations ; and unless a change tikes pl/.oj very .shortly, next .season's yield will not, in all likelihood, prove a satisfactory one, A [JSTUALIAN MARKETS. i;vi.Ni:v, May IV.—Oat--, I's Id to 2s M : oats, Tartarian sixi\;', !>s Ud. Butter, local, Js Id to Ls lid ; be...t, imported, is to Is Id ; i;ood, second, !ld to 10d. Cheese, (id ; loaf dittu, 7d. Bacon, '.id to Jl.'.d. ilains, is to Is Id. iMelhourne, May 17.—Wlieat, Ss -(Ail. Slone-inadu Hour, 17 •"«. Oats, 2s Id ; afcuut, L's lOd.