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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2492, 30 June 1888, Page 2

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«- —. —. The Waihito Times Ofict, Friday, WAIKATO LtV.U STOCK .UARICKTS. MKSSKS W. J. IIUNTKIt AND Co. RUTOUT.— On Saturday, June 23rd, at Cambridge, the sale at Booth and Robert's, was well attended, and meat sold at good prices. At the Cattle Yards not many c;:Ulu penned, those in were, dairy cows and beef, the former sold at, fair prices, but no demand for latter, the qiality not being good enough. At thu horse yards, a great lot of produce met ready sale ; not many horses in and very few Hold. We quote : Dairy cows, £3 to £1; ■'.ore cows, l'l 8s to 38s ; young poultry, lOd t > Is fid ; turkeys, 2s 3d tu 2s (id each ; carrots, 20s to 2">s" per ton ; onions, Id per lb; empty sacks, os per doz ; hacks, from .€2 to t;41os; iiodium draughts, from £(i to £<) ss. Vt Mr 11. J . Pearson's, on .Monday, J lino 2">th, there was a very large attend ance from all parts of Waikato, also Auckland. Spirited competition existed throughout the sale, and good prices realised. We quote: Hlankets, from 13s (id to 23s pair; sheets, 4s to !)s Oil do. ; mattresses, 7s (id to 27s ouch : pallia.ses, 13s to 20s pair ; waggonette, £21 ]0 s ; single, harness, £2 .is; 1.1 mble harness, £:> ; saddles, 20s to £2 3s ; fowls, Is 3d to Is 8d each ; geeese, 4< do. ; ducks. Is Kd; seed drill, £80; mower, £); lierkshirc sow, £1 Ills; boar, £1 lis; 220 Lincoln ewes, 13s (Id ; 7(i wether lambs, 10s lid ; '.Miewe lambs, 10s (id; 38 wethers, 13s Lincoln rams, 12s to 23s each; yearling draught colts, £3 1.2s (id to &i 2s (id ; two-year-old colt, £5 10s ; three-year-old fillies ±,'ll to £1.'!; medium draught geldings, £7 los to £10; draught mares in foal, £fi los to £8 ; riding horses, £4 ns to iJ4 10s ; old dray, £2 At Ohnupo, on Tuesday June 20th. not so many cattle yarded as usual, u full muster nf good dairy cows met ready sale, and there is still a demand f.>r quiet heifers to calve in September. Store cattle were fully 10s per head higher than previous Bale. About (iO head beef penned, and every boast sold, making full Auckland price.-, and many more could have been placed. No sheep yarded. We quote : Dairy cows at calving or calved, £3 2s (id to £4 is ; springing h"ifers, £3 to £3 10s ; backward springers, £2 to £2 los ; weaned calves, lis (id to 7s lid ; 1 and l.j-yr-nlds, from lis to 30-t; 2.1-yr-:ild steers, t'2 Is to £2 12s (id ; 3-yrs-old steers, £3 to £4 12s (id ; empty cows, £1 7s lid to £2 2s ; fat c iws anil heifers, £2 los to £3 10s each. At Mr R. Scccombe's sale a.t Alexandra, on Thursday, June 2Sth, there was a large attendance, and everything sold well, and the following prices were realised Fenders and irons, 13s to 2(is ; lamps, 4s to 18* ; single iron bedsteads, 12s to 18s; mattresses, 10s to Ids ; sewing machines, £1 10< to £4 ; ehelfioueer, £2 2s ; chest drawes, £1

Ids ; round table, I'l ; stove, £1; bnpery, £1:110s; harness, to 7s (id ; dray, £5 10s; harness, €1 lis ; mowing machine, £12 15s ; 50 ewes, 10s each; IS9 eiv», lis each ; 1.1-yr-old yr-old steers, ill lis; pony, £2; aged draught hordes, £8 2s (>d ti> 1.4 each. AUCKLAND LTVE STOCK MARkets. Mr Ai.rni:n Hucklaxd's Wukki.y Rkpout'.—At the I layrn.'irket during the past week loose fodder brought Is '.Id to 2s (id per cwt ; chaff, 2s (ill: carrots, 2s to 80s per ton ; tiku/.0, .'is and 2s !)d ; oats, 2s to 2s 2d per bushel ; kidney potatoes (seed), £1 10s. At the horse sale'a fair number were yarded, and most ol them sold. 'Bnwy 1,1111 brought £o5 ; useful hacks, from 17 to £10. At the hide and skin sale on Tuesday bid ding was brisk, and prices satisfactory. Ox hides, 4d to o[d ; sheepskins, Is 9d to 4s each. At Pokeno a fair muster of coivs and young cattle, allot' which were sold. At I'ukekohs a large number of cows were sold at .I*2 10s to £4 liis each. At Renmera on Thursday dairy cattle were at last week's values, prices for these near calving ranged from .£3 10s to £li: fat calves, in moderate supply, sold briskly at improved values; fat cattle were better worth, prices for best steers were at 17s lid per 1001b ; cows, from lis and upwards. Sheep sold irregularly, there was a full market, and at the beginning last week's prices were sustained, but fell about Is each as the sale proceeded. I'rices for long-woolled wethers ranged from 12s to 10s 3d ; nierinoes, Is IM each. Pigs, unusually plentiful, sold freely, and last week's prices wore fully sustained. Mkssks Huxthii and Nolan's AVhkkly RuroiU'. — Horse feed, seed, grain, &e : Ample quantities have been brought forward, but the demand has not been brisk. \Ve quol e e!iafl, l! 2 10s £2 12s (id per ton ; oats, 2-; to 2< lid : maize, lis to ,'s od ; carrots, JiOs per ton. Horses: The number brought forward has not been so large as usual, and almost without exception were of inferior stamp. The muster at the Durham Yards fur sale by auction was scarcely as large as usual, and bidding was slow, but most of the lots found purchasers and there remained an unsatisfied demand for good upstanding hacks and strong, active, medium draught horses. Wo quote hacks from £o to £1) 10s ; active, quick draught, from £10 to £15 15). Wool, hides ana fikins : Rather large quantities were pitched at the Durham Yards on Tuesday, competition was brisk, and there was an advance in value of heavy ox-hides. We quote ox, 4J:d to 4Jd ; cow, 2Jd to ii.VI ; calfskins, 4id to sil per lb ; sheepskins Is -id to 4s !)d each. Cattle: An increased number have been brought forward, and last week's values have been barely maintained. There was a good muster at Newmarket on Tuesday of dairy and fat stock, but stores were poorly represented, but maintained the previous week's value ; but dairy cows receded in value from ."is to (0: per h"ad. Sheep: Plentiful. Wethers sold at from 11-t to Ids fid : ewe*, 10- to lls (id. Limb-: : Scarce, and sold at fioni Ns lid to 12s. Pigs : A good number yard-'.d, and sold at from 2d to ii I per lb live weight. AlT f 'K L \X I > riilOliS CURRENT. FARM AND DAIKV PRODUCE. ;

WflOl.KSAJ.K s. (1. s. d. fresh, d;iirv, 11) ... 1 0 — 0 0 „ Shell brand .. ...13-0 0 ,, Waik.it:> Anchor brand ... I 3 — 0 0 ,, Waikato Crown brand ... 1 0 — 0 0 Do., salt, prime, scarce ... 0 5 — 0 G Cheese, local, lb .. ... 0 3A— 0 4 Do., best factory ... ... 0 ft EtftfS, dozen ... ... 1 3 — 0 0 Lard, bladder, lb ... ... 0 5j— 0 6*, Hams and .Bacon, Pro. ... 0 (i — 0 3 Do., bare ... ... ... 0 7.£- 0 0 Cant. Bacon, new ... ... 0 7 — 0 0 Haras ... ... .. 0 7.1— 0 Si Jams, ease odoz. ... ...25 0-27 0 rowls, each ... ... 0 G — 1 0 Feathers, lb ... ... 1 G — 1 0 GARDEN AND ORCHARD PRODUCK. WnoLiiSAM-: s. d. s. d. Apples, imported, case ... 5 0 — 7 0 Do., local, lb ... .. 0 — 0 3 Lemons, doz. ... ... 1 0 — 1 9 Oranges ... ... ... 0 0 — 0 9 Do., case ... ... ... 8 0 — 0 0 Banan-'is, lb ... ... 0 1 — 0 21 Cocoanuts, sack ... ... 10 0 — 0 0 Onions, cwt. ... ... 5 0 — 6 G Garlic ... ... ... 0 2 - 0 0 Grapes ... ... ... 10 — 2 0 CI.OVF'.R AND GRASS SEEDS. Rktail. s. d. s. d Rye Grass per bushel ... ... 0-4 0 Cocksfoot per bushel ... ... 5 G — G 6 "While Clover per lb. ... ... 0 101—1 1 Ked Clover, do. ... ... 0 S — 0 0 Cow Grass, do. ... ... 0 J) — 0 11 Alsyke, Yo. ... ... 0 I0A- 1 0 Timothy, do ... ... ... 0 f> — 0 0 Trefoil, do. ... ... ... 0 G-0 0 Rape, do. .. ... ... 0 4 — 0 0 JIA V AND CORN. Wiiou'.sau-:. £ s. £ s. Hay, ton ... ... ... 3 0 — 4 0 Lucern, do. ... ... ... G 0 —G 10 Oaten, do. ... ... ... 3 0 — 4 0 Chair, threshed ... ... 1 JO — 2 0 Oaten Chaff.. ... ... 1 lf» — 2 5 .Straw, load ... .. ... 0 IS — 1 10 Clover, Ion ... ... ... 5 0 — 0 0 Potatoes ... ... ... 2 15 — :: 15 s. d. .s. d, Mai/e, bushel ... ... 0 0 — 0 0 llarley, tve.d ... ... ... ■> 0 — 3 .'J Do., malting.,. ... ... 3 9 — 3 10 Oats, feed ... ... ... 2 2 — 2 :> Oats, S'-ed, Tartarian ... ... 2 0 — 2 3 ,, dun, Southern ... ... 2 8—2 !> ,, black ... ... 2 G - 2 0 "Wheat ... ... ... 3 1-3 4 Do., fowl ... 2 G — 2 6