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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2567, 22 December 1888, Page 2

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_ * The IVnikato Timss Office, Friday. WAIKATO LTVI-; STOCK MARKETS. Mil .T. McNicol Rkpokts.— At Ohaupo, nn Tuo'day, the ya:ds were crowded, and I had nut riMini eiv>M>;h fur all the stock yarded. Nearly nil were cleared at prices iower by ahnnt "h per bend than lately ruling, drown steers, t'2 lls to £3 lls ; smaller ditto, t'2 to £2 10s; yearling and roughiiili steers, 17s (id to £1 V>s ; grown steers, closo on beef, -El 2s (id ; fat cow?, £3 to £1 r>3 ; f.it steors, Eli to £(1 10;; fat lambs, 9s lid; Fnt wether?, '.Is; no other sliseji sold.— At the horse fair on Wednesday, '230 horses were offered, of which 8!) were sold at satisfactory prices. Demand was for light riding and harness. A few upstanding weightuurrying horses were sold at from £12 to £lli; Draughts, very few sold. AUCKLAND I/IVK STOCK MARKETS. Messrs Hi'ntku and Nolan's Weekly Rei'Okt.—drain, seed, etc. : A good demand lias existed for prime samples uf oats and chaff, but prices have a downward tendoncv. and exporters will not havQ faulty. We quote oats at 3s to 3s lid ■ maize, 4a 4d the bushel ; bran, fa 10s the ton ; oaten chall, £2 to to i"n p-r ton. Horses: A largo number weru again submitted by auction at the Durham Yards nn Friday last. Competition was weak, particularly for hacks nnd light-harness horses, pnrchasers holding back for tho Poverty Bay mob, on the road. There was no noteworthy alteration in prices -realised Wool, hides and skins : About the usual quantities were submitted by auction en Tuesday, nt tho Durham Yards, and there ■was a brisk sale. Wo quote ox hides from 3d to 4.', d per lb ; cow, 2d to 2jd ; calfskins, 3kl to 4jd per lb; sheepskins, 2s to 5i Cd each ; lambekins, Is 4d to Is Sd ; pelts, Gd to lid each ; tallow, lls lid to Mis per cwt. Cattle: The number brought forward was below the average, and there was a marked advance in values, particularly in fat stock. Thero was rather a small muster at the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday. Competition for all descriptions was brisk, and there, was an advance in the value of well-fatted steers of fully £1 per head. Some averages for steers were £s»s, £8 Bi, £(i 13s, £7 7s lid ; cows, .&'. lO.i, £3 17h lid, £1 7s (id, £5. Sheep : There was a good muster at Newmarket on Tuesday, and tin upward tendency in the pricoof fat wethers. Ewes at tho ' previous week's values. Wethers sold at from <Ji lid to 17s (id ; ewes, 8s (id to 12s Gd. Lambs : Thero was a large muster, the best realised lls each, whilst inferior sold at from 4s (id to (is each. 1 igs ; There was a. good muster at Newmarket .in Tuesday, dood porkers sold wed, but stores wore relatively iower. M basks A. ljueia,ANii.\.\n Son'.-s Weeklt Eei'out.—At the Hiiymarket on Friday horse slock were oltered in full numbers, and tho greater portion sold. Prices ruled low, useful horses ranging from £7 to £10; inferior from £2 and upwards. On Tuesday there was a large mu.-ter of hides, mostly cows. Prices for sal ted hides were lower about i<l per lb; green hides maintained their value. LrJ bp.U'jlit 21< each. Tallow, 17s to 17s (id per cwt. Sheepskins plentiful; ranged up to -is 3d each ; lambskins, Is (id to Is Od each. At the country cattle sales, hold at Pokeno and Urury, there havo been full musters of cattle, with a kindly demand for all stock brought forward, and nn improvement in the price i.f dairy cows near thencalving. At Kemuera on Thursday not many dairy cattlo were yarded, and those were dull uf sale at late values. Fat cattle in full numbers were slightly better worth, but a few pens (about 40 steers) were _withdrawn. Prices ranged from 13s to 15s for steers; cowa at 10s per lOOlbs. Sheep in full numbers were linn at last week_s values. Wethers in their wool, 13s to 15s Gd ; shorn wethers, 3s to lls 3d ; ewes, Ss 3d each. Lambs plentiful, and fairly maintained late values. They brought from 4s Gd to 9s oach. dood pigs in full numbers kept their price throughout the sale.