COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2614, 13 April 1889, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The U-'iuhiUt Turns OKce, Friday. ■utokl.vm) live stock mar- * - i;kts. MkssP.H A. ViI.TKI.AXDANP.SO.NS' WWSKI.Y 'Utoiit -At tin; llaynmkot during the j,,i'(, » l< priors lor f'.tkler liavo ranged from -MM to !i.-i !) I tho cwl, showing an •idvim'ouf about Is tho owt. over prices litrly ruling. Grain has also risen in value. OiN in wholesale parcels liavo ranged from •'s Id to 2-i 101 ; niai/..!, 3s 2d to 3s lid per bushel ; potatoes, £4 10s per ton. There Ins also been a pood demand for manures und -euds at late values. On Friday, lit tho Havniurket, horses wiiro yarded in tull number, and had a brisk sale. Heavy rtr..u.'ht ranged from 112 10s to £14 10s; medium draught and strong ndinp horses, from £S tvi lilM; ponies and inferior hov.ses, finm £1 to £5 uach ; a spring cart, £7 i set harno-a, Si"> 10<. On Tuesday hides and skins wnro in full number and (rood demand. Sound ox hides ranged from %1 to fid ; cow hides, "Jkl to 3.U1; calfskins, -Id to !,yl the lb • talfow, 11s tho owt; bones, £4 13s tho ton' , lambskins, Is 4d to 2s Id ; pelts, Gd ti Us Id each. At Waiuku the clearingout salt! of Mrs Browning's stuck occasioned a, full inarktt. There was a numerous attendance, and good prices throughout. At Remucra on Thursday dairy cattle kept the advance noted last week. Prices fjr useful c.attlo near calving ranged from £4 10s to £7 7s. Store cattle were also better worth. A pair of throe-year-old steers in low condition brought £2 14s; cows forward in calf from £2 "is to £3 ss. Fat cattls prices, somewhat irregular, but on tho whole last week's quotations, from 10s to 12s for cows, 13s to 15s for oxen, were fully kept. Calves plentiful. Tlioae well fatted sold at an advance; inferior dull of sale. Kat sheep, in usual numbers, were firm. 200 two-twth wethers averaged lls ; .'iOO aged wethers, 13s each ; ewes, 7s to lls (id each. Pigs, in usual numbers, were at late values.

Mkssus Huxtivk and Nolan's Wkekly Rei j <jrt.— Scuds, grain, horsefeod: The demand fm , seed unci grain lias boon active. O.its have continued in brisk demand, ;uid wo cleared all the lots placed in our hands. Seeds have been slow of sale, but ehatf and pressed hay were in iiiore request, and there remained an unsatisfied demand for good cltivnr hay for export. Wo quote : Short feed ml", 3s ; dun- 2s Sd ; Tartarian. 2s 'id to 2-1 (id per bushel ; cocksfoot, 5s to fia per piishul ; bouedust, £li os to £7 as por ton ; carrots, £1 15s per ton. Horses : The demand has been stiady, and good animals found purchasers. (iood hacks and light harness horses .sold relatively higher than other descriptions Thoro was ;i fair muster at the DurliuuVirds on Friday. Competition was go id, and s<llllo wall-bred ridPic horses sold at trenn i'2s to £-10, while wscdy h.'.ak; b.-ircly fetched £!; light harness horses, from £7 t<. £15 10s; pair buggy horses, I;.; 5. Wool, hides, skins, and tallow : Aver.ige quantities wore pitched at the Durham Yards on Tuesday, and there iv is a spirited demand for all the lots ufFered. We quote : Heavy ox, -Id to 4^l; medium, 3d to 3',d : cow, 2d to iyd ; calf skins, lil to 'Ivd per lb ; sheepskins, Is sil lo 3s 3d eaoh ; crossbred wool, 7U\ ; tallow, Us to lls l!J. Cattle: Activity has characterised the markot. The supply has been an average ..ne, and there has been an advance in value of fat beasts, other descriptions remained unaltered. The Newmarket Yards were moderately filled on Tuesday, and there was brisk bidding f.->r well-conditioned stock in all classes. The muster at Pnkekohe on Wednesday waj good, and the central market rates ruled. We quote : Dairy cows, at from £4 to £6 ; dry cows, from £1 7s Gd to £210s ; calves, from 10s Od to Ids (id; yearlings, from 18s to 27s Od ; eighteen months old Htears, £1 12< fid to £1 17s (id ; grown sfoer.-i, £2 Is to £2 7s (id ; fat steers, from los to 15s per 1001b, some averages of which were £-1 17s GJ, £5 2s od, £5 -Is, £5 10s. £5 18s, £0 15s; enws, £3 2s, £3 11s 3d, £-1 2-i lid. Sheep : The Newmarket pens were not nearly filled on Tuesday, and there was a brisk demand for wethers at from Us to Us Od. Ewes were not in corresponding request, but ranged from 9s to 11s (j<l ; lambs, Cn fid. Tigs : There were a good many yarded at Newmarket, and competition was brisk. I'ricos varied considerably, ranging from 2d to 3d per lb live weight,

AUSTRALIAN" MARKETS, SyiA'kv, April 11. — Potatoes, Now Zeahii:], .£t LOs t.>£-( l."n ; TiUiiriniiin, £;"> to £s;>s ; onions, Victori.m, illli to £13 ; New Zealand. Wo to m ; maize, easy, 3.s to 3s 3d, oats, feed, heavy, a< to 3i Id : brieht milling, 3s 3d to 3s M : T;irt:ii-ian, seed, 3s (ill ; bran, iMsy, Is Id ; pollard, quiet, but linn nt Is 31; wheat, chick, 3.s 8d to -Is; Now Zealand, milling, Is !)d to ,Is. Large shipments of New Zealand arc weakeniny the market to soiju extent, Cliee.su is plentiful, local, IjJ to 7d ; New Zealand, 7d to 7J,d; bacon, local, ()d to 9id ; New Zealand, U.VJ tn 10d ; liams, rjnll, 10d to Is ; hotter, local, plentiful ; factory, Is Id to lsli 1 ; separator, Is 3d to Is 4d ; dairy, Is to Is L'd ; imported separator, Is to Jk L'd ; dairy, Is. MuusointSK, April 11. —Wheat easier, 5s 7.U1 to 5 ■ 8,1 for fair milling sorts. Flour is'quißt. Stone Hour, t'lo ; tt-cmd brands, JL'IL , . Good oats : Seed in dominid, -l-i 2(1 to ■U:,:l ; stout food, :uiO:!r,..3s IM. AnKl.AlDi-, April ii.-Whuat, ; farmer's lots. Is IOJ. Flour : Rollei, f;lLi :»; stone. L'll.