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Waikato Times, Volume 2632, Issue 2632, 25 May 1889, Page 2

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The Wnikalo Timts Office, Friday. WAIKATO LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Mil .1. MeNieoi, Rkpokts. —At Ohaupo, on Tuesday, the cattle yards were filled with cattle of all classes. Prices for all classes of store stock were lower, except for fresh cows and heifers, some prices were : —Pen Te Akau bullocks, i! 3 llis ; pen do., £3 2s ; r, pens do., £2 12<; 1 pen do., £2 5s ; pen Haseler's bullocks, t'3 15s ; pen do,, £2 14< ; pun Germaini's bullocks, £'3 lli.s; pen McXicoU's do.. £'2 10s; 2 pens steers, Brown and Bait's, steers, £2 ; pen Thompson's steers, £2 10-s; pen do., £2; pen Reynolds'steers, .£3 13s; Westeney's do.. £8 1 lis ; do , £2 ; Johnson's, £2 3s ; do., £1 10s ; pen Thompson's heifers, £1 12s (id ; do., £1 1.2s (id ; fat cows, from £2 10s to £4 2a 6d. Sheep : (>,500 yarded, and all sold, except 50 longwonl ewes, and 30 shorn lambs. —Hutchinson's wethers, lis 3d; McNicoll's, !)s fid; McDonald's, 8s Od ; DepelechetV, 7s 9d and 7s fid ; McDonald's merino wethers, 4s Id and 4s !)d ; Merino ewes, 4s 3d ; Browning's merino ewes, (>s Gd ; Hicks' ewes, 8s 3d and 4s (id ; Hunter's lambs, Is (id and Is; Short's ewes, ss; Chitty's lambs, us; McMiken's ewes, Us; Hawkins' lambs, 5s lid ; Blackett's ewes, 5s Ud ; lambs, Bs. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS. MkssiisA. Buckland and Sons' Weekly Rbpokt.—At tho H.ayn.atket during the past week meadow hay has brought from 2s lid to 3s Od the cwt ; oaten sheaves, 3s 3d to 3s !)d ; chatf, 3s lid to 4s; oats, 2s lid nud os the bushel; potatoes, 40s to 52s (id the ton. Horses were yarded in usual numbers. Unbroken colts from Wairoa South ranged from £4 to £1! 10s ; hacks, £2 to £7 ss; a black gelding, £14; grey horse from llelousville, £20. At tho hide and skin sale on Tuesday both hides and skins wore in greater quantity than usual, and sold freely. Heavy ox from 4jd to 4;d, or 30s each ; extra stout, si|d, or £1 13s -id, to syd, or £1 17s lid each ; medium, 3.', d to 4d ; ciw hides, 2.} d to 3\d ; calfskins, 3?, d to 4M the lb. Station skins brought from Is to 2s each ; butchers' skins, fro in 2s to 3 s (id ; tailow, 15s (id the cwt. At the private salo at Pnkekohe, satisfactory prices were obtained, daiiy cows being in demand at higher values. At Rcmuera on Thursday dairy cattle at their profit were required at full values ; store cattle also sold more freely. l''at cattle wore in short supply ; heavy oxen at lower values, but cows and liclit weight steers tirm at late quotations. Sheep, in full number, were slightly lower in price. Calves plentiful and of good quality sold fairly well. Pigs abundant; well-bred pigs, both fat and store, were in demand at satisfactory prices, but coarse pigs at conclusion of sale were of very low values. Dairy cows ranged from £5 to £(i 10s ; dry cows, 25s to £2 2s (id oach ; heavy weight oxen, 13s; medium and light weight, 15s; cows, lis to 14s the 1001b ; wethers, fi-.lly 2d ; ewes, I.VI to l,"d tho lb ; six months' old calves, lSs to 30s; ten weeks' calves, lfis to 20s each ; lambs, 7s (id to lis oach were the prices obtained.

Mkssus Hunter and Nolan's Weekly Rki'OßT.—Grain, seeds, horse feed, etc. : Sufficient quantities have been brought forward, and the demand has been steady at last week's quotations. Grain : Feed oats, from 3s to 3s 3d per bushel ; maize, 3s t.o :is (id ; bran, £5 10s to £(l; oaten chalf, £3 5s to £3 15s per ton ; carrots, £1 l"n to £2 per ton. Horses : There has been continued animation in the market. Above an average have been biought forward and found purchasers. Hack and light harness horses of a decent stamp at higlr.M' values. A large number entered for disposal by auction at the Durham Yards on Friday. Competition was brisk throughout tho sale, and hut very few remained in original hands. We quote : Hacks, at £5 7s lid to £18 7s ; light harness horses, from B5 5s to £12 10s. Wool, hides, skins, etc. : There was an averagu supply of hides and skins at the Durham Yards on Tuesday, but no wool. Tho demand continued brisk, and there remained an unsatislied demand for heavy ox hides, which we quote at 5 1 per lb; medium, 3d to 3pd ; cow, 2 : td to 3J<d per lb ; calfskins, 3d to 5d per lb ; sheepskins, 2s 2J to os !)d each: pelts, lid to Is 111; tallow, 10s (id to 14< (id per cwt. Cattle : The demand has been less active for all descriptions, and the supply has been over the average. Consequently prices receded, particularly for inferior dairy cows, and insufficiently fattened butchers' beasts. A good many fat and dairy cattlo were yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday. Bidding was brisk for really good dairy cows, but was slow for old and poorly-bred cows. Very few stores were yarded, Lint sufficient for requirements. Fat. be ists wore numerically large, but tho principal proportion of them were not in anything like prime condition. Competition was brisk for top sorts, but for canning was weak. Some averages were : Steers, £1 15s, £5 2s, £5 3s. £5 7s (id, £5 12s (Jd, £i! ss; cows, £3 2s (Jd, £3 lis lid, £3 17s (id, £1 10s. Sheep were fairly plentiful at Newmarket on Tuesday, and in good demand, particularly for best wethers, which sold from lis to llis each ; ewes, !)■) Il lto 1.2s 1; lamb*, 7-3 1 to 10s li.l each. I'igs, sctrue; realised 3! per lb, live weight.

SVDXKV MARKK'LV!. Tlm Now // Niliui'l Loan ati-l Mercantile Agency i i?;i li t uni! :i' il ite Sydney, (It.li May : -Wliont (free): Tliura ban been a fiiir 'tt'iii lii'l since \vi; last wrote, but the arrival of the lir<t shipments nf Californian win:,it-, and tin! advice uf three, cargoes coming forward by sailing ship has rather tended ti> weaken price.-). The quality of the wheat to hand per "Zealandia" is simply aiiperb, and the course of prices in tins market must depend very largely on the quantities of wheat coming to hand from California, and the est at which it can lie landed. New Zealand Tuscan on the spot may be .(noted at from -Is 8d to -Is lOd with slightly higher figures for specially choice samples, while some very largo transactions in Hunter's white for forward delivery have taken place at from -Is 4d to 'Is fid c.i.f. AUCKLAND PRICES CURRKN'T. J'" A RII AND DAIRY PRODUCE.

W'holk.sai.e s. d. s. d. Butter, fresh, dairy, lb ... 1 U — 0 0 ,, Waikato Anchor brand... 1 '2 — 0 0 Choose, local, lb .. ... 0 3 — 0 5 i)o., best factory ... ... 0 4>— 0 a J'.fiis, dozen ... ... 1 (i — 0 0" Lard, bladder, lb ... ... 0 5—0 0 Hams and P.acon, Pro. ... 0 0—0 7 Do., bare ... ... ... 0 6 — 0 7 Cant. Hacon, new ... ... none Hams ... ... .. none Jams, case adoz. ... ... 23 0 —20 3 Jowls, cach ... ... 0 0 — 1 0 1'LOUR. Wiioi.ksau:. £ s. £ s. Flour, Atick. roller, ton ... 13 0 - 13 10 Do., household ... ...12 10 — 13 0 lk.„ Southern, roller ... ... 12 10 — 13 0 Do , Southern, stone ... ... 12 0 — 0 0 Pran ... ... ... f> 0 — 0 0 Sharps ... ... ... 5 0—0 0 Cabin Prr.td ... .. IS 0—0 0 Oatmeal 2as... ... ... la 0— 0 0 Oatmeal 7s ... ... ... 17 0 — 0 0 I'earl liailey ... ...20 0 — 21 ll Patent Poiridfje Meal, 711) ... 0 0— la 0 GAR DUX AM) ORCHARD I'RODLX'K. WflOt.KSAI.I! s. d. s. d. Apples, imported, case ... 0 o — n <1 J 1{>., local, I'o ... .. 0 0/ — 0 1 Lemons, doz, ... ... 1 0—1 3 Oranges ... ... ... 0 S — 1 0 Do., rase. ... ... ... II 0—7 (I li man-is, lb ... ... 0 I - ll :!J Plums ... ... ... II 2',— 0 :f Cocoa nuts, sack ... ... 10 0 —0 0 Onions, cwt. ... ... ll 0 —11 0 Gallic ... .. ... ll 4—11 0 Grapes ... ... ... J (j — 2 0 11A V AND CORN, Wllfil.HSAI.Ii. £ s. £ s. JTav, ton ... ... ... ;( 0 — 0 I.uccrne, do.... ... ... i; o 0 10 Oaf en, do. ... ... ... 2 0 — :! 0 Chaft, threshed ... ... J 10 — 2 O Oaten Chaff ... ... ... 2 10 — 3 10 Straw, load ... ... ... 0 IS — 1 10 Clover, ton ... ... ... a 0 — 0 0 Potatoes, local ... ... 4 0—0 0 s. d. ?. d. Mai/e, bushel ... ... 3 0—3 2 Parley, feed ... ... ... 3 0-3 3 Do., mailing... ... ... 3 0 — 3 10 (la's, iced ... ... ... 2 4 — 3 3 O ;!nl'llin:: ... ... 2 (i — 3 2 Wheat, local... ... ... I 3— I 0 fowl ... - ... 3 0-0 0 Mr \V. .f. Hunter will hold an important cli'strinj? sale on Monday at Mr Salmon'*, Ttunuliuro, who is lea\if»K for Auckland.