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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2644, 22 June 1889, Page 2

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The Waikato Times Office, Fiiday. AUCKLAND LIVK STOCK MAR. "KIiTS.

Messrs A. Pivklanp and Sons' Wekklv UEPoiil'.■-At the llaymaikot during the past week there lias been no alteration in the price of fodder, and the demand continues. Maize, in trade parcels on the wharf, brought 3-i Id and 3s 2d the bushel ; oats, at tho store, 3s the. hu-hel. On "Friday, horses were in usual number. Aged, ill-eondiUoi:ed ( and inferior horses wore at less value, hut useful animals, m condition, kept their values, Trices for useful horses ringed from £7 to t!1.5; inferior, from 20s to ■10s. A saddle anil bridle brought £2; buggy harness, L'-l 17s (id ; spring carts, ft) 10s and lll.'l ; horse, cart, and harness, €22 respectively. On Tuesday, hides were pitched in much larger number than usual. Skins were also well represented. Prices for all classes were well sustained. Above 800 hides \v:re sold at the following prices : —Ox hides, weighing from 50 to (iOlbs., 3.'id to -l|d; from (JO to 701b5., -Id to -1 7-Hid ; from 70 to SOlbs., -t.'.d to 1 13-Kid ; DO to 1001b.*., the lb., or from 23s to 30s each ; green ox jides, from 22s (id to 25s lid each ; cow hides, 2M and the lb. ; green cow hides, 12s 3d each ; tallow, lis !)d to 15s lid ; bones, Is Od the cwt; butchers' sheep skins, 3s to "s each ; station skins Is to Is each. B> private sale, Mrs Hodge's farm, at Wainku, was sold for tiViO. At the country cattle sales, hold respectively at Pokeno and I hairy, cattle were brought forward in the usual number. Dairy cwws at lower values. Other kinds of stock maintainoJ their price ; the 1 on ;'-»■ jolled ewes brought 10s each. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cows were yarded plentifully. Prices lower, and many remained unsold. Those sold realised from ,fc2 15* to Wi 2s -Id each. Store cattle at late values. Dry cows from 25s to 10s; tliren-year steers, t'2 12s ; yearling heifers, 20s each. Veal calves (short of requirements) obtained the high values ruling last week. Fat cattle in usual supply. Steers ranged from Kis to 17s ; cows, lis to 15s the 1001b. Sheep, in short supply, advanced in value from Is to 2s each. Fat lambs shared in the advanced price. Pigs abundant, mostly of large size, and being required better prices were obtained than for a month past.

Mkssks Hr.vi'K.R and Nolan's Wkkkly Kki'OHT. —Crain, seeds, horsefeed, &c. : An adequate supply provided met. a steady demand without alteration in value. No sales of luivo been effected. Wo quote : —l'\ed oats, os 3d per bushel ; maize, 3s to 3s 3d ; oaten chad', tl! 10s per ton ; bran, I'll per ton ; carrots, 35s to i' 2 ]ier ton. Horses: An increased number were brought forward. The demand was good at fully the previous week's values, and there remained au unsatisfied demand for all de.-criptLns til' ;i good stamp. Above the usual nun.bur were entered for disposal by auction at the Durham Yards on Friday. There was grind competition throughout She sale, and almost without exception the lots were cleared. Hacks, at from Di to 1-12 10s; lkdit harness and medium draught, from b'f> 12s (id 11 £11 10s. Wool, hides, skins; tallow, &c. : An unusually Inge number of bides were pitched on Tuesday, and for prune ox tiieie wan a

slight decline ill value, but skin ami fat had rather tm upward teiu.lt.-iioy in price. Wo quote: O.n hides, from ii.jd tu Ivd ; O'Ws, •JVI tiHld ; calfskins, Id to ;"icl per lb; tallow, I.Vs Gil per ewt : rmigli fat, l]d per lb; sheepskins, 'J:i lot to -Is fid each, ('attic: Then: lias been a brisk demand for fat Ir.m-.ts and a steady 0111; for dairy cows at tnuir profit, but stores li.ive been comparatively neglected. Trices for fat stock were a .-bade litjjlicr, and dairy stock at previous rates, fli'i butchers' pens were well filled at Newmarket on Tuesday, and there, was a good muster of dairy cows, but few stores were yarded. Fat beasts were at about tin same values as at the previous "Newmarket sale. Dairy cows without alteration, Some averages were :—For fat bullocks, tV 2s Od, £li 8s lid, Wi 4s, £i> Lis lid, !'"> lbs od, .!:•'> !5s Sd, to 3s, £'.-> 2s lid ; cows, £1 7s lid, y.i 15s, Sl'A l,s, £2 I'Js lid. Sheep : 'The yards were fairly Idled : the demand was brisk. Wethers sold at 12-! lid to 115s Od to His :'.d ; lis !)d, l."s (Id, lambs, its "d, Sin ill well bred pigs made from 10s to Ills (id, about :!d perlb.

SVDXKY MARKETS. The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's report of the Sydney markets up to date 81 st May.—Wheat (free): Further arrivals fiom California, and this placing on the market of the wheat per " r>otlr.vi!ll Castle " from Calcutta, together with receipt of the information that thrnu large cargoes h.id been despatched to Sydney from California during April, with three nthors in course of loading, have naturally sjnt the market down to a very drooping condition. Many millers are v.vl! stocked, and all are indlll'erent as to purchasing further supplies at present. Tuscan is nominally worth -Is lid to -Is 7d, Hunter's white and L'wirl may be quoted at from Is Id to -Is :-! I.—Oats (free) : The market continues without animation, there being not the slighted: response to the firmness reported from New Zealand lately.— Cheese (du",y ~d per lb) : The cheese market since last writing lias undergone iittle or no change, and we again rpio'e, prime Xew 7,e iland at up to 7.'.■!, loaf sorts ruling at up to yd. St.eks s'i!l are h, ; av V .--I'otatoos (free) : Cir-il-ir lie ok, L'"i per !.,n : Xew Zealand. ':i HI;. V.'e alltiei|,.,l.i., I|;, t, eon-si.l-i i!,!y lov.vr .:,) ,-s will rule ..„ arrival id sani".

SYDXKY IfOilSE MAUKKT. ,M::s-es \Y i;.!,i.\:,i [xuus and Son - llgpout, i'.r w-.-': co-hug June litli,_ ]S:i!).—The mail.' '. was t'.iirly supplied during the week, with an improved inquiry for really lirstcktss, nnstanding, well-bied horses, suitable for shipment to India, and of the latter iilasn we, disposed of a large number at satisfactory rates; draught ', unless. c>;tra good, are very dull of sale, at low prices. Oar sales lit the lla/.aar were as billows :—A nair of carriage, horses at i'.vi; three, pairs of buggy ditto ar i.'.,'-.' IPs L'.'f.'i, and f-li' respectively; oK high-classed saddle and harness horses, at from '•:!;, \: h< (~, i- : ,| iq ;; .[] s,a vieeable saddle and light harness horses, ai, horn !;;: I.os to .11-1; L« heavy draught mares and geldings, al from l"> I.Y; to K») 'I(N ; ;::: medium draught ditlo, at from i_ff n.iln Llli 10-'; also, a very large number of light and weei.lv horses, and inferior diauglits, at market rates.