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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2692, 12 October 1889, Page 2

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The Waikalo Times Office, Friday. Al t< JKL AND LIVE STOCK MARKETS Mksskh A. Bucklani) AN'nSoNs'WßEiu.y ■Rki'OKT. —At theHny market during the past week, straw has ranged from 11s to 17s the loud. Hay has varied more in price than of late and brought Is fid to 3s 3d the cwt. Chaff, £3 15s the ton. A consignment of Dunedin oats ranged with sample, from 2s 2d to 2s «rl the bushel ; wheat, 2s fld to 3s ; maize, 2s !)d ; bonednst, £7 10s the ton. At tho sale on Fiiday, horse stock were in full number, prices for heavy draught were scarcely maintained, they ranged from £8 t<> L'lS 10s; riding horses, £3 to £10; unbroken medium draught, £13 each ; a dray, £'! 17s (id ; buggy, £20; spring carts, £7 10s and £18 10s respectively. At the hide and skin sale on Tuesday, prices were fully sustained ; bust ox, brought from -Id to 4.U1; cows, 2d to 2j|d ; calf skins, Id to tho lb. ; butchers skins, -Is fid to 5s Sd ; lambs, lid to Is 8d each ; bags of wool, 7d and 7'id the Ib.; tallow, IDs 3d to 18s tliß cwt. ; bones, £4 10s the ton. At tho Waiuku sale, a draught of young cattle from Drnry occasioned a fuller muster of stock than usual, dairy cows were also well represented and in demand, consequent on the opening of tho factories, and all cattle brought forward were freely competed for. Horses were unsaleable; potatoes, 8s a s.ick ; young pies, from 8s to 13s each. At Reinuera on Thursday, dairy cittle were in demand consequent on the opening of the Papatoetoe factory and better worth about 10s each. Few store cattle yarded. Fat cattle iu usual number kept their last week's values from 10s to 18s the 1001b., and were highest at conclusion of sale. Fat dives in limited numbers were dull of sale. .Sheep in usual supply were slightly higher in price than last week. Prices for wethers ranged from lljs to 20s (id. Good fat lambs kept their values, and brought from 8s to 1-ls; inferior, 5s each. Young well-bred pigs in demand at full values.

Mkssus Hl'nteh and Nolan's Wkkkly TlnroitT.—Horsa feed, grain, seeds, etc. : Supplies are ample and demand slack, but there has been no noteworthy alteration in vilue : We quote feed oats L's 10(1 to 3s 2d per bushel; maize, 2s 10d to 3s; bran, is 10s to £4 par ton. Horses : An increased number wero brought forward and met fair demand at the | previous week's values. There was a good muster at the Durham Yards on Friday, and steady competition. We quote: Hacks, from £fi 10s to £12; light harness and medium draught, from £7 10s to £1-1 10s. Wool, hide, skins—quite average quantities were pitched at the Durham Yards on Tuesday, aud there was steady competition throughout the sale. We quote: Oxhides, from 3d to -lid per lb; cow, l : (d to 2. l ,d ; calf skins, 2.{d to -l.kl; sheep skins, 2s 10d to 6s each ; lamb skins, 9d ; wool, 7\t\ to 7i'd ; tallow, Ms Od to 17s Gd. Cattle : The supply has been sufficient for requirements, and the demand for all descriptions has been steady without material alterations in value. Avenge numbers were yarded both at Newmarket on Tuesday, and Pnkekohe on Wednesday, The demand for all descriptions was good, and prices remained unaltered with the exception of an upward tendency for fat bsasts. Some averages of fat steers v/cro : .£7 10s, £0 12s, £0 11s 3d, £0 Gs 3d, £(!, 4'5 10s; cows, £t 10s, £4 7s (id, £2 liis, £3 7s Ud. Sheep—Rather a large number wero yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday, and tho previous week's values were barely maintained. Wethers sold (it from 1-Js 9d to Ids :!d ; ewes, 13s Kid to 18s Ud ; mixed sexes, ]3s lid to lS.s 0d ; lambs, fr.-nn 7s to 12s. Pigs: Very few yarded, value unaltered. Mi«3U.s Stonk Buos.' Kki'OHT —Southern fund oats, 3s ; Danish, 2s 10d ; local, 2s 10d ; Tartarian, 3s:Sd ; oatmeal, 15s; Canterbury potatoes, £'") 10s ; cornsacks, -14 by llikl, by doz., (id ; fowl wheat, 3s lid; sharps, "is; bra-n, Is per 1001b; Oamaru tlour, first quality, £12; Bycroft's first quality £11; superfine, £10 ; chaff, (10s and i>o4: f'eodbarlsy, (is fid ; W.iikato potatoes, £5; maize, 3s; Watt and Co.'s hams and bacon. 71d ". Auckland dairy fed, 7d; Auckland Tallow Company's honcdust, £7 10m; Sydney Imnodust, J.1.C., £(i 10s; Southern, £1! 10s; Quiie.nsl-md, £7 0s; "Farmers' Fir.nd," £5 10s ; vinegar, Is (id per gallon; box ten, 1;h ; .',-cliesl.s, lsfil; Hobart palings, per 100," ;"> feet, l."js; Manilla rope, !)d ; flax, 7d ; paints, 71h tins, (i<l ; Rnncorn bonedust, £7 10s ; Golden (iem flour, £10 for sacks.