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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2707, 16 November 1889, Page 2

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The Wailato Times Offies, Friday. WAIKATO LIVT, STOCK MARKETS. Mb W. J. Hunter Reports At hw a.iiM'ial sale of Raglan cattle on Monday, November 11th." about 500 head were „3 There was a large attendance all parts of Waikato; bidding was brisk for all elates and the following rices realised ; -Yearling steers, -4» ! <>ne ami ahalf to two year old steers, £1 10s to i,. . , three and four year old steels, £3 to. £lls (id ; spayed two year old thrpp and fonr year old heifeis, £1 lus to &,« Ms-Tat heifers£3 l » £» vearold pure Hereford bulls, £3 3» to £7 , aged shorthorn bnlls, £5 ss. I stdl have .some Rood bulls of both c asses for private sale. At the usual sale day on Tuesd.ij, November 12th, the Yards were crammed with cattle of all classes. Iliero large attendance of buyers foi all descr p tious. Steers were fully P°r hwd higher than the previous day. , in j keen from beginning; to end «.t halo, ana Nearly every lot sold at satisfactory price,. I also sold a team of horses, waggon and harness, on account of public trustee. 1 lie horses were aged but good workers and brought full rates. I also sold a lot of sheep at full rates -.-Yearling heifers sold from IBs (id to 21s ; two year old heifers, £1 7*Bdto £1 13s; three year old empty heifers, £110s to £2 ; yearling steers 18s to •Us Od ; one and a-half tn two and a-half year old steers, £1 His to £2 • steers, in low condition, £-19* to £3 hs , f rash-conditioned, £4 to £4 10s ; fat cows and heifers, £2 IS, to £4 « 'I.ld to £() -d ; dairy cows, to x-j Lv* , las aheep, iu wool, Ms lid and l* ; shorn hogtots lis 3d; cross-bred ewes and Hmbs 9s ; long-wool do., 17s ; draught horses. £-1 to £0 15s ; waggon, £10; harness, 13s to 20s set. At Hamilton on 'lhursday November 14th, not so many cattle as usual wore yarded, nearly every beast sold at iillly Ohaupo prices. A largo number of horses were entered but only a few sold. Yearlin* steers sold from 19s to £1 , heifers, 12a to 20s. Empty cows, £1 b» 0d to £3 ."is ; fat cows, £3 to£3l'Js ; dairy cows, from £2 to £3 2s. Draught mares £10 os tn l 'in 10s: hacks and ponies, k~i to .to. Tics, 10s. Tat lambs, (is Ud ; fat merino owes (is '.id oacli, .1 have also sold privately 700 cross-hred ewes and lambs, at a satisfactory price. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Mussiw A. 81-CKLANI) ANP box* >V HEK.LI Kfvoiit.—At the Hayinarket, during the S week, meadow hay has brought from Is Od to 3s 3d ; oaten sheaves, os and o- 3d, rliatf :is !)d to 3d the cwt ; maize, _,s IUJ to 3s'; oats, 2s 7d and 2s 8d ; wheat, 2s lOd to 3s 3d the bushal ; bonedust £4 10s to kl 10* the ton. Oil Friday a full market of horse .-.iock sold fairlv well ; useful < r ,r:il V lt3 ranged from £8 to £16 each. On luesday hides were in domain!, Ox hides ranged from :!.l:d to -l§d ; cow hides, Ld t..-yl ; calf skins, np to 4Jd the lb ; wool, 0..d to tho li-i; Imtcbiu-s sheop skills, -W to yd : lamb skins. Is :»d to 2s 7d ; pelts. «1 to lid each. At Remuera, on rhm-sda}, dairy cattlc were in better inquiry than tor several weeks. Prices ranged from £3 os to ill. Store cattle plentiful and reiiuiied. Grown steers brought from £6 ;w to £-1 < s mi;

yearling, 27s t<. 32 < : two-year-01, s -l.s to V« ; dry cow., 2ns to -lis each *=.t cuttle plentiful, kept their values ; 12noxen from Waitara nvaraged «i w : ''0 "tocre from Wailcato, CO lis .wch; prices ranged from list» His the 1001b. Sheep in nun erato number, were at Inst, week s vidties ; heavy sheep, iris: ho«cetts, 12s each ; lambs, from 7s to I*. Pips yarded were all q.u«t, and of good quality, and sold at satistactory prices. Mkssks Huntku and Nolan's Wkkklt Rki-okt j-Horsc-fecd. seeds, hides, &c. : Sales have been very limited. There has been an unsatisfied inquiry for first-class oaten chaff and clover hay. Vy o quote :- Peed oats, 2s Gd to 2s lOd ; Canadian, 3s 3d per bushel; maizn, 2s Kd to 3s ; bran, « por ton. Ho'.ses: An increased number have been brought forward and find purchasers, but the demand ha.-, lacked force, and there has been little alteration in value. Abovo an average number were submitted by auction at the Durham \ aids on i-n----day. Competition was steady throughout the sale, and but few were withdrawn. We quote hacks al from .Co 10m to £11 L>s; drausht and liidii harness hor.-es, tiomCl. to I'll 10.-,. Wool, hides, and skins: Woo is bains? held for the series sales but odd lots met good demand. About, the usual uuuiber of hides and skins were pitched at the Durham Yards on Tuesday. J. he demand was brisk We quote :-<>x hides 2-d to -lid per lb ; cow, lyd t., l : ,d ; calfskins, Isd to -J.'.d per lb : sheepskins 2s hd to lis -Id each; lambskins, Is to Is -Id ; pelts, Ud to lid each ; wool, liyd to 7yl per lb. Cattle: The supply has scarcely been up to the average, but was suUicient for requirements, and there was no noticeable alterations in value. There was a small muster at Newmarket on Tuesday, but a lar"e one of all descriptions at Pukekoho on Wednesday. Comuetition was good for dairy stock and stores at the previous week's values, but fat beasts wero a shade lower. Some averages of fat steers were : — .CO los, £(i 0s :id, i'li 3s Cnlns, Co 12s (id. Co lis, £5 7s Cd ; cows fl 10s CI 7s Id. W 12s Gd, £3 2s lid. Sheep were, in iinu.vially nhort snpplv and inferior in qualify, .ihorn wether, sol'd i.i from !)s to 12< (i I; mixed -lvep in wool, ir.< !l I lo ISs lid ; lambs, (is to'll-sii-l each. l'i"s: Yerv few yarded. Well bred \oun;,'oiie.s sold at from 10s lid to 21 ■ eaeh. " , \lf--i;-. Shim-: Hr.os.' Kui'OHT.-Nmth-orn feed oats, 2s <>.] ; Danish, 2. 7d ; local, 2s Sd ; Tartarian, 3s lOd ; oatmeal, lis ; Canterbury potatoes, CI 10s; Waikato potatoes, CI; eornsacks. -11 bv tlbl, by doz.. iiamaru Hour, Hrst (|iiidii.y, C 10; 'Jycwfta first quality £10 ; superfine, >-"■•: "''an, bUi and DOs ; maize, 3s; Watt and Go. a hams and bacon, Sd ; Auckland dairy-fed, r~d ; Auckland Tallow Oo.'s bonedust, £, 10s ; .Sydney boticdust, J. 1.C., OilOa; Southern, £5 10s ; vinegar, per gallon, Is lid ; box tea, iris • half-chest, Is (id ; Hobart palings, per 100, 5 feet. Ins; (> feet, 17s ; Manilla rope, 8d and i)d ; flax, (id ; mixed paint, 71b tins, 7d; Runcorn honodust, £7 10s; "lure bonedust, £7 ; Golden Gem flour, £10.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. fI!Y TEI.RUIUPH. —OWN CnmtKKrOXDRNTI. Auckland, Last Night.—There is no chuiiße in farm ami dtii>y produce quotations. In the Southern market list, Oaniarn potatoes ha l o f.illon fr- m £6 l;>st to £3 Os 0;). :uiH Osmtwbucy potatoes from JL'O IDs to £3.

AUCKI.AND SHARKMARET.• [nv TKr.ECUt.U'H.—OWN COURESrOXnENT.I Auckland, Night-.—lan* of New Zealand, buyers tfi 7s(id (old), sellers t-1 7tid(new) ; Now Zealand Insurance, sellers 67*; New Zealand L«»an ami seller* GUs; New Zealand Shipping, bnyer--745, sellers 775: Taiipiri Coal Extended, sellers 23s 6.1; Northern Bout Company, buyers 9' 3d: Cambria, sellers 3s; Saxon, buyers (is ; Trenton, sellers 2s lOd ; new Moanataiari, buyers 3s DiJ, sellers 4s _.l ; Silverton,, business done Is, buyers Is; Royal Oak, buyers Is Bd. AUCKLAND TRICE CURRENT. !«' VRM AN'D DAlliV PRODUCE. WIIOI.BKAI.It 'V s " d

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