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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2710, 23 November 1889, Page 2

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The Waikata Timm Office, Friday. AI'UJvI.AXD LLVK STOCK MARKETS. MKSSItS A. IiU«!KI,ANI> AND SONS WEKKLT ivKFOHT. —Al. the Havniiirki-t, duriuf* the mst week. hay and straw have been in short. supply, but without alteration in v-ilue from 'lust, week's quotations. Oats have ranged from 2s Id to 3s ; tiiaize, 2s '.I.Ui tu 3s ; wheat, Us per bushel; chaff, £4 is j>.,j- tun. On Friday horse stock were entered in full numbers ; bidding wasir regular, and late values ware not sustained. 7'rices for useful draught stock ranged from <;5 10s to £IG, generally between £\S and £10 10s each. On Tuesday hides were better worth ; best heavy ox hides ranged up to 4,yd per lb., or fully 30s each ; cow hides, 2d to 2 ; ,"d ; calf skins, 'Id to 4]d per lb ; tallow, 32s to 14s (id the cwt,; butchers' skins, 4s to 15s 2d ; dry skins, 2s (id to 4s Od each : wool, in bags and dumps, from s|d to !)d per lb. At the country cattle sale held at Pokeno, prices for store cattle were firm, and in pood demand throughoat, but at Drury bidding was comparatively slow, although net much difference in the values obtained. li'rosh-conditioned grown cattle in good inquiry, and young cattle kept their late values. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle at prolit were better worth 10s each. Store cattle of all classes dull of sale, and lower in price. Fat cattle, in full number, were also lower ill price, about 5s each. Prices wore from l ; ls to 15s the 1001b. West Coast cattle averaged £G, Sheep were lower in price. Store lotig-woolled wethers in their wool brought lOs (id ; halfbreds, lis (id each ; fatted shorn hoggets, 8s to lis ; heavy sheep, mixed sexes, 12s ; fat lambs, short of requirement, brought from 8s to lis each. Porkers kept their values, about 3d the lb dead weight; well-bred weaners, Ss to 10s, but coarse pigs wore at vary low values. Messrs Hc.vtku and Nolan's Wbbklt liuroßT.—Grain, veeds, horse feed, etc. The market has continued dull. Stocks are ample and the demand slack. Wo quote : 'Feed oats, 2s 5d to 2s lOd per bushel; maize, 2s lid to ,'is per bushel; bran, £4 per ton ; pressed liav, from £1 5s to £4 10s per ton. Horses: Dullness has characterised the demand, and the supply has only been an average one. About the usual number were entered for disposal at tho Durham yards on Friday. The demand was brisk for those of a good stamp, buc inferior animals were not wanted, and were .slow of sale. We quote : Hacks, at from £5 to £11 ss; medium draught and light harness, from £'i to t' 11 10s, Wool, hides, skins, etc : Some small parcels of wool have been disposed of, and wool is being freely .stored for the first of the series .sales on Wednesday, the 21st instant. Hides and skins were in moderate numbers on Tuesday at the Durham yards. JJidding was brisk, and there was an upward tendency in value, particularly for heavy ox hides. Wo quote : Wool, 7d to 7iid per lb.: ox hide-, from 3'd to 4.U1 per lb. ; cow, 2d to 3d per lb; calf skins. 3d to 4)d per lb; sheep-skins, 2s 4d to (is 4d each ; lambskin, ]ssdto Is 7d each ; pelts, 7d to 8d each. I'.ittle: The niiinhor brought forward has been quite up to tho average. The demand %vasnot keen, and the previous week's values were barely maintained. The Newmarket yards were fairly lilled on Tuesday with all descriptions, bat competition lacked spirit. Dairy cows advanced slightly iti value. There was a good muster of grown steers froin the North, which sold at from £2 Gs to 111. lieef, lis to His per cwt. Some averages of fat steers were: £7 7s lid, £G 10s, £G, £5 17s (id, £f> llis, £5 12s fid, t's 7s lid, £5 lis lid ; cows, £4 10s, £4 7s fid, £3 17s lid, £3 53, £3 2s fid. Sheep : An increased number were yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday, but no prime heavy weights. Shorn wethers sold at from Is -id to Is Sd per stone of 81b; ewes. Is 4d to Is Gd ; lambs, from 5s Gd to 10s Ud each. Pigs : Hut few yarded, but of good quality, and sold at from the 2.\d to 3d per lb live weight. Mkssus. Ston'k 15ros.' Kufokt.—-South-ern feed oats, 2s Sd ; Danish, 2s Gd ; local, 2s fid : Tartarian, 2s Gd : oatmeal, I -is ; Canterbury potatoes, £! ; oornsacks, 4 I by 2G.1, by doz.. Gs Gd ; fowl wheat, 3s 3d ; sharps, £1 ; Omaru Hour, first quality, £10; Kycrofl's first quality, £10 : superfine, £9 ; chaff, GOs and DLIs ; maize, 3s ; feed barley, .'is Gd ; Watt and Co.'s hams and bacon. 8!d ; Auckland dairy-fed, 7!d ; Auckland Tallow Co.'s L' 7 10s ; Sydney bonednsl, J.J.0., £G 10 s ; Southern, £5 10s: I Queensland, £7 : " Knrmer*' Friend," £5 10s ; vinegar, per srallon, Is Gd ; box tea, l'is ; half-chest, Hobart oailings, per 100, 5 feet, 15s ; G feet, 17 s : Manila rope, 8d and !ii| : flax, G.ld : mixed paint, 71b tins, Gd ; ll.uncoru bonedust, £7 LOs ; '' Pure'' bonedust, £7 ; Golden Gem Hour, £10 (sacks.) AUCKLAND PRODUCK MAKKKTS. | [;v TF.I.F.UUAI'H. —OWN' <'ORHKftrON 1 iKNT. 1 A 1:1 - k i.axi >, last night. — Wholesale: butter, prime fresh, 5d : second quality, Id ; third quality, 3d ; cheese, good factory, 5 j to s!d ; eggs, 7d : bacon ami hams, 5d foNd: Hour, local roller, first quality (sacksl, £fl 10s ; second, £S 10s ; Southern roller,'£'.l 10s; stone llour, £S 15s to £<l ss; Southern oats, 2s till to 2s lOd : local wheat, Tuscan 3s to 3s 3d : Southern wheal, 3s 3d lo3s/id; Oamai u potatoes, £3; local, £5; beans, 3s 3d : onions, 3d per lb. SHARK MA Ills'KT. (in •ri.M-.niiAi'ii.- iiw.n cokuespiinub.vt). A i.'< i. vni i. la-t mailt. —13ank of Zealand, (ii'lleis !'l lis (new) ; National Bank, sellers 37-.; New Zealand Insurance, sellers G6s; J Sunth i'.i it,i.-4i Insurance, buyers 33s ; New j Zealand Shipping, sellers 73s ; Land and mortgage, sellers 17s ; Northern Hoot Company, sellers 10s ; Cambria, business (lone I'-i 10s, sellers u- ; Saxon, sellers h's (id ; Now Prince Imperial, sellers 2s Gd : Trenton, buyers 2s ltd, sellers 3s; New Moanat.airi, business done 4s Gd, sellers 4s i)d ; New Alhuruia, sellers Is Gd ; Royal O.tk, buyers Is lid, sellers 2s Id ; May Eileen, business done Is Gd ; Lone Hand, buyers Gs, sellers 7s Gd.