COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2820, 9 August 1890, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

. The Wnikalo limes Odicr, Friday. AUCKLAND MARKETS. Missus A. L'.itki.and and Son's Wkkki.y llituili , . --At the llaymaiket doling thn wr.k judder lias ranged in pi'icu with i,ua!ii,y from 2s o I to : >< -'d tho cwt ; oats, Is lOil; harle.y, 2s 7(1 ; maize, 3s tn 3s id 1,,,. bn-liel • ohalf, t:> Id* the t'lii. At the !,„„.. sale ".. Friday, ii.-eful drafts were in il 'rand at full values; in.no very heavy r[o ottered. Prices ranged from ,t'!»ti> ■ -J0 ; light harn.ss and riding hoi-sus, from fiSli. til. At the hide and skill sale, on Tuesday thero was a full muster of hides S'llil, and prices were sto-idy throughout, 'l-ti-i'vy ox -li'd ; "tout medium, o.'.d to Id ; li.'iit ox »n.l cows, Udto a.V-1 ; Calfskins, 'I 'd the Ib ; rough fat, l||d tin-. Ib ; tallow, 3fa to ISs 3d the cwt. Sheepskins were ti'so in full supply and brisk demand. Ji.itchers' skins brought from 4s to 5s !M ; station skins, 2sod to 5s each. At Wauiku on Saturday last stuie cattle, were in demand, and advanced in price from ;>s to lls each. At Reinuera on Thursday dairy <• ittlo were in moderate numbers, and without any improvement in vnues. l''ew store cittle yarded, and those, were better worth. !•'., cattle m u.sual supply ; 22-> sol.l. Trices w,ie higher than last week. Prime steers were at. 2ls ; coarse and medium, from ISs lid to 20s ; cows, lls to 17s till the IOOIbs. Culies, in short supply, were at extreme, values. Fat tthoep short of requirement, and advanced Is each, but many of those yu'ded were of middling quality, those were no better worth. Few pigs yarded. Sr.'.ri! pigs were at. low prices, lint well f ,H: d pus of m di.nii iviighisweroatSdihi ]•> dead weight, and a, few early iambs b ought 12s lid each.

MlWtillrt HU.NTEK AND NOLAN'S WkKKLY Kki'out.— Grain, seeds, horse feed. &c. : Ti.'.e has been little or no alteration in vilne. A steady demidid met a corresponding supply. We quote : Feed oats, Is 10d t >"l!s ; bit"ley, "-Is "id ; maize. 3s to [U (id per b ishei ; bran, to 10s to K3 iris per ton; 0 .ten ehatV, fJ to .113 per t.ti ; pressed hay, .Utto £■! 10s per ton. Horses: About an average number were brought forward, and found purchasers at Urn previous week's v lines. Thero was an increase in the entries f:.r disposal by auction at the Durham Yard-ion Kiiilay, and nearly all were sold at fully the previous week's values. Wo ( | Kite :' Hacks, Hi 1..s to £'.) 17s lid ; light hirnes-s and medium draughts, KStotll 11>. Wool, hid.-, skins, &c. : There was a K .oil muster of hides and skins at the Durhvm Yards on Tuesday. Competition was uly for hides, as it was also for skins up to v.-.iua'.ioNS, which were lower than the jirjvious woel;, and in favour of purchaser. ■\V(i quote: Stout ox-, from Id to 5.1 per lh ; medium, o'.d to Id ; light and cow, l.'.d to M ivr Ib; calfskins, .')|d to l.'.d per Ib; sieepskins, from 2s (id I" fw 7d each. Cattle: The supply of fat and store stock has been short. Dairy cows at their profit were moderately plentiful and in good deiu ind at the previous week's values. Store, ,1 .altered, l-'ut advanced from 10s to £1 per head. There was barely an average nimber of dairy and fat beasts yarded on T leeday at Xewinarker, and but very few Kf, •.-.■H, but there, was a good nm>ter at V.pakura on Wednesday. The average of fit"beasts was fully 10s per head higher, t ie fluctuation being m.ich less than on the p eiionswei;!;. most of the prime lotsreaclii'l ' UO.-i per 1001b. .Some avenges of fat kVpi-s wem tS 10s li.l, tr -s lid. K7 •> lid, f!i ■J-s (id, K(i tis :',d, i'li :>■=, £■"> Ksii.i ; cows t;-i I7<ii.l !'} 17-i 'id. I'l L's (id, !.'■! I'K '-':;, t'-■|.-.s. She.'p:Th« Newmarket pens were. d-rately supplied on Wednesday, and bi Iding was good throughout the sale, and pices were higher. Wethers sold at from l:is to 17s '.Id: -wes, from T> to 15s 01. J'igs: Very few yarded.

(|!Y TEM'.IiKAI'II. -OWN COUKK-TONPKNT.)

An.-Ki.ANi>. Last. Xijht.-ln the loci! produce market there aro I'hw chance to report for the wtvk. Fresh butter has fallen from Is, 101, and Sd to 10:1, Sd, and (il peril); eggs have f.llen Is to 10d per do/.en, wholcs-de. lVail barley is now quoted at t'lli per ton, a fall of il , . There has been a great rise in onions suddenly jumping up from £•"". to£7 per ton. SIiARKMAUIvKT. [11Y -rrcr.Ki iHaiti —<iivN i:ouuksi'oxhent.J Aitki.'.ni', Inst Night.■-IVink of New /■■aland, sellers. !■'■"> ."< (now) ; National I', ink, buyr-, -fJ,.".d, s.-llers, 12- (id; New Ze-dand ■insurance, sellers, ln< ; tioutii hiiti.-h Ingram-.', buyers, I'.V-, sellers, L'.is (id; Colonial Insurant, selleis, .Is (id; Auckland Gas, bnycis, t'.'j ii- (id (new); New / 'aland L'. in and Mercantile Agency, seiieis, :>:i<.