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Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2868, 29 November 1890, Page 2

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T/w Waikato Timet Office, Friday. WAIKATO MARKETS. Mr W. J. Hunter Reports :—At Cambridge on Saturday November 22nd. there was a full monter of cattle, the yards being well tilled. There was good competition and nearly all sold. Yearling steers, woll-bred, ill Os to £1 17s, two-year-olds £2 4a to £2 6s; three-year-olds, £2 17s 6d to 4j3 g 3; dairy cows, £2 up to £4 os; year . litig heifers, 16s to 18s; fat cows, £3 to £3 10s. At the horse yards more than the usual number of horses were brought forward, some very good farm horses sold well, and many more could have been vlaced. Only a small quantity of produce was brought forward and sold well. Active medium draught:.' sold from £10 to £13 17s 6d • hacks, £5 to £8 7s Gd ; ponies, from £2 to £15s ; fowls, Is to Is 4d ; geese, 2s !)d each. At Ohaupo on Tuesday, Novemler 25th., there was a very large muster of cattle and a good demand fur all classes, and nearly every beast sold. There was also a good muster of sheep. Prices were : Steer calves, £1 to £1 7s; yearlings, £1 8s to £114s; two and two and a-half-year-old steers, £2 to £2 10s ; three-year-old steers £2 19s to £310s J three and four-year-old steers, nearly beef, £3 12s (id to £5 5s ; heifer calves, 12s to l,s; yearling heifers, £1 to £1 (is; store cows, U 10s to £„ 4s; spayed three-year-old hoifers, £- 8s; fat cows and hoifers, £3 to £3 lbs; fat steers, £4 to £5 ss; shorn ewes and lambs, 10s tid a couplo; fat hoggets and ewes, 9s to lis 9d J. McNicol and Co. Keport.— At our special sale of bulls and horses held in Hamilton on Thursday last, wo had a fair attendance of buyers, the wet day keeping away many. Three outside buyers of horses that we had expected could not como, and bidding was not so free as on previous occasions, and the class of horses was not nearly so good as at our Bpecial salo in Cambridge in September last. Bulls : Forty-four were yarded. The draft from the Waikato Land Association were a vary line lot, and some of the animals elicited spirited bidding, and made good prices. Messrs W. Grice and Co. purchased tho champion Shorthorn bull Cadmus at 25 guineas; Mr Hunt purchased for Matainata Estate tho t.vo-yoar-old Shorthorn bulls, Sir Colin at 15.J guineas, King Cole at 211 guineas, and King Georgo at 10 guinea's; Mr W. Ring purchased a Shorthorn two-year-old bull at 10 guineas, and Mr W. Thornton the Hereford two-year-old, Trumpeter, at 10 guineas. Of the other bulls Disraeli, bred by tho Waikato Land Association, made £8 10s ; two Hereford and Shorthorn bulls, from Lockerbie, £3 5s ; aged Shorthorn bull from Mr Storey, £5 5s ; do., from Mr Forrest, £5 ; aged Hereford bull, from Mr Storey, bred by the Waikato Land Association, £3 15s; Shorthorn bull, from Henry Windsor, £4; do., from James Huncimzin, JL3 5 do., from Robt. Noble, £4 5s ; yearling grade bulls, £1 10s to £2 10s, and 16-month bull, from Captain McPherson, £2 17s Gd. The grade Shorthorn bulls fromMatamatawero passed. Horses : 330 hoad were yarded, comprising some first-class animals, but the larger number were but middling and a lot were nothing but weeds. Good draught horses sold fairly well, £24 boing ottered for a really first-class gelding from Mr J. Hutchinson, who held him for £26. A five-year-old colt, by Elgin, frotr McNicol Bros, made £22, and a five-year-old l'rinco Charlie gelding of Mr Parr's was passed at £21, £'?3 being wanted. A pair of unbroken Prince Charlio three-year-old geldings from Mr Storey were passed at £17 each, £20 boing wanted. A pair of unbroken two-vear-old draughts mado £12 eacli; and unbroken medium draughts made from £6 to £10; unbroken light harness from £5 to £9; and we sold about 40 draught horses, with trials, at from £9 to £18 10s. A choice pair «f heavy draught roans (own brother and sister), 4 and ;> years old, from Mr Clements, were bought at £21 each. Good upstanding hacks, from £10 to £16 ; strong useful riding hacks, £6 to £9 ; "light harness suits, from £5 to £10 ; and a few very nice harness horses made up to £12. Weeds from £110s to £3, and dear at that. Including what were sold privately after the auction about 180 head were sold, about 100 being offered on Friday morning.

AUCKLAND MARKJIT.S. Mkshhh A. Bucklasi) and Sons' Report.—At tlio Ilaymarket during the past iveolc meadow liny has bright from 2s to 3a; oaten .sheaves, 3s to 3s 9d the cwt ; maize, 3s 2d and Si 3d ; barley, 2s and 2s :id ; oats, Is lid and 2s the bushel; ehatf, £310s and £3 12s <>d ; barbed wire, t!25 the ton. Ou Friday ti larger than usual muster of horse stock sold freely. The pair of grey marcs advertised brought £30; unbroken heavy draught colts, £12 15s to £17 10s; brokoti-in, active, medium draught, i'S to AIl-I each ; and a hooded buzgy, JilH. On Tuesday hides sold briskly at full values ; Heavy ox hrought from 4d »o :<d ; medium, 3d to B'd ; heavy cows, 2vd to 3d ; light and medium, from ljd to 2,1 d ; calfskins, Id to od tho lb ; tallow, lis to 18s 3d the cwt. Sheepskins, iu full uumbeis, ocarculy kept late values: Wooled skins ranged from 3s lid to 4s Sd ; pelts, Id to 10d; lambskins, Is to is (id each ; wool, in bags and dumus, from lid to 7;, : d ; locks and pieces, fn.m 2Jicl to 5d tho lb. At I'ukekolie, on Monday, a full market of store cattle found ready buyers, and at PapaUura, on Wednesday, a i-maller n.lister was also fioely competed tor, the late laincausing feed l<> be unusually abundant, At Ueniuera on Thursday dairy cattle iu usual number, were in bettor demand. All oil, red sold, and prices ranged from t2 lUs to K-i ly.i each. •Store catl.lo in full unmbers, anil late prices nbt.iined, but bidding was not so free as in p;. vi ! >iH maikelo, inihvs cattle were of very choice quality, Fat cattle in usual nuui- ; 230 yarded, mostly steers. Prices Weill' iiregular, and fell towards the conciusitiu of sale Is tho 1001b. Prices for steers ranged from 16s to 17s, cows, lis to 13s the 1001b. Calves in usual number, were without alteration in valuo. Fat sheep in less than usual number, and were at last week's values. Shorn wethers from lis to 15s ; ewes, "s to 13s to l(js each. Fat lambs ill moderate numbers also kept their prices ; good quality, from 9s to 14s; inferior, from (is Oil each. Pigs in short supply, were without alteration in values. We liavo also to rjport the sale of the farm of Mr Richard Hobbs, 050 acres, for £1500 cash.

Miwsh.s Hcjjtkr and Nolan's Weekly Riipour.—Horse foerl, grain, seeds, &c. The market has been very quiet. Hales havo boon effected : l''eed oat 3, at from Is lOcl to 2s Id per bushel; bran, £3 10s to £3 15 s per ton ; maize, 3s tn 3s lid per bushel. Horses: An unusually largo number has been brought forward, and most of them found purchasers at the previous week's values. There was a largo muster at the Durham Yards on l''riday. Bidding was brisk at tho opening of tho sale, and good throughout. There was no material change in value. Wo quote: Hacks at from £4 JOs to £',) 17s lid ; medium draught, £8 to £L 3 10*; light harness horses, £5 to £10 'I,"is, Wool, hides, skins, &e. : Theru was an increase in the quantity of small pockets of wool submitted at the Durham Yards on Tuesday, toguther with tho usual quantities of hides and .skins. Woquoto: Wool at from Id to liM per lb ; stout ox hides, -lid to 5Ad p«r lb j"medium, 3d to -liil; steer, 3ld to 2Zd; cow, lid to 2£d; calfskins, •Ij.l to 4J(J per lb.; sheepskin*, butchers, 3s 1.1(1 to (is o:ich, country 3s to 4s Od ; lambkins, Od to U yd ; pelts, lid to lid each; tillow, £17 5s £18 per ton. Guttle have bean brought forward in ample numbers for requirements, and with the exception of i.omo heavy oxen the demand has been titoady at tho previous week's values. Tha T\owunukut yards woru fairly tilled on Tuesday. IDuiry cows v/ero in better domaud. Tho price of stores and fat beasts was slightly in favour of tho purchaser, but mt enough to warrant a change in quotations. Some averages of fat steers wore : £7 7s lid, tli Ufa fid, £5 18s 3d, £5 ss, £5 2s, V! 4 l!ls 3d ; cows, £5, El 12s (id, £3 17s (id, I'm, £3 10s, tit 7s (id, £2 17s lid. £2 15s £2 12s lid. Kheep : I'arely an avorago numli.ir tvere penned at Newmarket on Tuesday, Shorn weUiors sold at from lis !)d to 17s imch ; ewos, 10s 3d to 15s ; mixod sexes, 12s to 17s ; lambs, Ca i.o tts Od each. Pigs : Bmall dairy-fod porkers sold at 2jd per lb; coarse pigs relatively lower.

IjATKST A IJCKII.VND QUOTATIONS. (BY TELK'lllArlt.—OWN COKIIESCONIJEN'T.) Auckland, Last Night. Tho local produce market is very quiet and there is little change in the current quotations for the week. Butter and eggs ,»ru couuug in iw about the same quantities

an! prices are unaltered. There is little doing in the general produce market locally. Flour is unchanged. A large sale of maize went through at 3s off tho wharf owing to want of space on the Sydney steamer shutting out the greater portion of the shipment and involving a loss of 2d per bushel to sellers. On Wednesday last a large quantity was got away to Sydney by the steamer.