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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2987, 5 September 1891, Page 2

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The Wiuk.do Timse O;l,a, Friday. AUCKLAND IJVM STOCK MARKETS. Miv-witrt A. I',ccki..\xi> and Sons' \V;;;ki.y Kkpom , .— At. tin; |[:iyn>:irkot dnr tit-- mist, week i> iton slntave.s ringed fr.>m I* 111 f> 2* «il ; m-iirlow hiy. Is 3d t» 2s per civ:: rut-, l-i 10.) to 2s; maize, 2s 7d ; r..\!'rtv B.«y iy*' (jr"". 7-i M : cocksfoot, y< l>.-r bushel : huiifdust, £7 ; chiitf, V 2 10s per t<.i. On Friday this market wa.s fully supplied with horse stock of medium quality, ftrniig rifling and spring cart horses ranged fr.,m C 8 to £13; smaller horses from fc'3 iiiiiv.uds. On Frid.iy hidns pitched in usual number kept their values. Stout ox brought tn>M 111 tn sirl : light ox, from 2W upwards; cow hides, ij'd to 2ii ; cilf fkiiH, 4d to (i.Jd per lb; tall.nv, li'.s Oil pur cwt; rough fat, ljd per lh; bones, £5 per ton. Sheep skins cm-tiii'i-i in request; fresh s':ins brought from 4-t to 7s Id ; dry skins, Is (id to 5.s each. At the- cattle sale held at Pnkekohn m> Monday, stock were yarded in full numbers. Dairy coivs were at lower values, tint all otliPrs bn.iisjht liiiflior values th:m have hitherto bo-in obtained. At Kauiiiem, on Thiusdiiy, d.'.iry cows, in usual number, were in better inquiry than lust week—all at ttieii , profit UMi-o sold at prices varying from i".i to £1 15s. The store cattle advertised fully kept ej> the late advance in values. Fe.t calves in usual number ;60 sold. Young calves at latn values, but large culves better worth, typing competed for by the grazier. Fat Cat'lf, in average number; 220 sold were irie.;ulai i" price, but on the whole slightly bitter worth. Ship-borne cattle wn.ro lower, bit Auckland fattened in many instance:--, higher than 1 vst week ; no good Auckland fattened cattle wore under 18< the 1001b. iSliuep, in average liumher : 820 sold obtainetl i slight advance over last weok'e in ii'ket ; storo wethors were at 14s ; fat wi'tliers, 16s to 22s fid each. Pigs, iihiindant; kilidly-hred [iigs of all classes jv(|'iired, and sold satisfactorily ; coarse pigs j»t nominal values. MESSH3 HUNTEH AND NOLAN'S WEEKLY liiii'OKT.—Horse feod, grain, seed-', otc. : Tnorn has been more doing in maize and grass seeds, but for horse feed the demand hiw be«n slack. We quote: Feed oate, Is 01 to 2s 2d per hnshel ; bran, CI 10s per ton ; oaten chalF, i' 2 10s to U2 12a Od ; rye grass, ijs 6d to tis (id per bushel ; cocksfoot, £s (id per bualidl. Horses: Brought forward in limited nuuiburs ; a steady demand existed, and without exception those offcied changed hands. Less thnn the usual ii iiuber were submitted by auction at the Durham \ardson Tuesday. Buyers were in altfiidance, and prices aatisfnetory to vvndors, We quote : Hacks, £-1 10s to tO r.'-i (i-l ; light harness and medium drauglit, .t"> 10s to £12 17s (id ; unbroken medium il'-tuglit colts and fillies, £7 10s to £1(5 los. Wool, hi'.les, skina, tallow, etc. : There was not a largo cataloguo on Tuesday at the 1 )iirh:un Yards, hut a brisk demand existed. We (|iioto: Extra stout nx, s.id per lb; »'out, Id to ijfl; medium, 3Jd to 3: v '(l; steer nn I cow, IJd to 2 : i'd ; kips, 2Jr] to 3d ; calf21 to r».Jd iicr lb ; sheepskins, butchin's ,"s M to 7s 7<t each, country 2s lid to :V ; pults, 7d to 2s Gd ; lambskins, Is 31 to Is "kI each ; wool, in bags, to 7id. Catthi: There has boen a continuous denruid, but no material alteration in value. There was a fair mtmher yarded at both Newmarket, and Pnpakura. Competition was good. Prices for .stores were slightly in favour of the purchaser. Some nverngßs of μ-ts were: £7 12s, fe7 2s, £7 Is 3d. £0 17s l>l. W 14s Ijrj, te 10-= 01. fOOs, eotis; cows. A'". L7s, £5 0s (id, i' 4 10.s, £4 Is lid, £3 12s Bd, i.':i 10s. Shenp were penned in moderate numbers at Nnwraarket on Tuesday, but weights wore not so heavy ,n.s usual, and prices were Is per head in favour of the IHircliHset ; wethers sold at from 13s to 1!)<, ewes 10s 31 to 17s 9d. Pigs : Small muster and chiefly rough ; sold at 2.V1 pur lb, live weight. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. (liV TKLKCJRAPH.—OWN COHKKSPONOENT.) Auckland, List Night.—Butter of all sorts remains unchanged in value from last week. Supplies are not heavy. Best dairv butter, 10d ; second quality, 8d ; and third quality, (id per lb (.vholpsale).—Cheesn is dearer, arid best available sorts are worth 4d, — Hams and bacon »ni in steady demand .'it usual rate- , . — tlggs are (id per dozen wholesale, and 8d per dozen retail. — I'lour Market: Prices are without any iictual change locally. Some of the Southern mills have advanced 10s per ton, and this will doubtless become n general advance (shortly. All forward business of any impoitance is steadily declined in the South. —Maize is quotßil 'at from 2s 3d to 2s 6d on tho wharf.—Potatoes remain in an uus.iti*factory state. Sains have been made at 37s (id, ex vessel, for Napiers, and up to £2 5s fur piiinest sound conditioned Canterburys.