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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 2996, 26 September 1891, Page 2

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Thi Waikato Time* Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVK STOCK SIARK i:ts. MKSSIIH A. BITKI.ANI) AND SONS* Wkrki.y Rki'OUT.— At th" hiTsii iiwrki't, nn Friday, horse stock freely. U-cful horses ranged from L'S t" EM aach ; a buggy brought I'!' ;do;*cart, El 110 s: saddles, from £1 to £2 I.V each. At liemuer.i on Thursday, dairy cattle at their protit yarded in loss numbers than usual, kept last week's values, their prices ranged limn I'D 10s tn £5. Storo cattln in usual snpply : 7"> hoad of all classes sold, fully kept lato values, particularly young cattle. Fat calves, mostly under six weeks t Id, sold satisfactorily, 18 yarded ; prices ranged from -Is to 22s each. Fat cattlo in usual supply. 246 yarded. Ship-borne cattlo were no better worth, and remained at 17s but Auckland fatted advanced in price. All ijoorJ atoers were at 20s the lOOlbs, and ch' ico C"ws at 17s the lOOlbs. Sheep in usual supply, 934 Bold. A pan of crossbred ewes and lambs brought losOd tliecouplo; store lionets, 10s lid each ; fat sheep advanced in price from 2s to 3s each ; wethers worn at 3jd tlio lb ; crossbred wethers brought l'Js to liL's each ; lambs, plentiful, mostly brought (rum 9s to liis each ; inferior, from (is (id upwards ; pigs in larger number than for several weeks, were required ; well-bred porkers averaged 245, or fully 2!d tlio lb ; large coarse pies were dull of sale.

Mrasits. HI'.NTEIt AMI XOL.AN'o IIEFOHI'. — Horuo.-j; hjaliw Invu been limited, owing liriucijially ti) tho limited number of tin.-® of a |*ood lAawp lirouiiht, forward, unci priee;i [or this cla.n had mi upward tendency. Wo quote : llnckn, frnm JJ-t "I0:j to .1!) I,'is; medium draught, I'li to JCIC 10.-i; weed.*, til-m to Ki 15*. Wool, hid***, fikins, tallow, etc. : About the usual quaiilitio.s woro submitted at. the Durham Yards on Tuesday. Competition way brnk, and the |iruviouu weok's values wore sustained. Wo quote:—Cattle: -V lart;u number of Btoroa liiive been disposed of; grown stoern :md yotinfr cattle fully maintained their ViiliK;, but tliero was a downward tendency for other descriptions. 'Dairy and fat stock woro brought forward in rather limited numbers, and advanced slightly in valuo. The Newmarket yards were well filled at fcho cattle fair on Monday, and thero was a larpo attendance of buyers, and 1217 changed handa ; grown steers at from £3 10s to .CG2s (kl: two-year-old steers, £2 l. r ia lo JJo 17s (id ; yuiirlings, JUI 17s fid to t'3 7s fid ; calves, £1 to i'l IL'm: dry cows, £1 l;ja to Oo Js Ud. At the regular weekly sale at Newmarket, on Tuesday, thero was rather a small muster. Pat beasts advanced in valuo fully 10s por head, reaching over 20s per 1001b for prime ox ; some averages of Blears were CO 7s, 17 (id, £7 C 7 B*, £5 10s ; cows, £0, £5 15s, £i 10s Gd, £3 10s, £3 r»s. .Sheep were penned in limited numbers, and prices were markedly in favour of the vendor; wethers sold at from 10s Gd to 23s fid each ; ewes, l is to lfis Gd ; lambs, 0s (id to l is. T'igs: Short supply, sold at from 2Jd to 3d per lb livo weight.