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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3011, 31 October 1891, Page 2

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The Waikato Times Offlee, Kriiiay. WAIKATO MALKKTS.

Mr.\V. J. Humi;i;sports :-AtthoOhaupo yards on Tuesday there was again a very lamu inu-lur of oltle, and also a good attend.mix of biiyiTs. Bidding was brisk thr-inniiii-it :!ie >.ilu, and all lots were cL'U'uil, witli tlio exception of throe pens of fiHir-yuiii-iilcl bullocks, which were, after a loner jiiurney, looking bail, and wero held for next sale on November 10th. A full number of dairy cows met ready sale, pood cowh making from £1 10s to i'tj (is. The young cattlo penned wore well bred, and elicited keen competition, and realised prices fully up to previous sales. Store cows met ready sale, and a large number sold. .Fat cattlo wero inefficient for requirements, mid good prices, ruled. Dairy cows, at uUving, I't f> £5 6s; backward springers, £2 5s to t'3 lO.h ; yearling steers, £1 Us to ,12 !)s; mixed sexes, calves and yearlings, 19s to liQs ; imo anil a-half to two and a-half year old steers, £3 10s to £3 Us ; four and five year old stenrs, i. I t.i £■> 9.1 ; etoro cows, I"- , 4« to I' 3 ."is: for very fresh cows and calves, CI! 10s to £2 Us (id ; cows, i"J Is to £3 fis ; fat heifers, K? 10s to t'4 I;"m ; fat cows, fl to £."> 15-1: longwool owes and lambs Ms (id,—At Mr .f. P. Thomson's furnituro salo on Thursday, at Cambridge, there was a largo attendance of buyers, and tho Inrnitnre boinfr really Rood realised satisfactory prices, as follows: Draw-ing-room suite, £22 10s ; cabinet, £15 ; table, £-1; duchess suite, £11 10a; halftester bedstead, £3 ; silver tea and coffeo service, £7; drawing-room carpet, £7 ; hall lamps and chandeliers, £1 5s to £2 17s Gd : harmonium, £5 10s; and a lot of sundries at full rates. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Messrs Ai.fkkd Bcckland and Sons' Weekly Kkport,—At the Haymarket during tko past week oaten sheaves have kopt their lato prices, but meadow hay was almost unsaleable. For Little's sheep dip and woolpacks there is an increasing inquiry. Maize at 2s and 2s Id the bushel; chaff, £2 15s to £3 10s the ton ; oatmeal, 8a (id the owt were tho prices obtained, On Friday horso stock, yarded numerously, wero dull of salo, but Rood animals kept their values. Activo harness horsesranged from £10 to £15 ; hacks, from £2 to £7 ; privately a lady's riding horse, £30. At Pukekohe, on Monday, a very full supply of cattle wore in request throughout the sale at fully iato values. On Tuesday, at the Haymarket, hides sold freely at late quotations. At Remuera, on Tursday, dairy cattle were in better inquiry and sold freely. Prices ranged from £3 for heifers to i's 10s for best cows. Store cattle in limited numbers kept their late values. I'at cattle in usual supply, 240 sold ; ateers were in steady demand throughout, at from 17s to IKs the 1001b, but coarse cows fell towards end of sale from 5s to 10s each. Calves in less than usual numbers, scarcely kept their late values. Sheep in full numbers sold satisfactorily ; store half bred owes in their wool, 12e; lungwoolled ewe lambn, Ilia !)d the couple ; fat wethers, shorn, 13n lid to ICj 6d ; ewes, 12s to 16s each, 1100 yarded. Fat tombs wore better worth, pricea ranged from 8s b'd to 15s (id each, 19f> sold. Pigs in usual supply, wore lower in price.

Meksjw Hunter and Nolan's Report. —Grain, deed, horaefeed, etc. : Supplies havo been ample tor requirements, ami the demand steady. Wβ quota : Feed oats, Is lOd to 2n -Id por bnshel; maize, 2a ti> 2s SJd ; bran, £4 5s to £4 10-i per ton ; oaten chaff, £2 10< to £2 2s 6d. Horses have been in good demand, and those of a decent Btainp found ready ealo at fully tho proviolin weok'H values. A pood many were submitted by auction at the Durham Yards on Friday, and competition was good. Hacks, ut from £1 15s to i>2o; light harness horses, £■"> 10s to £14 10s; medium draught, £7 10s to £11! 15s. Wool, hides, skins, tallow, bones, etc. : As the season son advances, more wool in bales has been brought forward. On Tuesday at the Durham wool store, bales of crossbred greasy sold at from O.fd to 7d per lb. Cattle: Quite average numbers of all descriptions havo been otfered for sale, and found purchasers at the previous week's values. The Newmarket Yards were fairly well filled on Tuesday, and bidding was brisk throughout, Wo quote: Weaners, 15s to 25a each ; yearling, 61 to £1 10s ; 18-month to 2-year old steers, £110s to £2 18s; 3-year old. £1 10* to £3 10s ; grown steers, t'4 tn £5 2s Gd ; dry cows, £2 5s to £3 Ms Gd; dairy cows, £3 10s to £5 10s; beef, 10s to ISs Gd per 1001b. Somo averages of fjit stoors woro : t'7 us, £7 Is, £7, £6 15s, Cli 13s, i'fi (w, Sii 12s lid, i'r> 5s ; cows, £5 His (id, £5, £1 His Gd, £1 3s !)d, £4, £3 12s (id. Sheep: Tho number penned at Newmarket on Tuesday was scarcely large enough for rociuiroments and of light weights, and sold at. from 2s to 2s 4d per {fibs : wethers sold at from 14s 9d to 20s Gd; ewen, 14s to 17s; shorn wnthers, lls to Ills 3d each ; lambs, Us !>d to lL's lid each. I'igs, scarce, sold at from 2.W to 3d per lb live weight.