AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MAR KETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3017, 14 November 1891, Page 2

AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MAR KETS.

MhSSII.S AM'UKI) BI'CKr.ANTI AN'O SONS' Weekly Repuiu'.— At the Hay market during tli'i past week sales of fiidrior have been nominal ; prices without alteration. Oil Friday, horse stock, in usual number, kept their prices. There was an unsatisfied demand for young horses suitable for coaching. Prices for stock of this description ranged from ,£lO 10s to I'M each ; secondhand spring carts brought respectively til to L'l-. At the hide and skin sale on Wednesday lute values wen; obtained. Sound ox ranged from 3d to ; cow, 2.', d to _;d ; calf, 5d to 7{d ; tallow, IBs the cwt; fresh sheepskins, 3s fid to us (id; pelts, 7d to Is; lamb skins, 0d to Is 8d each ; wool, 5d to 7\d ; locks and pieces, "d to Id tho lb. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattlo in usual numbers kept their values. Prices fur good animals at their profit varied from £1 to £5 ss. Store cattle plentiful, and sold freely at sale values, particularly young cattle. Fat cntrlo in usual number; 2"3 yarded were required. Prices for steers were steady at 18s the, 1001 bs. Cows from 13s to 15s. Calves, abundant, wore better worth, for young cilvns are again bought for rearing. Shorn sheep yarded in full number ; 1040 nold kept la:-t week's values. Longwoolled wethers brought from 14s to lfts ; crossbred, lis to lis ; envps, !ls to 15s each. Fat lambs in fair numbers ; 310 sold were all required, and fully last week's values sustained, prices ranging from 8s !)d to lis each. Pigs generally of good quality were more plentiful than of late, and of better enquiry; porkers trorn 701b to 1101b dead weight brought from 15s to 2"hc. mh. Tho Devon boll advertised brought £7; Alderney bull, £t Is; priz'l oxen, t'L3; wethers, 17s to 1!)< ; ewes, M- e icli.

AIKSSHS HUN'rCK AST) Xot.AM'S RrpOIIT. — ( i : III), Seel-, 11-il'Se fee I, o'c. : There h i* li 'tin an ade.-|i iih Miii|ilv and bur. limited demand. Wis quote; Oats, 2s Id Co 2s (id per bushel ; iiviinn, 2-2 I ; linn, L' 4to £4 ."15 perl -ii ; • >ut>'ri chaff. i' 2 10-- to t;2 12s (i 1. 11■ >i! : Dullness his uharactei ised the ni ir-k>-i, bii' a limited ninnbor have been bin ie|»t. f 'rw ir i tnd disposed 'if without any i.otie" able cli incr«> in inhi". Ttiere were an ,i\er i£e number subnii' teri by auc tion al the Dnili im Y irds nn Tuesday, but bidding wis sow, and t >r smne few lots ivs.'i vh c'iuM ivi' be i i'icli-'l. \V • quote : H.cks it fr - ii Cl 2; HI m £!) 10s ; Injht h.u'ne-s li'-rs-'s. £.1 10- '<<• £11 15s ; medium (I-luitht, £8 I,ls tn JL'ir, 10s. Wiml, hides, skins, bcines, tallow, &c. : quantities were pitched nn Wedne-d >y at tho Dur hum Yards, and competition was steady I lihichmic the sale. We quote ; Stout ox, -Id too.f I pur lt> : steer, 2.H to 3.1 1 ; extra .stout i-.iw hi-les, 3§ I: ordinary cow, 2d to 2Jd ; !-fii|„', ljd to 2.(1 ; dam iced bides, lJid" to 1,-j 1 ! ; r ilf skins, obnld per I'l : sheep t;kin, loc 'I, 4s 31In -1 11l each : country, Is Od to ■I• 2I ; I i[ub~ skin-, 7d to J , (id each ; UlbUll peli.S, Is ; Wool, sum Ii )"ts, (i^d to 7d per lb: l-rks arid pieces, 3jd to 4d ti ■ r in; t mIo-.--, |;i s p or Civt ; lion- .-., x 1 ii s ft 1 to i'o p-.M' ton. CitUe. A t.'.i.uh-''f"iii-n-l liexisted, and ail iii""*; t. '! nn «.f -ton , v.vn: brought fo:-uap|. :i-e ii.u -iv i lie nuiiiber of dairy and tai. lie-i-i-. hands. Prices for all <;• ■ ■ii'it-i mi 'n l a slightly upward • li'iievT.i" M.'.iislerancn of the snluat .. . ' i ' V, ednosdav, in-tead of Tuns- ■ : i:i of the holidays, lessened th lumber of stock submitted, but there was a uo'.id attendance .if buyers, and ]vi- • were in f ivour of the vendor. Some avei 'es of fat steers were, .17 'Is 9i, £7 Us 9J, t'7 (is (id, i 7 in :i i, fli 17s lid, £5 l(is ; pair bullocks cmhil>ited by Mr Robert Bent, ot Waink'u, at the Agricultural Show, i'l'J 5s and i'l I reepectivelv : cows, £C> 17s r«l, t'ti, t.">, £4 12s til, «4, t3 lis, £3 2s Gd. fljef ranged fioiu His tn 10s por 1001b. v.e.in atrdn in limited numbors at Niwrnrkcl -»i Wednesday, and were i»f;aiti l.v"nlv cotupeterl for, particularly a few pens of O-.f-ird I towns, tired and fattened by Mr Kdward Coates, of Pahi, which realised 1-Ss each : shorn ewes, 9s 3d to 13s ; lambs, 8s !ld to lis each. Pij;s : Scarce; a s 'ood demand exists, at from 2d to 3d per lb, live wciffht.