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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3058, 20 February 1892, Page 2

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The Waikato Times Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVK STOCK -MAR KETS. Messrs. A. Bucki.and and Sons' Wkkki.y Kki'OUT.— At the llayinarket during the past wenk fodder has ranged from 1* to 2s '.)(! tho cwt: this season's nats, la lOd ; old oats, 2s 2d ; maizo, Is 8d to Is 10d tho bushel. On Friday horse stuck in full numbers scarcely kept late values, unbroken draught colts brought £10 to £12 ; Rood active conch horses, £15; useful hacks and harness horses, froin £5 to £7 ; buggy horse and harness, £15. At the hide and skin sale on Tuesday hides in full numbers scarcely kept late values, prices for ox ranged from 2jd to 3J,d ; cow, lAd to 2d ; calf, 4d to 6d tho lb ; tallow, 15s to 18s the cwt; pelts and skins, from 4d to 2s 5d ; lamb skins, Is to Is lOd each : crossbred wool, 7|d ; limbs wool, (j'l to (i.jd tho lb. At Pokeno on Monday a moderate mu*ter of cattle sold frßely particularly calves and yearlings. At Drury on Wednesday cattle wore yarded in full numbers ; near 500 head sold, the greater portion calves and yearlings. Buyers were plentiful, and good nricos ruled. Calves, mixed sexes, brought from 25s to 3Ss ; yoarlings up to 50s ; two-year-old steers up to £3 ; three years up to £1 15s; dairy cows in less than usual numbers sold freely, at from £3 to £G 5s each. At Remuora on Thursday dairy cattle yarded in less numbers than usual were required ; prices ranged from £3 to £(l. Store cattle in limited number kept their values. Fat calves, short of requirement sold freely at full values. Vat cattle abundant; 317 sold. Prices were equable throughout the sale, although varying from lTs to 20s, by far tho greater number were at 18s the 1001b. Sheep in full numbers : 1400 cold were in demand at last work's values. Fat wethers brought from lis to 15s ; ewe?, 8s Gd to 12s Gd ; lambs, 7s to 13s; store wethers, 7s Gd to 9s 6d : storelambf, 4s 3d to lis 9J each ; porkers in usual number from 14i to 255; weauers, 4s to 9s each.

Messrs Hunti:r and Nolan's Report.— Horse feed, grain, seed, etc. : Maize has binn supplied in excess of requirements, unci for other grain the demand was in excess of the supply. Wo quote : Oats, Is Gd to 2s 2d per bushel ; maize, Is 8(1 to 2s ; btan, £4 per ton ; chaff, £2 10 s to £2 12s Gd por ton. Horses : The supply has not been a large one, and a steady demand existed without alteration in values. The ntimber B.ibmitted by auction at the Durham Yards was not so large as oti the previous week, ami but few of a good stamp, but competition was steady throughout, and but fejv remained in original hands. We quote : Medium draught and light harness horses, £5 15.- to £13 10s: hacks, £4 5s to £12 10< ; weeds, £1 lOs'to £2 15s each. Wool, hides, skin, tallow, bones, &c. •• There was rattier a largo number of hides pitched at the Durham Yards on Tuesday, principally of medium size and quality ; wool and sheep skins were fairly represented. Tallow and bones short of requirements ; competition was steady throughout. We quote: Medium to store ox hides, 3d to 'tjjd ; cow and steer, lgd to 2Jd ; kip, 2d to ; stag, li]d to lid ; calfskins, 2Jd to 5Jd per lb; tallow, £17 to £19 per ton ; bones, £4 15s to £5 per ton ; sheepskins, 2s 8d to 3s Id ; pelts, 9d to Is 7d ; lambskins, Is to Is 8) each ; longwool, (i.[d to G^d; crossbred, 6|d to GJd ; lambswool, Gd to G.jd ; locks and pieces, 3Jd to 5d per lb. Cattle: The supply has been an average one, and a good demand has existed for all descriptions. The Newmarket Yards were moderately filled on Tuesday, and competition was good throughout the sale. For dairy and fat stock prices were in favour of the vendor, and stores fully maintained the previous week's values. Ox beef ranged from 17s to 22s per 1001b ; cow, 14s to 18s. Some averages of steers were £8 Ss, £S 5s Id, £8

2s (id, £7 14s, £7 10s, £7 7s 3d ; cows. £0 ss, £0, £4 17s Gd, £3 2s Gd. Sheep : Over an average number were penned on Thursday at Newmarket, and there was keen competition throughout, but little or no advance on the previous week's prices, from Is 4d to Is 8d per 81b; wethers sold at from 12s Gd to 13s 9d each ; ewes, Ss 9d to lis; mixed lots at 9s 3d to 10s 3d; lajnbs, 5s 3d to 12s (id. Pigs were in limited numbers, and sold from 2d to 2|rl per lb live weight. SHAREMARKET. (i:y tklegraph.—own correspondent.) Auckland, Last Night.—Bank of New Zealand., sellers, £5 ; Colonial Bank, buyers, •11s ; National Insurance, buyers, 10s; New Zealand Accident Insurance, buyers, 7s Gd ; Loan and Mercantile.sellers, 52s ; New Zea laud Drutr, buyers, 18s Gd ; Northern Boot, sellers, 4s Gd; Union Oil. buyers, 15s; Mining, May Queon, sellers, 5s ; Moauat.airi, sellers, is !)d ; Saxon, sellers, Is lOd ; Albumin, business done, Is Gd to Is 4d; Norfolk, sellers Is ; Manukau, sellers. 7d ; Cambria, sellers, Is 8d ; Magnolia, sellers, Gd; Hazelbank, sellers, 2s ; Crown, buyers, 3s !)d, sellers, 5s Id ; Woodstock,sellers, 2s; Silverton, buyers, 2s Gd; sellers, 2s 9d; Wnihi, sellers, Is Sd ; Try Fluke, sellers, -Ir, lied Mercury, sellers, Is 3d.

♦FROZEN MEAT. Messrs Henry S. Fitter and Sons report under date January Bth : — The supply of home-killed mutton has not been quite so heavy. Old ewes are not so plentiful, and Dutch mutton is almost over for the season. Live cattle-are fetching higher prices, and American beef has been arriving in shorter quantities, resulting in much better prices. Our anticipations of better prices with the new year have already proved correct; and although the stale condition of soinßof the New Zealand sheep may rot ml the improvement to some ex'.snt tor a short time, the demand is already improving, and prices are firmer all round. Best quality New Zealand sheep are still very scarce, and we are daily receiving numerous inquiries for them. We are very pleased to be able to report a docided improvement in the valuo ot New Zealand beef, and if the supply of American beef continues short, we hope to have still better news for th 6 next mail. Pigs are also making better prices. We would, however, remind intending shippers that pigs should be shipped only so as to arrive between October and May, as the pork trade falls off in the summer. To-day's prices are as follows :—Scotch sheep, por stono of Blb, 'Is Gd to 4s lOd ; Enelisli sheep, 4s 2d ti 4s (id ; Continental, .'is to 4s ; ewes, 3s 2d to 3s Gd ; Canterbury New Zealand sheep, 2s Sd to 2s lid ; Wellington New Zealand sheep, 2s Gd to 2s Sd ; Queensland sheep, 2s 2d to 2s 3d ; River Plate sheep, 2s 1(1 to 2s 2d : New Zealand beef, hindquarters, 2s 4d to 2s Gd ; New Zealand beef, fore-quarters, 2s to 2s 2d ; American boef, hind-quarters, oslOd t" 4s 4d ; American beef, fore-quarters, 2s Gd to 2s lOd ; English pigs, 3s Sd to 4s.