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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3067, 12 March 1892, Page 2

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The Waikato Ti-.nes Office, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKET. Messrs A. Buckla.vd and Sons' Report. —During the past week meadow hay has brought 2s 6d ; eaten sheaves. Is 3d to to | 2t the cwt. ; chatf, 45a to 70s the ton ; maize, Is 8d to Is lOd ; oats, Is 4d to Is lOd ; rye grass, 4s 3d ; cocksfoot, Gs the bushel. On Friday horse stock penned in full numbers. Sound, useful animals sold freely. Prices ranged from £3 to £16 10s. There is an unsatisfied inquiry for Rood, heavy draught. Hides and skins, on Tuesday, were in inoderatci supply. Hides were in better inquiry than previous week. Light ox and cow hideß brought from Ud to 2.U1 : medium, 3d to3td ; heavy, 4|d to s£d ; calfskins, 4d to Gel the lb ; tallow, 20s the cwt ; lambskins, Is to 2s ; pelts, sdto2s 3d each; lambswool, 6Jd to li^d; longwnol, 6|d the lb. At Waiuku, on Saturday, thero was a full muster of stock. Bidding was slow at first, but rallied as the sale proceeded, and late values obtained. At Remoera, on Thursday, dairy cattle in moderate supply kept their values ; recently calved cows, nr those near calving, rangod from £5 to £6 10s each ; atore cattle in moderate nnmber were, consequent on the dry weather, at lower values ; fat cattle in full number (290 sold) kept sale values; steers were steady throughout the sale at 19s tho 100 lb : fat calves in moderato supply were bettor worth. Sheep in full numbers ; IC7O sold. Of those about 400 were stores, balance heavy fat sheep of good quality. Prices werelower, but consequent on the better quality of sheep, quotations will show little variance. Prices for owes wore ljd,wethers 2.fd the lb. Prices roalised were: For fat wethers, lis to 16s ; ewes, 7* to 13s 6d ; lambs, Ss to 12s : old ewes, 4s to 7s 6d ; store lambs, 3s 3d each. Pigs of all classes sold freely. Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Report.— Seeds, grain, horsefeed, etc.: The demand for seed has been rather brisk. Local ryegrass, selling at 63 per bushel ; Poverty B ly, from 6s 6d to 7s ; Cocksfoot, 6s 6d to 7s, but largo lines could not be placed ; maize, plentiful, at is 8d to Is lOd per bushel ; oats, Is 8d to 2s 4d ; bran, £4 per ton ; oaten chaff, £2 10s to £2 12s 6d. Horses : An average number were brought forward, and found purchaser without auy material change in v.;lue. A good many wero disposed of under the hammer. At the Durham Yards on Friday, competition was steady throughout the sale. We quota : Hacks and light harness horses, from £5 5s to £14 ; medium draught, £(> 10s to £14 10-?; weeds, £1 to £3. Wool, hides, skins, tallow, bones, etc. : Moderato quantities were Ditched at the Durham yards on Tuesday. The demand was steady through' out, without material alterations 111 value ; a good many bales of wool were disposed of at from id to decline on longwnol and crossbred, and Id per lb. on merino as compared with the series sales. We quote : Medium to stout ox hides, 3d to 4j l per lb ; cow and steer, lid to 2jd ; calfskins, 3W to 4jd per lb ; horse hides, 5s each ; sheepskins, pelts, 8d to Is 8d cach ; lambskins, 9,1 to Is 8d ; broken and weevily pelt-., Id to Od each. Wool, in bales : Longwool, (iJ to GVJ per lb ; lambswool, (id to 6JI ; wool in bags, 5d to 6.jd ; locks, pieces, and doad wool, ljd to 5d per lb. Cattle: The stir in the market noted last week has continned, and prices for all descriptions were in favour of tho vendor, notwithstanding that expectations of some vendors of stores were not realised. At the auction sales on Tuesday at Newmarket and Pukekohe on Wednesday, bidding for all descriptions was spirited. The pens wero fairly filled, and scarcely a lot was withdrawn, the previous week's values having been fully maintained. Some averages of fat stiers were : £7 16s, £7 s', £7 2s (id, £6 12«, £6 Bs, £6 ss, £5 17s 6d, £5 10s, £4 12s 6d, £4 10s, £4. Sheep were in short supply, and prices had an upward tendency ; wethers sold at from lis 3d to 15s 9d ; ewes, Ss 6d to lis 6d; mixed sexes, lis to 13s 6d; lambs, 6s 6d to lis 6d. Pigs continue in short supply, and sold at from 2d to per lb live weight. Messrs Hunter and Nolan held their second sheep fair this season at Greenlane. About 6000 sheep were yarded. The attendance of buyers was large, competition was brisk, and, with the exception of a few pens, everything was quitted at an advance on late prices.' Two and four toith ewes brought from 10s to 16s 6d ; wethers, 9s 6d to 12s 6d ; aged ewes, 5s 6d to 7s ; lambs, 6s 6d to 9s; rur.s, from 30s to 5 guineas.