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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3097, 21 May 1892, Page 2

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The Waikato Tunes Office, Friday. WAIKATO LIVIO STOCK MARKETS. J. McNicol Rkpoiits At Olmnpn on Tuesday, 250 head of cattle were yarded, jitirl fliceji, pood thrao and four-year-old turnip steers frutu W. Thornton truuio from £0 -Is to t'(! 10s. Gond three-year-okl .stnra steer- from same seller, .414 Gs to £4 7s fid; pen frood four-year-old turnip steers from 11. Rig?, £0 each ; pen erood steers from W. J. Gribble, £115s ;31 two and tlireo-year-old steers, same seller, made £2 Jos each ; yearling steers, £2 ss; nine to twelve month-old steers, 32s Gel ; Rood store cows, £2 10s each : fat cows made from £3 5s to £-1 10s ; fat steers, £5 17s (id to £(j 12s Gd. Sheep: Good half-bred lambs from King Country made Gs Gd to 7s 2d ; one particularly nice pen of half-bred LincolnMerino lambs making 9s 3d each. The auctioneer in selling these lambs called attention to the advice that was being so freely given to Waikato farmers by wouldbe authorities on the class of sheep to breed for freezing, and sairl that perhaps if these men were present and saw these lambs they would hesitate in future to offer advice that results might not perhaps bear out, those lambs being as good sheep for freezing as any cross of Down-, and would beat Downs two to one for valuo of fleece. His opinion is borne out by the t;ir?esfc breeders and shippers of freezers in Mawkes Bay and Wellington. In future he thought more attention would be paid to the Merino 6we for breeding freezers, as a cross from thein with Lincoln, Leicester or Romney ram was equal to Blackface for freezing and far superior for value of fle;ce. Farmers instead of being led away by the advice of men who, some of thorn, are only amateurs, would do better to suit the breed oE sheep to the country they ran 011, and pounds, shillings and pence result would bear this out. Store Merino wethers up to Gs; good cross-bred ewes, full mouths and in lamb 9s each; good young longwool ewes in lamb, 12s Gd each, _____ AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKETS. MESSBS A. BUCKLANn AND SONS* RETORT.—At the Haymarket during the past week hay has ranged from 2s to 3s 3d ; oaten sheaves, 2s to 2s Gd por cwt; chaff, £3 10s, carrots, 27s to 30-! per ton ; maize, Is 8d to 2s ; oats, Is lOd to 2s 3d ; rye grass, 4s 3d to Gs ; cocksfoot, Gs per bushel. On Friday horse stock yarded in full numbers were at late values ; useful stock, medium strength, ranged from £8 to £17 ; spring carts, from £7 to £14 each. On Tuesday hides in usual supply sold freely ; heavy ox brought from 4jd to 4£d ; cow and light ox, to 2jd ; calf skins, 4d to Gid per lb ; rought fat, ljd per lb ; tallow, 18s Gd to 21s per cwt; bones, £4 18s per ton ; lamb skinß, Is 9d to Is lOd ; pelts, 5d to la Gd; sheep skins, Is Gd to 3s each ; wool, ijkl to G.Jjd ; locks and pieces, 2; t 'd to Od per lb. At Pokeno on Monday there was but a small muster of cattle ; dairy cows at their profit were required, and sold freely ; store cattle at lower values. At Drury on Wednesday cattle were yarded in excess of usual markets ; grown steers were easier in price, young cattle kept late values, dairy cows near their profit advanced in value ; prices ranged from £0 to £S each. At Remnera, 011 Thursday, dairy cattle maintained their late advance. Grown store cattle were lower in price fully 10s each. Calve}, short of requirement, sold at extreme values. Fat cattle, in less than usual number: 208 yarded, were better worth Is the 1001b. Shaep advanced in price Is each. Dairy cows at their profit brought from £4 to £7 5s ; forward in calf, from £3 15s to £5 10s ; dry cows, 30s to G7s ; grown steers, £4 103 ; three-year steers of good quality, £3 ; the young bulls, from 25s to £5 15s each ; fa 1 ; Bteers were from 18s to 21s ; cows, 173 Gd the 1001b ; merino ewes, from 5s to Gs ; long-woolled ewes, 8s Gd to lis 3d ; wethers, 10s Gd to 183 ; mixed sexes, 12s 6d to 14s ; shorn hoggets, 5s to 7s Gd—in their wool, 8s to 10s each. Pigs were generally in good condition, and kept late values : Heavy pigs brought from £2 10s to £3 15s ; porkers, 19s to 355; coarse pigs, 7s 6d to lGs Gd each.

Messrs Huntrr and Nolan's Report.-— Horse feed, grain, seeds, etc. : The supply has not been in oxcess of requirements, nnd prices remained firm, and in some lines there was a decided advance, maize reaching 2s a bushel; oats, 2s to 2s 4d per bushel; bran, £4 per ton ; chaff, £2 10s to £2 10-i per ton. Horse-: : Quite an average number offered, and there was a steady demand, and for those of a really good stamp it remained unsatisfied. Rather more than the usual number were entered for sale at the Durham yards on Friday, and bidding was good throughout the sale, but no high-priced horses were submitted. We quote : Hacks, £-1 10a to £0 15s; light harness horses, £5 15s to £10 10s ; medium draught, £f> 10s to £14 10s ; unbroken, £(> to £11: weeds, £1 4s to £2 10*. Wool, hides, skins, bones, tallow, etc. : Barely average quantities were submitted on Tuesday, and sold at the previous week's values. Stout ox, to4jd per lb ; steer and cow, IJd to 3Jd per lb ; calfskins, to 5d per lb; sheepskins, Is lid to 2s lOd each; lambskins, Is 2d to 2s each ; pelts, 6fi to Is Id each; wool fleece, GJd to Gjd per lb. Bones, £4 to £5 per ton. Tallow, IGs to 19s 3d per cwt. Cattle : The market has been quiet, and scarcely the usual numbers were brought forward. The Newmarket pens were not nearly filled on Tuesday. Competition was slow for butchers' stocks, unless in prime condition ; for all other stock bidding was brisk. We quote : Calves, los to £1 ; yearling-;, £1 to £1 12s (id ; oiglifceen-montin-old steers, £2 to £2 7s 6d ; grown steers, £3 10.-* to £112s 6d ; dry cows, £1 15s t) £2 ss. Some averages of fat were : £S, £7 12s (3d, £G 17s Gd, £'i) 5, lid, £0 3s 2d ; cows, £5, £4 17s Gd, £4 17s, £4 12s Gd, £4 7s Gd. Sheep were penned in increased numbers at Newmarket on Tuesday, and were steadily competed for. Wethers, at from 11? to IGs 9d each ; ewes, 10< 3d to 15s ; mixed sexes, 10s to 13s 9:1 ; lambs. Gs Gd to lis. Pigs : Only small ones were yarded, and sold at from Gs 6cl to 18s Gd each,

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. (lIT TKLEGHAPH.—OWN COHRKSPONniCN'T.) Auckland, Last Night.—ln the local produce markets the prices are about the same as last week. The prices are : Best dairy butter is, second quality, 9d, and third quality 7d per lb wholesale ; eggs are Is Gd per dozen wholesale, and Is 9d per per dozen retail. Maize is hardening in price and prices have advanced. Sales have been made at 2s and 2s Id. Potatoes are at last week's prices, viz., 45s for Blenheims, and 50s for Canterbury? off wharf in wholesale lots. There has been a scarcity this week, but it has not made any alteration in quotations. Oats have advanced in the South Id per bushel, and local values have hardened in sympathy. We juoto at 2s to 2s Id.