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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3128, 2 August 1892, Page 2

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Th> Waikato Times Office, Monday. WAIKATO MARKKTS. Mu W. .T. llun'Tku hod a most successful sale at Cambridge I:>st Siituiday. The hnro lgh sale y.irds wore completely filled with cattle nf all d script ons. whico were nearly all quitted at pikes fully up to the Ohanpo standard. Strong calve* and yearling* made up to £1 17s lid uach ; two-year-old I'.'i 5s : and a number of fat cowa .sold at from £3 12- (Id to tG. For 12 prime stcer.'i Mr Beere was offered £7 10s each, but he declined the offer, preferinK to send thorn on to Auckland. Many good judges of cattle think ho will not bonftfifc much by the change of market, and will be anxious to know the result. Horsos appeared to be in demand ; about 25 were sold at good prices. Aged draught hordes made from £S to £12 ss, and useful hacks and pontes from £2 to £0 10s. A number of prize fowls from Auckland brought satisfactory price*, as did also a quantity of fat fowls and turkeys. A. lot of harness and saddles were quilted at fair prices, and farm produce also sold well. The furniture that was advertised was all sold, and as thore was a good quantity of it, as may be imagined Mr Hunter had a busy day. The sale was not concluded till 5 p.m. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. Mb Alkxandkk Aitken's Market Report for the week ending July 30. —Business steady during the week, and values throughout remain very satisfactory. The auction sales have been well attended, with fair amount of competition. In farm produce, values remain firm; but dairy produce has a downward tendency. In potatoes a good business has been done; consignments from Canterbury, Napier and Taranaki, in addition to several Waikato lots, have all sold on arrival. Prime Canterbury, £2 10s to £3 ; Taranaki, £2 15s to £3 ss; Napier, £2 10s to £2 15s ; Waikato, £2 10s to £2 15s; prime Southern seed, £2 lo* to £3. Local and Waikato seed are yet dull of sale, all growers preferring imported seed. Southern kidney seed have been in demand beyond 3iipply at £3 to £3 10s, while local and Waikato-grown have failed to find purchasers. Magnum Bonum (Waikato-grown) have sold on arrival at £2 10s to £3 ss, with further demand. Onion? to hand entirely of inferior sample, and sold at 2s to 3s per cwt; fairly good lots, id to j'd; kumeras, (is 9d to 7s. Oats: A Southern consignment quitted at 2s 3d to 2s •Id ; .vheat is only in moderate supply, with increased demand, at 2s lOd to 3s 3d. Milling : 300 sacks sold to arrive at 3s 9d. Maize remains very scarce, and is worth 2s 3d, ship's side, and 2s Gd ex store. Mangolds have found speedy sale at 20s to 25s per ton; swedes, 20s to 30s. Carrots are scarce, and in good demand at 30s to 355. Chaff has also found speedy sale, with further demand, at £3 5s to £3 10s for oaten sheaf. Butter has been put through in considerable quantities, although the market has a downward tendency. Prime, Is Id to Is 3d; prime local keg butter, lOd to lid; poor, Od to tI.W; Tur.maki prime fresh potted, Is to is 2d ; medium, 9d to lOld. Cheese : Verylittle offering at auction, "although heavy arrivals from the South seem likely to overstock the market, there baingnow more in town than will be consumed before the new make comes in ; (id to Okl are the prices being asked for factory ttvu:le. A line to hand from Taranaki sold at 5d to sid. Eggs, although very far short of demand last week, were more plentiful this week, and in good demand at-10Jd to Is Id. Bacon, prime well got up,}.sells on arrival at 5d to (id, while hams are rather dull at Gd to 7d ; poor lots downwards. Honey remains in demand beyond supply at 3d to 3£d, and up to 4kl for white.clover. Lard has sold freely : kegs 4d to 4id, bladders sd. Beeswax, lOd to lid. "Fruit has been very scarce, a few small lines of local apples to hand realised from 3d to 3£d ; lemons are a drug at present, and 3old at from 5d to 8d per dozen ; Hobart apples of poor quality sold at from 8s Gd to 9s per case. Oranges are very scarce, a quantity to hand per s.s. Upolu, in very poor condition, have been sold to arrive at an average of Is per dozen. Bananas, 3s to 3s 9d per buncli; pines 4s Gd to 5s per dozen ; cocoanuts, Gs to 7s per sack; tomatoes, 5d to per lb; dried apples, Gd to Gjd per lb. Poultry penned in large quantity with strong demand. First-class table fowls, Is lOd to 2s Gd ; others, Is 4d to Is Sd ; Spanish fowls up to 4s Id each ; other pure breeds to 3s Gd each. Ducks, Is 8d to 3s 3d each ; geese, 3s Sd to 4s, in demand ; turkeys, 3s 5d to 7s 9d each ; pigeons, 9d to Is ; canaries, 2s to 8s 3d. Pigs were penned in large numbers, with strong demand ; best breeds, 10s 6d to 15s Gd ; medium lots. 7s to fls Gd ; poor and suckers, 2s 6d to Gs3d ; dead rabbits, Is 8d to 2s per pair; hares, 2s to 2s Gd each. Mehsks Ksam and Author's Weekly Report.—The volume of business has been fully up to the average, miscellaneous sales having been held daily. Changes in produce values are unimportant. Potatoes have come to hand in large quantities, the arrivals by water being fully 3000 sacks. Prices are a shade easier. The demand ftir prime seel is fairly good, but only the very tiest commands attention. Maize is exceedingly scarce at present, consequent upon Syduoy requirements. Other cereals ;u-i; without change. iJairy produce: Prime fresh butter is coming forward in increased quntities, and values are a shade under last week. For suit butter the demand is easier, the demand being chiefly confined -to local use. Eggs are fairly plentiful, and considering the retail prices auction rates are satisfactory. Local hams and bacon coming forward in large quantities and fetching good value, comparing quality with Canterbury factory cure. Fruit has been in very shor: supply, local apples realised high prices; lemons are m slack demand. Poultry penned in satisfactory numbers. Auction rates are as followsWaikato int itoes, £2 to £2 1.0 a; SoutliPrn, £2 5s to £2 15s ; kidneys £2 10s to £2 15s; Hohart Sf'ed, £1 to £2 10s; pumpkins, £2 10s to £3; red carrots, £115s t > £2 5s ; whitf, ill 10s to£l 15s; maugolds, •Jo<: onions, £4 to £5. yd to fd per lb; maize, 2s Gd ; oat-i, 2s 4d to 2s 5d ; wheat, 3s to 3s 3d ; sharps, 4s 9J ; bacon, 3|d to Gd ; hams, 4d to (i.Vd ; fresh butter, No. 1, lid to Is 2;H : So- 2, 81 to 10.1 ; salt butter, No. 1, 9Ad to lid ; No. 2, GJd to Sd ; eggs, 10VI "to lid. Apples: "Hail Seedlings, 21,(1 to 2Jd ; _ Stunners, 3d ; mixed, 2 ; fd ; VVintor'Majetin, to 2£d ; Stone Pippins. 2Jd ; Ohinemuri, ; Northern Spy, 3.} d ;"leiTion«, 5d to 7d ; Seville oranges, Gd to G.Vd ; fowls, Is to Is Sd ; duck-!, lo lOd to 2s Id ; turkeys, 2s Gd to 3s Gd. CHRISTCUURCH LTVE STOCK MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report under date: — CuitISTCHUKCH. July 22.—Store Sheep : This market apparently does not attract large entries at present, although buyers jnuster up well, and few lots are allowed to go out unsold. In fact, at the present, there is no better market for some classes of store sheep, as some of yesterday's prices indicate. About 1000—of which 400 was the largest line—was the yarding. Buyers were in good attendance, and most lots changed hands at remunerative prices—at any rate, to vendors—especially cross-bred ewes in lamb. A line of these, soundmouth and younger, brought 18s. Aged and failing-mouth ditto brought 13s to 14s. A line of small cross-bred wethers made 13s 3d.—Fat Sheep: The supply, to make up for last week, was rather above the average in numbers. The quality, too, as a whole, was very good, and among the cross-breds were a considerable number of really good lines of first-class freezers. These met steady competition, except at the stars of the sale, at the hands of exporters, and late values were well maintained. Lighter sorts were, perhaps, a trifle easier. Cross-bred ewes, of which the market was rather bare, *vsre well competed for. and full values v <re paid. The supply of merino wethers was larger than usual, and included several first class line 3. For these exporters helped the bidding and very satisfactory prices ruled. Wethers of inferior quality also sold well. A good all-round Bile, therefore, is to be recorded, the range of values being.—Prime, heavy cross-bred freezers 20s to 235, and as high as 24s was realised by us f >r a pen of wethers.—Fat cattle: The country is apparently a long way from being devoid of beaf, although that of prime quality is not by any means plentiful, as indicated by yesterday's supply. Cows and light weight steers and heifers formed the bulk. The lequirements of'the trade seemed quite equal to the supply, and values were satisfactory on the whole, although not quits so hieh as ruled at tiie two la*t bare markets. Best sorts made £l> 10s to £9 15s, cows £G to £8 10s. —Store and Dairy Cattle: Business was exceedingly dull in this department, and ' does not present any features of.importance. i

AtSSIfiACT OF SALLS BY AUCTION. This Day. Mr XV. .T, fIUNTKIt, at the Olinupo Yards, at 1 o'clock—Cattle, etc.