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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3178, 5 November 1892, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

77. r,lt; Tons O.iliW, Friday. \IM 'K LAN 1' LIVE STOCK MARk et. Mr.ssus A. IIrcKi.AND am; Son's' Rk-l-our. —At tii<! I l.iymarl:«t during the past we"k hand-bound meadow hay lias brought from Ccl to fn ; oaten sheaves, 3s 3.1 and I!- Ini ; wheat straw. Is and Is (id the cwt. .\lncli of thd maize coining forward is damaged, Prices have ranged from Is 7d to 8d ; oats, 2s 3 i to 2s Od the bushel ; potatoes, '10s tho ton ; woolpacks 2s (id evict). On Friday horses yarded in full numbers and sold mora freely. Strong hordes ranged from £13 to £18 10s ; medium strength, £8 to £15 ; inferior, from 25* each. On Tuesday hides fully kept their prices. Ox hides ranged from to 4.} d ; cow hidos, l. : i'd to i-'id ; calfskins, 4d to the lb ; tallow, His (i Ito 17s (id ; bnnes, 4s the cwt ; fresh sheepskins, 4s to 5s Is ; dry. 2s to<ls4d ; lambs, 8d to Is 4d ; pelts, 4d to !ld each : fleeca wool, s}(] to fj.ld ; locks, IA-d to 4Jd the lb. At tho Pukekohe cattle, sale, helii on Monday, thero was a full muster of cattle of all classes. Grown stock kept late values, and young cattle were at higher values than hitherto. At Remuera, on Thursday, consequent on the rain, the dairy cows were in less number than usual ; they were dull of sale. Stnro cattle scarcely represented. Calves in less than usual number, 40 yarded, sold freely. Kat cattle in usual number, 200 sold, were required, and prices for steers ranged between 23s and 25s the 1001b. Fat sheep in average numbers, 800 sold, were higher than la*t week. Shorn wethers were from 12s Od to 15s Gd ; ewes, 12s to lGs Gd ; wether.-', in their wool, 18s Gd to 20s ; hoggets, in their wool, 13s to 17s ; each ; lambs plentiful, 312 sold, were required, prices ranged from 7s to 12s each ; store ewes in' their wool, lambs at side, brought lis Gd each. Pigs, short of usual number, sold freely ; prices for porkers were from 19s to 27s each. Messrs Huntkr and Nolan's Report. —Horse feed, grain, seeds, etc.: There has been a steady demand for good maize, but little business doing in other lines. Values did not materially alter. We quote: Maize on wharf, 2s od to 2s Gd, ex store 2s 4d to 2s 7d, according to samples ; oats, 2s Gd to 2s !ld per bushel; chaff, £3 10s to £4 10s per ton ; bran, £4 5s per ton. Horses : Tho activity previously noticed has continued, a good many have been brought forward, and met ready sale at fully previous values. A good many passed under tho hammer at the Durham Yards on Friday, and changed hands. We quote : Light harness and medium draught, from £G 12s Gd to £22 10s ; heavy draught, £12 to £21 10s ; hacks, £4 10s to £19 ss. Wool, hides, skins, tallow, bones : A steady demand prevailed at the Durham Yards on Tuesday, when a moderate catalogue was gone through. LongWlll >1, in bales, sold at GAd per lb, in bags from 3Ad to 5Ad per lb; sheepskins, 2s 3d to 5s each ; pelts and broken skins, Is 4d to Is 10 J each ; stout ox hides, 4d to 4Ad per lb ;medium. 2.jd to 3d ; cow and steer, .1 Ad to 2jd; calfskins, 4d to 4Ad ; tallow, Ills Gd to 18s (id per cwt ; bones, £4 10s per ton. Cattle have been in fair supply, and steady demand for storo and dairy stock at tho previous week's values. There was less Ilictuation in the value of beef, which ranged from 25s to 27s per lOOlbs. At the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday barely average numbers were yarded, but there was a full muster at Papaluira on Wednesday. At both sales competition was brisk, and fully the previous week's rates ruled. Some averages of fat steers were : £10 3s Gd, £9 15s, £9 lis 3d, £9 7s Gd, £S 10s, £7 .15.5, £G 8s 9d ; cows, £7, £G 15s, £G 5-, £G, £5 17s Gd, £5 15s. Sheep were again in but moderate numbers at Newmarket, and prices wero slightly in favour of the vendor. Wethers in wool sold at from 15s 9d to 17s 9d each ; shorn, 10s to 14s 3d ; ewes, 12s to 13s 3d : lambs, plentiful, 170 sold from 7s to 12s. Pigs were yarded in increased numbers, and sold at from 2Ad to 3Ad per lb. live weight, prices ranging from 14s to £2 14s each. Per New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Auckland Woor. Stores, November 1. We offered a large catalogue of hides and •sheepskins to-day, every lot being sold at late quotations. Stout ox are still in good demand. All pood lines aro eagerly competed for. We quote :—Stout ox hides, 3d to 5Ad; medium, 3d to 4Ad ; light and damaged, IJd to 2|d ; cow, good conditioned heavy, 2]d to 2 : : [d ; medium, 2d ; light, I.VI to 1;4 1 ; kip, 2d to 3J ; calfskins, 4 t to 5Ad. Sheepskins: Fnll-woolled, green skins, 5s to 5s Gd : medium, 3s 9d to 4s 9d ; country, equal to 5.1 per lb ; pelts, GJ to 9d ; half-breds, medium, 3s 9d to 4s ; large, 4s 9,1. Tallow, lfis Gd per cwt. MARKET REPORTS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report under date : — JjUXKDi.N". October 27. —Wool : It will be satisfactory to note that cablegrams to hand, dated London, 21st inst., report the wool market as active with a good demand, which augurs well for the incoming season, ft is also pleading to note that the Sydney. Melbourne, and Adelaide sales are well attended, and competition active tor all kinds of wool. From advices to hand there is every indication that there will ba a very large number of Home and foreign buyers present at the local sales this seas >n. Several growers have intimated their intention to sell in the local market t his year instead of shipping. Pert liniy the r •suits of the past year folly justify the wisdom of tins course, ar not a few much regretted that they could not be persuaded to accept prices offered in the. local market..—Grain : Wheat.: Latest cables from Home report the demand stwly and the market firm at the s'lght. advance lately secured. Locally, li'Ve'.'fT, loafers continue quiet and the situation is so far unchanged. Holders are waiting developments, and millers, being fairly well stocked for tho time being, are content to remain quiescent ; consequently transactions are few, but values remain much about the same as last week.—Oats : Holders are firm in their ideas of value, but as transactions are confirmed almost wholly t.D local re inirements the trade at the moment is somewhat lifeless, their being quite an absence of speculation. The tendency, in consequence, is slightly weaker, and any change appears to be. in favonr of buyers, though, practically, rates remain the same as la-t week, holdem not being disposed to accept a reduction. —Potatoes : Tho supply c'intinues m excess of requirements ; prices in consequence have no .show for any improvement, which are—for best Derwents, newly picked, 30s to 355. Others sell at from 17s G I to 27s Gd per ton (sacks weighed in, ex store).—Chaff : The market Iras been fully supplied during the past week, tint thero has been no difficulty in securing 52s Gd to 55s for bright, welicut. heavy chair, but it is not quite so easy to disposu of discolored anil indifferently cot stulf. except at low prices, say, from 35s to 50s per ton. —Dairy Produce : The demand for both butter and cheese is chiefly confined to the exigencies of the local dealers, and but little inquiry for export at the moment. Quotations for best keg butter, dairy-made, 8d to 9d ; factory, lOd to Uil ; facto-y cheese, medium size, 4Ad to 5d ; loaf, 5j I to Did ; dairy, 2Ad to 4Ad per lb. " " AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. (BY TKLKi'JRAPII. —OWN* CORRESPONDENT). Auckland, Last Night.—ln the local produce market the prices remain unchanged. IVst dairy fresh butter is 7d, second quality 01, and third quality 5d per lb wholesale. l''.-:rgs are Gd per dozen wholesale and 7d to s i per retail. Potatoes : oid, 45- ; hard to quit : New potatoes, kidneys, Id ; Shepherd's 5s to Gs per cwt. Maize, 2s 7d Oats, dull of sale at late qui itatious.