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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3181, 12 November 1892, Page 2

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The ]l',nl;ali> Tunis Oflhv, Friday. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARK ET.S. Mhkshs 1 liiNTi-.it \sn Nolan's llbi'Olit.— (ir.iin, seeds, r-c. : The demand has been brisk ■ oats Us li i tu 1!- !ld ; mdz ■, 2s fid to 7d ;' bran, £4 . r ><; cli.ilf, £3 10s l.» £.\ At the Durham V..rds c.n Friday, horses wore entered in lirjr numbers, and, with very few exceptions, everything was s..ld. There is a very .-irons, demand for sound Vow>k animals of any stamp. We quote : Hsoks, £3 10s to t'lH Os; light harness, £(i 15s_to £12 15s : medium draught, up fri £1K ss; heavy, £10 17* 0d for a«uil un to £21 10s for gooiVyoiiiig Imrses ; weeds, 20s to fiOs. An average number of hid-s and skins were catalogued on Tuesday, and sold at last week's rates. Hides, 3d to 5d ; cows, ljd t<> 2Sd; stairs, I : ,M ; calfskins, oil ; tallow, 176 to IS* lid ; sheep skins, 3d 8d to 5s Id ; station skins, Is Id to 3s Od ; pelts, 0J to Is Id ; wool, (id to ijjd. On Tuesday at Newmarket tl)3 yards were well rilled. Dairy cattle in f.>ir demand up to £7; stores scarce but at late values. Fat cattle in average number kept- late quotations with an advance in very prime lots. Wo quote : Beef at from 25s to 2Ss per 1001b. Sheep T .o:e yarded in very large numbers, anil met keen competition. Wethers in wool. Ms Od to 18s !)d ; thorn, 10s 9d to 13s 3d ; fat lambs wore plentiful, and sold at from lis to 13s 01 ; poor at 4s 3d to f.s. Pigs in good demand. Per New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Auckland Wool Storks, November 8. —We offered a fairly-large catalogue of hides and sheepskins to-day, every lot being sold at lata rates, with the exception of very light ox, or damaged. Stout and cow aro eagerly competed for. We qn:>te : — Hides : Stout heavy ox.-tjd to iijd ; medium and stout, 3d to -Usl ; light and damaged, 2A;d to od ; cow, heavy, 2.ijd ; light and medium, to 2.} d ; kip, l: f d to 3d ; calfskins, -Idtofjjd. .Sheepskins : Fnll-woolled cr.wsbreds, 5s to 5s Gd ; medium, 4s to 4s !U : small, 3s ; country, dry, 4.} d to 4:,' d ; pelts, salted, (id to S.W. Mkssiw A. Luck land anh Sons' Re- | roitT. —At the Hay market during the past, week hay has sold low, Is 3d to 2s the cwt; (draw, Is (id the cwt, Grain has sustained its values ; maize, 2s 0J to 2s 9d ; wheat. 2n 5d ; oats, 2s Od ths bushel. On Friday, horse stock yarded numerously, sold freely, and kept their values. Useful horses, medium strength, lanced from £S to £15 10s. A tax-cart, £1S; spring-cart, £10; harness, £7; On Tuesday, hides sustained late values. Stoit ox hides ranged from 2ijd to 4td ; cmv hides, lsd to 2Jd; calf skins, 3h<\ to r>j{d ; stigs, Id to l.ul; kips, 2d the lb. Tallow, 15s Od to 18s 9J the cwt. Sheep skins, Is 5d to 4s 7d ; lamb skins, Od to lid ; pelts, 4d to 5d each. Fleece wool, H!,d to 6id; locks mid pieces, 2d to -Ud the " lb. At Waiuku, on Saturday, a full muster of stock of all classes met a free sale to local buyers. Prices, particularly for young cattle, were fully sustained. At .Uomuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were in usual number, and in better enquiry than la-t week, prices ranged from £1 10s to £3 fi-s each ; store cattle, in moderate supply, were required ; three - year - old steers brought £3 IDs ; four year-old. ft 10s each ; dry cows, £2 12s (id to £3 15s ; calves, in shuvt supply, sold at high values ; fat cattle in average' number, 190 sold, were slightly lower at conclusion of sale; prices for sleer.i ranged from 23s to 2os the 1001b. Sheep in full numbers, 1000 sold, fairly kept late values ; shorn ewes, 8s !)J to 15s ; wethers in their wool, 10s to U><; shorn hogget--. <)s to 14s 0,1 each ; lambs, in average numbers 270 sold, were lower in price than li'.st week, puces varied from (is to lis (id each. Pigs of all cU.sses, and mostly pure-l red Berkshire* or whits Yorkshires, wore in lull numbers, and fully kept late values; woaneis brought fron !>s In lis; barren store sows, 37s (id to £2 10s; boars, 17s lo 255; porkers, 18s to 38s each. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. (itY TKLKUUAPH.— OWN COKKKSI'OXDENT'). Auckland, Last Night.—ln the local produce market the prices are unchanged. Putter is very plentiful; in fact, the supply is exceeding the demand. Best dairy butt r is 7d ; second quality, 0 1 : and third quality, 5J per lb wholes.,je. Eggs are Od per dozen wholesale, and 7d to 81 per dozen rctiil. Potatoes, old, 40sto, r >o<; new potatoes, Id ; oats, 2s 4d to 2s 5d ; hams and bacon, (id to 7(1 ; cheese, scirce. od to (id.