AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1537, 15 January 1875, Page 2

AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

§"• Mb. Aiebed Buckland'b Weekly Repoht.—At P Kemuera, on Thursday, dairy Cattle were in lens numbers than usual; piices rather low. Store cattle in ; full numbers; a dull sale, but late prictss realised. t. Fat cattle in less than usual numbers; 128 head sold; prices lower 2s 6d the 100 lbs. Store sheep numerous, I and in fair enquiry. Fat sheep abundant, and at lower values. Lambs unusually plentiful, and a large I .'■ number purchased by the graziers, but prices lower 2a 6d each. Fat pigs plentiful, with a steady sale at late values. Prices given were: For dairy.cows, £6 | 108 to £9 sa; yearling heifers, 45b ; steers, 65a; twot year-old heifers, 70b ; steers, 90s; fat cattle, 22s 6d to | 27b 6d the 100 lbs.; two-toothed half-bred sheep, it' nixed sexes, J_n 6d to lis; cross-bred ewes, all ages, 1 - *«6d; fatßUe©s,Bd the lb; good average fat_lwnb»,

10s to 14s eaoh; Btore lambs, frton;** each* smallsized fat pigs, 3%d the lb, live weight. At the Haymarket, on Friday last, best oaten hay brought from 4s 6d to 6s 9d; meadow hay, 3s 6d the cwt; chaff, 7s the 100 lbs; bran, Is 6d; oats, 4s 8d to 4s 9d; maize, 5s th 6 bushel. Horse stock in usual numbers, but of inferior quality, and but little business was done. Medium draught, jGI4 to £25; riding horses, £5 to £8 each. Sale of wool, skins, and hides was fully attended by the trade; prices given for wool and skins were a shade higher than at last sale: Lamb skins, Is 3d to 2s 6d each; sheep skins, Is 9d to 4s Gd each; locks, l^d to Sd; wool in grease, 8d to lid; lamb's wool, in grease, lid; washed locks, 6}td to lid ; washed fleece, ll^d to 15d the lb; hides, 4d to 4%d the lb.

' A draught mare from the "Waikatq, sold by Mr A. Buckland, this morning, fetched .£35. It was purchased by Mr I>. "Wbite, of Papakura.