AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.
MR. ALFRED BUCKXAND'S WEEKLY REPORT At the Haymarket, on Friday last, the busUwsadone in fodder was trifling. MeadowSay sold at 33 6d; chaff, 53 3d the cwt.; maize, 53 lOd the bushel. Horse stock were yardedin Ml numbers. Medium draught brought from £26 to £35; light-harness, £12 to £18; small and inferior horfes, from £4 and upward. Hides and skins were pitched in usual numbers, and a sK improvement obtained in hides; best 'bitS°E4m?.rilS-aMo-d»r (Thursday), not clas3aualitydairy cows were dull of sale, out choice-bred animals were in good demand,. a8 Men «s £11 each. Fat cattle were in average R ir irnvarflpd all of good quality; pncea w^stoJd^brtwe^^ *? d the lOOlbs. For the prize oxen there was keen competition. TherwereaU Purchased by Mr Carter, and 6d'; isS W. Nichols, £12 each. Sheep were in; usual numbers, and good wethers in steady demana, 200, ex Go-Ahei.d, averaged 17s 6d., Lambs were short of requirements, and \advanced. prices given for them; 150 sold at an average of 12s 6d. Very few pigs were offered, and those sold freely,
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Auckland Star, Volume IX, Issue 2676, 15 November 1878, Page 2
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