COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 3081, 5 March 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Kvening S'.-as Office, Friday, AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET.

MS AtFHED BUCK JXD-S WB^W REPORT. At the Haymarket, on Friday la, '. horsa stooK were in more limited number than t aval- 1 hoso offered Wl w freely competed for, ant. las/ a t l h u a^ tustoined. Hay was alsa in less B>. PP'y ™? n, usual; bast oaten btojght Is 91 the "^^ oats were sold in large q«antitie», and b-ou^nt 13 91 and Is lOd tho oushel; bran, MO9 .««>lon ■ maize 3s and Ss Gd tho bushel. larae At Pulekohe, on Monday, there was rt I»W rauiter of cattle, principally calves. Biddtt the auction was dull, and many withdrawo,.»« tho.whole were afterwards said privately at sa isfactory prices. Calves brought f rira 38a to to >• quiet heifera, £5 5s to £7; cow^, £0 to £9, fat cows, 20s the ewe. , anit W ß^« ro an' TT^^iry cow f in better inquuy thaa of lute, fc tore cattle were in limited number, but good demand and, ransequently, higher values. Fat cattlo in Iml number-170he tt d yarded. In the oarlj-part^jt me ealo prices foe steers were lower thanlaac week, but rallied as the sale P'-o^ded, and »» the conclusion of tho sale were I.oa per heaa higher. Co as were mora uniform m price and varied from £0i to 225. steers of moderate quality were at 223 to 26s for prime, faliqep were pinned in fall numbers, but wore rcqiurod, and nricoj -wcro slightly hieiior than last week—2d tJlilthelb. wcr'o the prices obtained Lambs were plentiful; best quality, from 9a to U* inferior, from 3s each. A few well-fatted piK<J bought from 003 to UOs each. MESSKS HUNTER ASD NOLAN'S WKBKLY RBPOKT. value . About tbe usual number woio subr&u^|^ £5 to £11 178 Gd ; light harness horsej. from £13 Si to £19 ; di-.u'gh', from £32 10^°.f'»• Cat'lp.-With tha exception of rtairj. co\\B there has been an average supply, 'lhedemand has bacn steady, and foe fat beasts a fight advance was aiven on the previous week's prices. At Newmarket, oa fu« sday, dairy cowc were in very short supply, and stores were but insufflc&y reprosente-ii bat there was an amuio supp yof beef, ab usua', a largo number wore yo?Sdd at I'apakura. Competition was good throughout tho sale, and an advanco on Newmarket rates was given, alarm. »««*««* OlS?? purchased being destined for jho w aikata. We quote: Dairy cowe, from £S to £10 Ioj; c Ucs. from 27a 6d to £i los ; yearlings, £om*"?i£ £•? 7s Od ■ two-year-old huifers, from £1 to ±,1 as , StnoTrrom«3li»odto«s; beef, 20s to 25a per 10 She O p.-Anadeqffit3 number have boon BUbmiitod for sale, and found purchasers at from Is 3d to is 8d per Sirs. Lambs were plentiful, and 80pig aa were aga'm^od in limited numbers, and prices had an upward tendency.