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Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 4080, 10 August 1883, Page 2

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kvkninq Stab ofhcb, Fria»r. Hunter and Nolan's Weekly Rkfobt.

Horses: There has been an improvement la the market, and those of good stamp found ready pnrcliaeora at piioes a elude hlcher than tiaa bon roltng. An average number was entered for disposal by aoction. on Friday, at the Durham Yards. Comcetltioi w»B steady throughout the sale, and in a very few inst' nee > were vendors disappointed. Wool, hides, skins and tallow i Hides vier* plnntifal bat of Inferior description, and only reached 3Jd per lb. Skins sold at from 1b 9d to 3s 7d; tallow, 21s 6d to 26a6d per owt. Cattle: There has been an adequate number of fat beastß, but rather few dairy and store stock. Prices did not noticeably alter for any description. There wbb a large Bupply of fat stock at Newmarket on Tuesday. Milch oows were moderately plentiful, but stores scarce. At Pokekohe on Wednesday ihere was less thsn averanemußter. There remains annnsatlsfied demand for Bteers, both young and grown, bnt other descriptions were ample for requirements. "We quote beef from 20a to 2.'s 6d per lOOlba.. other (I .e«oripiions the same as last week, cheep: There was a large attendance at Newmarket on Tuosday, ana all were bought by the butchers—wethers from 19j 6i to 243 9i : ewe*, from ISs 3d to 16s 9d; lambi, lii to 17« 9-lt Pigs very Ecaroe, and an lnoreased inquiry for both, fat and stores.

Mb Alfred huckland's Weekly Rbpokt. —At the Haymarkec on Friday, there waa a numeroua attoi donoa of buy ere, and all nor bo Btook yarded were co.d at satisfactory prices. He&vy draught rannod In price (mm £32 to etC; medium triught from £18 to £30; riding horeea, eS to £21. Hay and straw were In nsual RUDPIf. and lace values varying from 3i G-i to Oj 6d the owt; rule, 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; maze. Ss Id the bushoi; seed potatoes, it 3d to H ths owt. On Tuesday a few lands of bay and straw gold freely at Krlday'e valuae. Hldas were in fall number, and brought from 21 to 2Jd the lb: tallow, 23a to 27- the owt; fteJh butchers' 8»lnp, 37a and 38« ; station bkißS, la ii to 3a 61 eon; wool in bales, 6d per lb. At Pakekote on Monday there was a toll mUß^r OC stoos for the Benson with a fair inquiry, bat prices ranstd low. At Kemuera, on Thuroday, da'ry oattle were at low values, from £1 10b to £6 lOt each. Store cattle were soaroely represented, ifat oaitin In fall numbers with a steady demaiid throoghint. Prloia vatiad with qnaiity from SHh to 23s the lOdlM. Waiftato averages were— W. Tay'or. £3 lid 3d; Juniea T ylcr, £8 3a 6d; D. Caler, £7165; O. Storey, £8; MoNlcoal. £B us; Anokland Agricultural Company, £7 63. Sheep pens were all well-Mind with sheep of exoellent qnaiity and ther obtained a brisk demand tnrongnout at tally 31 tbe lb. Averages were —120 wethers, N. Knot i!)i; 60 wetbers, Grioe and Parker. 17s 6d; 176 wethers, J. W. «utherland, 22j Od ;78 nethera, W. Smith, 22s 6d; 12 wethers, Jamea Knnoiman, 17s. Pirb of all classes were in brisk in qutry at fall rates.