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Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4518, 21 November 1884, Page 2

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Evening Stab Office, this day. . M« Alfred Buc^lastd's Weekly Rkpobt. . At the Haymarkct on November 11, hay and straw stood at last week's value, oats main- % talced ruling prices, chaff was of slow Bale, only KOodiotu being oompetedfor. Horses were infull numbers, those of good^lass bringing value* satisfactory to seUer»vßeavy draught, £30; raotlium £18 to £20; £iacks fully maintained thflir. viilne»,one,,of jtood, c^assbrtaging£4p. A :t Tuesday's sale fodder kopt to values of Friday previous. The hide and akitt market was fairly BTippUeoVquaßties ruled lowoi" than at previous , Bale.butprices proportionately nC lea atpastrates. Butcher's skins are Btfll waHUng^top pnces.viz., iisto 4s lid, lighter weights 2aild to k 1 lja% Taltow - was only in short supply, and of- .""g""3™?' quality. Small lots of wool were ojered in Sags, bringing 4Jd to 5Jd. Prices show .»•» upward tendency, and at tha coming tale: •■4 c" comber 3, it is anticipated that values -will De more satisfactory to growers than at lust aeaaoj.'At Pokeno on Monday all cattle were sold, reserves in all cases being realised. At Drary bbJo young sftfok was plentiful, and twohnndred and fit ty■ iioiid found i buyers. At Remuera on Thursday about 100 store cattle, principally steers, were yarded. Prices for grown and fresh-conditioned steers -were fairly sustained, Tint two to three-year-olds were at lower values. Fat cattle were in full numbers; prices fell con--1 aiderably—and steers -of good quality ranged from 18a to2ostheloolbn. Fat sheep were also in excess of requirements, and fell in price—&i . for ewes and 2jd for. prime wethers were the ruling pr cos- Lambs abundant, but fairly maintained late values, and piga wore in better §es3H9 Hunter and Nolan's EEroRT.— • Horseß: A very large number have beon * brought forward, mid round purchases. Abpve the usual number subraittodjit an ordinary sa'fi were, brought under the hammer at the special Bale on Wednesday, and found purchasers at an advance of tallyJKfperJicad on jnairkocrates. The - Durham Yards were crammed on Friday; biddingwasßlow except forfavouriteloto.andpricea had a tendency to recede as compared with the previous-week. We quote: Hacks,from £1 to£2s; ' harness horses, from £7 to £26105. »Wool, skinß, and hides: Demand good. The hides—pitched of inferior description—skins and wopl advanced ia value We quoto: Hidoa, at from 2jd to 3W; »k!nS,33 7dtoSsW: wool, 63d to 6&d.-: Cattle:; The supply has not been partioularly large, bn6 there has beon a little slackness in the demand, consequently prices have ruled slightly.iv favour of the purchaser a? compared with the previous ' week. The Newp arkot Yards wore fairly well flUedonTuteduy pampctition was not brisk, and ■ Diices for fat and dairy were a shade lower than . in the previous week ; stores without noteworthy alteration; Waikato averages were: HetiU. £9 129 6d; Westney, & lls; 8 steers, Noble, £6 lob ;.8 steera, Hodgson, £8 10s. Sheep:' There was1: a rather Bhort market on Tuesday, but there was a downward tendenoy Ini talue. Wethers sold at from lls fid to lls 9d.: iAmbsiPJentiful; sold at from 6b to 13s. Pins ■were in average supply, and generally of good despriptibn'j prices ranged from,2d to 31d per pouiidiivfl weight.