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Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 237, 8 October 1886, Page 2

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Evening Stab Office, this day. Mb Alfred Bcokland's Weekly Report.— At the Bale held at the Haymarfeet on Friday. Ootober 1, loose fodder delivered brought from ?s Od to la 9d the owt; groin and manures were at previous week's values. Horse stock were

yarded in less numbor than average, but there wan a bettor disposition shown to purchase, and Pices were firmer; the drausht mares adverted brought £19 each. At the hide and skiu pale on Tuesday pr.coa were firm. Prices for hides ranged from 2id to 3?d; calfskins. Id the lb; green ox hides, IDs 6d and 22a oaoh. IVillo w, lla to Us 61 the cwt; Bheepeklnp, 2s to 4s 3d ouch. At the cattle Bale at Waiuku tn Saturday last, a full master of catt c of all kinds were yarded, and met with a steady demand throughout. Relatively dairy cows were at low values, young cattle In better

inquiry. At Pukekohe, on Mocdny, the yarae wero scaicolv able to contain the stock, and there was a full attendance of the neighbouring cottiers. Store cattle generally were lower In price than at Waluku, but consequent on the opening ot the cheese factory, dairy cows were in brisk demand. At Kemuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were in better inquiry than last week, well bred cows being freely competed for up to £7 each, but inferior quality were Blow of sale. Store cattle in full number; a large number of steers from two to four years old were yarded ; they wero freely competed for, and grown cattle were 5s each higher than of late. Young cattle were at late values. Fat cattle, penned in average numbers, scarcely maintained late values, Steers of prime quality brought from 18s to 20s the lOOIds, Dut second quality were at 16s. Fat calves, numerous, maintained late values. A few pens of wore cheep sold relatively at high values, but fat sheep were lower than last »eek about 2a each, shawlng a fall i» valuta of Is to 5a each In the last two markets, occasioned by the large nutnbsrs receivei from the coast. Fat lamba wero more numerous than hitherto, but the demand for them is increasing, and prices were fully sustained. Plga were In better Inquiry, particularly well-bred stores, but prices for all dcs riptions were higher than for several

markets. Messrs Hunter and Nolans Weekly Report.—Horses: The improvement noted last week has continued and intensified, vnd there is an evident opening fora fow good horses, as would-bo buyers could not obtain suitable animals, even at advanced prices The Durham Yaids were fairly supplied on Friday, but many more would have found purchasers at prices satisfactory to the vendor. Wo quota— Haokn, from £5 to £15 ; light harness horses, from £310 a to £15 10a : light draughts, £18 to MS. Wool, bides, shins, aiid tallow: But a moderate number ot hides wore pitched at the Durham Yarda on Tuesday, th) majority were of good description and in good order, Hnd elicited keen compot tion. Heavy ox, (rum 3fd to4Slßth; light, frum 3d to 3Jd. bkins; For sheepskins, bidding was brisk, at from 3s to 5i 2d (the latter being tho highest prtcoobttined by imihi. season),stationßklna sold at from Is Sd to 3s 61 each. No wool or

tal ow offered. Cattle: A great many oC all descriptions bare been brought forward, and found purchasers. Thi.io wan an upward tendency iv tha value of i-to;es. but littloor no alteration in iho fat and dairy stock. The first cattle {air of the season was held on Monday at the Papakuia yards, when, owing to lart;o master of stock, their capacity was tested to iho utmost. There waaa good attendance or buyers, and prices for two and three year old sheep advanced ; other descriptions wera at the previous week's values. Thore was a good muster at Newmarket on Tuesday, and steady competition thioughout tbo sale, and again a large numbor were yarded at the usual montnly eata at P*pakura on Wednesday. Wo quota: Calves at from 16s to 21b ; yearlings. 22a 6d to 33a; 18 months to 2 year old steers, £3 to PA 6a ; dry cows, from £2 to f. I; dairy cows, from £110s io £10 ; beef, \at to 20« per 1001 o, or oxen from £3 to £10 7b 6d:sieera, £5 to £7 10s ; cows, £4 15s to £3 12i <sd. Sheep: There waft a good mustor at Newmarket on Tuesday, and prices ware firm, oompotltio* baing spirited throughout. We quote: ffal w\ tie-a, in wool, at from las to 17> t>d ; shorn, from lls 61 to I~< 9d; fut ewes (shorn), 10s to 11s 0J ; fat lambs, from 7s to 16e. Pigs; A good many ytr.ied, and those of a good deacriptloa Bold well at from id to 8d per lb (live weight). . Messrs Q. W. Dinnby ahd Son's Rhpokt.— At our produce sales on Tuesday la»t wecleared a large catalogue at late rates. Hides sold troo yat quotations: Heavy ex SJd per lb, 208 ta 235-6 d each ; a few prime he<vy exceeding above figure. Steer nnd cow bides (medium weights), 2}d to ad ; light cow hidas, Sid ; call skins in d> mand at 4d to 1 i per >b; damaged hides at only nominal figures. Shaep skins, very brisk of sale at toll rates : butcher's green. 53 to 5* Sd; country woll dried Is large numbers at la W to 18 Sd i medium, 23 6d to Be 6d ; light, 8d to 2s Sd Lamb skins, Oil; pelts, 24 to id OHoh. Bones, £810s to £4 Be per ton. Tallow. 10s to It* por cwt,