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Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 91, 18 April 1890, Page 2

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iVIES'mS A. BUCKLAXD AND SOX'S WEEKLY Ri:roitT.-At tho HaymarUot during the past week the wet weatrer prevented the usual supiily o£ fodder. For that, brought forward laic pi-ices ruled. Maize has brought iramS .">'! to in 3d • cats, 2s 4d to 2s Id; ryegrass, 6s and ss Oil; cocksfoot, 7s the bushel; potatoes, 473 to 10s tbe ton. At the horse sale on Friday a larger tlifin usual muster of lioraes of all classes met a sicaijy market at fully late Tallies for the prbater number sold. Prices ranpjed from £5 to Si, although sovoral wero from 4i9 to Hi™ onuli. On Tuesday hides were pitched in run number. For light and inferior quality priets wero from 2Jd to lid. but heavy liidea were in request at IJd to Id ; calfskins. lid to 3d the l'o; rough fat. lid the n> ; tallow, 173 per cwt: wool, from 7}d to sja tho lb: lambskins, 2s lid; sheepskins and pelts, from Is 9d to Is each. At the country untile sales, held respectively at Pokeno on Monday and Drnry on Wednesday, cutue ot all descriptions weie In full numbers; and, consnquent on the recent rains, sold at un advance over tho prices ruling the previous montn. Two to throe-yi'ar-old steers brought from-t-.j ISs to £2 4s; 'calves. 7s 6d to its: springing hoil'iTS, £310s to &% 5s each. At Hem n era on Tlnivsday. dairy catllo were in less number than usual, and at late vnlues. The store steers advertised had not arrive), consequent on the inclement weather, but are on the road ; but a largo number of store cattle, mostly cows and bi't&ro, wero yarded, and obtained an advanco over Into vnlues. Ftttcattleiii average number, mostly titcors of good quality, obtained lan average o£ 17s the 1001b ; 160 steers averaged £6 103; 20 cows, £4 os. Calves, plentiful, sold throughout at high values. fcihcop, penned in fullnimi tiers, did not, obtain tho extreme values of lasi v.'eok. Prices lor wethers wero nrm ut 2ti, ewes Sid the lb; 600 wethers, hoggets, avejuged 14s 6rl en eh. Lambs wero lower than last, week, but realised good prices. Shorn lambs from 6s to ifAs 6d; woolled lambs, 8a to l&itauh. Pigs, in short supply, sold satisfactorily, well-bred pigs bringing about old lb, dcafl. weight.

Messrs Hdkter ant> Noi.an'9 Webkiy Rk-roi.T.—α-raint se«;d3, horse feed: -The continued vbt weather prevented business beinsf dono, but holders adhere lo their valuations. Oats, from 2s to 2s 6d por busliel; imiino. 3s; cocksfoot. 7s 6d per bushel: rye grass, 5s 6d to "s 6d; cluili". £:i 15s pnr ton: bran. £4 per ton. Horses: There was en increased muster at the Durham Yard.! on Friday for sale by auction, and com pntition wa.s good. VS r o quote : Hacks, at .45 to £12 10s; medium draught and JifTht harnoss, £6103 to £15. Wool, hides, skins, etc.: There was a sfood quantity of stuff catalogued on Tuesday r.t the l)urham Yards. Tho demand was brisk for all lines, but particularly fo for heavy ox hides. AVo quote heavy ox bides, 4icl to 6d per lb; medium. M to Id ; li«ht weight and cows', IJd to 2Jd ; oalfskins, 3i|d to lid per lb: sheepskine, 2s 4d to ;s 2d; lombskins, 2s 6d to 3s Id; pelts, B<l to Is lOd each ; won!, 6Sd to 7}d por lb; tallow, 17a per owt. CV.ttio: "A moderate number have been brought forward, and tho demand for all descriptions has been good; crown steers advanced slightly in values: fat beasts barely maintained tho extreme valua of last ircvk. Tlicro wna a fair muSter of dairy anil fat stock at the Newmarket Yards oji Tuesday, but few sioros were yarded, and them remained an unsatisfied doiimncl for prrowi! Btxtii's. I'M beasts receded in value 23 6rl Tier 103!b. A good man.v d;iiiy cows wovo yareied iind disposed of; £o 7s 6d was the higbest price reached. Some averafreß of fnt stßera wore—£7 12s 6d, £fi 17s 6d. Hb 2s6d, lb, £5 17s 6d, £5 11s: cows. PA 10s, PA 7s 6d, £4 2s 6(1, £3 17s 6d, £S 7s fid, fi.2 15s Sheep wero fairly repve-pntod nt Newmarket On Tuesday, and nere keenly competed for throughout the sale, 2spi;rSlb bfins freely fjiven; fveUiers sold at frojn l?s to ISs 6:1; awes, 10sid to 15s 9;1; lambs, from 6s to 9s 6d ; pigs, in ehort supply, sold at from M to 31(1 per lb livo weigh'-

i K3SBS G. W. Binnky aki> Sons' Rf.port.— On L'ucsclfty we offered alan.-e number of hides, sheepskins! tallow, etc. Hpuvy ox were in bri k demand, and sold from lid tosd; medium, Z\i ; lifcht, Zd to Wd ; heavy cow (G&lb) 2d, undtir 6i.il >Ud to lad ; kip. ljd to 8d : calf, 3d to 4Jd pc lb; damaged of all descriptions bard to sell at ny price. Wo anticipate a firm market for all itour. ox and heavy cow, but tho demand for lig t weights is notequaMo tho Bupply. hnoopsk is: \ T a,lue3 well maintained, with an iipvr; d tendency for all sound pelted. Butcher-' ro add from 2s to os M; country, Is 6d to 5s 3d, a<i iitlJri.tr to weiprht. Salted and dry shearlin a, yd to la; lambs, 9d to 3s each.' Tallow: TJ< mnrt good, and nil sold—best:. 16s 6d to 17a (kl medium, 12s tolte par cv.t: bones, 4a 6d to te :1 per owt; nhauks, £s per cv/t.