LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Messrs A. Buckland and Sox report that ah tho HaymarUeb during the past j week fodder has ranged from Is 3d to Is 9d theewt. Maize by cargo on wharf Iβ 9d, in store Is lid to 2s Id per bushel. Little s «heep dip, 6s the gallon ; oats, 2a and 'Is Id the bushel ; chafl, £'?■ 13s to £3 10a tho ton; pressed hay, £4 tho ton; bonetltisfc, £7 the ton. At the horse sale on Friday an unusually largo number of horses wore yarded. For sound, useful stock of liwhb and medium strength, lhere was a steady demand ; prices generally ranged from 'ill to £\2 t bub small i 1-bred horee." wore unsaleable, Afc the hide and eldn sfile 6n Tuesday hides wore pitched in full number, prices were lower. Light and medium hides were from lAd to 2Jd ; oaltPkiua, 3!fci to 5.kl ; eheopekins in unnal number woollcd ekine were from 2* 9d to 4s • psltP, 9d tols M ; lambskins, irom lid to i'« Hd erich. A kifPG number (about 200) rmrtial bales .-aid baes of wool were freely competed Tor, and full values obtained. Fleoco wool, from 6d to 7gd ; piece?, to 5d • locks, from 2d to 4d the lb. Messes KirKTKK and Nolan report:— Horse feed, mam, seeds, etc.:- VTo quote : Oats from 2s to 2s 3d ; miitec. Is lOd to 2s 26 V"i- bn.«hfi! ; chaif, £2 K;s to £2 12s 6d j per ton; bnm, £4. Horses: The supply Ima contirtuwrl plentiful, and tho demand has continued brisk for those of a good stamp, at the previous week's values. A largo si imbcr of horses wero submitted by auction ab tho Durham Yards, and con-. eistinc principally of those of inferiorstamp"; ■anything good was well competed for, and nearly all the lute were cleared. Wβ quote: Hack.", trom .t4 5s to £9 153;'lit.'hc harness and medium draught, from i>s 10a to ,U4 los. Wool, hide£ skins, bone,', tallow, etc. : Moderate quantities were pitched ab the Durham Yards on Tuesday. The demand was brisk. We quota : Stout ox hides. 4d to per lb ; lif/ht ox and cow. l;'d to 3sd ; .hmjud cow, 2h\ to 2f\ ; calfskin?, 4iJ.d to o.[d par lb ; pelts, In to Is 2d oach ; lumbakins, Is to Iβ 4(1 lionet, ,C 4 l:"id to £5 por ton. loUow. ■y.lo to £19 10:4 pOL- ton. Locks and pieces, 4d to 4,' d por Vo. Cattle : The demand lor fab and" dairy stock has been good, wiba an upward tendency in value. Shores have been poorly represented, and the demand v/as nob brisk. At Nowiiiaikefc, on Tuesday, ior weil-fnu<sii oxen competition was keen, and 21a per 1001b w.ia given. Borne uvernj»oa of sbeora wero : i-) 9a, £5 ss, ill lla 3d, £7, £6 10s, £6 7a Gd £ l o 1& 3 « ; cows, £5 15s, £5, £t\ ss, £:-! 17s 6<l, £3 12s 6d. Shcop, at Kewmarkeb, on Tuesday, wore not eufiicietib for requirements, and principally owes. Ewes *oi<J ab from 8s tc 12s 9d ; ]amb:<, 53 (id-to 12s 6d. Viys in moderate numiiori.'. Porkors Bold at from 15s to 24a each ; weariora, 7s to B*.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 305, 24 December 1891, Page 2
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521LIVE STOCK MARKET. Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 305, 24 December 1891, Page 2
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