STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 179, 29 July 1903, Page 7

STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKET.

'J;iie N.Z. Loan and Mercantile .agency Co. rcy'uii tuut heavy uiaujjin uursea soiu iroiii i,oj. to £oU -la/! nieuiujju drauguxs, £21 -w/ to ij-a; agile uarueae iiorsus, s. J.- iv/ to £lU; nacks, £0 10/ to £15 107; weeds, £1 li'/U to £4. &. spring cart uiaue £10 ly/5 tax cart, £S 10/. Cattle: Dairy cows sold iioin £o 10/ to £8 10/; empty cows, xz -to/ to £3 10/; calves, £1 13/ to £2 a/. Beet was yarued in average numbers, ox beer, to 28/; cow, 19/ to >!/• *'ac oxen sold tioiii *.7 to £i- 10/; tat cows, £5 O/ to £0 10/Sheep: Wethers sold from 13/U to £1 4/'J; ewes, 10/9 to £1 1/. Pigs were yarded to lull numbers, rorkers soiU from 18/ to £1 17/: baconers, £2 1/ to £3 14/; weaners, i/o to 15/t>. Hives: No alteration to report, we quote: Prime ox, Old to 7Jd; stout ox, o*a to Uid; moiuum ox, 4jd to oid; light ox, 4ju to cow hides, picked, made.4§d; other lines, 4d to 4id; calfskins, 2Jd to lid. Sheepskins: Market lirmer. We sold best butcners' salted skins at 3/9 to 4/7; u-eOiuiu, -/» to 3/6; small and damaged, 1/ to 2/tf. Horseuair, 1/ to l/2i lb. Tailow: seconus, IS/ to W/6. Hones, i/tf c-wt. Oats. No change to report, business rather quiet in this line. Prices remain sums as last report. Wheat: Very little inquiry. Good fowl worth 3/9 ex store. Chan: Market glutted. Anything of poor quality neglected Good local worth about £4 at rail. Potatoes: These have been sc'iing freely lately Southern worth about £4 on whart; good local about £3 10/ at mil. Butter: Good inquiry. Separator and farmers in very short supply. We quote these grades ac 9id and Sd for good quality; factory, bulk 9*d; rolls, 104 d. Cheese: No changes \n price to report. Factory loaf in short supply, aud worth 6*d.