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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 236, 2 October 1908, Page 3

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MESSRS ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS' REPORT. Horses: We had a full yarding at the Haymarket on Friday last. Heavy draughts realised from £23 10/ to £34: wagon and express horses, £34 to £30; light harness sorts, £9 15/ to £32 5/: buggy horses and hacks, £13 to £13 19/: gig ponies and ordinary riding sorts, £U 12/6 to £8 15/; donkeys. £2 10/ to i=3. At Heleasville en Monday we had a small yarding of horses, u-iiieh sold at late valnes. At Pnkekohe on Saturday we held a special sale dairy cows and heifers. The advertised number wera penned and met with a ready sale at an advance on recent sales. Young cows and beifers at their profit realised from £6 to £8 17/6: others, not so forward. £i 10/ to £.5 13/: aged and inferior. £.2 15/ to £4 5/; young bulls. £5 to £S. There was a heavy yarding of n!5 classes of stork at our Pukekohe monthly sale. held on Monday. Dairy covrs were again in demand, selling at from £6 7/6 to £8 12/6 for best near calving: others. £4 13/ to £5 15/: b-Tclnrnrd sorts. £3 10/ to £4 10/. Store cattle were also required, every head, with the exception of a few pens of big steers, changing hands. Three to 4-year-nld steers in forward condition bronsht from £5 5/ to £6 10/: t«vo to two and a-half year old steers. £3 12/ to £4 7/6: yearling" to IR-month steers. £2 7/6 to £3 o/: mixed yearlings. £1 14/ to £2 1/: strong, wellgrown calves. £1 «/" to £1 11/: others. IS/ to £1 5/: small and weedy. 6/ to 13/: fresh' empty youne cows and heifers. £2 15/ to £3 17/6. The 86 beef yarded met with a fair sale. Steers made from £6 17/6 to £8 15/; cows. £4 5/ to £7 10/; well-bred young bulls. £5 to £7; ased heavy bulls, £3 15/ to £5 5/ We held our first spring cattle fair of the season at Runciman on Wednesday and yarded 137S head, consisting principally of two to four-year well-bred steers. There was a large attendance and the prices rnling were satisfactory. Four pens of grown steer;- were all that remained nnsold. Fresh three to four-y.«ar-old steers. £r> 16/ to £7 2/: two to three-year olds. £4 to £5 5,'; 18-month to two-year-olds. £3 of to £3 IS/; yearlings to IS months. £2 S/ to £3; mixed yearlings. £1 17/ to £2 5/: calves, £1 to £1 11 : very forward empty cows. £4 to £4 10/: fresh young cows and heifers, £2 16/ to £3 I.V. At Remnera on Thursday dairy and store cattle in full numbers kept recent quotations. Young and fat calves in full supply, sold freely from 3/ to 45/, according to weight and quality: 94 sold. Scarcely an average yarding of cattle were offered. Prices were equal to last week"s values. Steers ranged in price from £6 10/ to £12 15/; cows. £4 10/ to £S 3/6: 268 sold. One thousand and fifty fat sheep were penned. Extra good wethers brought from 21/ to 25/6: others. IS/ to 20/: lighter sorts, to 17/; store. 12/6 to 15/; best ewes, to 20/: H.chter weights. 12/ to 13/: hoggets, extra prime, from llorulhi Island. 21/. Spring lambs, in full supply, sold freely throughout from 8/ to in/: 141 sold. Pigs, in full supply, were in keen demand, small bringing from 17/ to 21/. porkers to 40/. baconers to £3 17/: sows, in pig, £2 10/ to £4 15/: boars. £2 to £4 2/6; 103 sold. Roosters, 3/3: dncks, 1/7. Hides. Tallow. Skins, etc.—Hides: Ox, 44d to 7d: cow. 3d to 4*d; kips, 3d to 3}d; stags'. 2id to 3Jd: calf, 3d to 4sd: damaged, scored and dry hides. 2i<i to 4Jd: tallow. 20/ to 23/: bones. £4 ~lT>/. Skins: Best butchers'. 3/10 to 4/11: medium, 2/6 to 3/G: small and damaged, 3d to 2/2. HIDES, SKINS, ETC.

C. B. HZNGSWELL AND CO.'S WEEKLY REPORT. ,

On Tuesday we cleared an extra large catalogue of hides, skins, tallow, etc. Hides. —Market very firm, with brisk demand for all well flayed and conditioned. Extra stout ox. 7Jd to 7&d: stout 6id to tSd; medium, s}d to 6d: steer, 41d to 5-1: cow, heavy. 42d to 4Ad: medium. 4Jd to 4id; second class. 2jd to 3*; kip, aid- to -W: calf, sound. 4|d to sd; ect, nominal; 3tags. 2d to 2Jd per lb. Sheepskins.— Muriict firm. Butchers' slrino, large, up to 4/8; good lines. 4/3 to 4/4: medium, 3/4 to 3/G: small, 1,6 to 27; Qamaged. 6il to 1/; pells, dry. Id to 6d each. Tallow.—Firm. Bast, on to 24/6; medium. 22/ to 22/0; secoud-clnss, 12/ to 16/ per cwt. Raagli rat, lid per lb. Tails, 1/8 per dozen.