AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 901, 17 December 1867, Page 2

AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKET.

MESBES. W. HUNTEB AND CO.'S BKPORX TO DEC. 6. We havo to report that, on Saturday last, horses were not so plentiful as of late ; a few good hacks sold at good priceß ; a few heavy draught horses Bold from Jill 10s to £15 Ids. Nowma>ket Sale : On Monday there was a large number of cattle brought forward ; store oattle sold at fair prices ; dairy cows brought better prices than the week previous. Springing cows sold from £9 to £10 2s 6d j backward springers, from £5 10s to £7 10s ; two-year old steers, from £3 15s to £5 7s Gd ; three-year old steers, from £d 15s to £7 10s ; two-year old heifers sold at £i 7a 6d ; yearlings, from £2 12s 6d to £8 10s each. Fat Cattle : There was a larger supply than usual. 'All iv sold at advanced prices. Some verj fat cows sold from to £15 2s Gd each. Sheep Market : There was a large supply of both Bheep and lambs ; half-breds" sold from 16s 6<l to 20s 6<l ; merinos, 12a 9d to 15s 6d ; lambs, H.s Gd to 18h G<i. Pig Market : There was a fair supply ; all in sold Rf previous rates % \ Otahuhu Sale: On Tuesday last there was i ijj^£aik£auiiDljLLo£'v.; cattle. . Dairy t. -COWBI-Afii?M,

from £7 to £9 ; two-year old heifers from £1 7s 6d to £i 12s 6d ; some yearlings sold at £3 2a 6d; two-year old steers, £o 5s each, Papakura Market: On Wednesday last there was a very small supply of cattle; those sold realised fully Newmarket prices. Dairy cows sold from £G 10s. to £10 eaoh.