CAREY, GILLES HUNTER AND CO.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 14, Issue 1125, 8 February 1870, Page 2

CAREY, GILLES HUNTER AND CO.

.. The muster of horses was not qftite" so good as for the last -month,' and loss animation .Wits, displayed ■'in tridding' than last weeks ' Nevertheless, an averasre number changed hands. . Hacks sold from £9 to £11, light harness horses, from £15 to £18 ss. such. The market; has been moderately supplied with cattle this, week.. Store stock have been brought forward sufficient for requirements. Fat beasta wore in short supply, but of good quality,- and'sold higher than for some time past. Dairy fows were : -in full supply, but mostly of a bad. description. Good cows at calving realised high prices. Mieep : ! Thn yards were well filled with tioth fat and store, which obtained an advance in price. ou'.tlio previous week. A good number of both fat .and store: yiga met with ready sale... The following it a list' of prices :— Dairy cows, from £11 15s.: to £is,\ Sheep: Hatf-brfd-, ; V25..t0. 18s.; merinos, from 9a. 6d. to JOs. 01: yearlings; from 454 2s. and 6d. to £4 lbs old sreers, £7 2~: 6d.toi>7 1 2».Cd. each. 'Lambs from Bn. 6d. to 11-. each. At i'apakur^, on Wednesday, an >.tiUS>ally largu number «>f cattle wore pen; >ed, principally ypung stock, » hichmet with ready sale. No good dairy cows were offered. A good number of horses met with ready purchasers at fully Auckland price*, tattie sold as follow :— Yearling steers, from £4 125. 6d. to £5. ; one-anii-a-halrai d two-year-Cld steers, from £6 15s. to £7, 7s. 6d. ; calves, . from £■2 14s. to £3 each. ,'•..- : -