AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 8, 7 December 1883, Page 3

AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Weekl? Report. : ;■ Horses— A large number have been placed on the market, and found purchasfrß. Those of gocd stamp soid readily tit the prerioaa week's values $ for otber deßcriptionp, the demand was slack, bat for .«rrn thege, if titrangerß^ fatisfactory piicea are jjiten. The Ddrham Yardß were well filled on Friday, ind the compeUtion was steady thropghoat the Bale. Sbipborue hors.f

■ sold at satisaactorjf rates, bat local weeds were s!ow of sa'e. We quote hacks from £7 to £I's 10s ; light-har-ne^s homes. £16 to £23 15-»; med ' um •Iraogbt, I 28 to L3l 10* Wooi i: hides, -ani 'slcins The latter were disposed of on Monday, instead of the usual sile f'ay, and prices were better thau on th»; previous week. Hides sjld at 2-^1 t<i 3| i per Ik; skins, from 1* 91 to 3« 5d i The first wool sale of the series attract a few extra buyers ; competition w<is steady for longwooland keen for crossbred an-i merino. No washed Wool was submitted. Prices for lo n?woo ranged Jrom 51 tQ 6^5 per lb.; cross^; bred, Qd to 6sd per lb. ; merino 8d per ib. ' Cattle — There has b9en a good supply of all descriptions, and a corresponding demand, bat little alteration in ralue. ' The JNewoaarket yards, oj) Tb'esday, were cramrne-i, Thore was a i spirited demand, and an unusually • liige cumber changed hands, at prices j iqi'.Tajour of.rendpr, «s compared with i tije, |>rcyiouß week, - quote caWifi 1 trqm iSsl.fp 17^ 6d sj : yearlings, '27h^ j two-y'eir-oid Bteers,, L2 Us to La 10h ; grown steers, L4 15s to L5 10s ; baef, |22s to 28s per 10t ft. Bheep--i'her.---j was a, large! market of eheep 6n Tnes-f iday* Competition was brisk throughout the pale. Good ".^wethera sold at from il6s tolßs 9d j iu different 12s to 15s 6;l^ lambs, from 8s 6d to 15s 9d. Pi> were scarce, and sold mt 8d per lb. lire ■weight.