AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1314, 1 February 1868, Page 4

AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

SIR. ALFRED BUCKIAND'a WEEIIL.Y BUPOUT. At tho Hnymarket, on Saturday lust, good meadow hay brought from 2s 6.i to 3d 3d tiie ewt.; oaten hsr, about 4s tho cwt. For younpr draught stoclr, in condivion, t>rre was a fuir rnqniry, and 6< r"iiil were Eoi.! at {■■ritr.fi Yhrying (letween £ l> a:id £20 each. 'Iherß was wlbo an unsatisfied enquiry ior good riding hureefi. Inferior iinimnls were at no. linal prices. On Mondiiy, «t tht; Forth Show, th'To were penned about 70 head of cattle and 100 sheep. Thcro was a numerous ationdaneo of buyers, and steady bidding for nil stock offered for sale. Sellers were well satisfied with tho pric<a obtained, and arranged to haro another sale on the second Wednesday in April next. Fat caltle have, during the past week, barely maintained their previous prices, the dry weather having occasioned full markets. Dairy cows in their profit have sold better, but young stoek are lower abimt 10s per head. In store sheep thero is no variation in price, half-bred shearlings bringing from 12s Gd to 14s each. Fat eheep have not offered plentifully, but the trade being full there has been no improvement in tho value. Well-fatted lambs wern better worth 2b each, niid tlioro was an improved enquiry for woll-bred store pigs. MEBBB9. W. HCNTEB ANP CO.'S WEBKLY EEPOUT. \W have to report Omt on Saturday last thero was a fair number of lioiucs in; uviily all eolJ. Some gond hacks sold for from £7 to £8 12s 6d. Tho well-bred mare, " Queen of Trumps," sold for £13. Oats from 3s Cd to 3s 9d per bushel. At the Newmarket sale, on Monday, thero was a laij/e number of cattle brought forward. Dairy cows were acarer, nnd sold from £9 10s to £10; backward springers, from £6 to £8 10s. Of ttore cattle, there were a good many in tho market. Two-year-old eteera sold from £i 10s to £5 17e Cd ; three-year-old steers, from £7 to £8 5s ; working bullocks, from £8 5s to £10 17s lid. lhero wa» a ltirgo number of yearlings, but they wern mostly all withdrawn. Of fat cattle, thero was a fair nuirber in, but very few of choice quality ; nearly all in were eold at about former prices. Sheep market: Thero were very low in tho market, ilalf-breds sold from 24s to 2<ls 6d; lambs, from £)s to 18a each. Pig market: There was a large number in. All in wore sold at good prices. At the otuhuhu sale thero was a good muater of cattle. Dairy cow, ( .old from £9 5s to £11; lj-year-old heifers, £6 2s fid ; yearlings, treni £2 17s 6d to £3 sh; two-yciir-old steers, £4 Jsd 6d; dry cows from £4 14b to £5 lCs each.