LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9015, 30 March 1888, Page 4

LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

AUCKLAND Messrs. Hinter A.vr» Nolan's Wf.eki.y Report. —Grain. hor->e feed, seeds Ac. : The market Iris been fairly supplied. A limited quantity of grain J was disposed of .'it the previous week s values. Oaten chat! plentiful. Seeds were in better demand, but prices are in favour of the purchaser. j Horse*: About the usual number of local animals | have V*e*?n brought for v., rd. The demand has been j rather slack, particularly for those of a poor stamp, hut there was no noteworthy alteration in value. An average number were submitted by auction at | the Durham Yards on Friday. Bidding «as fairly j brisk, and most of the lots submitted were cleared at the previous week's values. Wo.*!, hides, skins, tallow and bones: A good quantity weft* pitched | at the Durham Yard* oil Tuesday. Lambs'* in j ' bags <oid at oi l l per lb ;ox hides, 4d to I=l per lb : cow, .yi to 3,' d per lb: calf-kins, 4,d to 5d per 1!) ; | | indifferent sheepskin.-. Is t>d to is ltd ; tallow, £10 to £13; bones, £4 1:.» per ton; horns, lid per set. I Cattle : Tiie supply has been about an average one, with no noteworthy alteration in values. An ave I rase number were yarded at Newmarket on TuesI day. Competition was steady for all descriptions throughout the sale. Inferior dairy cows were a shade lower in value. Fat cows advanced slightly f in value, but other descriptions were unaltered. Sheep : There ».ls a tolerably good muster at New. market on Tuesday. Competition wm good throughout. Ewes sold at from (is (xl to 13s 9<l, the litter price being for exceptionally good ones ; wether.-, from Os C*d to las; lambs. from 5s to lis 3d. J'ias scarce and in brisk demand, sold at from 2j>i to jjd per lb lire weight. Mr. Ai.ikf.li iitCKLANP'S Weekly REPORT.— At the Haymarket during the past week loose fodder and oaten chaff have brought from Is ad to 2s ,'M the ewe; oaten chat! from 2s to 3s Cd the cwt; oats, Is lOd to Is lid the bushel. At the horse sale on Friday, horse stock sold better than of late. Useful farm horses ranged in price from £8 to ill each; a butrgv, £10; horse, cart, and harness, £IJ. At the hide and skins sale on Tuesday, late values were fully sustained. Ox hides ranged from :;jd to 4Jd ; cow" hides, 3d to 3Jd; calf .-kins, 4jd to ssd ; | lamb skins, 2s sd; pelts, from 7<l to 2s Ud each ; wool, 3d to 7d the lb. At the country cattle sales, ' held respectively at Pukekohe and Drury. the nurr.j bets brought forward have been less than last month, and prices have been slightly lower. At ■ the Remuera Yards on Thursday, dairy cows near i calving ranged with quality from £3 to to each ; barren cows,"from 15s to sft» ; yearling heifers, lis ; steers, 17s to It's ; lb-months steers of good quality, ; «7 S (id and 30s each. Fat cattle were in full number. ' Steer l>eef, from 13s to Ids ; cow, from 10s to 13s per 10! ill,. Fat sheep plentiful : Wethers, 2d to 2ld ; Gives, from lid to Ijd the lb ; lambs, (is (id to lus each. Fat calves in demand at. full values. Well- ( - bred pigs at fully 2Ad the lb live weight. S MESSRS. G. W. IiINNFiY AMI .SONS' REPORT.— Held 7 last wool sale on Friday ; prices obtained were very ' satisfactory. 72 bales and 50 packages were offered e and all sold, with the exception of one lot. Cross- > bred, from tUd to (ijd ; hall bred and crossbred, 7.1 ; '. merino, Sd ; lambs, Old to 7d per lb. On Tuesday a !S large catalogue of hides, sheepskins, etc., were i cleared under brisk competition. Heavy stout ox, ' a t an average of 4jd per lb, 233 to 27s Cd each; medium, 'Hd to 4d ; cowhides, J]£d to 3jd; kip, 'Ud to 4d ; calf, 4d to fid per lb ; jjrc»?n o::, 22 »Jd to 2<N :s lid ; cow. Pis to 17sb(l each ; sheepskins, local green, is to 2s 3d ; lambs, 2s to 2s (id ; country, best, Is lid to 2s 2d ; medium. Is 3d ; lambs, Is 3d to 2s ; shearlings, Od : sold 420 at, ((notations. Hones; Prices ere again firmer *, sold at 4s (id per cwt. 'fallow, 12s " to lis' per cwt; rough fat, Id per lb. " THAMES CATTLE MARKET. .; Messrs. Hanks and Co.'s Weekly Report (by ' telegraph).—At Parawai on Thursday fat cattle were 11 yarded in less than usual numbers, and competition 11 was fairly good, sales commencing at about last 1 week's rates ; but towards the end prices improved .e by about 10s per head, steers selling up to £fi each ; 0 heifers, to £4 17s 6d. Sheep were penned in module rate numbers, but owners held firmly for an advance 1 and many lots remained unsold, ewes making from 7s ' , to 7s 0(1 each. Lambs were also in excess of demand f ' and sold at (is to 7s Gd. :e