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Patea Mail, Volume XI, Issue 132, 1 March 1886, Page 2

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PATEA RETAIL PRICES. Buying Selling. Butter per to lOd Is Cheese (colonial) 7d lOd Eggs par doz. lOd Is Potatoes (per bag) 4s 5s Butchers’ Meat— Selling. Beef 2d to 3d. Steak 4d Mutton ... . 3d Pork 4d Veal 4d t Flour, local, 12a per lOOlbs ; Oaman , x4a per iOOlbs ; chick wheat, 2s 9d per bushel ; oatmo 1. 4s Od uor 2511 s : broad, 4d per 2lb loaf. Mil NEW TOM KING’S WEEKLY AUCTION AND PRODUCE REPORT On Saturday, at the mart, fowls were plentiful, they made Is to ls4d ; chickens, Bdlo laid ; ducks, 10d to Is 8d ; fancy pigeons, 2s to 4s per pair ; onions, Id ; barley, 2s 9cl; sugar, 3-j)d ; lea, 15s Gd. Ha) market Yards. —Pigs showed an improvement mi recent rales, slips making4s to 4s 5d ; small, 2s 3d to 3s ; calves, 6s to 8s ; horie-, £3 to £6. Fruit.—Nelson apples made 4s 6d for cooking; 7s Gd to Bs, eating ; plums, 5s 6d to 7s 6d ; peaches, good, 3s to 4s Gd half-cases ; cases, 8s to 9s: medium, 5< to 6 • Cattle, —The yards were fairly filled on Thursday at Wawaikaiho. The demand for young cattle was brisk enough, though calves were not up to last sale rates. Dairy cattle sold welK -‘-Big steers were i ol in reo x ”y&». Fat cows, dull ; young ~t, . i*t}ep’'met with good competition, but w fat ewes were dull ; calves made 18s lo 235, small, 14s ; yearlings, 24s to 30s ; 18month, £2 9s to £2 10s 6d ; springing COW'S, £5 5s to £6 10s ;backward springers £3 10s lo £4 ; galls 2s Gd ; f-it cows, £3 13s lo £4 5s ; hoggets, 7s Gd; rams, £l- - Horse Stock, &c.—Mr Buck I and reports at the Haymarkot on Friday, Feb. 19, horse stock were in usual number and late values ; good draught ranging from £l4 to £2O each ; inferior horses at nominal price. Cattle, Sheep, &c.—Mr Buckland reports that there was a small muster of cattle at Papaknra on Wednesday, Feb. 24, which wore fairly competed for.—At Remuera on Thursday, Feb. 25, dairy cattle were yarded in full numbers and were in good demand throughout the sale, at about 10s each higher than last week , few store cattle wore yarded ; fat catile were in short supply, and prices improved as the sale proceeded ; best quality were at 20s per 1001 bs. Bheep were in full numbers and maintained their last week’s values, from l|d to 2d per lb, varying with quality. Lambs were also plentiful, and without alteration in values. Fat calves and pigs were in short supply, but at last week’s rates.