MR. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUC TION AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7192, 9 October 1886, Page 2

MR. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUC TION AND PRODUCE REPORT.

AT the marf, on Pfttuxtiny, fowls mide Is2d to Is 6'i; potatoes, 2s 6d to -is; damped. lsGd to 2s; brown sugar 2id;tea, 14s Gd. Drapery, furniture and sundries sold at low ratc3. Haymarket Yards.—Pigs: Slips nnde 4s to 8s; barrows, 12a 6d to 15s; horses, -fil to £4» I hnd » clearing gnle for Mr. Hills, at Waitara, on Monday, when good prices were obtained. Ccttle. —There v/us a very fair muster at Inglewood on Tuesday. Notwithstanding the rainy weather, stock sold well. Cftlves nnd yearlings made £1 6's to £115; beifers in calf £2 13s 6<l to £3; 18-months stcerg,£l 19s to £2 6»; cows, springing, £4 to £5 16s, At Waiwskaiho, on Thursday, a large number of cattle in excess of entries were yurdcl, the yards being crowded. Bidding all round was very dull, and a great number of cattle were left unsold. Prices ruled lower than for many sales past, in fact, buyers wore not anxious to buy any thing. Calves made 17s to 255; yearlings, 20/1' to 30s; 2-year ateers, £2 15s to £3 is 6cJ; 2 to 2i.years, «3 6b;cqw«, springing, £4 to £.6 17s 6d;

heifers, springing, £1 10s to £3 15; bullocks, £11 the pair, bull, £2 10a. Mr. Robeu's sale of airr cattle at Tariki Uoatl, was well atcended, but, unfortunately, t.e reserve's placed by vendor being altogether too high, very lit le buisness resulted. Bull, £5 12s Gd; yearlings to 18-monihs, £1 lie 6rt to &2 ss; cows, £3 IB to £4 7s 6d, Produce. — Potatoes aro pretty well all planted nenr the coast now, and the demand is easing off. During the week I placed privately 330 yearlings at a satisfactory price ; also a line of 18 J 2to 3-year-old steers.