AUCKLAND.—Yesterday,

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 9950, 10 March 1894, Page 4

AUCKLAND.— Yesterday,

[telegraphed by special correspondents TO TARANAKI HEBALD]. Produce. — The very best butter has advanced Id per ft. Potatoes are very dull of sale- Quotations are as follows ; Fresh butter : firsts, 9d per ft; seconds, 6d; thirds, od per ft; prime salt butter 7d to 7.Jd ; seconds, Cd to 7d ; cheese, local, 3£d to 4d; factory, od to 5Jd; e?gs, Is; hams (in cloth) 9d to lOd; bacon (in cloth), 7Jd to 7*d; roller flour, £8 10s; stone do., £7 10s; maize; 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; oats, feed, 2s 4d to 2s 4^d, seed, none on hand ; milling, 2s Gd to 2s Sd ; wheat, 2s 6d to 2s lOd; fowl wheat, 2s 6d to 2s 10d; potatoes, £2 10s to £3 per ton ; onions, 2Jd to 2Jd per lb; oatmeal, £12. Grain, Fodder, &c. — Messrs Buckland <fc Sons report that at the Haymarket during the past week fodder brought from Is 9d to 2s the cwt; maize 2s 7cl to 2s Sd, oats 2s to 2s 4d, ryegrass 3s 6d to 5s 9d, cocksfoot 7s the bushel; red clover Sd, cowgrass lOJd, alsyke lid, white clover lid, chaff 50s, bonedust 120s and 105s the ton. Horse Stock.—Messrs Buckland & Sons report that at the Haymarket on Friday (Mar. 2) horse stock were yarded numerously; medium draught, suitable for farm, bus or tram work, ranged from £!) to £12 ' each. Wool, HtDES, Skins, &c.—Messrs Or. Wj Binney & Son report that they cleared a very large number of hides and sheepskins on Tuesday (March G) under brisk competition; picked stout ox from 5d to SJ, stout 4d to 4Jd, medium 4d to 3^d. light ox and steer 2d to 2Jd; cowhides, good lines, 2d to 2Jd, picked 2Jd, wet and sloppy ljd to ljd; no change in calf and stags; sheepskins, butchers', Is 6d to 2s 6d; lamb up to 3s 3d for picked, ordinary Is 9d to 2s Cd, sorted at equal values; tallow, lGs to 20s per cwt. ; rough fat, ljd per ft ; bones, £3 lls per ton. Wool: crossbred 6d to 6Jd, lambs 6d to GJd, pieces 3Jd to od, locks ljd to 3d per tt>. —Messrs Buckland and Son report that on Tuesday (March 6) hides were pitched in full number and sold freely; ox hides ranged from 2Jd to 4Jd, cow hides ljd to.2£d per lb, tallow 17s to 17s 6d, bones 3s per cwt, rough fat ljd per lb; sheep skins in usual number were at late values and brought from Is Id to 2s 8d each. About 20 bales of wool, mostly lambs, sold briskly, and brought from 6d to 6^d; locks and pieces 2Jd to ftd per lb. Cattle, Sheep, &c.—Messrs Buckland & Sons report that at Waiuku on Saturday (March 3) there was a moderate muster of cattle, and all classes met with a steady demand. Cows and heifers near profit ranged from 70s to 120s; calves, 20s to 325; one to two-year-olds, 52s 6d; two to three years, 63s to 70s; fat cows, 80s to 105s; fat steers, £5 lGs to £7.—At the Sheep Fair, held on Tuesday (March 6), there was an unsatisfied demand for young ewes; aged ewes in low condition and weakly lambs were scarcely saleable. A few choice two-tooth rams sold fairly well, but the greater number were at butchers' values. At Kemuera on Thursday (March 8) dairy cows were at profit in short supply, and brought from £6 15s to £7 12s Gd each; backward springers, £4 5s to £5 ss. Store cattle sold freely at fully late values; grown steers brought 110s; large framed cows, 555; calves, 29s each. Fat and young calves were numerous (65 sold); fresh dropped I calves were from 2s to 6s; young fat calves, 10s to 16s; 2 to 3-months-old calves, 20s to 34s each. Fat cattle were numerous (234 sold); a few pens of choice quality kept last week's values, but ordinary cattle were lower; prices for steers were from 18s to 21s the 100 ft; 'sheep in less than average number (866 yarded), and scarcely kept last week's values; fat wethers from 10s Gd to 12s 9d, ewes 5s Cd to 10s each; crossbred store wethers 5s and 6s each; the season for fat lambs is pastj a few only, and those choice, are bought by butchers; prices ranged from 4s 9d to 10s 6d each (238 sold). Pigs of good quality were yarded numerously (119 sold); heavy pigs at 40s, porkers 18s to 28s, weaners lls to 17s each.—Messrs Hunter & Nolan report as follows: —Cattle: The supply continual sufficient for requirements. An increased number of stores have been disposed of. There have been little or no alteration in values, except tlmt prices for good dairy cows were slightly in favor of vendor. Dairy and fat stock ivere represented at Newmarket on Tuesday, but few stores weie offered; but there was a large muster at Papakura on Wednesday, when they were keenly competed for, as well as dairies at profit. Some averages of fat steers were : £8 10s. £8 (is 3d, £8 3s 2d, £8 Is lOd, £7 Cs Gd, £7' 12s Gd ; cows, £6 ss, £6 17s 6d, £5 2s Gd, £4 17s Gd, £4 ss. Beef, 19s to 2ls per lOOlbs. Sheep were penned in ample numbers for requirements, and were steadily competed for. Wethers sold from 8s Gd to 13s 9d each; ewes, 6& 3d to lls Cd; mixed sexes, 9s to 12s Gd; lambs, Is to 0a 9d. Pigs were yarded in limited numbers, and sold at 'id per lb live weight, ranging from 1-is to 35b each; weaners, .'ss to 9s each. Shake Market.—Messrs Fratcr Brothers telegraphed to us yesterday evening: —Sales: Bank of New Zealand, 635; Colonials 30s Oil; New South Wales. £31; New Zealand Insurance 59s 9d; Gas £10 17s Gd; Alburnia 2s Od ; Queens Is Gd ; Cambria Is; Waihi 2iss Gd; Flukes 2s Gil. Buyers : Colonial Bank 31f>; South British, 34s 9(1; Gisborne Gas 2lu 6d. Sellers : National Bank, 235; Northern Steam, 4s; Coromandcl Steam, 12s ; Union Steam, £7 10s; Devonport Ferry, 325.