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Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 10483, 7 December 1895, Page 4

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MR NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION AND PRODUCE REPORT. At the Haymarket on Saturday pigs sold fairly well, slipa making from 5s to 8s j small stores, 9s 6d to 11s 6d. Mr Leppers horses advertised for sale were not in the best of condition and therefore did not make very high rates. Yearling colts and fillies made £2 10s to £f 153 ; hacks, £4 5s to £0 ; draught mare, 13s At the mart fowls realised Is to Is Gd ; ducks, Is Gd ; geese, 2s to 2s 2<i ; new potatoes, IJd per lb ; old potatoes, 3s 9d to 5s per cwt ; cheese, 4tl. Mi- Kendall's sale of drapery was fairly well patronised, aud passed oil" satisfactorily. Fruit — During the week I received a consignment of Island fruit, which was very soon snapped up by the fruiterers. Bananaa made 2£d lb ; oranges Is 2d per doz, in cases 7s, tomatoes 5d per lb, lemons 7d per doz. Cattle. — On account of the Show last week I held my Waiwakaiho sale on Fiiday when there was a very large muster of stock, the yard accomodation being taxed to the utmost and then was barely sufficient, one \ f>r two lots having to remain in the paddock. Bidding from the start was lively aud the sale was a most successful one, nearly everything sold ac the hammer, very few lines being passed out. Big steers were in best demand, 2-year-olds keeping up remarkably well, and all of this class sold at prices fully equal and in some cases in advance of the previous sale.^tilmpty heifers were well competed for at improved rates. Springers were perhaps the least saleable, except for any- • thiug very forward. I quote : Calves. 16s to 27s ; yearlings, 28s 6d to 37s ; IS months mixed, 43s to 60s ; IS months steers, 50a to 53s j 2 to 2J- year steers, 55s to G3s 6d ; 2i to 3 year steers, G4s Gd to 76s ; 3J years steers. | 83s ; empty heifers, 4.">s > to 60s ; springers, 55s to 6us ; store cows, 32s 6d to 55s ; springers, j i'Os to 90s ; cows and calves, 68s to f!B3 6d ; fat bullocks, 130s.— At Toko on Tuesday there^ was a small mister and few buyers, Bidding was quiet and most lots were passed in. 18-months steers made 50s; springing heifers, fiOs ;cows, 100s to 122s 6d.— At Stony River on Wednesday the yards were crowded with cattle. There was a good attendance, but the heavy rain which bet in at noon interfered greatly with business and spoiled what promised otherwise to have been a very successful sale. Considering the weather a good number of lines changed hands at about ruling rates. Calves made 17s to 2Gs Gd ; yearlings, 30s to 35s ; 12 to 15 months mixeri, 395 ; empty heifers, 42s 6d to 51s 6d ; 2 to 24 year steers, 55s ; store cows, 40s to 52s 6d ; springers, 65s to 80s ; cows and calves, 595.