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■ '"■ ■'■♦ Tub Waieato Ari;is OiEce, This Day. AUCKLAND MARKKTS. Tut; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile AclhtiCV Co- (Lid) ieport.— Dorses: Have been in steady demand those of » _<>od stamp being insufficient for requirements. Fully an average number was entered for disposal by auctit n at the Durham Yards on Friday. Bidding fluctuated, but on the who e vMues »i"k slightly in favour of I tie vendor. We quote heavy draughts from £26 10* to £3B ; medium, £2l to'£3o 10s ; hacks and trap horses £7 10s to £l6 15s ; weeds, £2 10s to £5 17s 6<l. Cattle : At lbe Ne«miufcet Yards on Tuesday dtiry and store cuttle were yarded in usua numbers Dairy cows eold from £■> 10 to £S 4s : tat rattle were in average supply, oxen selling up to last week's C|Uutrt»kun ; fat steers made £6 Ids to £ll 17s (id ; fat cows, £1 15s to £S 17s 6d. Sheep : The Newmarket Yards were well filled on Tuesday, sherp sellinc at late values ; fat wethers, 9s «d to 15s Cd ; fat ewes, 7s Oil to 14s ; lambs in full supply, 6s 6d to 13s. Pijts : Short of requirements ; porkers, £1 13s, to £2 17s ; weaners, 9s fid '.o 17s. At Papakura on Wednesday'., .there was a large muster of stcclt of ali'Yflasses ; dairy eows sold from £4 10s to £S ; empty cows, £2 18s to £4 Is ; grown steers. £n 5s to £7 10 ; 2 and 3-year-old steer-, £3 2s to £6 2s 6d ; calve, £1 2s to £2 lis ; fat stock at Newmarketrates. Hides: A medium catalogue was submitted on Tuesday, when there was a steady demand for all classes Ox sold to 7g'l. cow to 4Jd, stags 2;fd, kip 4d, calf 4jd. Sheepskins : There was u good offering, good sheepskins selling up to 3s sd, pelts to Is lid, lambskins to 2s. Tallow : Sold at 25s for prime. Horsehair, Is 4tl per lb ; bones, 4s 6d per cut; tails, Is 7u dozen. Maize : The market is steady at 4s 2d on wharf for wholesale lines. Oats : White are a shade firmer, but duns are tasier in price. Chaff: In short supply. Stocks of old are almost cleared, and new is selling at £4 ex rail for prime samples by the truck load. Potatoes : The market is lifeless, sales being made from £3 10s to £4 ex store. Dairy produce—Butter : No change to report, prices still ranging from Sd to 9-j'i for separator lines ; fuetory, in bulk lOd, rolls 10id. Cheese : There is little doine in cheese, the present high pi ices tending to restrict sales. Late quotations still hold good.
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Waikato Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1499, 5 March 1903, Page 2
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