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Waikato Argus, Volume XIX, Issue 3028, 8 November 1905, Page 2

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Waikato auuds umc«, Ttna Day HAMILTON MARKET: PRICES CURRENT. Tint following quotations worn given by the Hamilton tradespeople as ruling this week : Bacon, peril;: Wholesale 7’id, retail 9d. Hams, per lb ; Wholesale retail 9d. Egga, per dozen: Whoscsule 8d to 91, retail lOd. Dairy butter, per lb : Wholesale Bd, retail lOd. Separator butter, per lb : Wholesale 9d to Uhl, retail lid to Is. Factory butter, per lb : Wholesale lid, retail Is r Factory cheese, pur lb ; Wholesale G.pl to 6Jd, retail Sd. Onions, per lb: Wholesale to retail 3d. Table potatoes (local), put ton ; VV holesale £ll, retail £l2 Potatoes (American) per ton : WholeBale £ll 15s, retail £l3 Table potatoes (Southern), per ton : Wholesale £l3 15s, retail £l4 15s Chaff, per tuu ; Wholesale £4 l'2s fad, retail £5 2a HI _ Sharps, per 1001b : Wholesale os 9d, rebt.il 6s 3d Bran, per 1001b : Wholesale 4b 9d, retail 5s 3d. 1 Oita (Southern), per bushel : Wholesale 2s Gd to 2b Bd, retail 2s 9d to 2b Wheat, per bushel : Wholesale 3a 6d, retail 4s Few. wheat, per bushel: Wholesale o» 9d, idail 4 1 Maize, per bushe' : Who •:» i e 3 9d to 4s, retail 4s to 4s 3d. HAMILTON SALE Tue New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company i,L ,M ' rED ) report:— On Monday, Cth November (held on that day on account of 9th being show day), we held our monthly stock sale at Hamilton Yards. Young cattle and up to two-year-olds were brought forward in large numbers and sold much better throughout than at previous month’s sale, only ono line being left unsold at the conclusion of tho sale. The beef pens were well supplied, but competition was not too keen unless for anything well fatted. Good steers realised up to £9 2s, others £G 15s to £8 10s ; <rood young cows and heifers, £5 10s to £G 12s Gd; threo-yonr-old steers, £4 18a to £5 ss; fresh three-year-old steers, £G 15s; two-year-old steers, £3 12s fid to £1 ss; 18-months steers, £3 3b to £3 10s ; quiet IS-montha and twoyear heifers, £2 15s to £3 10s ; strong good yearlings (mixed sexes), £1 18s to £2 4a; yearling steers, £2 la to £2 8s ; fresh cows, £3 to £3 17s Gd; dairy stock offered in large numbers, but nothing of choice quality; heifers near calving sold at from £4 5s to £3 7s Gd, others £3 10s to £4; cows, £5 to £G 10a. An average number of fat sheep penned; shorn wethers and owes, 20s each; shorn hoggets, 15s Gd to 18s; ewes and wethers (in wool), £1 6s. Pigs sold well throughout; weaners, Ss to 15s; slips, 20s; a spring cart and harness, £lO 10s; a pair of buggy horses, £2B. OHAUPO SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) report: — On Tuesday, November 7th, we held our second bull sale at Ohaupo yards, and offered 93 bulls of all ages. Buyers were in attendance from all parts of Waikato, and wo report a record sale, disposing of every boast at the hammer. Choice 2 and 3-ycar-old pedigree bulls from Mr Jno. Allen, of Waingaro, realised from £l2 12s to £l6 16s; 3 and 4-ycar-old bulls from other owners, £5 6s to £0 9s ; yearling to 18-months and 3-year-old bulls from various owners, £5 10s 6d to £ll. Four hundred head of store cattle sold well throughout, every pen being disposed of at auction or afterwards at satisfactory prices. Frsh conditioned 3-year steers sold up to £7 Ga; 18-months’ and 2-year steers, £3 Is to £3 18s; quiet 18-months’ to 2year heifers, £2 15s to £3 10s; store cows, £2 2s6d to £2 15s; fresh cows, £3 2s to £4; mixed yearlings, £1 2s 6d to £2 3s; good yearling steers, £2 5s to £2 10s; quiet yearling heifers, £2 to £2 12s 6d. A large number of dairy stock yarded, and were required if at profit; good heifers, £5 10s to £7 : others, £4 10s to £5; good cows, £6 10s to £7 ss; culled cows at store prices. LONDON MARKETS. Wellington, Last Night. Tho Department of Industries and Commerce has received tho following cablegram from the High Commissioner, dated London, November 4Mutton ; ) Market very dull on account of tho absence of demand. The average price to-day for Canterbury mutton is 3jd per lb, and for other New Zealand mutton 3id per lb. River Plate mutton is in large supply. The average price to-day for River Plate mutton is 3d per lb. There is scarcely any demand for lamb. The average price for light weights is 4d per lb. Heavyweights sold at mutton prices. A large supply is at present held in store. The beef market is weak, and the supplies of River Plate are increasing. Large quantities of River Plate chilled are arriving in bad condition. The average price to-day for hindquarters of New Zealand beef is 3Jd per lb; forequarters, 2yd per lb. Tho butter market is firm. There is a largo demand for better grades. A small shipment by the s.s. Athcnie arrived in good condition. The average price to-day for choicest New Zealand butter is 114s per cwt.; Danish, 121s. The cheese market is rather unsettled, Canadian, 575. The hemp market is firm. The price for Now Zealand hemp, good fair Wellington grade on spot Lo-day, is £3l IDs; maiula, October-December shipments, £-11 10s. Thu cocksfoot seed market is quiet. The average price for bright clean New Zealand cocksfoot seed, weighing 171b per bushel, on spot, te 51s cwt. Kauri gum ; Ordinary, fair threcquartcracrapcd, £6 10s; lair half-scraped, 90s ; brown, fair half to threequurter-scraped, 775; brown pickings, common to good, ■44s; bush, fair to good, pale and amber scraped, £3 sa. The stock held in London is 1094 tons. The market is steady and tho demand only moderate. New Zealand longberried wheat, on spot, ex granary, per quarter of 4061b, 31s; New Zealand shortberried wheat, on spot, granary, per quarter of 4961b, 30a. The market is firm, with improved dumaud. New Zealand eats (short sparrowbills), granary, on spot, per quarter of 3841b, 21s; New Zealand oats (Danish), granary, on spot, per quarter of 3201b, 18s. There is general and active demand for New Zealand beaus, f.a.q. Old crop, 5401b, oos Gd. Tho market remains firm. New Zealand peas (Partridge), 5041b, 37s ; New Zealand peas (blue), 20s fid. Market tirxn. ’The wool market is firm, with a hardening tendency in merinos.