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Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 95, 7 December 1872, Page 2

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THE \li'Ul A\ I) .MARKETS. j Livi-: Sto. K.---Mr Alfred I'iicklaiid reports, for tlic J week ending Friday, November 'Ji' : At the wool and llax fi.1.11■ on Wednesday last, about TOO bairn of wool and (j(J limn nf lias ivop! u/i'cred. word there was a steady <•.impel,ition throughout the dale, and very etpiable prices ruled, but. nearly all olii;ir.d wan purchased on American account. At the auction a, few parcels were reserved, but with one exception, all were afterwards sold. The prices obtained Were lowr.T Hia.'l at the utile in -October, about i-d per lb. Loi>;.;\Voo!h, washed, brought from Is 5d to "JliJ-d the lb, 1 jut the i_o''a!cr part brought from Is 8d to Is !M half-bred wool, v.'.v'hcd, In-Id to Is (id ; longwriolr, ill grease, i:» "J I to la ;:di ; h.'df-bi'ed and merino, Sid to Is. For the Jlax l licte was a full muster of the usual buyers, but prices oll'ui'cd w«ns nlxnifc Ci per ton lower than was obtained at I,ho lasL Hale, Seveial id' the larger lotn wen? reserved ; that !s<m<(, aboci, 4(1 tons, brought about £ IS-nor ton for inf ii'ioi' to for best quality. The (lax generally w;' • iiil'ui ior in eo!«ur and liuenesH to tluit usually oll'erod. -At llcmiloi a, on Thursday, medium and inferior dairy cattle showed no impioveiiiciifc in value, but good dairy cattle were in !;ef.',::i request. Store cattio of till kinds wore in di'i:>.'ind at- ;ui advance on late prices. Fat cattle were o'Vui ed in nsuai' imiuljer ; I'2(> head solil: but the greater p::it Urre of .small size, and many were cows in secondary (■-•edition, For weil-I'll ti.'d aceui-s late prices wore sum* >:ii i,'!, li'il, ('iM lo oi' infci'ior quality wero at rather lower , --' N■> sliii-r sheep "A'.ii'e bi'oagiit forward, b'ut sheep ;* •: ill jivn, :u:pply ; for those! of lanro size last wee k's lii'ict'.i >.wro fisiiy Mii.-ilained, and for sniiill-size 1 sheep rather rait - were given. Tllu pigs oenjird were of small and Median' f.i/.e, and sold more freely thc.n last woek,■ The following ivm: the priori obtained:—Uood didry cows, fioiii ,(.'7 lil.i to ,C 8 It is ; calve.*'; i27s to .'i'_'s ; ten to twelvemonth" old Hirers. ,l'"J 7s (id to L''.! Ids; eight'jcnnu>ntli3-old nteei',-1, ,r;; |<)<i to ,i;i- 17-s (id ; heifers, 4()s to 70s ; two-year-old nLeei'K, .C 4 to '4 l.">s ; heifl'r.s, (ios to 80s ; three-year-old and urown stcerH. f") H?s to ill 17s (id; dry cows, £4 10s t<>3■ 4 lon ; best f.i t ••attic:: 28s, inferior 2-ls for the ltlOlb ; iarge-si/.ed rfliceji, L'.'d, Hiiiidl-sized L'il p;r lb; fat "iilve.s, fooni io L!(>.s eivli : V/011-lued pigs inferior from per lb, Kvin! ANo Daikv i'iv'ol) 1 . n-:. —Wholesael Prices: Tlutler, IVe.-ih, jie',' II;. Hd ; imller, salt, per lb, 7d ; cheese, 7d to Hd ; .lvj;ir.<. |„.f i|o/cn. Is; lard, pel' 11), 5d ; bacon, ud to lid ; llllMlSv (id (o Td. iM.oru. - Whok'sido: iSu|)crfinr, silk dressed, per ton, line, do, household, ,tl(s ; seconds, sharps, JL'ti. Adi'liiide, per lon, with bags, £10 ; Oamariu do, .£l3 to .CU>; lluueilin, do, i:l."> (o. J, J l(i ;. (';iiltcrbui'S>rl?», ,015 to Jtlti ; • be-'!, colonial wheat, per busheh os !)d (o (is. UA v \xii (.'on \\ -Wholesale : Mnizo, Syd'hey, -Is to 3s ; do, proviiu'inl, 'is tnl ; oats, lis; bmn )><'>• V»ir«lvol, Is 3d ; U»\. |n-r/..0, -iS Into b"> ;• oCdidi, do, Jti> 10 to ,t5 ; straw, do', .U-1- ; chair, do, C 7 10 (o .CM. K.\t i:i (,!i".\! A.v i) Im.av. (Imn. well scrajied, first quality, per (on. .C 22 (<• .C 2 (•. Klax, fiui-st ijuality, C—(» 10; fair to l^i io I, t'.l.s lo l'a-1.; native dressed, unscutched, Jt 15. Tow, in demand.. Wool, tire.-isy, I F;d lo i Ijd per lb ; do, half-bred, SJd lo I 1 'Jd ; washed ileeees. Is 3d to Is {tivl per lb. T.\:.;,ow , .L'.'!3, casks included.