AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1097, 5 July 1879, Page 2

AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

MR. A. BUCKLAND'S WEEKLY. REPOBT. On Friday hay was hotter worth, and brought from 3s 6d to 5s 6d the cwt.; bonedust, £7 5s the ton; oats, 3s 2d to 3s 6d, maize, 4s 5d to 4s 8d the bushel; wheat, 3s 3d. The well-bred horses sold at low values: Gillie Callum, £50; Tregeagle, £30; Harry Mount, £32, respectively. Heavy draught continue m good demand, a pair bringing £54 each; others, £39 and £47; medium draught from £20 to £30.

Hides sold freely at from 2£d to 3sd the lb ; tallow, Ms to 26s Gd the cwt. ; sheepskins, ls 4d to 2s lOd each ; longwool m grease, 6|d the lb. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cows wore m free demand at late values. ' Store cattle generally of an inferior class. Good animals of all descriptions m demand. Fat cattle m full numbers, 153 head sold to the trade ; price fell slightly towards the end of the sale, but aver&ged 30s for Auckland-fatted, 27s 6d for shipborne cattle ; quality throughout unusually good. Sheep abundant, and although very many of the half-bred wethers from Waikato were not well fattened, wero all purchased by the butchers, at prices rather higher than last week, and were steady at 2fdthe lb. An unusual muster of pigs (130, mostly large size, sold) met with a steady sale at 2|d the lb., live weight ; store pigs, comparatively dull of sale.

MESSES HUNTER AND NOLAN'S W BBKLY

EBPORT,

Horses. — Dulness has characterised the market. A tolerably large number have offered, but the demand -was not brisk. At the Durham Yards, Oil Friday, the number entered was scarcely up to the average, but found purchasers at about the previous week's values. We quote : Hacks, from £5 10s to £14 17s 6d ; light harness horses from £15 to £22 10s; medium draught, £38.

Cattlb. — There has been continuous activity m the market. The supply has scarcely been commensurate to the demand, and prices havo generally ruled m favour of tho vendor ; the most noticable exception being insufficiently fatted animals intended for the butcher. At Newmarket there was but a moderate number of stock yarded. Dairy and store stocks f idly maintained their value, and fat beasts receded a little. At Papakura, on Wednesday, there was a large muster, considering the state of the country roads. There was a good attendance of buyers, and sellers were much pleased at results of sale. We quote : Calves, from 35s to £2 15s ; yearlings, £3 to £3 17s 6d ; two-year-old steers, £4 to £5 10s; three-year-old, £5 5s to £6 17s 6d; dry cows, £4 to £6 15s; beef, 27s 6d to 30a per lOOlbs.

Shee. — The supply has: been small, and demand steady. Prices had a slightly upward tendency.