AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1806, 2 February 1884, Page 2

AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Mk. Ai.fukd Buckl/Vnd'h Wkkkly RkPOiir. —At the haymatket, on Friday, J.um.uy 25 fodder w.v> plentiful. Oaten hay brought from 4b to 4s (id ; meadow hay 3s 3d per c vt. Horse stock weie in umiul numb t. and without alteration in valuer. A strong nding hoise bi ought €28. At Payikura, on Wednesday, a larger than usual muster of .stock of all kinds met with a steady demand at full values, and tbeie was an impioved enquiry for daily cattle. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle iioar their profit were in demiud. Store cattle at low values. I<\it cattle were yarded in full number, and with no improvement in valuo. The trade h.i\o bought m e\cess of their immediate wants and unices small markets for a week or two, the prices will be permanently low. Fat sheep wei c in full supply, but m untamed their pi ice, ranging fiom 2d to 2UI the lb. Store sheep were dull of sale. Lambs were in n.oderate number, and at la^e \alue-« ; best quality brought from 10-, to 14s each. Pigs continue in good demand at sutisfactoiy puces, Tlie averages were : (iO Haw era o\en, .€7 10s; 18 .steers. J. L. Tole, ti(i ; 8 steers, P. R. Frasers, £"> 11s ; 2'i steeis, J. S. Giahaine, £7 2s ; 12 cows, N Hunt, £1; 7 head, J. M. Mai tin, (T> 7s (id ; 200 ttlnopshire Down aethers, J. C. Fith, 14s 8d ; 210 wetheis, Auckland Agncultural company, 14s (id ; 22 lambs, Lindsay, 14s ; 2 j lambs, Sturges, 10- !)d ; (4ane, 10 3 ; 05 lainba, J. and C. Gould, 10- (id. Mi^K-. Hlntku and Nolan'm Kurour. — Horses : The supply has been up to the average. The Dm ham Yaids were well filled on Friday. jukl lior->os of all classes irefc a fair m.uket, the diaft from Ilawoia helling at satisfactoiy piic<'s to the \eudoi. There still lemam-, a good demand for sound heavy di aught and coach lioises. The to was not any noteuoithy alteiation in late quotations. On Satmd.iy wo held a private sale .it Mr Hays f.uin, at Holensvllle. Tho dany cows, winch, weie really iirst-clas, elicited keen competition, and sold at high lates ; young stock also sold well. The f.um nine fetched £3"), and the implements at then value ; the Heiefoi d bull (tlnee-qiuitei bied), £7 15s. Hides, skins, and wool; Consequent on the liohdayt we held oin usual Tuesday's weekly sale on Monday, andpiu'es weie as follows : —Hide-, 2£d to .S,M ; skins, fiom Is to 2s 10d:bagsof wool, 21.1 to s,'d ])er lb. Cattle : Notwithstanding we held our Junction s.do on Wednesday, theie w.is a laige mustei of all ela—es. lUny cattle Averein impioved demand, and, with fewr exceptions, .ill in weie disposed of at an ad\ance on late pi ices, stoic cattle especially ; steeis weie in good demand at late quotations. Sheep. The yaids weie A\ell hlled. The diaft of Slnopslnie downs from Matamata weie Ih-t-cLis- mutton, and met keen competition ; lambs m modeiate su|i])ly, and sold at fiom (is (>d to l"is. l'igj. in average supply and nnpioved demand.