COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1994, 18 April 1885, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. Waikato Times Office, Friday.

At cki.vni) mvk stock vi VKh.;:rs. Mk Vlkubi) Buckl\m>'-> Rm-oki.— At tho H iym.irket on Friday, Apul 10th, fodder w.h ftbuiuLuit, .md landed in pnco fioin "•- to Is Dd per ewt. ; ch.itf, 3s 10il to U 10 1 per ton ; oat% 2d (id per bushel. Hoi so stock wero yarded in full nniubnr, nnd with very few exceptions all wore sold. Hiding horws «P to £2"> ; farm hones, from «17 to £27 10s each. At tho wool, hide, and skin silo on Tuesday, hides wero in better enquiry; host quality brought from 4d to 4^l por Ib ; tallow, 24s to 25s pir c>vt. ; peiU and skin-,, fiom 8d to 2» •Id eivch ; wool, ."kl to 7\d por Ib. At Dairy on Wednesday a modoiato muster of stock M>ld freely without any alteration f i om lato values. At Rumucta, on Tlmrs d ly, tfood dairy cows, noar calving, weio in demand. Prices ranged from £8 to £10 for good young aiutnaN. Store cattle wore without alteration in value. Fat cattle weio in usual number, but puces were Wei tliun last weuk, paiticulaily foi those of second n y quality, and ranged fiom 17s <kI to LHs tho 1001b-.. The a>;od ewes biousht U !)d each. Fat sheep were yardod in full numbers and above 2000 sold ; lato v.ihu s were sustained, wethers of g>w(\ qii ihty bringing from l."»s to lHs each. Pigs wore also m excess of usual supply, but were in brisk demand <tt late values. Mm->h-». Hunter \ni> Nolyn's Wekkm Rn'Oiir.— Horses: Tho number offered for sale was above the average, but there was no notewoithy alteration in value. The Durham Yards were crammed on Friday, and tlieie was £ood competition throughout tho h ile, resulting in an unusual large number bomg disposed of. We quote . Hacks, from 17 to £15 10i ; light harness, £ f ) to £14 ; draughty £18 to £>7>. Wool, hides and skins wore in moderate supply, bnt generally of inferior quality. We quote : Hides, from 3d to 3Jd per Ib ; skins, from Is to 2s 6d each ; tallow, 21s Gd per cwt. C.ittle . The supply has been large, bnt theievvasa corresponding demand, consequently last week's values were maintained. Above an average number of dairy and fat htock wore yarded at Nowmarket on Tuesd iy. Good dairy cows were briskly competed for, and in some instances prices ruled in favour of the vendor, as compared with the prtv ions week's values. Stores were in less than average numbers, but were not in great loquest. Tho butcher's pens were well filled. Top sorts maintained the previous week's values, but inferior steeis and cows receded ; prices ranged from 18s to SM-. por lOOlbs. Sheep : A large number weiejarded, and for well-fatted wethers, theio uas an advance in value; while e\\e« and stores barely maintained it. Wethers .sold at from 14s to 21s each ; ewes, 7s to 13s; lambs, plentiful, and principally fiom the West Coast, sold at from 8s to 13s. Pigs are plentiful, and soiling at from 2W to 3W per Ib. live weight.

Mkhsrs G W. Binxey and Co. report their weekly nale of hides, skins, and tallow in good demand for heavy hides, for fthipincnt existed for good parcels, competition keen for first-class, heavier realised, \^d to 4£ per Ib. ; medium weights, 3^.d to 3id ; light and inferior, 2\'d to 3d ; sheepskins, Is 8d to 3s lid each.

AUCKLAND MARKET QUOTATIONS. Hay ani) Corn Market. — Whole-ale (selling ex store) : Maize, local (new), 3s ltd; Oats, 2s .Id to 2s 8d ; Barley, 2s (id ; Malting Barley, 4s ; Wheat, 3s (id ; fowl, 2s <Sd to 2s lOd; Hay, meadow, per ton, picssod, £0 to £0 5s ; Lucerne, ditto, £<» to £(> 10s (nominal) ; Straw, per load, ISs to £1 10. ; Chaff, mixed, £3 10s to £4 10s ; Oat. ii Chaff, £1 5s to £4 15s ; Hay, Onten, £4 to £1 10-i ; Clover, £U 10h to £7 ; Potatoes, £3 to £3 10*. Retail : Chaff, per cwt., 5-, to Gs ; Potatoes, do., 3s Gd ; M.u/.e, 4s to 4s 3d ; Oats, do., 2-, !ld ; Wheat, fowl, per bushel, 3s to 3s 3d ; I'arley, feed, do., 3s to 4s ; Hay, per cut., <is (id to 7s ; Lucerne, do., 7s Gd to 8s ; () it>Mi do., Gs to 7s ; Straw, do., 3s to 4s. Mwures. — Bonedust, Sydney, prune, £7 15s to £H, infenor £(i lf>s to £7 10s; UoiHlour, £S 10s ; Auckland, £S ; Peruvian (Juano, £ltf ; Maiden Island, £8; Huon Guano, small lots, £5 to £0, bags included ; Hu-t's Chemical Manure, £1 t 10s.