WAIKATO MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2119, 6 February 1886, Page 2

WAIKATO MARKETS.

Musm W I .ijfi'rfit vni) U>. Report as ths Ci'nb.i'lifo vaids, on S.itunUy, J iiri iry 2.3.'d time wis ,i good muster of horvi. F>r active driughts tiiore wis good c >ini>etition, a good number changed himU at iwlUfiict >ry prices. W« quote: Pigs, from 2s 10 Ito 5s 51 : hacks £.} to £12; h^lit diaiuht-", £8 15* to £11; unbroken' colt, •£"* 10-t ; lot fowls, from X Gd t<> 2* each ; dncks, U Od. At the OhiUjK) y.wd« o!iTuo«dtiy, February 22nd, there w.is a largo number of cattle y.irded, but Vicing an extremely wet d^y there was not a largo attHii'linofl of buvors. Good dairy cows nil 'l h-ifory .it c living wore in roquosr, and Miltl well. Many more cwi bo placed. Fro^h c >u liti'inud huf.-n wew in dem.uid, And all -»>ld. A very l.irife number of liis«*f p-niol .uvl mlv a linnt-d nn.nlvr sold. Wo qnto: Dury cows £5 ••<» £l) s<j; ■priugrig heifors, £1 to £5 12* Od ; wmaud «GopT-i1» -*, £1 10 to et 13- : lieif-r c.ihe<. aii'l yonliiu<, 18s ro 235; 1 1 , and 2 yr-old •tts-rs. £2 10i to i' 3 3s; 2? and 3 yr-old £3 12s G 1 to £4 4s ; a p»'ii ot frash steers, flijj6s;fitheifvr*nndcowa, £3 10 to £5; 3 yr-.M fiesh lieifers, £3 to £3 l(k At the Cambridge yards, on Thursday, • Febznarv •lth, o ily a limited number of boef and ff vcrul [ions of dairy cows yarded. .\L»-t of beuf 8 ild at satUf.\cfc'»rv pnues, the dairy «oWk were not near enough to profit/ aiid only p.vrt «old. We quoto : Dairy co»v.s/£4 17s CI to £j ; tat cows, £1 7*» Gd to £4 10 ; no stored yarded. Mr J. S. Bucklaad'3 Report.— At the Waikato Horse Bizaar on Saturday Jast there was a very large attendance of bnyors, and about the average amount of business was transacted. The furniture advertised was all Hold at good prices,- ftlsn harnem an«l implements. Horses pold freely, and the greater number* tutered were sold under the hammer. Fourteen waj&on and plough horses advertised fai be Bold without reserve brought from £5 to £19 each; draught horaes, JPPPKI and sound; £17 to £20; good hafck«r,' $12 to £16 10i ; light backs and ponies, £2 to £7 each. At Ohaupo on Tuesday last, about 6QQ head of cattle wore yarded, principally eighteen months to two-year-old steers, and a. few pens of cboicfl yearlings. These laMfcr sold at high values, but the older claprt were relatively easier in pricp. AH yjtrded were sold with the exception of. a draft of 80 choice eighteen months olds, w ( b,it:h were reserved for higher values. 29?J«teers averaged £3 30s; two to threes year-old*, £4 to £5 each ; dairy cows, Si to~sG 10< ; fat cows, £3 153 to £4 15s each;j fafc lambs, ds; fat «heep. 10s; cross-bre.d \v%£hers, 7s 6d each. At the Waitoa yard-» oh. .Thursday, 100 head were .yarded, principally grown up steer?, and 98 \yere s<>lft at high values, realising for^ stfcem £il2s 6d to £5 7s 6d ; and daiiv cows and good heifers, £3 10a to £5 each ; ewos, 7» 6dr and several horses at satisfactory prices.