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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2135, 16 March 1886, Page 2

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Waikato Turn Oj}icr % Monday. WAIItATO LIVE STOCK MARKETS. M« J. S. 13uckl\ni> REronrs.— At To Awamutu on Monday lust, at Thos. Bond's clearanco sale, there was not a large attendance, but all lots except the hones were fairly competed for, and Hold at prices satisfactory to the rendor. The daiiy cows were known good animals, and brought high values. — At the Cambridge cattle sale on Thursday, about the average number of fat and st'jre cattle were yarded, and nearly all lots sold, but prices were extremely low, especially for young htock. 15T)0 full-mouth cross-bred ewes wero penned, and sold at 5s to Gs each. Fa.t «heep brought Da, and a largo number of aged Lincoln uaA Down rams were offered, very few sold. At the sale of Runciman's stock, &c, at Broadmwi'l'iws, on Friday, there was a large attendance of buyers from all districts. Every lot to sold to the highest bidder, and competition throughout the sale was spirited.

LONDON' MVKKKTm. London, March 12.— New Zealand frozen mutton is realising o^d to Cd per lb. ,^in the Smithfield inarkot. — Leather. — Au.stralian best is worth 11 Jd per lb. — The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,870,000 quarters. (SPECIAL T-> PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, March 13.— The advance in wheat is still sustained. The home supplies are ample, but foreign supplies are curtailed. Australian. 375 ; best New Zealand, 355. No forward shipments have been aoJd.