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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2528, 22 September 1888, Page 2

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+ The Waikato Times Office, Friday. Mussits A. Buckland & Sons' Weekly Report.—At the Haymarket during the past week, sales of fodder have been less than usual. Prices were without alteration. In grain increased business has been transacted ; oats, at 2s 8d and 2s !lil ; maize, 2s !)d to 'M tlie bushel; potatoes, £3 to ill the ton. Manures have also been in increased demand at cut rent values. On Friday, 14th inst., horse stock sold freely at late improved values ; medium draft brought from £8 to £12 ; the thoroughbred Libeller, £72 ; Maoriland, E(50; and a halfbred colt by Nordenfelt. £40. On Tuesday, hides in full number fully maintained their late values; <ix-liidc»,3jd to4d ; cowhides, 2sdto calfskins, 3jd to 4VJ the lb; sheepskins were also plentiful and in good enquiry, prices f«>r longwools ranged from 3s to .is 8d each ; wool, to 7M per lb. At the cattle sale held at Pokeno on Monday two to three-year-old steers sold freely, and on Wednesday, at Drury, young cattle were more numerous than for some time; they met a fair demand, also fresh three-year-old steers, but backward two year-olds were not equal to the Pokeno rates in either sale; dairy cows were dull of sale and mostly •withdrawn. At Reimiera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were at low values—from 40s for heifers to £5 for best cows; store cattle, scarcely so free of sale, although no quotable difference in values; fat firm, and advanced slightly in price, many pons brought 18s the lOOlbs, averages for good steers ranged from t'li 5s to ,t'7 Os. fcSheep, steady at last week's prices ; hoggets, mixed sexes, brought 10s 3d ; long-woolod wethers, 13s to 17s (id; half-breds, 11s to 14s (id each; fat lambs, plentiful and required, prices ranged from 7s (id to 13s each. Pigs in full numbers; well-bred pigs, both fat and store better worth, but large coarse pigs much lower in price. Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Weekly jEtEFOBT.—Grain, horsefeed, seeds, etc. : Prices are hardening for grain, although there are sufficient stocks. Horse feed is much the same as ou the previous week. We quote : Feed oats. 2s 10d per bushel ; tartarian, 2s 10d to 3s; maize, 3s to 3s 3d ; bran, £4 per ton ; chaff, £2 10s; carrots, 30s. Horses were in improved demand, as there were a few strange animals of rather a good stamp. There was rather a stir in the market, and prices had an upward tendency. We quote : Hacks, at from £5 to £11 10s; light harness, £0 10s to £12; medium draughts, £7 f>4 to £17. Wool, hides, and skins : Unusually large quantities were pitched at the Durham Yards on Tuesday. Competition was brisk at fully the previous week's values. We quote :Ox hides, 3d to 4 : |d ; cows, 2d to 3d ; calfskins, 4d to 4|d ; sheepskins, Is to 5s (id ; tallow, £12 to £12 15s per ton. Cattle ; Barely the usual number have come forward. The demand has been steady, and prices for fat beasts advanced in value. The Newmarket Yards were moderately filled on Tuesday. Dairy cattle were dull of sale, but there was good competition for fat beasts at an advance of from 5s to 15s per head. Some averages were : Cows, £3 14s i)d, £4 5s 4d, £5 5s ; steers, £5, £510s 3d, £(> 0s 3d, £7 7s 3d. Sheep : The Newmarket Yards were well supplied, and competition was keen throughout the sale. Wethers sold at from 12a 6d to 16s Gd ; lambs sold at from 9s 3d to 13s; pigs in adequate numbers and steady demand at from 2d to 3d per lb live weight.