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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2790, 31 May 1890, Page 2

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The Waikato Times Office, 1 nday, AUCKLAND MARKETS. Mess us A. Buckland and Sons' Weekly RiiPOBT. —At the Haymarket during the past week fodder has ruled low ; prices have ranged from Is !)d to 2s (id per cwt; wheat, 2s lid ; maize, 3s Id to 3s 2d ; oats, 1b 9d to 2* Id per bushel ; onions, per lb ; best chaff, £3 5s per ton. At the sals on Friday horses maintained the improved value of the previous week ; heavy draught brought from £13 to £20 ; useful light harness and riding horses, from 7 to 10 guineas each. At the hide and skin sale on Tuesday late prices were fully sustained ; best ox hides ranged froin to ssd ; ordinary ox hides, 3d to 3Jd ; cow hides, lid to 2Jd; • calfskins, 4d per* lb ; loose fat, Id to per lb; butchers' sheepskins, 3s to 5s j station skins. Is 9d to 4s 6d each ; wool, 7d to 7id per lb. At the cattle sale, held at Pukekohe on Monday, there was a full muster of stock of all classes, with a largs attendance. Fat cattle were dull of sale ; all others in fair enquiry. At Reuiuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were yarded numerously. Those at their profit were fairly competed for at late values; backward springers at comparatively low values. Store cattle m demand at full values. Fat cattle, in usual number, were lower in price than last week about Is the 1001b. Prices for steers were from 13s to IDs ; cows, lis to 13s the 1001b. Fat calves, plentiful, were better worth than last week. Fat sheep, in usual supply, were firm at last week's prices ; long-woolled wethers, 13s to 14s Gd ; ewes, Us to lis ; merino ewes, 7s ouch. Firs wore offered in very limited numbers ; a few porkers only, Those were at MESSIt^HI'NTER AND NOLAN'S WEEKLY Rhpokt.—Horse feed, grain, seeds, &c. : There has been nothing stirring in the market, and with the exception of a little downward tendency in the value of oat?, no alteration in prices. Wo quote : Oats, from Is lid to 2s Id per bushel; maize, 3s to 3s 3d ; oaten chart, £2 10s to £3 per ton ; bran, £3 15s to £4 per ton. Horses : The demand has been good, and although a larger supply than usual was brought forward, purchasers wore forthcoming, and sales were effected at fully late values. There was a good muster at the Durham Yards on Tuesday, and as a large proportion of the horses were strangers there was a large attendance of buyers, and spirited competition. Prices fluctuated a good deal, but on the whole were in favour of vendors as compared with the previous week's values. We quote: Light harness and medium draught, from £7 to £15 10s; hacks, t'l 10s to £10 ss. Wool, hides, skins, &c. : The demand for heavy ox hides remains. There were average quantities pitched at the Durham Yards on Tuesday, notwithstanding the holidays. We quote : Heavy ox, 4d to 5d per lb ; medium, 3d to ojfd ; iight ox and cow, l|d to 2jd ; calfBkins, 3d to 4.U1 ; sheepskins, 2s !)d to 5s each ; lambskins, 3s 9d to 4-s 2d ; pelts, Is Gd to 2s Sd ; wool, to ; tallow, 17s to 18s lid. Cattle: .The supply has not been quite so large as on the previous week, but a steady demand has existed. Dairy stock and stores were unaltered in value, but fat beasts were slightly higher. There was a modemte vnuster at the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday, and good bidding throughout, but there was little or no alteration in values. Some averages of fat Hteors were : .€7 2s 6d, £1! 15s, £fi Us, £5 18s, £5 8s ; cows. I I2s 6d, ,L'-I Is, £1. £3 17s Gd, £3155, ,H2 12s (id. Sheep: There was an average number penned at the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday, and the bidding was brisker than on the previous week. Wuthers sold at from 10s to 15s 3d each ; ewes, i's to 12s ; mixed, 10s Dd to lis 3d. Pigs : More plentiful; sold at from 2d to 2Ad per lb, live weight. "Mhmsuh Stone linos Repoiu'.— Southern feed oats, 2s id ; bluck, 2s Id ; Danish, 2s ; local, 2s ; fowl wheat, 2s lid ; feed barley, 2s lid ; maize, 3s lid ; crushed maize, 3s Od. Chuff : Best oaten, 70s ; bright straw (good) 60s. Flour : Bycroft's first quality, £10 5 superfine, £!) 10s; Golden Gem, £!J 10s; Diamond Dust, £!) 30<. Oatmeal, £10; bran, £1; sharps, .£1 10s ; Southern hams aud Bacon, B.jd ; local hams and bacon, 7A. Vinegar," Is lid per gallon. Tea: Boxes, lis lid; half-uhu-ts, Is 0d per lb; half-chests, Indian, 2s per lb. Bonedust: Auckland Tallow Go's,, £7 10s ; Runcorn, £7 10 ; Sydney JI, £li 10 ; Ipswich, £7 ; S. and G. Pare, £7; "Farmers' Friend," £0 10s. Manila rope, 8a and Od ; Europe rope, 7d ; New Zealand flax rope, (3d ; cornsacks, 44 by 2(U, 7s per doz. ; Bycrofts' biscuits, 4d to lOd ; currants, "t'j ; pohutukawa felloes, lOd ; red gum folloes, 72s Od; ironbark spokes, 40s per 100; ironbark shafts, 12s per pair; bluegum shafts (10 feet), 10s per pair; bluegum, 20s per 100 feet. Kerosene (Light of 'the Age brand). Is 9d per gallon ; colza oil, 3s Od ; clothes lines, Nos. 1, 2, 3, from 3s Gd to 8s Gd; coal (New--0 astle), 22s (id : Queensland coke, (10s; Greymouth, 70s ; Saunders and Gilberd's soaps, £13 to £23 ; baking powder, halves, 9s; lib., 17s Gd ; Somerville's pure and guaranteed oatmeal, 25's £10, and £12 in 7's, long ton (22401b.) ; desiccated blood manure, £10. FROZEN MEAT MARKET. Hastings, May 2'.).—Messrs Nelson Brothers (limited) have received the following information from l.huir London agent:—The mutt 0110.11 ket is finrinr, and the best quality is l.'.d per lh. Beef, hindqnaii.ers, l| l pel- lh, and fori-quarters id l"'f IK AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKETS. (|:Y |-Kl.i:i: i:.\ I'll - - )\V.N I'Oilrespondent). Airxi.ASn, List. Night.—Wholesale: Bill liiv, prion l fresh 7d, second quality (id, third 5d ; cheese, good factory, -Id to 4.} d ; I'resli eggs, Is 9d to Is. Retail : Eggs, 2s 3d ; bacon and hams, lid to 8d ; Cantorbury bacon, Btl, new cure 7d, equal numbers Sid ; haras, flour, wholesale, local roller, tirst quality (sacks) £9 15s ; Southern outs, 2s to 2s Id ; local wheat (Tuscan), 5s ; Southern wheat, 3s 5d to 3s 4d ; maize, 3s 3d to 3s Gd ; local potatoes, £3 10s ; Southern potatoes, £2 15s.