COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3257, 13 May 1893, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Wiuhito Times Office, Friday.

WAIKATO MARKETS, Mu W. J. Hunter RnronrsAt Ohaupo ' Yards on Tuesday, May 9th, a very, largo , iiumbor oi cattle were yarded, principally turnip stock. Many of which were either too young or too low in condition for tins I vear fattening* Good bullocks mn readily, also fresh c.iws and heifers. \ oung cattle were from 5s to 10* per head lowor, and many remained unsold. Dairy cows still ; Bcarce and required, and I have several : oideid for young cows still open. Those varded were «ood sorts and sold readily. , • Prices were: Cows at calvmc, to 12s On to «Is Cows tn calve August and September £1 5s to £si four-year-old bullocks, vory fresh, £« 5s to £7l7s Gd !; three and four veat-old in low condition £3l7s lid to '■ £410a;li and2.-year-old £2 6d to£37s; ut and 2-syear-old quiet heifers, £2 7s (id to £3 • empty cows, fresh condition, £3 to £3 15s' Thin cows unsaleable: fat cows and - 1 '" hoifers, £4 4s to £(i 7s j weaned calves, 20s to 30s each. Mr A.J. Storey, executor of the late J.

McNicol's estate, reports: —At the Waitoa " Salo oa the Bth inst more than tho usual number of fat stock \m yarded, but few store cattle. Fat steers brought from £0 to , £6 15s j fat cows, £5 to £5 8s; small lat f heifers, £4 • two and a-lialf to three year old steers, £3 to £4 2s fid; store heifers and ' cows, £2 lis to £.lss; dairy cows, £3 to £0 " ' 7a fid; fat longwool wethers, 13s; fnllmouth and crossbred ewes, fa,-At To Aroha on tho fith, a lot of furniture sold readily and made good prices, fruit and ornamental i.v - ttees made usual prices. About 30 head of ; well bred cattle woro yarded; empty cows, in fresh condition, up to £3 15s; steer calves, 33s to 375; well-bred two and a-half to three-year-old steers, .£3l7s to £4 2s Gd. t A few useful hacks and ponies were gold from £4 to £!).-At the clearing sale at Lochiel en Wednesday last there r was a large gathering of peoplo from all parts bof the district. A start was made at i the implements which were in good order, < but sold low, and were worth mora money; windmill and pump, £4 53 ; chaff cutter f (hand or horse power), £4 ss; Duncan drill, £24; D.F, ploueh, £7; Rrubber, £l2; disc O- harrow (Duncan), £lO ss; sheep feeders, on &■< irheels, £3 10s each; dray and frame, £8 - * 10*; spring cart £tl 10s. The buggies, « harness and saddlery were all in Brat-class order, and sold, well worth the money. ' Thoroughbrace waggon and leading bora, C £43; double-seated buggy, £33; sulky, £7 - 10s; set double harness £7; do., £fi 153; ,5 saddles from £llos to £3los; side saddles, j £1 lis and £2l7s fid; spring cart harnoas, i £3 2h Cd; doublo reined bridle, bit and birdoon, £2. The breech-loading Runs were ? first class articles, and in good order, and sold roadily, £8 10s and£U 10s. Tlifl Eng- \ linh jotter, Grouse, brought £l2 ss; two V Irish-setter doßs made £2 10s and £2lsy, a?." 1 two retriever pups, 10s and £1; good lend~,s , ing sheep dog £5 as; good all round do?, £3 \ 10s. For the buggy horses, and upstanding 4 harks there was keen competition, Arehio, £lB 10s; Knottingley, £l4; Wairiri, £l4; Te Akau, £l7; Globo, £l9; Banter, £2O; ? 1 Queome, £l7lb; Paddy, £9los; Polo, £ls 10s; Robin, £13,10 a; other hacks and ( stock horses, £G to £11; two Clydesdale \ marss were real.good stamps, sound,and with any trials, brought £29 and £32, The V' foals from the above, by General Fleming, $ / ' mado £ls and £lB 10s; other farm mares, '-<■ brought £l7 to £23. Tho well-bred brood mares, were well known, and had good jyv-' reputations, and. consequently sold ' readily: Chostnut mare, Sunrise, bv Day K . Dawn, stinted to Gipsy King, £29 10s 5, filly foal by Cap-a-pie, from Sunrise, £Bloa ' brown mare Barry, stinted to Cap-a-pio r " handsome filly foal, by Cap-a-pie fron JJarry, £7 10s; roan mare Maranga, bj i 1 Pinhole I'atchem, stinted to Mountainoer, ty' £lB 10s; colt foal, by Mountaineer, fron ' same mare, £7 15s; brmvn mure, by s Derby, stinted to Mountainoer, £8; well Vs.'}' grown colt foal, by Mountaineer, from sami mare, £8; ihoroughbred mare Rang X i (Ravenswoi'th —Skybird), stinted to Gipsj y 3 King, £7; pony cob mare Nancy, stinfcei it ' to Cap-a-pie, £5 10s; handsome cream; L < pony mare, £li; foal by Howitzer fron 3 game, £3 j Shetland Btallion, £5; Shetlani niaro, £6 j two-year-old colt, MerrvlegsVI Marauga, £18; yearling Nutator colt, £8 yearling Blair Athol colt, £7 ; Yorkshir va a. bow, £3l7s fid; boar, £llss. On accoiin v j of Mr? Gordon; Black mars Brunette, b ' Kingfohei', mada £IG; foal by St. Putric from same made £7; foal by St. l'utricl

£>V'' , from Shamrock, made £3 10s. AUCKLAND LIVE STOCK MARfIV Mkssbh A. Buokland and SONS' RKIknUT ■ rOBf.-At the Hayinarket, during the past -j week meadow hay brought from la fid to 2s I igffr • !ki; oaten shew,- 1 « (id to 2s 9d the owt; sss%:'■: oats, l»10d tq 2s 3d! wheat, 2s lid; cockshiV 1 1 foot, 5s (id; ryegrass, 3s 9d the bushel; ' chaff, 65s to 80s; carrots, 2lis the ton, At '£*< ' the horse sale on Friday, useful horse stock C A' of all clssses sold freely. An active heavy . 11 draught, £2B; good medium draueht, Ife;, sll to £18; light-harness,, £7 to £l2 'Hf! each. At the special horse sale held in d f#j'l Mr Paterson's new buildinu, there was a (J * v numerous attendance of buyers from the |lrA l • jnuntry districts; bidding was brisk throughout). Prices ranged from £2 7s (id to _< §>#■>'<"f £l3 15s, averaging £7 10s. Most of the -' " horses wen of a useful class, but leg weary, requiring rest. At the. Bale of s?' X - hides and skins on Tuesday there was , TQ brisk competition and improved values, particularly in butcher's sheepskins. 1&& 1 '• Ox hidos ranged from 2?d to s.}d: cow hides ' lfflto 2jjd;~calf skins, 3Jd to 4f per lb, i ; Tallow, 18? the cirt; rough fat, ljjfd the lb; Mty : -i bonos, £4 2s Gd the ton; butchers' skins, 3s ' to 3s lid; lambskins, 2s 9d to 2s lid each, ]t*y -1 At the special sale held at Messrs Roberts', >' ' Pakuratp, on Monday, there was a largo attendance and brisk bidding with satisfnc- • tory results to the sellers. Atßemuoin, on Thursday, no store cattle yarded, Dairy s^V'. 5 " cows, in moderate number, were at last !~ J week's values. Prices far those at profit were from £G to £7los each, Calves, short • of requirement, were better worth than ] gw ■ hitherto. Fat cattle in full number, 250 eold; mostly of first-class quality. Ship i■'cattle were at lower values fully 10s eaih, M>fbut Auckland-fatted kept last week's ijP'V-' walueo, from IDs to2ls the 1001b, Sheep iu ■ / full supply, 143(i sold—all of middling to If** * good quality-kept their values, Wethers ,-5 .'-I* • lunged from 12i to 17s; ewes, 8s 6dto 13s Bdeach, Pigs in full number—92 sold—p*f ' lully kept their price. Slips, 8s to 10s Od; W.C' hrge store sows, 255; porkers, 17s to 20s; ' heavy pigs, 42s to Blis each, Messrs Hunter and Nolans' Report,Horsefeed, grain, seeds, etc.: The demand i . has been steady and the supply sufficient for requirements, with little change of value, P■: We quote: Oats, 2s 4d to 2s Od per bufbsl j i%t ; J t lnaiae, 4s; f »w\ wheat, 2s Gd; barley, 2h *, lOd; bran, £3 12s Gd per ton; oaten chaff, wfe, 1-' £3 2s fid to £3 10s. Horses: The supply ' has continued good, and purchasers put in ,»n 'appearance, therefore most of those offered changed hands at quite the pre-

fious week's values, Again-there-.was a *jj|vb f v' large number of entries for di.*posml by ; fe auction at the Durham Yards on Friday-. Gompetitinn was steady thrnnßhont th« t^ r islfl for local animals, and wan kenn for a shipment from Wiintjanui. Medium / draught sold at from £7los to il(>; hacks, v. £4loa tn £9 j medium and heavy draught, V i ' £l2 lis to £2O sa; spring-cart, £l4; bugey, jfA £2l, horao, cart and and harness, £17155, Wool, hides, fallow, bones: Rather r*j, umall qinntities wero pitched at the Dnrhim Yards on Tuesday, and there re1, - mained an unsatisfied demand, We quote; Stout n\ hides, 4d to 5d per Ih; medium, 3d to 3jd; cow and steers, lj>d to 2}d; ' „ calfskins 3d to 4Jd; sheepskins, 2s 2d ■s'fe"-; •' to 3s lOd each; wool, fleece, Cd to GJI jier 5 ' lb, tallow, 18a to 21s ner cwt; bone*, £3 ,_ Cattle: The demand has continued brisk fur fat and store t§?" •' stock at the previous week's values, a Rood m iny d liry cows have been brought forward, and prices have been slightly in favour of the purchasers, An average ifc'o ■ number of fat beasts were yarded at Newstock were scarcely so well represented. 7 At the Pukekoho sale on Wednesday the yards wßre well filled, and fully New- " 4 market prices rulod. We quote: Calves, * 17s to j yearling, £1 7s 6d to £1 15a j a/ 18 month old steers, £2 tn £2l2s Cd ; grown f Bteow £4l2s Gd to £5 ss; dry cows, £2 to £3 ss; dairy cows, £4l7s 6d to £9 7a 6d j ■'?s?, ■: :is beef from 19a to 22s per 1001b; some averf>~ ages of fat steers were £8 3s Dd, £7l6s lid, t £7 2s kl, £6l6s, £G 7s 6d, £sl2s Gd; cows, > , £sl7s, £slos, £sss, £4 15a. Sheep: The Newirnrket pens on Tuesday were mode-'

exceptionally good, wcthora leachin? USd pgr 81b, raiißinir tain M to l7< . d °" c 1; owes, lis 3d to 15s; mixod soMs,UstaU lid; lambs, 5* 3,1 to'.Mill. Vm m limit®} number sold at from £L7« to £3 4s each, 3.1 per lb livn weight. | ■