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Waikato Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 3501, 1 December 1894, Page 8

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The Waikato Times Office, Friday, AUCKLAND MARKETS,

Messrs A. Auckland & Sons' Weekly Report.—At the Haymarket, maize has brought 2s to 2s 2d: oats, Is lid ; wheat, 2s lOcl bushel; bone manure, £3 10s; bonedust,'£slos; bran. £2los; chaff, £2lßs to £3 19s ton. On Friday horse stock were dull of sale and without alteration in price. A choice draft colt reached £2l; useful riding and harness horses trmn £8 to £l2; the 'bus brought £3B, and the horses £9 to £l2 each. On Tuesday, consequent on heavy consignment from Sydney, the prices of hides fell seriously ; sound ox hides mostly ranged from 2d to 2£d ; cow hides, lid to 2d lb ;' bones, 2s Gd to h ; tallow, ]£).<"cwt., The depressing advice of wool sales from home also lowered our values both for skins and wool. A large number of part bales and bags were sold. Fleece wool ranged from 5d to Ggd ; pieces, 2id to 4d ; wooiled skins, 2s Gd to 4s 2d each. At Pukekobe on Monday an unusually large muster of cattle met willing buyers, and satisfactory prices resulted. At Rumuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle were offered numerously, and at late values, Prices ranged from £3 5? to £G 12s Gd each. Store cattle, in demand, fully kept late values. Few young. calves offered. Fat calves, in usual number, were better worth. Fat cattle, in moderate supply, 140 yarded, scarcely kept late values, from 19s to 20s 1001b were the ruling prices. Sheep, in full number, 1300 varded, were dull of sale, but kept-last week's values. Wethers ranged from 8s to 14s Gd ; ewes, Gs 9d to lis 9d each. Lambs, in average supply, 300 yarded, ranged in price from 5s to 12s 3d each. Pigs, in moderate number, all of good quality maintained their late values; porkers ranged from 17s to 30.< each.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Weekly Report.—How feed, grain, seeds: The supply has been ample for requirements, with the exception of oaten chaff and pressed hay. We quote feed oats, Is !)d to 2s bushel; maize, Is lOd to 2s bushel; oaten chaff, £3 to £3los ton; bran, £2l2s Gd to £2lss ton. Horses: There has been increased animal tinnin the market, and a good many sales effected, but with little or no alteration in value. Rather a large number were submitted by auction at the Durham Yards on SaturJay, and most of the lots were cleared. We quote hacks at from £4 5s to £l4. A well growu colt by Brigadier realised £3l. Light harness horses, £s'7« Cd to £l3; 'medium draught, £7 to £l3 10s; heavy draught, £l2 10s to £2l as. Wool, hides, skins, .tallow, bones: There was again rather ut large catalogue at the Durham Yards on Tuesday. The demand was brisk up,to values showing ? depression on the previous week. We quote: Ox hides, 2U to 4;'; d; cow. lfd to 2£d; kip, Id to lfd; calf skins, Hd 'to lb; taUow, lGs to. 18s G-l cwf.; bone- 1 , 3-; sheepskins, local. 2s 7d to 4s 7(1 each; country, Is Gd to 3s 7d; pelts, 4d to Is; dumps .and b-igs of fleece wool, Ggdlb';'pieces, Hil to 4R Cattle: The supply was quite up to the average, and there was no '''noteworthy change in value. The Newmarket yards were moderately full on Tuesday, and bidding was spirited. We quote: Dairy cows from £4 to £7 10s; dry cows, £2 10s to £3 55,; calves, 18s to £1 10s'; grown steers, £4 to £5 5-. Beef, £1 to £1 2s lOOlh. Some averages of steers were. £9 8s 9d, £8 lGs 3d, £Bls*. £8 7s Gd, £8 5< Bd, £8 0s 4d, £7l4s H £6lss sd; cows, £G 10>, £6, £5 7s Gd, £5, Sheep: The Newmarket pens, were well filled on, Tuesday, and prices were slightly in favour of the vendor. We, quote: Wethers, 9s Gd to' 15s 3d; ewes, G< 3d to lis Gd : lamh<,4< Gd to lis Gd. Pigs: Scarce, sold at from 17s to £1 10s ?ach.

Per New. Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Auckland Wool'Stoiiks. November 29. Wo offered a very large catalogue of hides, skins, wool, etc., at our weekly auction on Tuesday last, and cleared the same, with the exception of one or two lines, under K<md competition. Hides: The market was somewhat weaker, but quotations remain practically unchanged. Sheepskins; These had a downward tendency in sympathy with the weaker wool market. Wool: We. sold a'quantity of oddments, which maintained late rates. ' LONDON WOOL SALES. (by elkcthto telegraph—copyright.) - London, November 20.—At tbo wool sales a good catalogue was offered and there was a decided impnirement in the bidding, buyers from the Continent operating more freely.