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Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8031, 12 October 1906, Page 2

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IE KUTTI STOCK SALE. Messrs McNicol and Co. report:— At Te Kuiti, oa Wednesday last, we yarded 800 head of cattle, There was a good attendance, and prices were about the same as those ruling in Waikato. Three and ahalf and 4-year steers, £5 143; 2J and 3year steers, £3 15s to £4 15s; 2-year steers, £'2 15s to £3 13s; 15-month steers, £2 to £2 ss; calves and yearlings. 20s to 335; empty store cows, £2 to £2 10s. A number of dairy heifers were yurded, those wellgrown and close to profit sold readily from £i 15a to £7; others, £2 2s 6d to £4; choice cow just calved, £i ss. We have to report having sold privately, account of Mr C. O'Driscoll, of Waihou, s brown entire colt, rising 2 years, by Lurd Elderslie, for £IOO, to a Taihape settler. REMUERA STOCK MARKET. (By Telegraph-Special to the Waikato Times). AUCKLAND. This Day. At Remuera yesterday, beef was in full supply, and no better worth. Steers made from £5 10s to £ll 2s 6d; oows, £3 10s to £7 17s 6d. Sheep were plentiful, and prices were 2s ahead lower. Wethers to 275, shorn to 19s 3d, ewes to 23s 6d, shorn to 17s, lambs to 18s 9d. Pigs.—Sold at late high rates. MARKET PRICES CURRENT. Waikato Times Office, This Day. The following prices for the current week are quoted by the Hamilton trades people to-day:— Bacon, per lb—Canterbury (side) wholesale, 7d; retail, 9d; (roll), wholesale, 8d ; retail, lOd. Hams, per lb—Canterbury, wholesale, 7|d to 8d; retail, 9d. Eggs, per dozen Wholesale, 9d; retail, lid. Dairy butter, per lb—Wholesale, 9d; retail, lid. Factory cheese, per lb—Wholesale, 6id to 6| 1; retail, 9d. Table potatoes—Southern, per ton, wholesale, £l2; retail, 10s; seed potat es, local, per ton, wholesale, £l2; retail, £l4; Southern, per ton, wholesale, £l4; retail, £ls 10s. Sharps, per 1001b—Retail, Ga. Bran, per 1001b —Retail, sa. Oats (Southern) per bushel Wholesale, 2s 7id. ex wharf, 2s 6Jd; ex store, 2s 7id; retail, 3s 11. Fowl Wheat, ex store Wholesale, 3s 74<i ; retail, 4s (id. Maize, ex store-Wholesale, 3s 4d; retail, 4s Gd. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANIILE AGENCY CO'S, LTD., REPORT. Horses have been in st?ady demand, those of a good stamp being insufficient f< r requirements. An average number was entered for disposal by auotion at the Durham Yards on Friday. Bidding fluctuated, but on the whole values were in favour of the vendor. We quote: Heavy draughts, £2O to £45; medium do., £l7 15a to £33; hacks aad light harne.-s, £8 10s to i!2l ; trotting mare, 3yrs old, by Ngapara—Jennie, 30 guineas; dogcart, £ls 10s; springcart, £l2. * n Wednesday last we held our first cattle fair of the season at the Papakura Yards, when we yarded 2140 head of cattle There was a good attendance of buyers and competition was brisk for all classes, although prices were scarcely up to last years' rates. With few exceptions every thing was sold. We quote: Grown Bteers, in forward condition, sold at from £5 15s t>> £7 Is, a peu of 50 realised Jcn 18s Three to four-year-old steers sold at from £3 17s Gd to £6 2d Gd; two to three-year-old, £2 5s to £5 ss, yearlings, £1 7s to £2 15s; calves, 15s to ,£1 18s; empty cows, £2 lis to £4 Is. At the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday there was a good muster of dairy and store stock and an average yarding of beef. Dairy cows sold at from £3 10a to £7 12s Gd ; empty do., ,£1 12s 6d to £4 Is : calves, 18s to j£l 19s. Bidding for beef was not over keen, although quotations are the same. The market showed a firmer trne. Oxen sold in a few instanoes to 22s per 1001b; cow, 16s to 18s. Steers sold at from £6 12a 6d to £9 16s 6d; oows, £3 15s to £6 15s. Sheep.—The >ewmarket Yards were well filled on Tuesday, and met a steady sale at late rates, wethers selling at from 10i 9d to .CI 6 a 3d ; ewes, 17s to £l 2a 9d; shorn wether*, 17s 6(1 to £1 Is 9d; "do. ewea, 14a 9i to 19a; lambs, 14s to £1 0a 3d ; hoggwts, 16s to 18a 6d. Pigs, short of requirements, sold well. Porkers sold at from £1 6s to £1 19a; weaneca, 12a to £\ 2s ; baconers, £2 10s to £3 ss. We submitted a large catalogue of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday, all lines meeting with keen competition at late rates Hides.- Market firm. We quote : Extra stout ox, sd to 8J1 ; stout do, 7id to 7fd; >^ : mui do., f'|d to 7d; light do, 6|d to ''est lines (dry) 7d to 7«d, good "■>; sta#b', 4|d to

S'; kips. s|d to 6|d. Calfskins, G|d to 7] i ; cut, 4Jd to 6Jd. Sheepskins. Market easier. Best butchers', extra large 10s to 12s, large Hs Gd to 9e Bd, medium 7s to 7s 6d, small, 5s to 6s 3d. Bones, £4 15s. Cowtails, la Gd drzen, Horsehair, Is 4d to Is Bd. Tallow.—Market fi r m. Best mixed, up to 265: good, 24s to 255; medium, 22s 6d to 23s 3d; inferior. 19s 6d to 21s; rough fat, Ifd per lb. Maize is worth 3s 5d ex store for wholesale lines. Oats are firm and selling freely at 2s 8d ex store. Wheat is advancing and selling freely at 3s 8d ex store. i haff is easier and selling from XI 15s to , £4 17s Gd at rail. Potatoes.—ln good demand at £ll 15s to £l2 for prime. Butter.—The supply is short of the demand, and the market is firm at U)d for first-grade separator and 9d to 9id for medium. MESSRS <;. W. BINNEY AND 80NS' RKPORT. At Tuesday's we submitted and cleared average catalogues of hides, skins, tallow, etc. Hides.—Prices firm, with strong demand. Ox,extra stout, 81 to BJd; stout, 7|i to 7Jd; medium, Gfd to 7d; light, fid to 6*d ; wet, 5Jd to sjd; cow, best lines, 6j{d to 7d; good, fid to to Gd; calf, well flayed, 6fd to 7d, cut 4£d to sd; stags, 4d to 4Jd per lb. Sheepskins. -Large, 10s to lis 6d; medium, 8s 6d to 9a Gd; small, Gs to 7s each. Tallow.—Very firm. Best mixed in shipment caskß. up to 25s Gd; in small casks and packages,* 25a; good, 22s 6d to 245; seconds, 19s to 21s per cwt; rough fat, ljd per lb. Bones.—Good dry, £4 15a per ton. Cow tails, Is 8d per dozen. AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET. Farm and Dairy Produce.—Butter, factory, Is; farmers' separator or dairy butter, 8d per lb; fresh eggs, 9i per dozen wholesale; cheese, farmers', 5d to 5Jd lb; factory, medium, 6d; loaf, 6£d. Flour Market.—Flour, local, wholeiale, £9 15s (less discount); wheatmeal, £9 15s; bran, 1601b, £3 15s; sharps, 2001b sacks, £1 2s 6d; oatmeal, .£l4 per ton. 25's. Grain.—Oats, B. Grade, 2s 7id ex store, Gartons, A grade, 2s 9d; Algerian seed, 4s 3d; fowl wheat, 3s 8d to 3s 9d, ex st n re, sacks inoluded; Southern milling wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 7d, f .o.b; sacks extra; maize, 3s 4d for wholesale lines on the wharf.

Potatoes.—£lo 10s to £lllos per ton, ex •tore ; Up-to-Date seed, 415 ton ; Northern Star, 25s to 27s per cwt; Australian Burbanks, £l l 10s per ton. Chaff.—Local, £5 2s 6d. ex store. Onions.—Californian, £ll per ton.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The following cable has been received from the High Commissioner, dated London, 6th October:—

The mutton market is very firm, and stocks are reduced. It is fully anticipated that supplies will be moderate for the next few months. Canterbury mutton is quoted at 3jd and 3*d; North Island, 3fd and 3|d for light and heavy weights respectively.

The lamb market is very quiet, and the demand has considerably fallen off. The average price for Canterbury is 4§d; other than Canterbury brands, 4jd. There is a generally active demand for New Zealand beef, and the market ii consequently firm. Hindquarters are quoted at 3sd; fores, 2gd.

The tallow market is steady, Choice New Zealand is quoted at 118s per cwt. nominally, Danish, 1245; Canadian, 115s per cwt.

The cheese market is firm with the demand only moderate. Canadian makes are quoted at 63s per cwt. The hemp market is very firm and shows signs of strength.