AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 665, 28 November 1882, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Messrs H. Matson & Co. report on the Live Stock Market, &c., for the week ending Thursday, November 23rd, 1882, as follows: -For yesterday's market at Addington a full entry of sheep camo to hand, butchers' lines being on the whole pomo■vvlirtt below the average qiriiity. There was a fair attendance of tho trade, and nitbongh the sale was a dragging one, yet most of the fat sheep found buyers at prices a little, if any, below lato quotations. Prime shorn crossbred wot hers brought 11s to 12s GJ ; mixed lines, 10s to 11s; shorn merino wethere, 7s to 8s Gd, or equal to If i] to 2 1 per lb. In stores, one large line of merino wethers were turned out unsold, but most of the others were placed. Crossbred conptas, in tho wool, up to 17s 9d ; other clauses at rates as per description. Fat lambs again made a large entry, and as many of the trade are now purchasing outside on tho plea of economy, valuos wore slightly lower, and several lines paused unsold ; 7s to 8> may beconsi iered the ruling rates for good lots ; extra prime, to 9>s ; inferior 5s to 6s. For beef there was a very drugging sale, nnd values suffered a considerable decline from late transactions. An absence of competition was the order of tho day, and the various lots sold were purchased by the trade comparatively speaking at their own pricen. Mr Birdling's 20 steers brought an average of about £7 15s per head ; a stnn.ll consignment of pood catt ! e from Longbeach, £7lOsto£lo 15s. &c, In storosa slight improvement was noticeable, but values are still very low, with but little prospect of much improvement being shown this season. The totals yarded for the day comprised 8640 sheep, 529 head of cattle, and 47 pigs.

The opening of the Canterbury wool sales for this season takes place on Tuen day nex , when an all-round catalogue of about 4000 bales will be offered to public competition.