COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 57, 8 March 1889, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

MESSES A. Buckxand and .Sons' Weekly KEi'OitT.-At the Haymarkot during the week ©suing March 7, fodder has brought from Is 3d to 2s per cwt. On. Friday tho horse ■silo was wen aUunded, and the improved prices 6° previoiis week sustained, \oung active draughts ranged from £10 to 1210s; a mare and foal, £24; ponies and inferior horses, from 23a'and up■waras; a bugjjy, £16. At the hide and slcin sale on Vi. uesday, hides were in full numbers, and kept the advance noted in last week's report. Ox hides sold from 3Jd to 4:jd; cow hides1 2id l° 2?d; calf skins, 3icl to 5d per lb; fat and Sallow, U3 to 153 per cwt; peltE, Is to 2s 5d each; flecco "wool, (ijuto 6:od; lambs' wool, 6.'.d perlb. At we Waiuku sale a very general e'isadi-tirior.t, comprising horses, . cattle, sheep,'j-.. pigs, poultry, fruit, books,. househoia F furniture and sundries, wero disposed?^ of ■to a good attendant, and prices throxighout were satisfactory, \ncl at a special of Siorscs held at Mr Mfcison's neta% Panniuve, on

Wednesday, prices throughout were good, varying from £4 5s to £14 10s and averaging above £8. At Remucra. on Thursday tho heifers advertised sold, satisfaction]}", and brought from 65s to 883 each ; store cattle in moderate number kept their values. Fat cattle in* full number and of excellent quality sold frv.oly at last week's values until about two-thirds had been sold; prices then fell 10a each, but on a draft of 20 steers being withdrawn, prices rallied to the conclusion of the sale, and prices for those sold ranged for stcevs from 15s to 17s ; and for cows and beifcra, from 12s to 13s 6tt per 1001b; fat calves in full' number sold irregularly, but fairly kept their values; fat shoop in full number allowed r.hcir price: wethers, from 11s to 13s 6cl: ewes, 8s to 12s-6d each ; lambs in usual numbers were better worth and brought from 8s to 12s 6d each ; pigs, although of a good class, were dull oi! sale, and brought about 3d per lb dead weight.

Messrs Hunter ' and Nolan's Weekly Report.—Grain, serds, hor.-iefeed, etc.—The supply of local grown oats has been large. Grass seeds ample for requirements, No really good chart" has been brought forward. Wo quote : Feed oats, from 2a 3d to 3s 3d per bushel; maize, 3s6cl; bran, £4 10s to £5 per ton; chaff, £2 to £2 10s per ton. Horses—The supply has not been larj-rc or unusual in stamp. There , has been fair demand, and little or no alteration in value. There was a fair rn-ster ol' tho usual stamp at tho Durham Yards on Friday, but the attraction was the thoroughbred youngsters. A colt by St. Loser out of Atalanta sold at 41 guineas; filly by Cultivator out of Jilt, 21 guineas; bay filly by Kin;? Quail out of Ratan marc, 24 guineas; bay colt by Captivator out of Lady Elizabeth, 13 guineas. Hacks and light harness horses at the previous week's quotations. Wool, hides, skins, etc. — Larger quantities wero brought forward and pitched at the Durham" Yards on Tuesday, and the previous week's values ruled, although 4gd p3r lb was the highest price realised for ox. We q' oto: Ox hiaes, from 3id to 4£d; cow, 2-.', dto 2;d; calfskins, 3d to 4Jd per lb; sheepskins, 3s to4s 6d each; lambskins,. Is 7d to 2a Id each; pelt?, Is Id to Is 7d each ; longwoo'., 6.} dto 6Jd per lb; lambs' wool, 6§d to 7d par lb ; looks and pieces, 2UI to Ud. Tallow, 12s to 16s (id per cwt; rough fat. lia per lb. Cattle: There has been an improved demand for dairy and store, ancl fat boasts have found purchasers at previous values. There uas a good muster at Newmarket on Tuesday, and a large 0110 at Papakura on Wednesday. Tho bidding for dairy and storo slock was brisker, and there was littlu or no alteration in fat boasts. Some averages, of which wero stecra. £0 2i 6d, £5 13k 6rl, £5 15s 6.1, £5 19s, £6 2s 6d, £7; cows, £2 14s 9d, £3 6a 6d, £3 12a d, £317s 6d. Sheep wore short of requirements at Nowmarkot on Tuesday, and met spirited competition. Weathers sold at from 31s to 13s 6d each: tewes. 9s to 123; lambs plentiful, ami sold at from 6s 9d to 13s 6d. Pip- s wero again yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday in limited number, and thcro remained an unsatisfied demand at from 2>}d to Sid per lb, live weight.

Messrs G. W. Binnev and Sons' Report. —At tales on Tuesday hides maintained late values. Ox hides, heavy, in demand up to 4:! d Cor picked; heavy stout, 4d to 4jd; heavy, okl.; lij.'ht, 2J-d to 3d ; cows', 2\d to 2.; d, according to v.cig.it".".ad condition; kips, light, 3d to 3d; can', 4d to 4:jd per lb ; damaged and sloppy hides are slow of s.-ilo trom -£d to 1M per lb; stags, 5a to 12s each. Sheepskins: Market linn, best lambs, is'Bdty 2s; medium. Is to Is 3d ; small, 6d to M.; pesits, picked, Is 6d to Is Od ; averaso lots, 3d to Is 3d; shearlings, 4d to 6d : weeviidamaged, Id to 2d each. Tallow: Market declining. Best, 173; medium, li.s: inferior, 9s to IDs per owl. Bones: Firm, at 4s 6d per c.vt. Flour: Gray and Aldricli's Excelsior brand, sacks, .-"10 10s; 60's and 100's. £11 per ton. Potatoes: Market weak; £4 to £4 10a per ton.

Kauri Gum Market Kepokt.-JATo have this wock to report n. weak and unsettled market, and prices lor ordinal'}- qualities havo declined soino £5 pur ton from last quotations. Wo would quota to-day nominally, with hardly atiy buyers: Fair to «ood ordinary, ;i-50; superior parcels, £31 t.< £32; while East Coast remains inactive atthe pi'ice last quoted, viz., £!13. The supplies for month, so far, arc some 213 tons.