COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 94, 24 April 1891, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Weekly RβFORT. —Horse feed, grain, seeds, etc. : There ims not been very much doinjr, and little or no alteration in value. Holders have been desirous ot clearing lines of cockst'oot, and several sales have been effected. We quote : Oats, 2s to 2s 2d per bushel; mai/.e, 2s 10d ; wheat, 5s 6d to4s6d; oaten chail', £2 10s to £2 15s per ton; bran. £4 per ton. Horses : liather a largo number were brought forward. The demand for those of a good stamp was brisk, hilt weeds were comparatively neglected. Above an average number were submitted by auction at the. Durham Yards on Friday. Competition was brisk for the best lots, but slow for those o£ an inferior stamp. We quote: Hacks, at from i-A li's to S.X2 each; medium draught and light harness horses, from £510s to£l3 7s6d. "Wool, hide:-, skins, tallow, bones, etc. : Bather largo quantities have been brought forward, ana an improved demand has existed. We quote : Stout ox, from 3.1 dto 4Jd porlb; steer and cow, lid to 3d; damaged, Jd to lid; calfskins, 3d to 4jd per Ib ; sheepskins. In 2d to 3s bit each ; lambskins,'ls 3d to 2s 10d : tallow, 15s to 16s 6cl por cwt; roujihi'at, lid per lb; bonoa, ti'i lbs per ton ; in bafjs, 6;Jd to 6Jd ; pieces. 3;d per !b. Cattle: The supply was scarcely sufficient for requirements, but there was litllo or no alteration in value. There was an aver. , !so number yarded tit Newmarket on Tuesday. Competition was good throughout the s'.ilc. Tiiere was no noteworthy alteration in VRiiic. Some averages of steers were : .-67 7s od, £6 8s ort, £6 2s 6d. i' 6. .« 19s, £5 Ss 3d, £0 7s ; cows, £4 7s fid, £3 15s, £3 12s Gd. £3 8s 3d, £3 ss. Sheep were baroiy in average numbers at Now- Tmarket on Tuesday, and iverc steadily competed for: Wethers, from 9s to 16s 61'; owes, from 11s to 12a 6d ; lambs, lCs to 113 6d ; shorn lambs, 7s 3d. Pigs. I\ot many yarded, and there remained an unsatisfied denrand, at from 2d to 3d per lb* live weight.

Mkssrs Alfred Buckland and Sons' Report.—At tbe Hayinarkot. during the past week, choice meadow hay realised 3s 3d; ordinary, Cd to 2s the cwt; oat?, i 3 5d to 2a 2<l: lnsiize, 2i310d ; ryo grass, 5s to 6s 6d ; cocksfoot. 5s 6d to 7s tho bushel; chair. £2 10s; potatoes. £1 17a 6d ; boncflour. £6 10s the ton. On Friday, the horse market was fully supplied, but many ci! those sold were of an indifferent class. Those ranged from 30s to £3. Strong useful horses were in demand: prices for these rangort from £14 to £20; medium and uuc'i horses, from £7 to :Cl2 each. On Tuesday, hides were pitched in lull number: heavy ox kept their values, and ranged from tjd to 5d the 10, but cow hides and light ox were lower in price than o£ late about "id tiiß lb; calfskins kept their values; rough fat, lid; tallow, 16s and 163 6d tho cvvt. Skins and wool, in less than usual quantity, were without alteration in price. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cows at their t> re lit were in demand. Heifers brought from £3 to £.\ 12s 6d; cows, £4 to £5 15s each; store cattle at slightly lower values; calves, 14s; yeavlinp; steers, 30s; two-year-old steers, £2 IO3; three-year-old steers, £3 6s; cows, 25s to 40s each; fat calrea. in full number, fairly kept late values. Fat cattle In average number; 230 sold : were steady in price throughout the sale; ship-borno steers, 15s; Auckl;ind-fiiUe4, 16s; cows, Us to 13s the 1001b were the prices obtained. Sheep, yarded in full number, were lower in price about Is each; about 300 withdrawn; 1,100 sold. Store lambs, in thoir wool, 7s 6d ; Merino owes, 6s 6d; long woolled wethers. 12a to 15s 6d; crossbred wethers, lla to 138! lambs in their wool, 8s 6d to 11s. Pigs'in usual number; well-fatted porkers kept their values, bat store pigs were lower in price.

Messrs G. W. Binnby axd Soxs' Report.— Hidoa continue in brisk demand, and with tho exception of ono line, all sold at late values. Prime stout ox sold up to 5Jd ; heavy stout, 4»d to ijjd ; heavy, 3id to 4ti; medium and liptht, 2Jd to 3d; heavy cow, 2'd to 3d ; average lines, 2d to 2|d ; kip, 2'd to 3d; calf, 4jd; local green ox sold from 22s 6d to 40s each; stags, lid; damaeed. Ad to Id per Ib. Sheepskins advanced in value, and sola freely throughout. Local longwools sold up to 3s SJ, butchers' averaging Oa: crossbreds, 2s 90. ; country, salted, 2s 3d to 2s 9d tor l:irKO, Is 6d to 2s for medium sizee. Lambs are now at same values as sheepskins. Tallow: No change to report. Wool: Small lots jneet ready sale from 5Jd to 6|d for rough crossbreds.

Mr THOKNES, Land Agent, Qneen-strect, reports the sale of an allotment in Vincent-street, cOh feet x 105 foot, with cottage tUoreon, for £325 cash, on behalf of Mrs Gcarey. '

Mbssus Abtiiuh and Buddlb quote prices as follows at their sale of fruit yesterday afternoon :—Dessert apples. Jd to Hd per Ib ; cooking apples, Jii to l.'.d per Ib; quinces. 5-Bth to Id; cane gooseberries, Gd per Ib; tomatoes, ;Jd to l|d; lemons, Sd per dozen; and watermelons, 4s6d per dozen.

Mr Digfoy Tonks held a sale of Chrysanthemums in pots at noon to-day. There was a fair attendance, the average price being about 7£d. Tho pricey ranged from 3jd to 2s 6d each.

*1k J. Jones quotes sales to-day at the following- rates :—Apples, id to 1-Jd ; quinces, jd to Id; grapen, s{d to IOd ; tomatoes, 3d to Id : passion fruit 1-id'por doz.: piemelons, 2s 4d per cwfc.; pumpkins, 2s to 2s 6d per cwt.; and potatoes £2 to £3 per ton.