AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXV, Issue 226, 21 September 1894, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

MESSks A. BtJGKLANB AND SoN3 report fchsb" ab the Haymarkeb, meadow hay has brought from 2ft 6d to $a 3d; oaten Sheaves, 2s 6d to 3a cwb; carrots, 30s bo 325; pressed hay, 90s ; chaff, 60s to 70s ; bdheduik, 110s; potatoes, 30a to 25s ton ; oats, Is 8d to 2a 2d ; maize/ 2s 2d; wheat, 2« bushel. Sound ox hides ranged from 2^6. to 4jd • cow hides, ljd to 2d Ib ; butchers' skins* 3a to 6s odch ; wool, 4Jd to 6Jd lb. Ab Drury the yards were filled, young cattle being well represented. Calves brought from 19s to £1 10a ; yearlings, £1 19a to £2 8s; two-year olds, £$ to £3 5a ; three-year-olds, £4 to £4 7a; grown steera, £5 to £6 2s 6d ; dairy cows, £4 to £7; fab oxen tip to £8 12a 6d each. Ab Remuera dairy cows of moderate quality, were without alteration in value. Store steers averaged £4 4s. Calves were plentiful, and sold freely. Fab cattle, 194 yarded, were steadier in pried than lasb week. Steers brought 218 to 22a 1001b, the merino ewes brought 5s each, lambs given in. Fat sheep firm. Long-woolled wethers rdm 16s to 23a. Spring lambs ranged from 5s to lls each. ,

Messrs Hunter and Nolan quote salea as follows :—Feed oats, 2a; seed, Zs 3d to 2s 6d; maize, on wharf, 2a to 2a id; ex store, 2a 3d bushel; bran, £2 15s ton; chaff, £2 5a to £2 15s. Heavy draught ' horses irom £12 10s to £21 15s ; medium, £10 5a to £15 10s ; lighb harness, £5 5a to £12 10b ; hacks, £4 to £9 10s ; light and medium draught colts and fillies, unbroken, from £9 to £14 10a. Ox bides, 2d fco 4£d lb; cows, l?d to2£d ; damaged and sloppy, Id to lid'; calfskins, 2d bo 3d lb; tallow* 16« 9d to'lH 6d cwb ; bonas, £3 ton. Sheepskins, prices in favour of vendor : Green, 3s to 4s 6d e"ach ; dry, Is to 4s 4d each, 4d lb ; fleece wool, 6d lb ; cotted, 34d ; pieces, 2|d ,to 2|d for cattle. At the New;, market Yards : For beef the general average rate Was higher, ox ranging from £1 2s to £1 3s 1001b ; cows, £1 to £1 2s. Some averages of steers vrofe £8 17s 6d, £8 13s 9d, £8 12a 6d, £8, £7 15s, £7 Ik 3d, £7 5a ; cows, £6 103, £6 sa, £6, £5 10s, £5 sa. Webhera, 13s 3d to 18a 9d ; ewea, 8s 6d to lla 3d ; mixed sexes, 8s 9d to 14s j spring lambs, 7s bo 14i 6d each. Figs, scarce and small, 6old ab from 12s toi £l 18s each.

Messes Arthur Tooman and Co. report?: —Potatoes have moved off freelyr - Prime Southern, £2 5a to £2 10s; Waikato, £2 to £2 53; small seed and early varieties Bold for cow feed at 30s; pumpkins, £2 10b to £3; carrots, white, 30s ;' red, 35a to 40s ; onions, California!), l£d to 2d ; maize, prime, 2k 3d; medium, 2s; Wan, £3; eharpß, £4 ss ; ; chaff, £3 ; 10s. Butter still remains in good demand. . Local dairy, lid to Is ; Taranaki factoryj lOd. to If { keg, 9d ; bulk, dairy, 9d to lOd. Cheese: Larfee sizes, 4d t6 sd; loaf, s^d to 6d. Eggs: Demand beyond supply at 6d to 6Jd. Bacon: Prime local, 7d ; medium, s£d bo 6d; Canterbury, 7d to 7|d. Hams, prime, 7d to Bd. Honey : Bulk, 3d to 3£d; small tins, 3Jd to 4d. Lord; Bladders, 4|d ; kee, 3±d to 3£d. Fruit: Apples, Hobafbj 7s 6d to 10s; .pears, 4s to 5s per half case; Jeraona, local, 2§ to 3s 6d; oranges, local, 4s t6 7a; Sydney, 2Vtd 8s 6d ; mandarins, 7s ; passion fruit, 7a 6d ; bananas, ex tJpolu, prime lines, 2s 6d to 2s Od; peanutK, 2Jd to 3d. Poultry: Ordinary fowls. Is 3d to Is 6d; selected, Is Sd to 2s 4d ; ducks, Is 4d to Is 9d j turkeys, 3s 6d to 5a 9d; geese, 2s 9d to 3s 6d ; young pigs, 7s 6d to 13s 6d each^ - G. W. BINNEY AND SON'S RKPORT.—j On Tuesday We sold a large catalogue of hides, sheep, akin?, tallow, bones, etc* Hides: Heavy about ox are scarce, and realise high prices; we give as market value 4|d for heavy about to s£d for prime picked $ stout, 3Jd to 4d ; medium, 3d ; steer and thin ox, 2£d to 2§d; cow, ijd td 2^d, according to quality ; calf, 2d to 3£d ; stags, Id to lfd per lb ; damaged, nominal. Sheep Skins: Beat longwool, 4s to ss; 'medium, 3s to 3s 6d ; lambs, 9d each j country dry, 4Jd to 5d per lb for sound; damaged, 2£d to 3Jd perlb. Tallow, bones, horns, and tail hair: No change. Bonedust : EMU, sacks £5 ss, cwt bags, £5 10s per ton, f.o.b. rail or steamer.