COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 155, 3 July 1896, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS,

MbssSS Hdnter and Noi-Atf reporb :— Horse feed, grain. seeds: Barely an average amount of business has been done, with little or no alteration in value. We quote -Maize. 2s 9d fo 3t bushel; feed oata. 2» 46-. wheat. 3s 6d ; oaten chaff, £3 tO £3 108 ton ; bran, £4 ton ; carrots, £1 6a to £110----to«. Hones: Heavy draught*. £15 bo £27; medium draught, £9 to £16 u»i light harneas. £4 15, to £14 15ai; hacks £3 to £15 Wool, hide*, skins, tallow, banes . Extra stout ox hides very scarce and in keen demand from 6d to 7Jd lb; ■toot ox, 4id to s£d; medium, 3Jd to. 4d; cow aad light steer slightly lower b value, bub sold from 2d to 3Jd: calfskins, 2d to 2ffd ; tallow. J4s 3d to 14k 6d cw*j bonce, £2 17s 6d to £3 ton Sheepskins maintained their values, sold from 2- 3d to 6s 6d; pelts, 5d to la 10d ; wool..fleece, 6Jd to 6fd lb. There ha, haa been an improved demand for oabtle and corresponding supply. Prices have had a slightly upward tendency. Ab the Newmarket yards on Tuesday a gooo many of all description were yarded. Bidding was brisk throughoub the sale and tba average price of fab stock IS P<* 1001b higher. There was a fair muster ab Papakura on Wednesday, »»>«* • coed demand prevailed at l*ewmarkob rates. We quote: Ox beef. 19s to 20a per 1001b: cows, 18a bo 19s; steers ranged from £4 17s 6d to £8 17s 6d ; cows, £3 2«6d to £6 17s 6d; dairy cowo, £3 to £6,15s ; dry cows, £1 10« bo £2 15a ; calves, 17* to 265; yeartinKS, 25a to 32s 6d; 18----months' old steers, £2 to £2 7s 6d ; beiferf*. £1 10a to £2 10s; grown eteers, £3 to £4 10s Sheep t The Newmarket) penß were well filled on Tuesday, competition wag briik, and prices wore in favour Of tha vendor. Wethers sold ab from lla to 16s 9d each ; ewes, 5s to 13a 6d ; mixed sexes, 12s 6d to i4B? lambs, 8s 9d to 10s 6d. Pies were yarded in limited number 3 porkers sold abfrom ISs to 21s fid ; weanors, 6s 3d.

Messes Alfred Bitcklani> and Sons report that at the llaytnnrkeb meadow bay has ranged from Is 9d to 2a 9d : oaten dheaves, 2s 6d and 2s 9d ; mangolds, Is 3d; carrots, Is 3d ; potatoes, 3» 3d ; bonedust, 4» 9d ; guano, 3a 6d ; oil cake, 5a 3d cwt; oats, 2a 3d to 2a 7d ; maize, 2s lOd ; barley, 2s M bushel; chaff. £5 12s 6d and £3 15s ton. Horse etock were yarded in full ncmber, a large proportion of heavy draft sold satisfactorily, the . better class brought from £27 to £U, tha greater parfc from £13 to £23; light harness, £7 to £10 each; a waggonette, £15; spring caibs, £8 each. On Tuesday hides in increased number. Stood hidea kept their' late values; light hides lower in price ; tttoutox hides brought frbmfljd to fifd ; medium, 3£d to 4d ; light, 2jd to 3d ; cow hides, 2£d to 2f d ; calfskins, ;2|d to 3£d per Ib. Sheepskins at late values; frosh skins brought from 2s 6d bo 5«; station skins, lid to 4s each ; fleece wool, 6|d ; locks, 2£d ; pieces, 4£d to s£d par Ib. Ab Pukekoho on Monday a full mucker of cattle met a brisk sale through* out. Dairy cows were from £4 10a to £6 ; calves, 12* to £1 5a 6d each. Ab the clearing sale held ab Mrs Cawkwell's on Saturday there was a very numerous attendance and satisfactory prices. The waggon brought. £30; spring cart, £7 10s ; dray and frame, £9; 26 Cows in milk dv nearly calving from £4 10a bo £8 2s 6d ; draught horses, from £1410s to £20, were the prices realised. At Remuora on Thursday, dairy cows in full number were dull of sale, prices ranged up to £7 ; few store cattle yarded. Calves numerous, bub motibly young ; for those prices ranged from 3s to 6s each. Fat cattle in moderate supply. 160 sold. Prices for ship-borne equalled those locally fatted. Good steer* averaged I9i, cows 17» 6d the 1001b. Sheep in average Bupply, 1,267 sold. At| first previous values were given, bub advanced as the sale proceeded from Is to 2s each, although quotations will not vary from thoie given ab late markets. Wethers ranged from 8s to 14s 6d ; ewes, 84 to 13a ; lambs or hoggebts, 7s to 10s 6ci each. Pigs in usual number, but of better than usual quality, sold frsely ; porkers were from 16s to 30a ; heavy pigs, up bo 45s ; nuokers, 3b 6d each, 69 sold.

Messrs G. W. BrNNKr and Sons' Report. —OriJEoesday stout ox were in strong demand. Sbeety ox and light steers wore easier. Extra stoub sold from 6d to 6|d ; stout, 4£d to 5d ; medium, 3Jd to 3Jd ; light, 2|d to 3d. Cow (best lots]|: Dry, 3d ; wet salted, 2Jd to 2|d ; inferior lots, 2d to 2Jd. Calf and kips, 2d to 3id per lb. Sheepskins: Competition brisk and full prices realised. Local groon and country salted : Large longwools, from 58 to 5s 6d ; medium, 4s 6d to 4s 9d; email, 3s to 4s each; country dry, from 4d for shortwoolled, to 6d per lb for light-pelted wellwoolled. Tallovr, bones and horns: No change.

New Zkalakd Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Ltd.) Auckland Wool Stores, July I.—We oilered, on Tuesday morning, a large catalogue, and met good competition, Hides : Were a shade firmer this week, except for damgaed and scored. Primesb stout ox are worth from s£d bo 7d ; heavy stoub, up to s£d ; medium, to 4d ; and light, up to 3d. Cow hides, primesb, 3d to 34d; ordinary light and medium, 2|d to 2|d ; calfskins, 2|d to 4d ; horse hides, 3s to sa. Skins : In good demand. Picked, to 7s 2d ; butchers', large. 4s 6d to 53 2d ; em»U and medium, 2s 6d to 4s 3d ; country, dry, sound, 5d to s^d per lb; Tails :la 3d per dozen. Horns : In good demand for all sound lines. Bones :£3 per ton.