COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 179, 31 July 1896, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan report thab the quantities ol grain, horeefeed and aeeda brought forward have been sufficient to meet a steady demand. They quobo : Maize on wharf, 2a 8d to 2a 9d buabel j ex store, 3a; feed oabs, 2s 4d; seed oats, 2s 9d to 3s; bran, £3 10a to £4 ton. At a trade solo Southern flour sold at from £9 5a to £10 ss; Southern chaff", £3 I7a to £4 5a ton; oute, 2a 3d bushel. There has boen a oontinuoua demand for draught stock, and a good many of other classes have changed handa at the previous week's values. We quote: Heavy draught, from £14 5a to £25;' medium draught, £10 tq £17; Hehb harness, £4 10s to £11 10a; hacks, £3 10a to £8 15?. Wool, hidoß, skins, tallow, bones: Rather largo quanticioß were pitched ab the Durham Yurda .on Tuesday. Light and sloppy cow and steer hides were lower in value, bub prime and stoub ox hides maintained their value. We quote s , Prime ox hides, 6d to 7d lb ; stout ox, 4d to 4__d ; medium ox, 2j*d to tyd ; cow, 3£d to 3Jd ; but cow aud steer moobly ranged from l|d to 2..d ; calfskins, 2£d to 3Jd; horse hides, 7a 6d ; tallow, 13a 6d owt; bone«, £3 ton. ' Sheepskins: Local butchers' heavy longwool, 5s to 7a 5d each ; crossbred*, 2. 8d to 4s 9d ; country ekina, 18 5d to 53 7d ; polts, 4d to Is. Barely tho usual numbers of cattle were broughb forward, and thero was little alteration in value a8 compared with the previous week. Dairy cowa sold at from £3 10s to £6 12. 6d ; dry cows, £1 5a to £2 15s; caives, £1 3a to £1 10. each; local fatted steers, £1 to £1 Is 1001b ; ship, 19a to £1; cows, 18s to £1. Sheep were plentiful, bidding waa animated, and prioes in favour of tho vendor. Wethers cold at from 10s 3d to 16a 91 ; owoa, 9s 9d to 13a 94 ; mixed sexes, 7s 9d to 10s 3d ; ewoa In lamb, 9a. Piga more numerous, sold readily. Baconera, £2 15a; porkers, 15s to £1 7a 6d ; weariers, sa.

Messrs Alfred Bi/okland and Sons roperb thab ab tho Hay markeb during the past week meadow hay has brought from le 9d to 2s 3d ; oaten sheaves. 2a bd to 2» 9d ; cliair, 3a 6d to 3s 9d; potatoes, 2s 9.1 to 3a 3d ; carrots, Is 4d ; bonedusb, 4s 9d ; guano, 3a 6d cwb ; oats, 2e 4d ; maize, 2a JOd;. wheat, 3s buabel ;. maize.on whart, 2*. 8d bushel. Horso stock were yarded numerously, and brought satisfactory prices. Twenty-five draught horses ranged in price from £14 to £21; young coach horses, £18 to £19 ; lighb harness, £7 to £10 each. Hides and ekinß were in full number and fairly kept previous week's values. Stout ox hides, 4Jd to6d; light ox hides, 2__dto4<J; cow hides, __£d to 2£d ; calf chins, 2Jd to sgd lb ; tallow, 13s 6d to 17s ; bones, 3s cwt, Sheepskins eagerly competed for. Fresh skins bronghb from 3a 9d to 6a 5d ; dry skins, Is 6d to 5a 7d each ; rough wool. 4Jd to 6_d; pieces. 3sd to 3fd lb. At Pukekohe on Monday a full muster of cattle mob a free demand. Young cattlo were in demand throughout the sale at a definite advance in price. Cows and heifers were from £3 to £6 17s 6d oach. Ab Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cabtle near calving, yarded numerously, were dull of .sale, choice animals only being competed for over ordinary Hbore values. Thoso brought from £3 10s to £5 15s each. Store cattle, in full numbers, wero slightly better worth: Three bo four-year old steers of good. quality brought £5 la; coarpo three-year-olds, £3 58 ; dry cows, £2 to £3 2s Od each. Young and fab calves, numerous, cold freely: Prices ranged from 4s to £1 5a each. Fab cattle, in average number, 220 sold: Bidding was more free than last week, and values slightly better, though quotations are the same : Steers, from 19* to £1 Is; young cows, 19a 1001b. Sheep, in average "number, 1,500 yarded : Wellfatted sheep were better worth, stores.at lato values ; long-woolled ewes, near lamb, ing, sold for 9a Od and 10s ; hoggets, 7s 3d to9s9d; fat wethers, lis 3d to 15a; fat ewes, 10.6 dto 14s each. Pigs: In limited number aud of good quality, wera at late values.

Messrs G« W. Binney and Sons' Weekly Report.—On Tuesday a large catalogue of hidos, sheepskins, tallow, etc., sold freely. Hides: Prices easier in medium ox and. steer. Cow firm. Extra Btoub ox sold up to 6_d; heavy stout, 4d to 4J_d ; medium, from 3d to 3£d ; liehb, 2Jd to 2£d ; cow, beßb dry salted, up to 3d ; wet, 2Ad to 2gd ; kip, 2d to 2fd ; calf, 3d to 4d lb. Sheepskins: High prices ruling. Local green, from 6s to ba 8d for largo skins ; ordinary, 5s to 5a bd ; small, 4a to 4s 9d each ; country sound palted equal, 5d to 5Jd lb. Tallow, bones, and horns : No change. New Z-.ai.and Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Ltd). Auckland Wool Stores, July 29.—We offered a conaiderablo catalogue this week. Prices were about level with those of last week. Hides: Sheety ox are in Door demand, other descriptions practically unchanged. Quotations are *.-— Primesb stoub ox, s£d to 6d ; heavy stout, 4d to 5Jd ; lighb medium, 2£d to 3|d ; cow, 2£d to 3d ; calf, to 3|d ; kip, 2|d ; dry hides, 2£d to 3Jd ; stags. Id to 2d ; horse hides, Ba. Sheepskins : Still in excellenb demand ab late quotations. Wool in bags: Fleece, 6Jd ; pieces, 3d to 4^d. Horse and cow tail hair: All forward is readily placed at good rates.