COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 76, 2 April 1897, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS' PvEPORTS.

Messks Aurkd Buckland and Sons) report that) at bha Hoy markeb oaten sheaves have brought; from 2* to 2s 9d cwb.; wheat straw continues in requesb ab full values ; maize, 2s lOd ; feed oafca, 2s 5d ; cocksfoot, 7s 6d ; Poverty Bay ryo K raßß» 5s 6d ; Canterbury, 4s 3d ; dan oats, 2s 8d bushel; maizo on wharf, 2s Bd. Horso stock was in moderate supply, and without alterabion in vnlue. Useful faraa horsea wero from £13 to £15 each. On Tuesday, hides in full number improved in value. Ox hides moatly ranged from 4d bo 6£d ; cow biiiea, 3id to 3|d ; calfskins, 4Ad to sgd lb ; tallow, 12i 6d und 12a 9d cwb ; fab, Id lb. Sheep pelts a!eo improved in vaiue, and r&n^cd from 8d bo 2s\6d; lambskins, Is 9ii to 2s 8d ouch ; lamb's woo), s^d ; pitccs, '3d to sid lb. Ati Pukekoho on Monday ihero was a large number of cattlo yarded, particularly cow« and heifers near protib. The?o sold from £5 to £5 7« 6d each. Young calve* wera aiso numerous, and broughb from 15s to filfi ; dry cows, up to 4Ss ; fat cows, £3 13s to £4 5a ; threoyear steofs, £4 to £4 10s 6d each. Ab llemuera, on Thursday, dairy cows'in usual supply were without alteration in value; prices ranged f.rom £3 to £8 5s each; store cabbie, in ffiil number, wero better worbh ; three-year-old sbeera were from £3 5s fco £4; calvea, 17s fco £1 7a each; fab and young calves, in less number bhan usual, were wi&houb ultaration in value ; tat cattle in less than average number, 199 yardad. Sbeers were firm ab last week's* quotations, 16* to 17a bho lOOib ; bub aged cot»3 were at lower values.bh«n for many week*. Sheep yardod numerously; for flora sheep there was aa improved demand at better valusp, bub fab sheep wero lower in prijo, from 6d to Is each ; 2,035 sold. Lamba in moderate supply were ab last week's values; 90 sold, Pigs, shorb of requirements, sold freely; porker 3 wero from £1 1b to £1 13s ; weaners, 7b and 8i each.

Messrs HaNTEB and Nolan reporb a moderate demand has existed for horuefeed, seada, grain, etc., and the supply has beon sufficient for requiremenbs, consequently pricas have nob altered. We quote : Maize on wharf, 2a 7d par bushel; ex store, 2a lOd ; Southern feed oats, 2a 6d ; seed oats, 2s 9d; local grown, Is 9d to Is lid. Oaten chaff dull of sale, £2 10a to £2 15s per ton, per truck load at station ; ex storo, £3 to £3 sa. Bran, £3 15a to £4 por ton. Poverty Bay ryegras?, 5a 6d bo 6s 6d per bushel ; Southern ryegmss, 4a 6d ; local, 3s 6d bo 4e; cocksfoot, markeb overstocked, 5s 6d to 7a. Again largo numbers of horses have been brought forward, bub as a steady demand prevailed prices did nob recede. Heavy draughb Gold at £17 10a to £34 ; medium draught, £11 7a 6d to £17 los ; light harness horses, £5 103 bo £12 15a ; hacka, £3 10s to .£ll 15a; weeds, 15s to 403. Wool, hides, skins, tallow, boues : Hides havo been insufficiently supplied for requirements, and all classes have had an upward tendency in values. Modersite quantities were pitched ab the Durham Yards on Tuesday, and competition was keen .for extra Btoub ox hides at s£d to 6^d lb. Store ox, 4d to 5d ; sbeer, 3d to 3|J ; cow, 3d bo 4£d ; calfskins, 3|d to 6J ; tallow, inferior, 12s 6d to 12? 9d cwb; bonos, £3 7s 6d per ton ; sheepskins, Is 9d to 3s 2d ; lambakina, Is 3d lo 2* 5d ; pelts, la to Is 7d. Wool, mixed lot of flsece, inferior quality, gold from 3^.1 to s^d per lb; lambawool, s id to 6d; pieces, 3d to 4d. Catole : The supply has boon ample and bhere has been no upward tendency in value. The number yardod ab Newmarket on Tuesday was hardly up to the average and the previous week's prices were barely sustained. We quoio : Ox beef 16s to 17a per 170 ib ; cow, Joe. Dairy eov,«, £3 to £6 ; dry cowe, £1 10a to £4 17a 6d. Sheep: There has been a good many bioughb lorwiirii, for which there was a good demand. Fat wethers at from 9a to 11* 6d ; owes, 7* 9d to lls. I'irfS ple&ii ul, aoid at from £1 7s to £2 4s each.

■Messbs G. W. Binnky and Sons' Report. —On Tuosdsy hidaa sold at exireme ratea (on account of the small numbers oil'ering). Pickod stout, 6^d to 7d ; heavy stoub, 5d to 6d ; etoub, 4^d to 4fd ; stoer, 3id to3|d; cow, 3-Jd to 3jd for good lots. Picked exceeded this price. Calf, 4<i to sd; stags, l|d to 2d. per lb. Sheepskin*: Local green and country salted iarge, 2s 7d fo 2s Bil ; medium, 2u to 2a 3d ; email, la 6J bo la 9d; lambs, 2.1 to 3d efich. Dry pclta are neglected, and well ab low figures. T?illow :No change. Bones : Prices advancing. Best are worth 75a por ton. Shanks, 80a to 90s per ton. Tail hair; lOd to 10^d; horse, lid to Is per lb for good, clean parcel. Bonsdugb: Sydney, £5 to £5 sa; root manure, £3 10a to £4 153 per ton.

INew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited.) Auckland Wool Stores, March 31, —Ab Tuesday's ■ale a medium catalogue was submibted and cleared under good competition. Hides : Prices firm ab late rates. Prime scout ox, 6d to 6£d; heavy stout, 5d to s|d ; light and medium, 3£d to 4^d ; cow, bulk, 3§d; sloppy, 3£d to 3£d ; calf, to sd. Skins: Sold at a slight advance on last) week's quotations. Lambe, la 8d to 3a; pelts, salted, le 4d to 2a 3d; dried, 6d and 7d to

Is 6d. Wool: Lambe, 6d por lb. Tallow : 13s 3d to 14s 6d per cwb. Horns, hair, bones, etc., ab full rates. Bonedusb and blood and bone manure in good demand, ab prices lasb quoted, viz., £5 10s per ton for the former, and £5 for the latter. Potatoes : Markeb fully supplied. Oats : Business is quiet, and merchants are only buying for immediate wants.'