COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 99, 30 April 1897, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Messk3 Hunter and Nolan report that tho supply of horae feed, grain and seed has nob been large, particularly of maize, but the demand has been inactive; but oats have advanced in value. We quote : Maize on wharf 8s 6d bushel, ex store, 2s lid to 3s ; feed oats, 2a 7d to 2s 8(1; seed oats, 2s 9d to 2s lOd; bran, £3 15s ton ; oaten chaff, £2 5s to £2 12a 6d in tirade lots ; email parcels, £3 5s ; Poverty Bay rye grass, 53 to 6a 6d bushel; Southern ryo gratis, 4« 6d to 5a ; local, 3s 6d bo 4a ; cocksfoot, 5s lOd to 7s. Horses: A great many were brought forward, bub tho demand waa 'slow and sales at vendors' values difficult to effect, the previoui week's prices being barely sustained. An unusually largo number waH entered for disposal by auction ab the Durham Yards. Bidding was brisk for bboso of an exceptionally good stamp, but languid for the principal number of those submitted. We quote: Heavy draught, £15 to £25; medium draught, £12 to £18 10s; light harness horses, £4 to £9 10a ; hacks, £3 10* to £9 15*; weeds £1 to £2. Wool, hides, ekins, tailow, bones : In consequence ot an unusually large number of hides having been brought forward values receded slightly, which was more perceptible in the lighter kinds. We quote :—Extra stout ox hides, 6d to 7d ; atoub ox, 4fjd to s£d ; steers, ?gd to 4d ; cow, 3£d to 3gd ; calfskins, 4d fco 4£d ; bone?, £3 10s ton; tallow, lls to 14? 6d cwb; sheep skins, heavy, 4s to 5s 9d each ; ordinary skins, Is 8d to 3s lOd ; pelts, lid to Is 6d. Wool : Several bales and bags of greasy fleecy, mostly of a rough description, 4^d to s£d 1b ; washed merino, G£J ; washed crossbred, 7|d ; locks and pieces, washed, s^d ; lumbswool, in grease, 4^d to s£d ; pieces, 3d to 4£d ; locke, Ud to 2£d. Cattle: A steady demand hae continued at the previous week's values, and the number brought forward sufficient for requirements. Ab the Newmarkeb Yards on Tuesday the butchers' pen* were well filled, and competition steady throughout the sale. We quote: Ox beef, 16s 6d to 17s 6d 1001 b, cow 15s to 16s. Steers ranged from £5 7a 6d bo £8 each : fats cows, £3 to £5 10s; Bpringors, £3 to £6 1O; dry cows, £1 5b to £2 10». Sheep: The Newmarket pens were well filled on Tuesday. Competitions was good, bub the previous week's yalues were barely sustained. Wethers sold from 9s 6d bo 14s each, ewes 6s 6d to Us, lambs 4s 3d to 9s. Pigs s Scarce, sold well. Prices raogod from 25s to 40s each. I

Messrs Alfred Btjckland and Son's Repobt.—Ab bho Haymarket straw has brought from 12s bo £1 load ; meadow hay, 2a 6d; oaten ebeaves, 2a od to 3a cwt ; maize, 2s lOd; oats, 2s 5d to 2b. 8d; wheat), 4a 3d bushel ; pressed hay, £3 10s ; guano, £3 10a ; chaff, £3 5a ton ; maize on wharf, 2s 8d bushel. Draft horses wero fully represented, bub scarcely kept) late valuei. Medium draft, equal to any farm work, brought from £12 10s to £15; heavy drafb, £20 to £33 each. On Tuesday hides offered in full numbers; heavy hideß improved on lasb week's market;, and broueht) from 4fd to sgd; cow and light ox at lasb week's values, 3d to 3|d ; calfskins, in demand, and broughb from 4£d to 5d lb ; ballow, from lOd to 14s 6d cwb ; fab, Id lb ; dried pelts, lOd to 3s 4d ; butchers' skins, la lid to 3a 4d: lambskins. Is 6d to 3a each; wool, 5Jd lb. Ab Pukekohe on Monday cattle yarded in moderabe number wero withoub alteration in value; dairy cows broughb from £4 bo £6; fak catble, up to £7 5s ; calves, trom 15s to 31a each. Ab Bemueri, on Thumday, dairy cattle were in bebfcer inquiry ; prices for those at profit ranged from £4 to £6 2t 6d each. Store cabtleyarded numerously ; choice bred from Motubapu were fairly competed for; all others were ab lower values. Young and fab calves in leas than usual number. Small calves fully kept their late values, bub heavy calves were lower in price, 54 Bold. Fab cattle in full supply sold irregularly, and on the whole were ab lowor values, particularly cows. Prices for steers were from 15s to 17a 6d ; cows, 12b to 14« the 1001b; 257 sold. Sheep in full numbers, bub a lareo proportion stores, fully kept laab week's quotations; 1,300 Bold. The lambs advertised brought from 5s 6d to 6a 3d each ; 458 sold. Pigs numerous, mostly young and well bred, kepb lato values. Growing pigs broaßhb from 8i to 16s; porkers. 18a to £1 103 each; heavy pigs, £2 2s each ; 110 Bold-

Mkssrs G. W. Binney and Sons' report that en Tuesday hides sold freely. Stoub ox very firm, bub light ox and cow are easier. Ordinary lines of good cow Bold from 3£d to 3£d ; a few exceed this price, Ox, picked, up to 7d ; extra ebout, sid to 6d ; stout, 4d to 4£d ; medium, 3sd to 3Jd; calf, 3d tosd; stags, 2d bo 2id per lb. Sheepskins : Local green, from 2e 6d for medium, to 3b 6d ; for large skins, lamba, 2s 6d to 3a 3d eacls. Country called, from 2a to 4a 3d each. Tallow still dull, Irom 13s to 14s per cwt. Fat, £d to Id per lb. Bones, 75s per ton. Cowtail hair, 10£ dto IOJd per lb,

]Mew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited). —Auckland Wool Stores, April 28th : On Tuesday, 27th instanfc, we clearod a large and representative catalogue of hides and sheepskins to a full attendance of the trade, all classes meeting with ready ealo at a alight advance on last week's prices. Hides: Wo quoto prime about ox, s£d to 6|d ; heavy wtout ox, 4,Jd to SJ(I ; medium, 3fd to 4£d ; light, 3£d to 3^d ; well-conditioned cow, 3£d ; heavy cow. 3gd ; sloppy, 3£d aud 3§d ; calfskins, Hound, 4d to 5(1; cut, 3d to 3|d ; kip, 3£d to 3§d. Sheepekins: Butebera' greea Bkins realised; small, 23 to 2s 6d ; medium, 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; large, 3a 9d to 4s 5d ; dry, sound pelted, 4£d to 5d lb ; doublo fleece to 6s Id. Wool : Small lotß continue to come to hand. We sold crossbred at 6£d ; pieces, 3d. Tallow, bones, horee-hair : Pricas are unchanged. All lots arriving find good competition. Oats : There is little alteration in tho market. Good to bosb feed are worth 2s 4^d to 2« ssd ex ship. Southern reports confirm the damage to the late harvested crops. Maize is worth 2s 9i por bushel on wharf. Potatoes : Recent shipments have satisfied the market, which r>o\e rules at £3 15a per ton ox wharf, for good tablo aorta. Manures and grass seeds : Tho season is now drawing to a close. Somo amall sales are still pacing at our late quotations.