AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 206, 3 September 1897, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Messrs . Huntek and Nolan's Weekly Repobt. —Horse feed, grain aeed: A Bteady demand haa prevailed, and auffioienb haa been brought forward. We quote :— Maiza oa wharf, 2a Id bushel ; ex atoro. 2a 3d to 2a 6d ; food oats, 2a 7d to 2a 9d ; seed outs, 3s ; bran, £4 4a bon; oaton chaff, £3 15a to £4 ton. Horses : Thero has been a moderate domand. Sufficient brought) forward for requirements, aad sales wero affected wibhoub noteworthy alteration in valuo. Quito fcho usual number wero disposed of under the hammer at tho Durham Yardß on Friday. For those of aa inferior stamp bidding was slow. Heavy draughts sold at from £13 to £23; medium draghb, £9 to £16 10s ; light harness horses, £3 to £12 ; hacks, £3 10a to £10 10a. Wool, hides, skitiß, tallow, bones : Average quantities were pitched ab the Durham Yarda on Tuesday, and sales were effected under brisk competition, and an unsatisfied demand remained for prime stout ox hides ab from s£d to 6£d Ib, store, 4d to 4Jd ; medium, 3Jd to 3Jd ; steer and cow, 2Jd to 3d ; calfskins, 4£d to s.|d ; tallow, 11s 3d to lls 9ii cwt ; sheepskins, longwooJ, picked, 5s to 63 6d each ; ordinary, 2s 3d to 4s lOd ; pelts, Is to la 9d. Cattle : A good many were broughb forward and disposed of with little alteration in value. Thero waa a moderate supply of fab beasts ab Newmarket on Tuesday. Dairy and store stock wera also represented, and there was a large muster of the latter aa Papakura on Wednesday. At both sales bidding was good. We quote: Prime medium weight oxen, 18a to 19a per 1001b : heavy-w eight oxon, 17a to 18a; cows, 16b ; fab cows ranged from £3 10a to £5 10s; steers from £5 10a to £8 12a 6d; dairy cattle wera plentiful, and sold ab from £3 to £515a : dry cowa, £110a to £3 ; yearling calves, £1 48 co £1 o'a; IS-months'-old heifers, £115a to £2. Sheep were in steady demand ab the previous week's valuaa, and there waa a good muster at Newmarkat on Tuesday. Wethers sold ab from 10a 9d to 14s 9d ; ewes, lla 3d to 15s;. mi-scad sexes, lls 3d bo 12s 9d. Piga : Bub fow yarded ; in good demand. Porkers sold at from £1 to £1 13s; baeoners, £2 10a to £2 17s 6d.

Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons' Weekly Report.—At the Haymarket, meadow bay has boan in better inquiry, prices from 2s fid to 2s 9d ; oaten shoavos, 2s 6d cwfc; chaff, £3 7s 6d bo £4. Bonadusb, £5 5a to £7 ; Chesterfield guano, £3 10s. Potatoes, £3 oa to £4. Pressed hay, £2 10s bo £3 ton. Feed oats. 2s 2d to 2s 6d ; seed oats, 2s lOd to 3a 2d ; maize, 2a 4d ; barley, 3s 3d bushel. Maize is arriving in. excess of requirements ; 2a the bushel on the wharf: in the latest quotations. Oa Friday, horse stock, shown in moderate numbers, were ab late values. Draught! horses were from £9 to £21 : medium draught), £10 10a to £12 10a ; light harness, £8 to £13 each, Oa Tuesday, hidaa ab late values. Sbout ox brought 4Jd to 5f d ; medium, 3|d to 4d ; lighb ox, 2£d to 3£d ; cow hides, 2£d to 3d ; calfakins, 4d to s^d 1b ; tallow, 9a 6d bo 123 6d ; bones, 3b 6d cwb ; fab, .fd lb. Skins briskly competed tor. Dry Bkins were from Is 4d to 5a 2d ; fresh skins, 3a to 7s each ; locks, 3|d lb. Ab Pukekoheon Monday cabt-le were in full supply. Dairy cows and hoifora numerous, dull of sale. Cows were from £3 to £4 7s 6d; heifers, £3 to £4 each. Calves and atiora catblo required ab late values. Ad Remuera on Thursday dairy cows in usual number were ab late values. Good animals afc profit? were from £4 bo £6 10s; dry cows, from £1 12s 6d bo £2 17a 6d ; young bulls, £2 10s to £4 each ; young and fab calves, in average supply, 57 sold were at late values ; fati cattle, generally of light and medium weigbbs, sold irregularly, prices were from 15s bo 18s the 1001b: sbeera were from £5 5a bo £9 2s 6d ; cows, £6 12s 6d to £6 10s each. 226 sold. Sheep in full supply, 1,615 sold were dull of sale; choice pens kepb their price, bub good medium qualiby webbera were lower in value. Wethers were from 9a to 16s 9d ; awes, 9s to 11s 9d ; hoggets, 8s 3d to 8s 9d ; ewo9, lamba ab side, 8s 6d each. Pigs in moderate number, 43 sold, were required. Heavy pigs brought up to £2 15a ; porkars, £1 bo £111s ; weaners, 6s and 7s ; stores, 14s to 16s each.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency.—Auckland Wool Sborea, September lsb.—The offerings ab our weekly sale, on Tuesday, wera extra large, and prices for hides, skins and tallow were firm ab labe rates. We sold : Hides: Prime, sfeoub ox, 5Jd ; oo extra prime offering; heavy stoub, 4§d to s£d ; lighb and medium, 3£d to 4grt ; cow, beab lines sold up to 3£d; sloppy, 2|d; calf, in keen demand, bests soiling ab 4£d to 6d ; kip, 2£d to 3£d. Sheepskins in brisk demand ; large longwools sold from 4a 3d bo ss; small and medium, 2a 9d bo 4a. Hair: Horsehair, la fca Is 2d ; cow-tail, 9-Jcl to 10£ d. Horns, etc : gelling ab late raises. Tallow: Selling freely ab about late rates. Oats : The market has a slightly firmer feeling on account of reported shipments bo London from Invercargill. Present) quotatians era 2a 4d for firsb feed (which la very scarce), 2a 3d and 2s 2d far B. and C. grades respectively. Maize: The markeb haa experienced a furbher fall to 2a on bha wharf. Chafl : Locai supplies are pratfcy well exhausted, and markeb shows a furbher rise on laab week's quofiaoiono, present price being £3 15* ex rail. PobatoeH : Good table are worth £3 10s per bon, ex wharf.