AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Press, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5141, 24 February 1882, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

MxBBBB H. Matson ahd Co. report on the Use Btock Market, Ac., fox r .tin/week. ending ThW»y, February 23rd, 18S2, as follows:— For yesterday's weekly Aldington market there was a large supply of stock, more especially storw, of which two.theda.-et the entry "wail made up. Per the comparatively small quantity of mutton on offer a fair competition was shown, and the various lota were cleared at ratea which, though irregular, were ob the average about in accordance with the last month's quotations. Aβ showing tlw fluctuation of prioee several lines 01 preoisely the same weight and V^^J bronght Is pet head over last week's reto**nd others Is to la 6d per head fesa. Prune cross, bred wethers realised 11b to 12s, qaotation of ljd to 2d.per lb. Fat mermo wethers 7s to Be. Iβ stofc. tberewaa entry of the season, and althongh °* buyers were present, they were ••**&*£ wmmm come rather increase than otherwise. Of *>ma S We P also- disposed of vanousi lots of aged crosebred ewes at from 7a to <v - hegrgets, very inferior, 7s Ba, Ac. ewes-arenmoh in. oabed after, and woxth 9s to 10s a head where pnßcnrable. Fat lambs are becoming scarce in the m-rket; in fact, it pass owners as well to; hold them over for store purposes aa to sell tq the botcher, and buy at excessive rates ; othar eWies of *Wp. iie entry of fat ««3ewu» gomewhat limited one, and of between 70 and 8t» headsnbmitted by ounelves every lot was well competed for and reaSilysold at prices fully bearing ont late quotations. The beet Bteere bronght £3 to ,£9 per head; medium weighta and heifers, to JB7 10a. The resulfcof the store cattle sale yesterday proven that there i& decidedly more activity in the market than a few weeks since. On account of various owners, we effered about 280 head of mixed classes, and succeeded in quitting over 200 of the number. Wβ do not quote much material alteration in price, but a better demand with more ready eales. The large inquiry for store pigs for etnbble purposes, and the high prices pawfor such during the past few weeks, had the effect of crowding, the market yesterday- Over 600, chiefly stores, were penned and all sola, prices on the whole beiDg very satisfactory. A number of farmers were amongst the competitors, and eecureci the bulk of the entry.. Strong slips brought 15s to 255, larger sues, to 30s, younger ages proportionate prices. Ihe totals yardea for the day comprised 9845 sheep, £23 head of cattle, and 605 pigs, of which our ettry inoluded 6890 sheep, 180 fat lambs, 356 head of cattle, and 551 pigs, from Messrs Jno. Grigg, F. B. Jackson, <Jampbelland Co., D. B. Wruthere. W. Boag, Henderson ana Mcßeath, J. B. Tessey, Geo. Kinley, Wv B. Clarkson, P. Elder, P. Grant, Captain JJorie, Garland, W. Hartnell, C. T. Dudley. X Kinley, W. H. Porter, Jno. Davis, A. Grant, W. Morley, J. D. Neil, T.,H. G. TosSwiU, Jno.. O f Nea.T. H. Green, Jas. Taylor. H. Orchard, J West, K. Clarkßon, A. MoCullum. W. Brice, W. Birdling, 8. Mnllins, W. Hayes, Jnb. Niehelle. W. Cook. B. Tubman, W. Neal, Daley, KfiFaddon, W. Veitch, W. PrebWe, Jno. Wright, Jno. Ferguson, F. ratter, P. Byan, T. Tnbman, Jno. Campion, Job Horwell, and others? In fat sheep our principal sales were— 172 of the Bellfield crosebreds; atl2s to 12e 3d; 270 of the Longbeach erossbr ed ewes, at 10b 3d to Hβ. Account other owners—l 72 crossbred wethers, at 12s to 12s 3d; 330 deat 12s, 100 merino wethers at Bs, 50 crossbreds at ISs, 90 a* 10s 6d to lls, 866 merino wethers at7ssd. Bterea—soo full mouth merino ewes, at Sβ, 169 oroesbred do at Bs, 120 merino ewes at 4s 7d, 170 euQ merino wethers at 3s 3d, 254 memo ewes, very baa on liooth, at 2s Id; 233 shorn in conditioii, at 7e 8d; 200 s cull merino ewes at 3s 9d, 218 mixed crossbreaaat 8a Si, 90 at 9s 3d, 130 at 9s 9d, 140 at 8s 9d to 9s 33,180 fat lambs at from6a to 9a. Hat cattle -5 ftt Wβ, 5 at £7 10s, 3 at M, Ei at £1 7s 6d, 3 at .88 15s, 4, at .47, 5 at 10s, 3 at £6 sb, 4at £7 &». weight cows and heifers, 4at *85 lOsj 3 at £s lss, 7at w£sl2a 6d, 6at £5 ss, 4at JBS 10s ; stores, 18Tat £3 Sβ, 8 at £2 12s 63, 46atje2 se6a, 26 at £2 63, 30 at .£3, 31 at ss, 28 at £i ss. 25 at £2 10s, 10 at £1 19 a, 6atM 7a 6d, and a number of dry cows at from 40s to per head. Iα pigs we cleared our entry as under: —Waneanui consignment—6 at 35b, 9at 295, 18 at ao», 13 at 235, 42 at 18s, 12 at 17s, 10 at 20s. 15 at 16s, 9at 19a, 38 at lls 6d ; otter lines, 10 at 24s ; 59 at 16s, 63 et 13s, 20 et 21b, 28 at 13s 6d, 25 at 20s, 6at 255, 6 at 263, 6 at 17a, 12 at 18s, 14 at 10s, 19 at 15s, 15 at 16s, 10 at 30a, 4 at 50s, 29 at 28s, 13 at 18s, 11 at 283,27weaners ■.■;"> • . . ' . Canterbury Horse Market.—At our usual weekly Tatterall'a sale, held last Saturday, 72 horses of various descriptions were catalogued fof the day's auction. These were chiefly made up of hack and light harness hones, of which there was more than the usual number of good sorts. For such there were plenty of buyers, resulting in a olearanca of anything useful at from JEI4 to JBI7 each.' Of oar general entries a considerable number were placed, and the sale on tee whole indicated a better demand for sound good horses of all classes. On Thursday next. March 2nd, we shall hold a special sale of light horses at Tattersall's, selected in the Wanganui district for the Canterbury market. This sate will afford the best opportunity'of seeuringa choice of well- bred good hack and buggy hones that has been met with in Christchurch for many years. Wool, Sheepskins, Fat, Hides, and Tallow Beport —On Thursday, at our Canterbury Wool Stores, we held our usual weekly sale of the above. There was an average attendance of the trade, and prices may be said to bays partially recovered the decline reported during the last

three weeks. We would again draw our clients' attention to the necessity of more care being taken in preserving the sheepskins, as in several instances yesterday lines that should have been worth from 2a to 2s 6d each had to be sold at from Iβ to Is 4d each, this reduction being the result oi carelessness on the part of the butchers or their assistants is not attending-to the condition in which their sheepskins were forwarded for sale, The fat and tallow market is very firm; in fact, values here are now considerably higher than they have been during the last four years- Our catalogue for the day consisted of 1993 sheep and lambs* ekins, 166 bags rough fat, 144 hides and calfskins, 62 bags of wool, and several packages of tallow, all being sold at quotations as under, viz.—Best crossbred pelts, 2a 3d, 2a sd, to 2a 8d each; second quality, Iβ ( 9d. 2b, to 2s 2d each; medium, Is 3d, la sd, to Is 8d each ; beet merino pelts, Is 9d, 2s, to 2s 2d each; second quality and medium, Is, Is 3d, Is sd, to Iβ 8d each; lambskins. Is, Is 3d, Is 6d, Is 9d, 2s, 2s 3d, 2s 6d, to 2s 91 each; best dry rough fat, 2Jd to 2fd; nothing sold at a less figure; salted hides, per lb—green hides, SJd; damaged hides, 2Jd; calfskins, 4d per ft. i allow, in packages, 2d, 2£d, to 2fd per lb; do, in casks—inferior samples, 18s, 20s 6d. 21s, to 22s 9d per. cwfc. Wool, in bags, 65, 7d, Bd, to BJdperlb; pieoes, 3d, 4d, tosfd per lb; locks, fd, l|d, to 3£d per lb, as per quality, Property Bale-On Saturday last, at our land roe-ma, we concluded the sale ef Mr George Warden's ISSffc frontage on Colombo street, with a depth of sfc chains, adjoining Messrs Vincent and Co.'s brewery and opposite Messrs Austin and Kirk's. The biddings were brisk, and i>4o 10s per foot was obtained, equal to .£6531, or an average per asre of -26075 IBa, Two sectiona in the village of South Opawa, Iqr each, brought £55 10s each. The interest in leasehold property situated in Salisbury street, being town sections 193 and 95. together with five cottages thereon, sold for £100, and a farm of 255 acres, situated &t the Cuai, at £l\ !5e per acre, or £2996 ss. The total sate, £9761 ss. Vie have several inquiries fox suitable farms, either for purchase or to rent, and for city freeholds we have asxious buyers for any prominent positions, the low ratea ruling for money and the great facilities afforded at the present time for building, with the certainty of obtaining remunerative rents and the likelihood of a great enhancement in values of city and suburban ftjßehold's, n causing a demand which of late has nit been experienced. In country property we bear of a sale of 1100 acres for .£21,000 net

jif Sfi6B J. T. Foed ahd Co. report on the lire fltbci market for the week endiig Thursday the 23rd inst., as follewe :—Although the Aldington yards were filled with sheep, there was aa absence of anything like tmtchers qaaliiy and lines at all approaching fitness for eaeerly compefcad for, and eefld at fall values. The balk of the sheep yarded yesterday comprised store merino wethers aid ewae. The wethere were above average store ccndaian, say half-fat, and sold at from 5a 6d to 7s 9d each, a price, we an inclined to think, will leave little or no margin for the grazier. The merino ewes were only ordinary colls, and did not find much favour, xa fnet, our experience tails xa that the Addington ts&rket is about the very worst mart to bring breed* tag merino ewes for sale at, Bwyere, aa

i rale, reek elsewhere for aupphea • **>» altsß cf aheep, and look with auapicion on mtihinftWtiha kind that ia aent toAddingtoa. EwfteSpEftlwy may be. f rivatefr merino w£lire worth from 5s 6d to & « each, fod warpy bbtaineble at these prices, whilst at yards 3s 6d seema to be thetop price J G&od emsebred ewee aell readily at bom 8* to 9a 6a each for breeding purposes, and store erosabredwetheracan ecarcely be obtained for lore or mowsy; in fact, »U etore rtook finda buyara fortfc* Jtapwe of clearing stabblee and preparing «« &**!»• ** an outlet yesterday/the Marlborough province South Canterbury has lately iafcen* away several good lota. . fidand lie each. Mutton may be quoted at 2d St lb, a'a beefat from 17s to2oaperlMlbe. & entaL were on account of Meaara and Co., B. Amyea, Thomaa Kobiaaon, A. mrnby, W. Pitt, L. Erona, D. Imea, MeKay, Jones, and othera. On accomit of Messrs Dalgety and Co., we placed menno ewea a t7seaohi<s«)sebredeat9s9d each, and lambs at 7b 9d and 8s each. Oα account of Mr Amyea, we sold croeebrede at 10a.each, and, on account Mr T. Eobineon, a Bne at i<B 6d. Lamba, account Mr Amyea, brought 8a 9a, other lines were equal to quotations. Privately during the week, we have Bold several lines of Btose sheep from the Northern district, and 70 head of prime fat oxen from the Cheviot ran. On Tuesday last we held the fourth wool sale of the aeacon, and quitted our catalogue_at satisfactory prices* Wβ append Borne «f ttus principal aalea:—AS, merino, I at ad; At, mfflino, 1 at 9d ; AO, croeebred, 1 at 8d ; AC, akine and pieces, 1 at 6d; CJS, menno, 2 at 9id; OJH, locks, lat 6id; F, merino 3at 94d; 00, crossbred, ia at 9d; «\*Jing, 6 at 9id; 00, merino, 2 at 9fd; TU.meriao.ll at Ud j TU, pwoeaj at 8d ; YL, first combing, 6at 8i&; JT. three-quarter hoggeta, second combing, Bat B*d; JLover a bai. half-bred hoggeta, 1 atSid; BINGLBJ, merino, pieces, 2 at 6*d; same, locke. I** W.; same, locks, lat Bfd; eeme, «ro»ebred, lat9* i, Sane balfbred, fat 9id • DINDEB, aooured fleece Mid piecea, 1 at 11M ; P ecoared pieces and crosabred, 1 at lOfd; P and S, ditto, 1 at Iβ; CH over PB, hogget, 1 at Bkd; same, Ist comb, 5 at B|3; same, 2nd ditto, rat BRj Ist clothing, 3 at 7d; S8 over PB. memo, 2 at BJd; aame, croasbred, 1 at 6*d; CH over PB, piecee, II at 8d; same, locke, 1 at 3d; SIT erosabred. 1 at 8W; Q,-crossbred. 3 at Bfd; FJ, locka. 1 aY '*»;,<>», fledee, 2 at Bid; came, locka, 2 at 2d; same, pieces, 1 a«7id ;F. locka and pieces^ ,4 at 4d; WN, washed, lat 10d; Al, tocke, 1*• 2d; A,?lambß, 8 at «d; F, piecee.l at sjd; F, fleece, sat 7id; F, locke. 2at 3J3; F, fleece, 1 at 8d: F, pieces, 2at 6d; P, locks and pieces. lat2d : r; akin piecee, 3at lsd; JF, locks, 2 at2*d;PH. fleeces, 1 at6dj JH, hck*. 1 at We disposed of a large number of bag lots at prices equal to thoee quoted, or perhaps slightly under, bag lota aa a rule not finding qnite the top price. ' ; Wool, Bkinß, Hidea. Fat and Tallow.—We held our ueu&l sale to-day. Thureday, 28rd inst. Pricee ruled about aa follows:—Baga of wool at about the same prieea aa on Tuesday; fullwoolled skins at 3s 6d to 4s Id and 5s 8d; pelts, Iβ Id. la 6d, la Ud, 2a 4d, and np to 2a Bd, according to quality and quantity of wool; lambskins, 2a to 2a 4d and 2s 6d. Hides may be quoted at 4d per lb. Tallow of inferior quality we sold at 16s per cwt, and rough fat at 2d. 2id, and 2f i. . > • ~ . We also held to-day a highly aatufactory clearing sale at Tinwald. The entries were very numerous, and from the brief report we have received the prieea must hare been eminently favourable. Detailed report will appear next During the week we have disposed of a"Tery large quantity of wheat and oats at highest market prieea, and we are prepared to bny good samples of these cereals in any quantities at ruling rate*. \':',.'.

Missus BobbbtWiuon ah» Co. .report: —At the Addington Tarda on Wednesday 8845 sheep and 523 head of cattle, were yarded for the week* supply. B'neep—Only; a small proportion of fat sorts penned, cross? breds, wbioh made prices about etfnai to late rates. A large entry of stores, chiefly mennoe. There was a good demand, and with the exception of one er two lots not reaching ▼endora' reserves, satisfactory fldes wereeffected. Fat cattle—A fair entry offered, for whiofa description the biddings were animated, and the bulk found btajers at an average of fully 2s 6dper lOOlbs in advance of late ealee. We sold medium quality croasbreds at 8a 9d and 8a 6o 5 about one thousand store merino wethers at Sβ; six hundred ditto, half-fat, at 7» sd; merino ewes, at 5s 6d and 5s 93 j fat steers, at from £6 2s 6d to .£6 15b ; ditto calves, at 12s each. We held our weekly sale of eheepskins on Thursdey in our New Zealand Wool Stores, at which there was a gpod attendance of buyers. There was a keen demand, with a brisk sale, resulting in a clearance of all lota at satisfactory rates. 1703 skins were catalogued. Butchers' pelts, large, 2b Id, 2ssd, 2» 8d; do do, second quality, Iβ sd, Iβ 9d, 2s Id; country pelts, large, Is Bd, la lid, 2a 2d: do, m< dram, 10d. Is 3d, Is 8d; do, small, 3d, Bd, 10d; lambskins, large, 2s 6d to 3s 2d j do, second quality, Iβ 6d, 2s 2d, 2s 6d; country merino, large, 4s 9d, 5s 1d.586d; dodo, medium,>,2a lOd, 3s 7d,, 4a 2d,4a M; do do, Bmall, its 2d, Iβ 6d, 2a; do crossbred, large, 4a Id, 4a 4d, 4a 9d; do do, medium, 2s Id, 3s 2d, 4e id, da do, small, Is 3d, ,le9d,2eia. ■ , and Tallow—The trade was well represented, and the competition keen—6o packages were catalogued and all disposed of, Alt, best quality, dean and weD-eaved, to 2|d per Iβ; second quality, to 2id per lb; tallow, in small lots, »t i7s per owb, and to 2ia;and 2|d per lb. Hides, sound, at 4A perlb, and 4td per Ibfor a line of heavy hides; hides, damaged, weighing sSlbaaad over, at Sd perlb; hidee, demaged, weighing under 551bs, at 2idper lb; calfskins, Bound, at 4d per lb; do, cut and otherwise damaged, at 2d per lb.

Mr T. Pbbbcb reports sales on Saturday last, at his saleyarde, Lichfield street, as follows t—■ Horses met with a little bettor inquiry then formerly, and good useful ilight harness horses find purchasers at fair prices. Toang calves sold much better, via., from 4» to lie each. 224 pigs were yarded, and most of them reahted rates a shade higher than the previous week's quotations. Poultry/in consequence of most of it being lately of a very inferior quality, has been rather low, but anything really good and fit tor the table will command good prices. There is a better inquiry for secondhand spring carts. Sold express waggon, £18 ; secondhand spring carts, at .£lslos and £9 10s. Produce—Potttoes, per ton, £1 to £* 10a; old oats, 2s 3d per bushel; chick wheat, 3e to 3s 6d per bushel ; onione, Id per lb., in wholesale lots.

Mb C. T. Ick Teportß the sales of produce at bis Auction Booms during the post week:—• Chide wheat, Sβ 34 per bushel, and ten 8d \ onions, equal to £9 to MO per ton; kidney potatoes, £i 10s and .£5 per ton, bage extra; new cheese, 4id aad.4Jd per lb., by the ten weight: ■ ota cheese, nominal; bama and moan, equal parts, eound, 6d to ?d per lb.; taints, 4d to sd. An excellent demand exists for sharps and pig feed generally, but none offering. Chick wheat also is much inquired for, and sells readily at good prices.

HsBSBB H. Bbnn»tts akd Co. report os the live stock market for the week day. February 23rd, as follower-On Wednesday at the Aldington saleyards there were yarded for the day's sales 9S4S sheep, 623 cattle, 605 cigs. Of the large number of sheep that were sent in only »• small proportion of them "were fat, and these were obtained by the trade a shade cheaper than the late previous queta i iions. The balance of the entry was made np of fresh conditioned wethers, croeshrede, the latter most inferior aorta; in fact, of good store crossbred* few came to hand. Inconsequence of the more than average quantity of feed in the paddocks the stores met with a good enquiry, and we can ourselves place about 5000 crossbiefls for various clients could we obtain them at reasonable rates. An average eopply rf fat cattle yarded; the demand wasperhawj hardly so good as of late, but very few were left unsold. A large entry of principally jcmng store cattle came to hand, and which were sold at late rates, a dearanoe being the mote readily affected in consequence ofthe presence of one or twa large bayera from a distance,- Pigs.—A large penned, fat and stores, following the publicity that waa given to these entries, and the activity of the pig market, buyers mustered in force and the whole Jot were disposed of at prices, that oocld but be satisfactory to the vendors. Our entries were 235 sheep, 25 pigs, and 125 head of cattle on account of Messrs Qartnell, Duncan, Wallace, Smith. OliS, Pearee, Pavitt, N. Smith, Bennetts Brothers, Hughes and Bennetts, Hbeford and others, and our principal salea wera-190 sheep at 8* 6d, 30 at 2s 6d, 35 at 10b 3d, 7 head of cattle at £5 10s, 8 at JBS, 4 at £S 10s, 1 at £8, 2 at .£6 ss, 3 at £6 10s, 12 at £8.6e,5etJ62,13 at J8212s 6d, *0., Ac Wβ have also sold during the week 148 fat and etere calUe at from JB2 to JE6 ?b 6d, and 600 crossbred sheep at market values. At our (Sty Saleyarde and Auction Booms, Cashel street, on Saturday last, there waa a great attendance of buyers. Oar entries of

poultry were large, far which there was brisk | &S. Prime Ubla fowls eoW,at torn3*6d to 4s 6d per pair; m-dium, 2> Sα to-3a da; crnckensT uk\ 2sj dad*S«ed J JUW. 5a to 5s 6d. There wn&»t l««Se eatrr of 130 «, e rwhiek were dispwtea , of kMhe fallow** ESlJiSßfceSdllSS a* feorf 17* teats6d Wealeo stwigwiSjrfcW .t toa*l * >£& each offered 180 buehela of them for s*o buSeta grass seed at 4a 6a. At onr fwrntture attendance was good, and all lots sold at satisfactory prices.