AUCTION REPORTS.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 50, 24 June 1875, Page 4

AUCTION REPORTS.

Grigor Maitland & C0., -report -for the - week- ending, June 23rd, having/sold on I9th inst,, at their yards Balclutha, 6a account of Messrs : Ayson, Lane, and others :— Hhcad prime fat cattle, £9 5s ; II d 0,.£9 IOs,; 7 do, £Q ;-ILdo, r JEIOr ss;;.- II do, £9 7s 6d; 10 do,' £9 I2a (id; 7'dd;£B7s6a-; lOflo store do, £3 los 5 9 do, £4 ; -i do, t.4 10* ; 29- fat ; ewes, los, several. miliung cows. averaging.- from £8 lO.to 1110, also a few horses. There was a I arge atten* dance, and bidding, was very .spirited. We noticed . a few of the' Dunedin bu't'cherspresentiWhiclioufeht t6' 1 be an encouragement to settlors of fat stock in this district to brintr=them'to Balclutha 'for:; sale," The prices realised for fat stock as above, will compare very favorably, with Dunedin rates, being 1 slightly in advance of came, taking into consideration the extra dri''e» ' "We h ave ' sold privately, ' during the past week, 15 head of fat.cattie (light weights) at 26b per lOOlbs, also a small lot of \ hred fat wethers at I7s6d. • My yryr^i.y .7 5 Grain. — Eeport as iollows ;— Wheat, — Best milling s.aniple.s up to 3s 9d. Barley.— First class.samples.up to 4s 9d ; this ia only for very bright samples, the slightest discoloration would reduce value by-Is per bushel, in. Dunedin. ........ ..,,,,., Oats.— -Good feed 2*. good 'milling 2s 2d. • •.' )''-,:' ;>'., ..; WbLMNGIOH. Flour, £11 10s to £11 15s ; wheat, milling, none ; Christchurch,' 4a 4d ; maize, 6a to 7s ;"oats, 3s 8d to 3s lid; potatoes, £4.'iostb £5 ';] pollard, >i! 8; bran, Is 3d to Is 4d ; .cheese, lO^d -, bacon, Is to Is 2d. AUCKLAND. Oats, 3s6d;.wheat/4s6d'; barley,' 6s V flour, '£12 108; oatmeal, £l9; pearl-barley, 2Bs ; cheese, IOJd ; butter, Is 4d;- ham and bacon,. ls 4d;, hops, 2s. Prime fat cattle, 32s Od -, interior, 20s per lOOlbs { fat sheep. Id to t^d per lb ; shorn;, lambs, 78 to 93 ; dairy cows, £14 to £15. ''■ * : '"""' " Ltttelton. Wheat, 4s : oats, 3 ; flour, £10 to £11 ; bran, £& 10s ; sharps, 6s. Cheese, lOd ; butter, Is 5d ; potatoes,^. - ,y-: •• ; t, A A > -:r.. -..-.A -. ... San Francisco, May 24th. . A correspondent says freights have been very dull during the past.weekl '.'■ InT wheat 'charters; for England for immediate loading almost nothing has been done. Daring thtTpasl two days, six or seven ships have chartered{for. ; Liverpooron«long lay dayi, ranging from* thirty to forty-five working' days, the rate from £1 to £2 2sGd. „ • ■■--■\ „,.> „,•-. •- ■ .„ Liverpool wheat <s'quoted at'Priscd at 9s to 9s 2d ; average l,:aliforma,. i 9B 2d J to;9B 6d. s 5; .,,: Devoe's petroleum'sfeady,"' at 274 c., 2907, and 30C.' ' Wheat market is steady. Demand quiet, at Idol. 65c. to l do. 75c. per lOOlbs. 0at5,2d01. t0 2d01. 200 . for light feed. „ . ' . ..,,.,. ... ,i ■:., ':: I*l.. ,-. '-. /-. i .: New .York, May 23rd. - The wool market shows- no-improvement as re^gards the amount of trade. Sales of .California new Bpring, 30c; to'-35cV -, old, 22c. td*29c; ; all, 15Jo to 22c. ; scoured, 65c. to 72J0. Hides, full prices, but irregular. Messrs Fright, Stephenson, & Co., report for the weekending 19th. June,. as fqllows :—., ;; *. . „',, Fax CATTUH^The' supply waB J about an average one, and prices ruled a shade over last week's rates; n,l4onead,werejyardeid, of flrhichi about onethird were of good quality.' We sold 6C head at equal to 32s ;6dper ? loolb for good, quality, and 26b for medium ditto. '"*' 'AA ."Al'. ,„ ... - -Fat. CALVES-T-rOnly. a. few„were-.yarded, which sold readily at from' 3ssH6 fcssirkcnV' * ■■■*. ' i-JB-Xi Shbep.— l4oo ...were ; penned.. -We. sold 600 cfoss-breds atirom'ttstb 28s eaehV the latter figure being for very heavy, three-quarter-bredo ;.also,,2stt'' merino ewwi^jwbrl/qfialityi ats6 r each. "jf c .quote prime mutton at .ijdf joer lb. Privatelyj.;we have Bold,tfor forward delivery *'35O0 ! cross-breds.-No.trwisactlonsA . -„ • ' "- Stobb SaisWi— Operations have been' vt\ry limited duringfthe^ weefc.^We.have enoiiiries for voting sheep; but very few'are 'offering;* ~We quote ? crossbreds, 4 and fl tooth, 12s 6d; do,2.tOQthi>loß.tOlls; do'/ lamhsrßs f ' merino^wetKers; 4 anU. 6 tootlifcTSi 6d to 8s ; do do, full-mouthed, 6s 6d to 7b ; doVeyrea, 4 7aUd'6 tooth;,^ to 9s ;gao.do,.rulirmouttied^4s.to.ss. H&rsks.— There" is a fair heavy 1 draughts? and strong coach hotses < fot^,to : fiyevear old.' Oh SaturdaV;'26th in'sfc, wershall -offer -at ;Onr yards, a very superlor.sbipment f of heavy 'drauerht mares and geldings, ex Omeo, from Melbourne. We quote first-class heayy draughts, £65 to £70 ; medium do, £45 to £55; light do;*£2B to">£4o j good- hacks and light harness horsesr£2s to £35 : light, and inferior, £5 to £7, Au--A' nPitr^.m.^"fJiA%^-f ' Woon.—By the Omeo ihe ifblldiwingr Cablei-sele-gram has been recelyedv^flat^d >tondon,' «Tun,e ...Stlu " The wool salei are nrogTeßßiril?*Batlßfactorlly. The sales wm r cnhclud«iw.tbe:l7#i*" „ Sbbbpskwb.— Out weekly sale, held on -'Friday, was'ireU 1 - attended by the trade. The.^nantirV offei^^as'BmaUißiwthan<n6uiu;,and»pri^^<3SMnw were fully equal to last week's ratesi. .Station sklnß sold at from Ss 2*i» 4s f&^eao^antt^fMpeiabi hatchers' green skins— merino^ ls loato 3s 2d; na«- . bred,3s7dtd3s9deacn7^ i £ i AAAj/^'-A Hides continne.lnTgwft deiMg^^ndjCommano full rates. We disposed of .75 metUSm Wdiu%at • from 16a.^^•ato.ade^^i^^^^r.&^s^S-?- ■ Git Am.-i Wheat is lmrathe*betterjeqa«y Prime samples are saleable at 4s 6d per bushels 'med«nn» at from 4s to 4s 3d : f inf^Oß^^#wlt*rft!W,iß«J^ - togs lOd. Oats are in lair demandjat ftom|2gl9o to 2 lOd for.feedi ;.,up" to. Ss;%iern bushel for^mOlhig Bampleß.^Bartey.n-PrimeLiiuiltmg sale^le.at 68 6d : to 5b Qd^ft^pnmelidrdmai^Vsamples'iidt'beine^^^^ worth more than 6a to 66 3d; interior,4ar tifciflj (I* 1 .'per' , husheil'^if-'>'-> ; 7'^;/C;;r,>-,;' ! ;;,<7.'''.5 y^^TA '■■ ■•■■■