AUCTION REPORTS.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 63, 23 September 1875, Page 4

AUCTION REPORTS.

Grigor, Maitland and Col report having sold A on 10th September,, at 'tb'eif "new. yards, Popc^ .tunoa. : *'• ''' -• ■■ r.rjjyi -y ;;■>;' ■■• •'-'- ? '" 40 head store cattle, from £3 to £9, averagirg ; £6 10a, also 20 head fat cattle, from. £B v to £12. : . 2 head extra Iprge, framed- bullocks, brought £17 15s per hoad, From th'e'dbo^e sale of fat stock, we would' quote beef at 35s to 37s 6d per 1001 b/ A which should -be-highly satisfactory -to the- yen* dors in the '-Clinton district/};. Wei spld 4.*medinrtr ? draught horses from £30 to £37 105. On tho llth ; .September, atrou^fyArdSjißalclutha, .we sold ? 20 - head fat cattle, at an average of 40s per lOOlb." On : ' the-16thSeptemb'er^,,on^acco^nt,/qr..Mr T.vWil- •, son. North Molyneux, we sold cows from '£7 up to £13 10s.. Young colts and;filhea brought very satisfactory prices. Agricultural implements, harness, 1 &c, realised fair rates.,; .On jaccpunt of „ ■ ProvinciaVGovevninent, ,pn. 21st September/ at . our rooms', about 3500' acres, in the district ofy Waipahee, Waikaka and Kuriwao, at an average of 32s per acre. : Gn 22ad'Septembef, we sold on ! account ef Mr Robert Oopperthwaite senr,, atjhisfarm, 40- hoggets j ; at 14s, 20j merino, ewes s with lambs at foot, at 98^2 first-class daiiy'dows, , realised £13 to fl£ls. 2s 6d Respectively, also a, lot of young c6ltsand"fillies, ; 'at from „10 to £24^' '•'■■- Our Grain report is as follows : Wheat, —Prime quality, 3s 8d to 3s 10di :T . . .< „.' Oats ls 9d to 2s, according to sample. Barley. — Prime _qUalifcy,i4s 3d to 4a 6d, inferior.: no ! demand. Potatoes areinquired.for t in large parcels Stu £4,' Messrs- Capstick, Duthie, and Co. report for the week endi'iig Monday, the 20fch September : — -i. Cattlo.Vr'Atour.^ftle at Mr Hilgendorf s yards,) Waihoia, on Friday/the I7th , inflt;,'a / pen\>f't3 young steers at £5 10s ; 4 yearling steers at £3. Store cows brought from J5315S to £6 15s each. . . Sheep. — W& quote oross-bred fat wethers.afc.4fl , : ser lb ; merino, Sfd per lb; "cfflss-bred" eWes 'in/\ lamb, at to 17s each ; good, strong, well-—— conditioned merino ewes, in' lamb;' to Leicester [y rams,, 10s ; cross-bred hoggets, from 10s 6d to 12s , edleaoh. ." " ." •-*;- 1 '- - iJ " J '"■'■' '">■ J"^:: Horses;— Heavy draugE_, £50td £60. ; medium y< draughts, L3O to L4O ; first-class, saddle and v". coaching colts L2ste L 35 each. *-'-" ; "- •--.-• -r s * ; Grain.— Wheat .—District grown, 4s 5d toiy* 4s i6d per bushel : oats, 2s_ 4d to £f*Tl« per " bushel ; parley- '^M'.per^v^liS^^t^^r^^C^ each /Italian rye' *-grasd seed,j7R;l#6i^Siau ryej M rgrass seed, 5s 6d to 7s ner_bushel ; clover seeds. l_ 'per last quotationssr Potatoes, rL5^ 10s to L 6. -,_ peAon." >'"f — ' iH -^'t^apcx si I a ! o.ii .vcVuiri? o=-^-;onc om oj I:ig« - 1 . A Mr Heury Driver (on behalf „of the New Zea- - f '^nd ? ij<»n and Mercantile' Agency CompahyJCre'};^ ,-Roirts::^- -^ -f OVuOOJ oi I:^ i;i Qcf ajfw " Fat Cattle.— A moderate supply of 100 hejul were yarded to-day, and fully late prices s#ero!£2a realised |6jr;dUtg_&'^ About hej^ioweverl were turned.ou t; being very quality, T Suas c Vor £ 53

did wxmmmffif&rmmr i^rqu6t<nse*r ' buftocksat fromLl4los to £18108 : medium do, LTOIOsWLISj or equal to" 4^s per .lOOlfca for prime 1 qu_iW;*and 36s for medium. We sold25head at yards, and-tove placed, 75, head pri; Fat balves.-^Oidt a very. f6w were penned, w_chs«Hdat fully late prices. Fat Sheep.— Again -wo nave to report an eices- • rive supply of 3000 .good; quality sheep being penned-. _K» were sold, at 17s to 19s for half anil thrije -quarter ; breds, - 1 and - 12b •gd for good merinos. We quote best quality cross-breds at 4dto44d. -We have sold 500 at above rates.' .StottftJattleand Sheep.. We have tuv'transactions to report, ot alteration in quotations. Wool. — Cablegrams to the 20th August advise wool steady, .without recovering the decline in prices at the commencement of the tales. Foreign buyers operating largely. Sheepskins were in short supply at the sales last Thursday, with brisk demand, prices' recovering the decline of the previous week. "We sold green cross-breds at 6s lOd to 6s 5d eaoh : merinos, 4s 9d ; dry skins, cross-breds, 6s 3d ; station skins, short-wool merinos, 6|d per lb. Hides are a little better in demand. For wellcopditnoned shipping parcels we obtained 4d per lb: medium hides, 17s to 20a 3d j ordinary, 13s 9d, yearlings, "7s 3d. Tallow. — A few lots of country-melted brought 28s 6d for good to 22s for ordinary. Grain.— Wheat is ready sale at 4s to 4s 6d for fair to good nulling up to" 4s 8d for very prime : fowls' feed, 4a. Oats are. more inquired for this week, without leading to much business : present •quotations are with difficulty maintained— 2s 8d for good feed, 2s lOd milling. Barley is unaltered in value; for malting, 54 6d to 6s; inferior dull of sale.