AUCTION REPORTS.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 75, 16 December 1875, Page 4

AUCTION REPORTS.

Mr Henry Dbiver (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company) re- , ports : — > r ,r^ - • ; :< ft .'• ' "-.'-; : '' Tji; •' ' ' Fat Cattle.— 4so Head fair to prime quality \ yarded, all of which were sold at prices a shade! easier than last week. Best bullocks brought '< ' from £12 10s to £16 ; do cows, from £9 10a to i " £13 10s ; or e(Jual to 32s 6d to 35s per 1001 b for . prime pens, and 27s 6d to §t>s:!for medium/ At the yards we "sold SO head on account of MTBSSTS Watt Bros;, JLinrlsay, Matmaell, and M'Donald, ' and 40 head privately. Fat Calves. • -Only a few penned, which rea- 1 lised, foj prime ,yealers, extreme, rates, say, up to ! ; 90s each, according to size" and quality. ' J ' L : Fat SHEEP. — 1600 came forward, but the trade - being already fairly supplied, only about half this' number were disposed of by auction, at rates, considerably below our -former quotations, sayj ' from 16s to 18s for best cross-breds, in the wool, j or 3§d to 4d per lb ; and .10s. 6d to 12s 6d for, shorn, or equal to 2d to_ 2|d per lb. At the' yards and privately we disposed of 500. ' ; '^Fat LAmbS. — About '200 f - penned. * Only, a | small portion sold at 75.6 d to 12s. ■'£.'."/ -?;-. ?; : Store Cattle.— Owing to the abundance, of . grass, the demand still exists for cattle fit, for! grazing. We have during "the week sold 200 at, \ say, £6 6s to £8 8s for bullocks, 'and £4 4a to £51. \ lUs for cows. Store Sheep. — As yet little or no business, has been done in this description of stock, and, . any quotations meenwhile must be yurely specu-; .latiye.*" We are, however, incl^nod\to |hink«that: a re'ducfcipn upon last lyear's prices mustjje <siib-/ mitted to. • * " ' '"^ ■ " """ ( Wool. — We are still without advices of the,; progress of November sales 'in London- owing toj. • -; the^contihued interruption to cable commuhica-; ' tioti. We received, per Alhambra, a telegram; from our London office, bearing date ISfch Novem- 1 ber, advisins: wool market unchanged. 80,000; bales arrived for November sales. Antwerp; sales flat. We sold a few small lots of crossrbred! fleeces on.ThursdayJasfc— TJ.,,4^ bales, lOd per, lb, in' grease; MctC, 1 bale and.2^bags, ll^d.;. T ; over.T, 5 bales, 10|d. , ■ : Sheepskins. — Owing to the holidays our usual . supply did not con: c forward last Thursday/ We' ' had brisk cprupetition. Green t crosa-bredß at, 6s 4d:j-"dry, 5> .5d ; merinos,, 4&sZdj- =r {_.->-■** ftfi 4 4 1 Hli>BS sold-freely. Green bufchers'Slß to^Zs 3d; wet-salted, about 4d per lb; yearlings, Bs6dj , heifers, i4s. * ! ' TALLOW.— Our London telegram quotes the^ market^uiei. " Mu^toni? '£48 ; beef, £46. In: this market nb biifflhess^to report; : . : i Gbain. -We cannot report any change in this* ~ market. Milleris are fairly supplied at 4s 4d r to; ] 4s 8d . Oata are more .inquired for. Salesf are. | for milling."" Baflejr-r-ss"3d'rs. the' tbp~qiioKitroh! i for malting^ at. which rate.we j placed a Briiall 5 '- parcel. For milling there is a limited demand,! • ■ at3a6d:to3s9d.- _■ ~\_ ■ _ v l ] C; •_-:.• yr.7'---yj-^-^ '^■ : M'lianßr^^ep^^^ :^Bi|;;,./^^^ s .: : v That owning to ; theoriyeray^mg^:fldo3ecl,-T,the | advertised ttp ; bAve4^e^iS^b^ ! a^|uerai& • horses werei put lip, bwb^t^ i'fiad'bldd^rer;' I ''"^

■"i, Fresb -TButier^itfJlb-and llbpr^^li'to^ls 2a; < and sMt 'bufcte^BTOo-]^* |^^ still yery/pUn<|^j''^iti^j^B^e^'*diiiii^lM ; IIW : = "-•:. taken to rnaking^e^(S,^^jdjHhg. their butter ■ J down, and the i pr£BmfepMce'slar<& likely-i t<w : li6ld ; and'new cheese inpTOifeUbjg<afeflß* 2d ; androlledbacon, Is mpS^^d f^Oolohial hatns, ; Is 8d,,tq,ls v 4s r^gl%h.,Kama,'..lß«6d"to:iH,,Bd"; eggsaie in good demand 'and^lßcarceJaV^fl per dozen. «„ ■* Wholesale produde prices :i Floiif,^ £10 15s to , £11 10s; whed| 6<®&Bd&% ;^&,S QstW®&& y I maize,, 4a,.9d to &;;-barlejj'3s ?(Jj'branf JLi^ijol* 4 lard, 6a j pbtatoes, ; £2 loß%%^; "tenfes^lMj f* butter, lOd^V<%^:-l8 € ldjol*a^i (^Qd;^l^.JJ[^ a /