AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9307, 16 September 1893, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Mr. R. Arthur's Weekly Report.— Potatoes quieter and an easier market. It is very difficult to say what the result will be. There has not been that demand for Hobart seed as was anticipated; the season being so late there may yet be more required. Early seed potatoes very scarce. Onions quiet; samples inferior. Carrots : Stock light. Pumpkins: None to hand. Grain in fair demand. Maize very scarce, none on hand. Fresh butter in better demand in some of the best brands a slight advance. Corned butter very quiet. Fresh eggs: A fair demand at advanced rates. Bacon and hams have gone off freely at late prices. Cheese : Short supply; prices high. Honey : All to hand sold readily. Fruit: Only lemons entered. These have gone off more freely, at a little better prices. Poultry: A large supply of fowls, turkeys, and ducks; prices to-day rather lower. No geese entered. Small pigs brought good prices. Fowls sold at Is 5d to 3s 4d each fancy fowls, 3s Id to 7s 6d each; young turkey gobblers, 3s Id to 4s 6d : hens, 3s to 3s 6d ; hen and chicks, 4s 3d; ducks, Is 8d to 2s 4d; small pigs, 5s 6d to 18s ; fresh-laid eggs, 6rl to 7d per dozen; fresh butter, B£d to ll|d; corned, 4d to;6d; bacon, sides, 6d to 7d; shoulders, 4cl to 4^d; hams, 6d to 8d ; lard, in small tins, 44d to sd; cheese, 4d to 6d; honey, 3d per lb; Picton herrings, 9s per case, 3s 3d per box. Potatoes : Local, 4s 6d to 6s ; Canterbury, 4s to 6s; Hobart seed, 4s 6d to 5s ; early seed, 8s 6d to 93. Onions, £d to Id ; red carrots, 2s 3d; white, 2s; mangolds, lOd ; cabbages, Is 6d per sack, and la to 2s 3d per dozen ; carrots, 9d ; turnips, lid; lettuces, 7d to Is 2d ; asparagus, 3s to 7s ; celery, 4s to 7s; leeks, 3s to 7s ; cauliflowers, 2s 4d ; horse radish, 3s : wheat, 3s ; oats, 2s 8d to 2s 9d ; barley, 2s 9d; maize, 2s lOd ; bran, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; sharps, 3s 6d ; lemons, 5d to7d per dozen. Messrs. Esam and Arthur's Weekly Report.—Alterations in produce values are unimportant. We have disposed of a considerable quantity of Southern potatoes at an average of £5 15a ex store. The market, although apparently firm, is in a delicate condition, notwithstanding the opinion cf consignors that prices are likely to advance. Waikatos continue to come forward in small lots, and realise £5 to £5 ss; other varieties in' too limited quantities to quote. Maize continues scarce, shipments being small; 2sßdex wharf, wholesale ; 3s to 3s 3d ex store. Oats are plentiful, and sales not easy to make prime short. 2"? 6d to 2s 7d ; medium, 2s 3id to 2* 4\d. Fowl wheat, demand not so brisk as last week ; 2s lOd to 3s. Bran, £3 10s; sharps, £3 10s. Onions scarce at lid to lgd, and 2d to 2id for Californians. Fresh butter : Prime in more restricted supply ; sales 10Jd to 11 id ; No. 2, 6|d to 7*d ; keg sorts realise according to condition any price lrom 3d to 7d. Cheese : Factory made. 6d to 6^l; dairy, 4sd to s}d. Eggs : Hen, 6kl to 7£d ; duck, 8d to 9d. Bacon : Prime, 6d to ; medium, ] 4id to sid. Hams: 9d to lid for No. 1; medium, to 7d. Fruit market very bare; supplies so small that prices need not be quoted. Poultry : Supplies also small, whilst ! the demand was keen. The continued wet j weather has prevented farmers getting their produce to market. Mr. Alex, aitken's Market Report.— Business during the week has been fairly active in all lines, the lines commanding most attention being fresh butter and eggs. The former was very keenly competed for. Prime 10-id to Hid; medium, Sid to lOd: keg hotter has eroue off fairly well on arrival at 4id to 6id for best samples. Eggs in heavy supply and - strong demand : Hen. 6id to 7d ; duck, 7:} dto 8d; turkey eggs, lOd. Cheese market bare: Prime, s£d ; loaf, Cd : medium new, 41d to 5?, d. Bacon : Prime local, 7d ; poor, 4d to .sih~ Hams : Prime, 7d; poor, 4d to 5d : Canterbury bacon, bare, 7£d ; hams, bare, 9.'.d; clothed, lid. Honey: Bulk, 3d small tins, 3Jd to 4d; section, 3d to according to "quality. Fruit market very bare : Local oranges, good quality, 7s to Ss per case; Poor Man, 6s to 7s; lemons, good, 4s 3d to . r >s; poor, 2s 6d to 3s; Hobart apples, 10s 3d to 12s 6d per case; cucumbers, 6s per dozen; new kidney potatoes, choice quality, 3£d per lb; poor, \h\ to 2d; Shepherds, poor sample, id to l,d ; cauliflowers, 4s 2d to 4s lid per sack, and us to 8s per dozen ; cabbages, Is 6d to 3s 9d per sack ; pumpkins. 3s to 5s Id. Potatoes, market weak : Prime Waikato table, £") 10s; Southern, £5 10s to £6; early seed varieties, £7 to £8. Onions: Prime local, ] : , ! d to 2d ; Californian, 2hrt. Mangolds, dull at 10s to 15s per ton. Carrots : White, 30s; red. 40s to f>os. Maize, scarce-: Small lots, 3s ; wholesale parcels, 2s 9d. Bran, £3 to .I*3 ss; sharps, £3 10s; oats, feed, 2s 9d. Poultry, penned in large numbers, prices high : First-class table fowls, Is 8d to 2s fid ; poor. Is 5d to Is fid; medium, Is 7d to Is 9d; roosters, in condition, Is lid to is 8d ; small and poor, lssil to Is 8d; ducks, 2s to 2s (id: geese, 3s to 3s 9d; turkeys, hens and small gobblers, 2s 3d to 4s 3d ; heavy gobblers, 4s to 5s 3d ; pigeons, Sd to Is 3d ; canaries, 2s to 7s Gd. Young pigs. .103 penned : Best lots, lis to 12s 9d: small, 5s to 10s 9d each; dressed pork, large supply, prime, 32d to Hares. Is 9d to 2s 8d each; rabbits, Is 9d to 2s 6(1 per pair. Per New Zealand Land Association, Limited. Auckland Wool Stores, September 12. A large and representative catalogue wa3 brought forward yesterday, and all lots were cleared at full market rates. We quote as follows : — Hides : Heavy ox, up to sd; medium, 3d to 4d ; light, 2£d to 2gd ; eow.'lgd to 2^d ; one exceptionally heavy cow sold at the extreme rate of 4.id per lb ; kip, up to 2}d ; calf, medium, up to 3d. Skins : Large green, 5s to 5s lid; medium, 4s to 10a; small, 2s 2d to 3* lid ; dried skins, 5d to 7d per lb. Wool: Crossbred (this year's clip), Gd per lb; pieces, 4d per lb; dead wool, 5%& per lb.