AUCTIONEERS REPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9990, 29 November 1895, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS REPORTS.

. ' • AUCKLAND. MESSRS. ALFRED BDCKLAND AND SOUS WEEKLY REPORT. At the • Hay market' oaten sheaves haw brought from 3s 9d to 4s cwt; chaff, £4 8s to £5: pressed straw, £3 103; potatoes, £2 103; lionecluat, £3 10s to £5 10s ton; maize, 33; oats, 3s; wheat, 4s; barley, 2s 7d bushel; on wharf, maize, 2a lOd to 3s bushel, _ On Friday horse stock were in fair demand. The trotting mare Ida brought £26. Farm horses, suitable for cart or plough, to to £16. . , , t ~ On Tuesday hides were at last week values. Stout ox hides were from 4Jrt to ogtl; medium, 3d to ?id ; cows, 2?d to 3d; calfskins, 3id to 4?d lb; tallow. Los to 1/8 cwt; raw fat, lb; bones, £2 15s ton; sheepskins kept their price, fresh skins were from 4s to 63 7d; pelts, 8d to Is 3d; lambskins, Is to Is lid each: small parcels of wool, Gd to G|d; pieces, 4jd to 4fd; locks, 2d to 2d lb. At Pukekohe on Monday a large number of cattle yarded; bidding was slow, but late values were fairly kept. Fat cows were from £4 to £6 2s Gd; dairy cows, £317s 6d to £5 7s Gd; dry cows, £110s to £3; strong calves, £1 103 to £2; small calves, 16a to £1 5s At Remuera on Thursday few dairy cows yarded, these were dull of sale. The store steers advertised sold freely; three to four-year-old steers brought from £4 7s to £51-3 Gd-; two to three-year steers, £2 16s to £4 ; strong calves, £1 5s to £1 12s each; quiet dry cows, £1 10s to £3 10s each; fat and young calves plentiful, 80 yarded, were lower, from Is to 3s each, than a week since; fat cattle in full number, 2150 yarded, were lower in price, about 103 each, prices were from 19s to £1 Is the 1001b. Sheep, ill average supply, fully kept their late values; lambs, unusually numerous, were lower, the greater part brought from 7s to 93 each. Tigs, more numerous than for many weeks, sold satisfactorily, particularly well-bred stores about four months old.

MESSRS. HUNTER AND NOUNS REPORT. Grain, seed, horse feed: A strong^demand has continued for maize and oats, principally for exportation; while chaff aud bran sold readily locally. Wo quote: Maize on wharf, 2s 8d to 28 lOd bushel;, ex store, 33; feed oats, 2s lOd to 3s; bran, £5 ton oaten chaff, £5 to £510 a per ton. Horses: A large number has been brought, forward and changed hands at barely the previous week's values. The Durham Yards on Friday, were completely filled, aud steady competition existed throughout the sale, but £1615s was the highest price obtained for draughts; medium draught sold at from £9 to £16 ss; light harness, £5 103 to £11; hacks, £4 10s to £9 7s 6d; a cargo of useful horses from the West Coast suitable for riding aud light harness sold at from £9 to £16; unbroken colts and fillies, £7756 d to * 12 103. . . „ , mi Wool, hides, skins, tallow, bones: The supply litis been limited and demand steady. We quote : Stout ox, 4d to ssd lb; steer and cow 2kl to 3Jd; calfskins, 3d to 4 2 d lb; tallow, 16s to 18s Gd cwt; bones, £2 173 Gd ton. Sheep skins, 2s 9d to 6s Gd each; lamb skins, Is 4d to 2s Id; pelts, 6d to Is Gd each. Wool in small lots well competed for, at fiom 5Jd to 63d ; pieces, 3d to 4J,d. _ Cattle were in sufficient supply, and steady demand, resulting in little or no alteration in value. At Newmarket about the usual numbers were yarded on Tuesday. Competition was steady throughout the sale. Ox beef ranged from £1 to £1 2s 10011); cow, 18si to £1. Steers sold from 10s to £10 1(8 Gd; cows, £4 5s to £6 10s. Some averages of steers were £9 19s Gd, £8 10s, £S 2s Gel, £7 '12s lid, £7 9s lOd; cows, £610s, £G is Gd, £u ss, £417s Gd, £455. Sheep: The Newmarket pens were well filled, and bidding was brisk, Wethers m wool, 9s 9d to los; shorn wethers, 9s to 17a; ewes in wool, lis 3d to 14s; lambs, numerous, sold at from f>s to lis 3d. Pigs: Very few yarded, sold at from 17s bd to £115s each.

MESSRS. G. W.'EINNRY AND SONS' REPORT. On Tuesday we cleared a large catalogue of hides, sheepskins, tallow, and small lots of wool. The bulk of the wool is held over for the opening sales on the 11th December. The wet weather has delayed shearing, and the first sale will be below the average number. Clips received are very light in the grease and well grown. . Hides: Prime extra stout ox arc in demand, and meet ready sale. Medium ox, steer, and cow have receded a farthing lb. Sales: Picked ox, up to Cd; extra stout, 4.Jd to 3d; stout, 4d to 4,{d; medium, 3}d to 3Jil; steer and cow, 3d to 3}d for best lines; others, 2sd to 2Jd; calf, Hid to 4Jd; damaged and culls, nominal. , , , , Sheepskins: Local green, large longwwl from Gs to 7s 4it for picked; crossbreds, large, !>s to 53 6d; small, 3s Gd to 4s Gel; shearlings, 9d to Is Gd; lambs, Is to 2s 3d each. country dry, well-woolled and sound pelted, 5d to oJ.d per lb. Tallow •Market easier; ordinary, 14s to 17s per ewt; picked lots for tanners' use up to 20a per ewe; rough fat, ljd lb. Bones: £3 per ton. Wool: Dumps and bags; crossbred, Gid to GJd: inferior, Bid to Gd; pieces, 4d to 5d lb; locks, 2Jd to 3W. r Boneduat, E.M.D.: Sacks, £5 to £3 os; bags, £5 10s ton; Christchurch Meat Company's fertiliser, £5103 ton. Flour : Californian 50's, £9 10s ton. Hams and bacon: Morepork brand, sides, 5Jd; equal numbers, 6d lb.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). Auckland Wool Stork, November 27. Our auction on Tuesday embraced a large and varied catalogue of hides and skins. Competition throughout was excellent, and prices showed an all-round improvement upon last week. Every line was cleared under the hammer. ~ Hides: An advance of about Jd per lb was apparent 011 most lines. No very prime were offered. .These still command high rates. We reached s§d for the best offered. Heavy stout are worth from 4d to s}d; light and medium, 3d to 4d; cow, 2*d to 3id; calf, to 4ld ; kip, to 3d; staß, to 2d. _ Sheepskins: Prices very firm at last week s rates. Sales of large skins ranged from 5s to 6s 3d; small and medium, up to 4s 9d; damaged, nominal. Wool: The very unseasonable weather lias retarded shearing operations throughout the province. A considerable quantity of wool, however, is in warehouse, awaiting shipment, but arrivals all round, for local sale, are slow. The first London sales of 1896 will open on the 14th of January, and the second on the 3rd of March.