AUCTIONEERS REPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10127, 9 May 1896, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS REPORTS.

Me. RioirtßD Arthur's Weekly Rbpom. —A very brisk week in all department, Furniture in private bouses sold at high prices, i Potatoes fall in price, on account of large shipments from South, selling at from £3 to £4 ton; pumpkins, £4 to £5 10s; kumeras,£6 to £7 10a: onions, £7 to £8 ton, and Id to lid. Bacon scarce : Side' androlls,sd to 6£d; hams, 7d to Bd. Vegetables : Fair supply, prices good, cabbages sold at Is 5d to 2s 3d dozen; turnips, 7a dozen; cauliflower, Is,to 3s dozen; small, 6d dozen. Fruit, good supply. Poultry supply smaller than last week, but prices on the whole rale much higher Table roosters sold at from 2s to• 2a 10a ; others, Is to Is 8d each; fowls, Is to Is 7d; chicks, 4d to lOd ; turkeys, small, 3s to 5s • ducks, Is to Is lOd ; geese, 2s 3d to 2s fid, Small pigs very low; hares, 2s 6d pair ; eggs, Is 5d to Is 6d dozen ; fresh butter, Bid to lOd lb; eorned, fid to 7d; cheese, 3d to 4d. Fruit, prices high: Apples sold at from 4s 6d to 7s case; small cases, 2s 3d to 3s; quinces, Id to lsd lb ; lemons, 9d to Is dozen; passion fruit, 3d to 4d dozen walnuts, 5d to 6d lb; grain at late prices. Messrs. Esau an» Awebe's Weekly Report.— generally are without appreciable change, supplies generally being about equivalent to demand. We quote auction values during the week as follows :—Southern table potatoes, £3 10s to £3155; local, £3 to £355; kumaras, £5 to £7 ; onions, £7 to £9; red carrots, £2 10s to £3; turnips, 30s; white, 35s to 403 : pumpkins, £3. 10s to £5 ; outs, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; bacon, 5d to 6 jd; hams, s.}d to 8d; cheese, 3d to 4d ; fresh butter, 8d to lOd ; salt butter, 5d to 6|d; eggs, Is 4Jd; honey, tins, 3d ; bulk, 2|d ; fowls, ad to Is 3d ; table fowls, Is 4d to Is lid ; ducks, Is fid to Is lid ; turkeys, gobblers, 4s to 5s 6d ; hens, 3s 3d to 43; hares, 2s 2d each; rabbits, Is 8d to Is lOd per pair. Fruit: Dessert apples, free from codKnmoth, 4s to7s; cooking, 3s 6d to 5s fid; others, 2s fid to 3s fid; pears, 2d to ?|d; grapes, 5d to Is -Jjel; persimmons, 6d to Is ; passion fruit, l|d to I\A ; lemons, 7d to lOd ; mushrooms, 3Jd: watermelons, 2s 6d to 10s; guavas, ljd to 2d ; figs, 2d to 3d ; quinces, 1 jjd to If d. Mb. Alex. Aitken reports a large amount of business for the past week. Prices were as follow Southern potatoes: Ex store, 3s 6d to 9d; local, 2s 9d to 33 fid; inferior aud cow, £2 5s to £2 10s. Onions are slow of sale, but prices remain about the same, £7 to £9 ton ; carrots, 2s to 2s 6d cwt ; pumpkins, 4s to 6s; kumaras, 5s to 7s 3d; melons, about 3s cwt. Cabbages : Pukekshe, 4s 4d sack. French beans, Is (id peck ; oats, 2s 3d to 2s fid ; wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 9d; maize, 33 3d; bran, £4 5s to £4 10s; sharps, £5 to £5 ss ; chaff, £3 5s to £3 10s; hay, £4 to £4 10s; dressed pork, 2d to 3i'd ; hares, is 9d to 2s 7d each; rabbits, fid to Is 5d pair ; eggs, la 6d to Is 8d dozen ; dairy butter, 5d to Id; factory, 9£d to lOid for best; medium, 5Jd to 7d ; prime keg, 6d to 6-Jd; medium and pastry, 4Jd to 6d; factory cheese, 3|d to 4Jd; farmers, 3d to honey, 3d to 3Jd for bulk; section, 3s 6d dozen; Southern bacon, fid to 6Jd lb; hams, 7d to 8d ; local bacon, 5d to 6Jd ; hams, 6d to 7d. Fruit: Prime eating apples, free from moth, 5s to 6s ; medium, 2s 9d to 3s 9d ; dessert pears, lid to 2|d; cookers, lid j grapes, indoor GJa to Bd, outdoor 4|d ; tomatoes, about Id lb; guavas, lid to 2d; lemons, 8d to lQd dozen figs, ljd to 2d; passion fruit, 2Jd to 3d. Poultry: Roosters, large, 2s 3d to 2s 9d ; small and cockerels, Is 3d to Is fid ; hens, lid to Is 8d ; geese, 2s 6d to 2s 9d : tnrkeys, hens, 3s fid to 4s; gobblers, 5s to 7s ; ducks, Is 4d to Is 9d ; ducklings, is ; hens and broods, 3s to 4s ; pigeons, Cd to Is ; canaries,2s to7s. Pigs: Medium, 5s to 10s 6d; small, Is 9d tMs 6d, Messrs. Arthur Tooman and Co, report a '-isk produce business done during the Farm produce show no change in value. Butter is plentiful, but higher prices may be looked for, the Taranaki market having advanced. Eggs are scarce. Cheese plentiful. Onions are plentiful with only moderate demand at prices asked. Carrots and swedes at lower values. Fruit : Local has maintained previous values, although still plentiful ; Island oranges are a drug, while bananas sold at extreme values. Poultry staged in full numbers and sold at very high prices, fully 100 per cent, over last week's values. We quote : Waikato tuble potatoes, £3 to £3 58; whit? kinds, £2 Ms; cow, £2; Southern, table, x3ss to £3 15s j onions, £7 to £8, and £d to Id lb; pumpkins, £3 103 to £5 according to quality; melons, £2; carrots, white, £1 10s to £115s; red,£l 15s to £2 ss; kumaras, 5s 6d to 7s 3d; cabbages, 4s sack ; maize, 3s 3d ; oats, 2s 8d; fowl wheat, wholesale parcels, 3s sd; small lots, 3s bran, £4 ss; sharps, £5 53; butter, fresh, local dairys, 7Jd to,9id; Taranaki roll, 7id to 9d ; bulk factory, 8d to 9Jd; dairy, 7d to 8d; pastry, 5Jd to fid; Acme brand. 10id; local keg, prime, Bid to 7d ; poor, 4d to sd ; cheese, factory, to 4Jd; dairy, 3d to 3^d; bacon, Canterbury, 6Jd; hams, fid to 7id; eggs, Is 6Jd to Is 9fd ; honey, 2Jd to 3sd ; beeswax, 10Jd to Is. Apples : Superior, 4a fid to 6s ; fair, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; inferior, 2s fid to 3s. Lemons, 83 to JOs ; passion fruit, 8s to 10s; mushrooms, 5d to 5Jd; tomatoes, 2a to 5s 3d case; pears, dessert, 3d to 4fd: cooking, 2s to 3s 9d case ; quinces, 3s to 5s 3d bushel case ; persimmons, mto Is 3d dozen ; grapes, superior, Is 4d to Is 7d ; others, Bjd to Is ; Cape gooseberries, 4Jd to 4sd; water melons, 5s to 8s fid; bananas, 3s to 3s 3d ; oranges, 2s to 3s; peanuts, 2|d to guavas, ljd to 3d. Fowls : Old, poor, and small, Is Id to Is 4d ; good, lufld to 2s 3d; table roosters, 2s 3d to 2s lOd each; ducks, 2s 4d to 2s Sd each; turkey hens, 2s 8d to 5s 3d ; gobblers, 3s 6d to 8s 9d ; hares, Is fid to 2s 3d each ; rabbits, 8d to Is 5d pair; young pigs, at previous quotations. Furniture and effects sold at good values, with good demand. Mil J. Jones' Weekly Report.— Bus'mess in all departments brisk. Poultry a little firmer; butter and eggs firm ; pigs, slow demand. Poultry : Roosters, la 3d to Is sd; hens, lOd to Is 2d; geese, Is lOd to 2s; turkeys, gobblers, 3s 9d to 4s 3d ; hens, 2s to 2s Pigs, suckers. Is 9d to 2s fid ; others, 5s to 6s Bd. Canaries, Is Sd to 2s 7d. Bacon, first, sides, GJd to 6Jd, second 5d to sid; hams, first, 7|d to 7fd, inferior fijd to fiid. Butter: Firstßd to- BJd, second 6d to 7id, inferior 5d to sid, keg fijd to 7d lb eggs, Is to Is Bid ; cheese, 3Jd to 4d lb; honey, in bulk, 2Jd to 2fd ; section, 3s 3d to 3s 9d. Mangolds, Is 3d to Is ad cwt; pumpkins, 4s 9d to 5s 6d; citron melons, Is 9d to 2s; piemelous, 2s cwt.; kumaras, 5s 3d to, 6s cwt. Potatoes: Southern Oamaru, £3 5s to £3 10a; Canterbury, £3 2s fid to £3 7s 6d; Waikato, £2 10s to,£2lsscwt. Onions, in bag, gd to Id lb; in sack, 6s cwt. Fruit : Apples, 2s 3d to 4s 9d case; others, 5s to 6s ; tomatoes, Id to lid; pears, Id to lid quinces, Id to lsd; grapes, 3d to 4.Jd; hot bouse, Is lb; Cape gooseberries, 5$ to s§dlb; figs, ljd to 3d; persimmons, 3d to 3Jd doz.; mushrooms, 2Jd to 5d lb. Roll bacon, sid to fid lb; shoulder, 3Jd to 4d lb. Oats, 2s 3d : maize, 3s 3d ; sharps, 53; bran, 4s sd ; chaff, £3 15s to £4 ; wheat, 3s 3d to 33 fid; barley, 2s lOd. Ducks, Is 3d to Is sd; chicks, 7d to 8d each. Oranges, Is 9d to 2s fid ; medlars, Id to 2d ; rhubarb, 3s to 5s doz; carrots, Is fid to 2s; cabbage, Is to Is 3d doz. ; cow potatoes, £153 to £115s ton. OKAEAWAI SALE YARDS. Mr. Geo. F. Dickeson reports of the monthly sale held on April 30About 250 head of cattle yarded, nearly all sold ; beef sold at about IBs per 100!b; 3-year-old steers at £3 10s ; 4-year-old steers, £4 5s to £4 10s; some very fine springing heifers were offered, several sold at £415s and £5. Horses, as usual, only found a few purchasers at low prices. _____________