AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10412, 9 April 1897, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

AUCKLAND. MESSRS. HUNTIR AND NOLAN'S WEEKLY REPORT.

HORSEFEED, grain, seeds: Maize has been brought forward in limited quantities, and has consequently advanced in value. Other requisites of the trade have been ample for requirements. We quote: Maize on wharf, 2s Sd bushel in trade lots, ex store, 2s 10d to 2s lid; feed oats, 2s 6d; seed oats, 2s 8d to 2a 9d; oaten chaff, plentiful, from £2 5s to £215s ton, prices ruled by quality and extent of line disposed of; bran, £3 15s to £4 ton : grass and clover seed in fair demand; cocksfoot from 5a 10d' to 7s 6d bushel; Poverty Bay ryegrass, 5s to 6s 6d; Southern, 43 6d; local, 3s 6d to 4s.

Horses have continued to be brought forward in large numbers and for those of a good stamp there has been a good demand at the previous week's values. A good many were submitted by auction on Friday, and competition was good throughout the sale. We quote: Heavy draught from £16 15s to £?0 ■, medium draught, ill 10a to £15 15s; light harness, £4 10s to £1115 a; hacks, £4 to £11 os; weeds, £1 to £2. Wool, hides, akin, tallow, boues : The denrnnd for hides has been brisk and the supply insufficient, consequently bidding has been most spirited. We quote : Prime ox hides, aid to 6 3 ((1 lb; stout ox, 4d to od lb ; steer, 3jd to 3|d; cow, 3Jd to 4d: stag, 2d to 2.Jd; kip, 3Jd to 33d j calfskins, 3ld to4Jd: boues, £3 10s ton; tallow, 13s 0d" to 14s 9d owe; sheepskins, Is 9d to 3s (id each; pelts, lid to Is 8d; damaged pelts, Id to Sit- Wool fleece: Several bales and bags sold at from 4d to 6d lb; lambswool, 4|d to Girt; locks and pieces, 2d to 4.{d. Cattle: There has been a slight upward tendency in the value of stores, but no alteration in dairy or fat stock. Averace numbers were brought forward. The Newmarket yards were moderately filled on Tuesday, and there was a large muster at Papakura on Wednesday, and competition brisk. Wo quote: Ox beef, 16s to 17s 1001b; cow, 15s; steers ranged from £5 Ids to £8; fat cows, £312s 6d to £5 7s 6d; springers, £310s to £5 7s Cd; dry cows, £1 10s to £3; calves and yearlings, from 18s to £1 7s 6d; 2-year-old steers, £2 123 6d to £2 17s Gd; 3-year-old steers, £3 5s to £3 12s 6d; grown steers, £4 2s 6d to £5 ss.

Slieop were penned in limited numbers at Newmarket on Tuesday, but there was no advance in value; wethers sold at. from 8s 6d to 11s U ; ewes,7s9d to 10s 3d ; mixed sexes, 8s 6(1 to 10s 6d; lambs, 5s 9d to 8s 6d ; store ewes,fis3dtoes6d. Pigs in moderate numbers. Medium to heavy weights sold at from £1 2s to £'2; weauers, 7s 3d to 8s 6d.

MESSRS. ALFRED BDOKLAND AND SONS' WEKKLY RErORT.

At the Haymarket, meadow hay has brought from Is 6d to 3s 9d ; oaten sheaves, 2a to 2s 9d ; pressed hay, 3s 6d; chaff, 3s 3d; bran, 3s 61I; sharps, 4s owt; oats, Iβ 10d to 2* 6d ; maize, 2s 10d ; rye grass, 33 to 4a 6d ; Poverty Buy rye grass, u's; cocksfoot, 7s 0d bushel; white clover, 10d ; cow-grass, 8>1; alsyke, 8(1 lb; guano, £3 lOj, bonedust, £5 10a to £6 10a ton.

Maize, on wharf, 2s 8d bushel. Ou Friday horse stock yarded numerously, sold freely throughout the sale. Heavy draught brought from £17 to £27155; medium drauuht, from £9 to £18; light harness, £5 to £8 each.

On Tuesday, hides pitched in full number, were freely competed for at an advanee over last week's values. Light hides brought from 3id to 4d; heavy hides, 5d to 7gd; medium, •id to £d; calfskins, to 5Jd lb. Tallow, 1-Ja to 13s 3d cwt; fat, Id lb. Horns, 43 cwt. Pelts were also better worth, and brought from Bil to 2d 7d ; lambskins, Us 3d to 2s lid ; lambs' wool, iij'd and (id lb. At Waiukii, on Saturday, a smaller muster of cattle than usual wore yarded; there was a full attendance of buyers, aud prices were satisfactory. MKSSRS. 0. W. BINNEY AND SOS'S WEEKLY , REPORT. On Tuesday we cleared a large catalogue of hides, sheepskins, tallow, bones, etc. Hides: Competition brisk and prices advanced. Picked ox, 6Jd to 6Jd ; extra stout, 5Jd to 6d j stout, 4.W to si; medium, 4d; < light steer, 3id to 3jd. Cow hides show an advance of a farthing, tho bulk selling at3jd. Picked lots, 4d to i{i ; inferior, 2|<l to 3d; calf, 4d to 4Jd; stags, 2Jd lb. Sheepskins : Local green and country salted lougwools, large, from 3s to 33 5d ; ordinary, 2s Gd to 2a 9d; lambs, best, up to 3s 8d j ordinary, 2s 9d to 3s; small, 2s to 2s Sil. Tallow: Market dull, sales from 13s to Uα for good lots; picked mutton for tanners' use, 16s to 17s 6d cwt. Bones; £315s ton.' NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). Auckland Wool Stokes, April 7. On Tuesday, (ith iiist., we offered an average cataloguo at our usual weekly auction. Competition was good, and prices ruled on a par with late rates, except cow hides, which ruled higher. Hides : Prime stout ox, 6d to fj2d ; heavy stout, 5d to sjd; light and medium. 3M to ; cow hides ndvanned on last quotations, bulk sslling at 2M to 35 : sloppy, id less, and picked up to 4ja; kip, 2Jd to 3Jcl; calf, 3Jd to sd. Wool: scouring lots, 5d to Ojfd lb. Sheepskins: Salted pelts, large, 2i 8d to 3s 2d; small and medium, Is 6d to 2s 6d: lambs, Is 8(1 to 3s; dried skins, Is 4d to 2s (id each, Tallow: Medium quality, 13s 3d j good, 14s lid per owt. Hair, horns, bones, etc., at full prices. Oats: Market slightly firmer, aud more business passing. Quotations :2s 2d (Standard A) end 2s ljd (Standard B), c.i.f; Potatoes: Southern consignments are arriving in poor condition, and purchases are for immediate consumption only. Quotations : £4 6s to £4 10s, delivered into store. Onions: The market is well supplied. Quotation: £5 per ton. Bonedust, £510s; blood and boue manure, £5 per ton. Grass seed: Business during the past week has beeu good.

STRATFORD, OKAIAWA, AND HAWBRA.

The Egmont Farmers' Union (Limited), Hawera, reports on April I:—At our Stratford sale, on the 26ch nit., we had an excessively large entry of cattle, so much so that our own yarding accommodation was insufficient, and we had to make use of some of Mr. Nowton King's yards. The attendance was good, and bidding fairly brisk, so that a large number of the lines entered changed hands. We quote: 2to 2J-year steers, £215s to £3; Hto 2-year steers, £1 16s to £2 12s 6d; yearlings, mixed sexes, HI 5s to £1 10s; fat and forward cows, £21756 d to £3 1031 dairy cows, £3 tn £4 ss; dairy heifers, £1 17a 6d to £2 7s 6d; weaners, Us to 19s. We held an unreserved clearing salo on behalf of Mr. James Nicolson on his farm at Okaiawa on the 29th Jilt. The dairy cows and heifers were a good line, and sold well, as did all other sundries. We quote: Dairy cows and heifers, £3 to £7 10s; horses, £8 to £11 10s. Although we had a large entry of cattle at our Hawera Saleyards on Wednesday, the 31st ult., and a large number attended the sale, the bidding was the dullest that we have had for a long time, so that n number ot the cattle returned home uneold. Wo quote: Fat bullocks, £5 to £5 6s; forward bullocks, £4 10s to £4155: fat cows, £3 5s to £310s; 2to 3year steers, £2 15s to £3 ss; \to 2-year steers, £110s to £2 ss; store cows, £2 to £2 7s 6d; cows and calves, £2 to £210s; 1J to 2-year heifers, £15s to £1 10s; weaners, 10s to £1 2s; sheep, lambs shorn, Ss; ewes, forward, 6s 6d. JOHNSONVILLB. Messrs. Freeman R. Jackson and Co.' (Johnsouville) stook report:—The bullocks for the sale, to-day, were good quality and fair weight. The market was rather dull for beef. Sheep improved slightly in value, and pigs were well competed for. Cattle: Best bullocks, £6 5s to £617s (id; others, £5 16s to £6, equal to 14s the 1001b. Sheep: Wethers, 8s 6d to 9a Id; ewes, 6s 6d to 7s 6d; store ewes, 3s fld to ss; lambs, fat, (is fid to 7s; store, 4a 9d, Pigs: Baconers, 37s (id to 555; porkers, 18s to 21s; smaller sorts, 13s 6d to 15a.