AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.
MESSRS. BTOTER AND NOLAN'S WKEKLT REPORT. Grain, seeds, horsefeert; For a steady demand there was a sufficient supply. We quote: Maize, on wharf, 2s 8d bushel; ex ■tore, 3s; feed oats, 2s (id; seed oats, 2s 9d; bran, £315s ton; oaten chaff, £2 10s to £3 ton; ryegrass, local, 3s (id; Poverty li.iy,6s; cocksfoot, 5s 9d to 6s 6d. Horses were again brought forward in large numbers, but the demand was very slack and prices a shade lower. The Durham yards were quite foil on Friday, but bidding was slow and sales difficult to effect. Heavy draught at from £14 to £20; medium draught, £9 to £15; light harness, £5 to £11 10s; hacks, £4 to £815s; weeds, £1 to £2. Wool, hides, skins, tallow, bones: The brisk demand for hides has continued, although an increased number was brought forward. We quote: Prime ox, 6d to 7d lb ; stout ox, 4Jd to ojjd ; steers, 3J;I to 4d; cow, 3}d to 4d; calfskins, 3id to sd; tallow, 14s tid cwt; bones, £3 7s (id ton; sheep skins, heavy 2s 4d to 4a, light Is to 2s 3d; damaged pelts and broken skins, 4d to 10d each. Wool: Crossbred fleece, sfd to M lb; merino, washed, 7d; lambswool, s}d to 6d; pieces, 3sd to 4d lb. Cattle: Increased numbers were brought forward, and a steady demand prevailed at the previous week's value. The butchers pens at Newmarket were well filled on Tuesday, and there was a moderate muster ot dairy and store itock. A large number of the latter were yarded at Pukekohe on Wednesday, and were well competed for, but there were no noteworthy alteration! on the previous weeks rate. We quote: Ox leef, 15a to 17s 1001b; cow, 15s; steers ranged from £5 to £8 2e 6d; cow, £4 to £5 12i 6d j dairy cows, £3 5s to £7 7« 6d; dry cows, £1 5s to £3. Sheep were penned in limited number at Newmarket on Tuesday, and were well competed for: Wetheri at from 7» 6d to 13s; ewes, 8s to 10s 9d; mixed sexes, 7s 6d to 10s 9d; lambs, 5s 9d to Us. Pigs: A good many medium to heavy weight porkers yarded, and sold at from £1 to£ll2s6d. MESSRS. Q. ff. BINKEY AND SONS'REPORT. At onr weekly tale of hides, iheepikins, wool, tallow, bones, etc., met ready sale under brisk competition. Hides: Prices again show an advance on all well got up lines. Cow hides are wanted and dry salted sell from 3f dto ijjd; wet, 3Jd; inferior, 2|>d to 3d; kip, 3d to 3Jd; calfskins, 41 to sd; picked ox, 7d to 'M ; extra stout, 5Jd to 6d; stont, 4sd to 4jfd; medium, 3Jd to 4d; inferior, 3d to 3|d ; stags, 2d to 3d lb. Sheepskins: Local green and country salted, large, from 3s 3d to 3s IOd ; ordinary, '29 9d to 3s: lambs, 2s 6d to 3s 4(1, full woolled up to 5s each. Tallow, 13s to 14s per cwt for good ordinary; .rough fat, |d to gd per lb. Hones, 75s per ton; ahanks, 80s to 90a per ton; tail hair, IOJd to IOJd per lb. Wool: Medium tine crossbred sold from sjd to 6d; lambs', 5(1 to 6d per lb.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10417, 15 April 1897, Page 3
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