AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11369, 11 May 1900, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

...:.._ 4 -.. AUCKLAND. '-'•:;; ~-'v MESSB3.' : i/''aTJCKLAND AND SONS' BEPORT. Horses: At the Haymarket on Friday last wo held a . record sale, ■ considerably more than the average number were entered, and the 30 ..draughts advertised, without exception, sold under the ham iner at an advance over late values; prices obtained wore from-£2O to £35, according to age, sue etc. After the draughts were sold, unbroken colts, 16 in all, were nut forward, and they met a ready sale; those 3 years off and suitable for spring-cart work realised £12 to £20; and those on the heavier side ", to n £33; an . ? pair of grey Allies, £25 and £30 respectively. Useful riding and buggy horses were in demand, and raanv changed hands at prices varying from £8 to £14; smaller horses and light hacks, from £2 upwards. ; There is a' good demand for horses and mares suitable for farm work ploughing, etc..,. We hold a special sale of tired town horse 3 at Otahuhu on Wednesday, May 23, when we shall offer something like 150 horses, many of them active harness sorts, and mares suitable for farm work and breeding purposes. Hides, skins, tallow, bones, etc; On Tuesday the average number of hides were pitched, with little alteration in value; ox hides, Id to 5Jd, the ruling price being about 4Jd; cow hides, up to 4Jd; calf skins, 3d to 5d lb. Sheepskins, fine-woolled, green, 3s to 3s 8d; dried skins, 2s to 3s; inferior and small, ,from Is upwards. A few small parcels of wool were disposed of at' the following prices: Lambs, 4Jd; crossbred, 3id and 4d; merino, 6Jd lb; cow .tails, 2s per dozen; rough fat, lid to 23d lb; tallow, £1 to £1 63 6d cwt; bones, £5 ton.

Hay, straw, grain, etc.: Meadow hay, 2s 6d to 3s 6d cwt; straw, 12s to 16s small load; dun oats, 2s 2d to 2s 3d; feed, 2s sd; maize, 2s 5d bushel; bran, 4s 3d; sharps, 5s 3d; potatoes, 29 6d to 3a; chaff, primo, 3s 3d to 3s 6d cwt.

At Beranera, on Thursday, dairy cows, in usual numbers, were at late values. Prices for those at profit were from £4 to £5 12s 6d each. The store cattle advertised met with a ready sale. Fat calves, in full supply, were required. Fresh-dropped, 3s to 7s each; medium, 9s to 14a : heavy, up to £2 19s; 70 sold. Fat cattle, yarded in larger numbers than for some time past, and mostly of good quality, sold freely throughout, but scarcely kept last week's quotations, and brought from 17s to £1 1001b for steers and heifers; cows. 14s to 16s. Steers ranged in price from £6 12s 6d to £9 15s each; cows, £4 to £6 7s 6d; 280 sold. Fat sheep, short of requirements, maintained last week's advanced values. Wethers brought from 13s 9d to 17s 6d each; ewes, 12s to 16s 9d; lambs, 8s to 12s Gd: 1200 sold. Pigs, yarded in fair numbers, were no better worth. Small, 5s to 8s each: porkers ; 15s to £1; heavy, up to £117s; 60 sold. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). Auckland Wool Stores, May 9. Horses: On Friday, at the Durham Yards, horses wer9 yarded in usual numbers, but mostly of a light stamp, for which the demand is limited. Heavy horses showed improved prices and brought from £21 to ( £29 10s each; medium horses, £12 to £19 10s; light harness horses, £3 5s to £9 17s 6d; hacks, £3 10s to £10 10S; weeds, 15s to 303. At the clewing sale held at Mr, R. Percy on Saturday, there was a largo attendance, bidding was brisk, and good prices were realised. The stock and implements were in first-class order. A four-year-old draught horse realised £49; a yearling draught colt, £16 10s; other farm horses from £9 10s to £30 each; backward dairy cows up to £6; the engine, £31. The oaten sheaves realised £2 12s per ton on the ground; the straw stacks. £22105. . , ',<,,, At Mr. Henry Chatteris clearing sale, held on Monday, bidding was brisk for the dairy stock and good prices were realised, cows making up to £10 10s each. ■ Cattle: At tho Newmarket Yards on Tuesday dairy and store stock were yarded in larger number than usual, and advanced in prices. Beef was penned in full numbers, most of them of At quality, were firm at last week's prices. Oxen, 19s to 21 1001b; cows, 16s to 19s. Steers brought from £5 10s to £9 7s 6d; cows. £4 5s to £7 ss; dry cows, £2 Is to £218s. The advertised store steers sold at from £3 12s 6d to £5 15s, _.., At the monthly sale at tho Pukekoho Yards on Wednesday, there was a good muster of all sorts, and Newmarket rates rules. Sheep: The Newmarket Yards were well filled, and sheep kept fully last weeks prices. Wethers sold at from 13s to 19s 9d; ewes. 10s 9d to 16s 3d; ewes and wethers, 9s 9d to 14= 6d; lambs in good inquiry sold at from is 6d to lis 6d. ~ . , ~ . Pigs: Scarce; porkers sold at from 17b to 21s; weaners, 3s to Us 9d. . , . Hides, skins, tallow, etc.: We offered about usual quantities at our weekly sale on Tues-

Hides: Stout, in demand; other lines Blow of sale, unless in prime condition. Prune stout S. sid to 6Jd; stout, «W to 5Jd! light and medium, 4d to 4Jd; cow M to W; kip, 3d to 4}d; calf, sound, 4d to s}d; stags, 3d to Sheepskins: In expectation of a further fall in wool at the auctions, which open in London to-day, were easier. Large. 3s 6d to is 4d; small and medium, 2s 3d to 3s 3d each. Tallow: Wanted. Best rendered, 218 to 245, for tanners' use, 26s cwt. Wool: Crossbred, 4d to sd; lambs. 43d to 55 Horsehair: Is 3d to is 5d lb; cow, lid to Is; tails, 2s 3d dozen. " ■ , , ~ Maize: In good demand this week at 2s 3d. f o b. Sydney, and we think orders will continue coming in at this price. . Oats: On account of the rise in the South, and increase in freights, are very firm. resent Quotation, 2s Sid ex wharf; 2s 4d store, b Chaff: The wet weather has stopped largeconsignments coming forward, and has firmed the market slightly. Prime is worth £2 153 to PotatoM: Good Southern Derwents are selline at £3 5a ex wharf; £3 10s ex store. Cheese: The market lightly stocked; good factory, 4?d to 5d lb. MESSRS. G. W. BINfTEY AND SONS' MONTHLY REPORT.

Hides: During the month we have cleared large catalogues. Competition good: Prime ox sell from 61d to 7d: extra stout, s|d to 6d: stout, 5d to 51d; medium, 4fid to 4,r ; light 43d to 4Jd; cow. best lines, to 44U; Sod 411 to V; seconds. 3jd to 3d; to.. M to ttd; calf, ltd to 5Jd; stags, 23d to 3id lb; damaged of all classes sell at low "rices. Sheepskins: Green and salted, large crossl>reds, 33 7(1 to 3s 9d: ordinary. 3s 5d to 3s fid: small. 2s 3d to 2s 9d. Country dry pelts large, 2s 6(1 to 3s; small, Is 6d to 2s; torn, Id to 4d each. „., , . Tallow: Picked mutton, up to 255; good, in shipment casks, 22s M to 23si Mi broken packages, 18s to 19s; seconds, 13s to Mai; inferior, 8s to 10s cwt; rough fat, lid to ljrt

lb Hair: Horse tali; Is 4d to Is 6d: mane, lOd to 10Jd lb: cow tails. Is lOd to 2s 2d dozen. Bones: None offering. Horns: Range from 8s for medium, to 30s for extra large, per 100. _._,■„ Horse hides: Large. 6s M to 7s; medium, 4s 6(1 to ss; small, Is to Is 6d each. JOHNSOiWILLE. Messrs. Freeman R. Jackson and Co., in conjunction with Messrs. Abraham and Williams, report on May. 1 as to their Jonnsonville stock salei'-Fa't cattle, in moderate numbers, were generally of good quality. The bidding was irregular; a quiet tone prevailed, owing to the trade having purchased outside during the week. Ox beef made 15s to 17s 1001b, according to size and qnality. No cows were yarded. Sheep, in short supply, were well competed for. The quality varied from poor mutton to extra prime. A few pigs made up the sale, but the prices realised were unsatisfactory. Fat bullocks ranged freni £6 12s 6d to £7 17s 6d; extra prime fat wethers, 15s 7d, prime wethers 14s Id; prime fat ewss. 12s lid; second-rate ewes. 10s to lis 4d. In lambs, no prime were yarded, those on offer being a short remove from stores. They made from 6s lid to 9s 2d. Large porkers, 15s to 17s 6d; forward stores, 7s; stores, 5s 6d to 6s; slips, 2s 3d to 4a. WAVEELEY AND WANGANUI. Messrs. Freeman B. Jackson and Co. report :-At Waverley on Friday we hi 1 a fairly large yarding, Bidding for both cattle and sheop was brisk, resulting in an almost total clearance. At St. Hill-Street on April 24 the cattle yards were nicely filled. Bidding for large cattle was hardly so good, while young cattle '-ere keenly competed for. Sheep sold on a l-ii with late rates. Pigs were forward in larger numbers than of late, and prices consequently receded somewhat. We quote Cattle: At Waverlcy-FonvarJ cows, £2 17s 6d; fat cows, £3 6s fid; 2-year steers, £2 13s to £2 18s; weaners, 16s to £1 12s 6d. At bt. Hill-street-Bullocks. £4 lis; heifers, £3 ss; weancrs, £1 14s to £\ 16s; milkers, £5. Sheep. At Waverley-V7eth-.rs, Us to lis 8d; breed ewes. 7s Id to 9s; umpty ewes, 43 6d tc 83 4(1; lambs, 7s 3d to 7s sd; culls, is 6d. At St. Hill-street-Wethers, lis 3d to lis 4d; empty ewes, 7s to 93 Id; cull lambs, 5s 7d. Pigs: Bacpners, £1 3s to £1 7s; large pork, IBs to 235; porkers, 13s to 18s; small pigs, 3s to 4s 6(1.

PALMERBTON NORTH, Messrs. Freeman R. Jackson and Co. report: -We had a full entry in on May 5. Though the hacks were of medium quality for the most part, few below this standard were o - fercd. At tho earlier part of the sale bidding was slow, and most of the, horses wero passed in. The tone decidedly improved as the sale got under weigh, there being quite a brisk demand towards the end. A good clearance was therefore effected. Draughts, broken and unbroken, were fairly numerous, though not sufficient for the demand; tnj) prices realised generally exceeded the reserves, notwithstanding vendors' figures were boyonrt late rates: Heavy draughts, subject to trial, 4-year-olds, £23 to £37 Ids; oho « draught mares in foal, and with foal at loot, £40 to £42; unbroken draughts, 2-year-old, £Z0 to £27 half draughts, do., £16 to £17 15s; lighter sorts, £10 to £14; half draught, subject to trial, £23; others, £10 to £14; unbroken hacks, fair to good quality. £6 to *l/ = others. £3 to £5 ss; good hacks and harness horses! £8 to £15; others, £4 to £9; ponies, £5 to £5 15s. __________

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