AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11871, 24 January 1902, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

AUCKLAND. ; NEW ZEiIiASB LOAN AND MEKCANTHiB AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). .'-/. :■ Auckland Wool Stores, January 22. Horses: On Friday, at the- Durham Yards, wo had a full yarding. ; Competition for heavy draaghts and those of a good stamp j was keen, other kinds were somewhat neglected. Heavy draughts sold from £23 to .£3B 12s 6d; 'medium do., £23 12s :6d to £31 ss; light harness horses, £12 15s to £19 17s 6d; hacks, £415s to £13 12s Cd. Cattle: At 'the Newmarket Yards on Toesday: dairy and store stock were yarded in larger; numbers than Tor many weeks. The MO head of ttore cattle that were advertised, wefe both well bred and in good condition, and sold freely. Four-year-old bullocks, from £6 5s to £7; three-year-old ditto, £5 17s to £6 ,2s 6d; two and a-half to three-year-old do., £4 15a to £5 12s 6d; store cows, £2 10s to £3 15s; heifers, £1 17s to £2 18s; calves, £1 4s to £1 17s. Beef was yarded in average numbers, and bidding was brisk, up to fully last week's prices. Ox beef sold at from 20s to 22s leaib; cow, 16s to 18a; fat steers sold at from £5 15s to £19; cows, £3 15s to £7 10s. v > Sheep: The Newmarket Yards were : well filled on. Tuesday, and prices were somewhat easior than the previous week. Fat wethers sold from : 12s ;9d to 15s for heavy weights; light sorts, 9s to lis 3d; fat ewes, 6s 3d to 123 9d; store ewe«, 3s 9d to 7s 6d; do wethers, 8s to Ss 6d; lamb*, were yarded in very large numbers, and well-fatted sold from 6s 6d to 12» 9d; other sorts, 4s to 6s. , : Pigs ; . were yarded in. average numbers. Porkers brought from 21s to 395; weaners, 4s 6d to 7s 9d. ■ At WaiukH on Saturday, there was a large muster of all sorts, and without exception everything sold under the hammer. Grown steers made from £5 153 to £5 17s 6d; two to three year olds, £5 5* to £6 2s 6d; empty cows, £2 10s to £3 12s 6d; calves, £1 Is to £2 4s; fat cows, £4 15s to £6 10s. .:■» At the special clearing sale of Mr. F. L. Wright's Jersey stock, horses, > etc., held at " Ravensthc-rne," Bombay, there was a record attendance, bayers being present from Waikato, Whangarei, Taranaki, and all the surrounding districts. Amongst some of the prices realised for the Jersey* were the following: (Cows), Gossip 11., 25 guineas; Hazel, 27 guineas; Grizette, 26 guineas; Iris, 21 guineas; (heifers), Moonbeam 11., 16 guineas; Hawthorn, 17 guineas; Crizzelle ; IV"., 17 guineas; seven-iaouth-old bull, 21 guineas. The bull, Sweet William, £3 guineas. . The herd averaged 19$ guineas. The pony cob, Dandy, made £21. Farm horses, from £10 £10 to £29 10s. . Hides: Wo offered a very large catalogue, competition being keen for all well got up lots. Prices realised were as under: —Prime stout ox, 6£d to 7Jd; stout, Sid to 6d; medium, :4id to sd; light, 4d to 41dj cow, best, 4Jcl to *gd; kip, 3d to 3gd; calf, 3ijd to 4-} d; scored and tdsppy, id to Jd less. . Sheepskins: Fall-woolled, Is 9d to 2s 6d; pelts, salted, 8d to Is 2d; dry. 3d to 9d; lambs, salted, 8s to Is 2d; dry. 3d to lOd. . Tallow: Best, in small packages, 21s 6d to 235; seconds, 18s to 20s. . " ' Tails, Is 9d to Is lOd dozen. Wool: Wo hp.ve succeeded in placing the bulk of passed in lines from last week's sale at satisfactory prices; bright well-grown wools eellins from id to ?,d lb advance. Maize: Firm a>t 2s 4d for prime quality on wharf, in wholesale lines. '■■::-Oats: Very firm. Present Quotation, 2s lid on wharf in wholesale line 3. Chaff: Old is selling at £3 76 6d, new being offered for £3 2s 6d to £3 5s at rail, but buyel's are holding off. " MESSES. ALFEED BUCKLAND L AND SONS' EEPOET.

/' At Remuera, on Thursday, there was but a moderate number of aairy cows. Prices for those at profit were from £4 to £7 2s 6d. Store cattle sold free!y. Pat and young calves penned in average numbers, sold at late values. Fresh dropped brought from 5s 'to 8b; medium, 10s to 15s; heavy up to 52s (60 sold). Fat cattle came forward in average supply, ■ and all of first-class quality. Prices ruled lower throughout. Steers and heifers brought from 15s to 20s the 1001b; aged cows, 16s to 17s (200 Mid). Steers ranged in price from £7 to £9 17s 6d; cows. £4 10s to £6. ; Sheep of all classes, penned in full numbers, fell in price 2s per head; heavy wethers sold from lis to 13s 6d; others, 9s to 10s 6d; • ewea. 7s to 9s (1000 sold); aged store ewes, Is 9d to 3s; store wethers, 7s 6d to 9s. Fat lambs brought from 6s 6d to 9s 9d; '•: Stores, i& 6d to 5s 6d (500 sold. • Pig 3 of all classes sold well, wearers fetching from 10s to 13s; porkers, 25s to 345; store pigs are wanted. •. . On Wednesday there was an average number of stock at Tuakau, and late prices ruled. ; MESSES. G. W. BINNEY AND SONS' BEPOST. At our, weekly;' sale hides, sheepskins, tallow, etc., sold freely. Hides: Prices were easier. No prime of- ■ fered; extras, s*d to 6d; stout, 5d to s}d; medium, 43d to 4Jd; light, 3id .to 4d; cow, I best lines, 4d to 4id;.wet, old to 33d; second*, 3d to 3£d; kips, 3Jd to-4d; calf, best lines, 4d to 4Jd; badly flayed. Id to 2id; stags', 2d to J ' SJd per lb. ■' ■ •";..'.:''..""''''- . Stioepslnn3: Local, green and salted. Is to j Is Id; lambs, Is to Is 2d; dry, 6d to lOd; damaged pelts, Is to 3d; country, dry, wellwoollod, from 2s to 2s 6d each. Tallow: Prices advanced,, best in shipment casks, 22s 3d to 235; casks and packages, 19s to i 20.5; inferior, 12s to 14s per cwt; fat, lid per lb. Horns, 1 Bones, and Hair: No change. Wool:: Since the ■ ea-lo wo have sold Esslin brand. 47 bales, at 6gd; 0.8., 13 bales, at6d; two clips, ;at Bid.' The bulk of wool passed has been closed' at. satislatory prices. W. J. HUNTER'S OHAUPO SALE. At Mr. Hunter's yards, an Tuesday, there was but a moderate master of cattle—about 250 head of all classes. Dairy - cows were short of requirements, and there was a good demand for cows close to profit. Young stock were well represented, and sold freely at current rates. Only a few grown steers were offered, and the demand was rather dull. Empty heifers and other, stores sold freely, and there \va« a fair demand for beef. The following are the quotations:—Springing heifers, £5 9s; strong calves, mixed sexes. £1 12a to £1 16s; small calves, £1 6«; yearling steers. £2 10s to £2 12?; 15 to 18 month steers, £2 17s to £3 7s; two and a-half to three-year steers, £5 2s to £5 18s; two-year heifers. £3 13s; empty, cows, £3 2s; fat cows, from £5 7s 6d to £5 17a 6d.V ,

. ■'. WANG AN UI. •' Messrs. Freeman XI. Jackson and Co. report on January. 17:— classes of cattle. are selling well. There is a, good demand for steers fit for fattening purposes, and any offering sell freely. Sheep: No Quotable fthauffo. Pigs: A fair demand. At Mr. W. Anderson's clearing sale of implements, etc., on Tuesday last, everything sold at satisfactory prices. :We quote:— Cattle: Forward cows, £3 lis to £3 15s; weaners and yearling? steers, 37s to £2 3s; weaners, 25s to 30s; 12 to 15 month steers, £2 13s 6cl to £2 15s; forward bullocks, £6 6s; 2to 2$ year steers, £4 ?e to £4 lis 6d; cows and calves, £4 lis. Sheen: Pat ewos, 7s lid to 8s sd; wethers, 6s 6d; forward ewes, 6s 3d.to 7s; woolly lambs, 4s 6d. Pigs: Baconors, 32s to 34*; large pork, 24s to 30s: porkers, 15s to 21s; small pigs, 53 to Bs. At Mr. W. Anderson's sale: Engine and threshing; machine, £290; mowers, hay rakes, etc., sold well; property, 5} acres and buildings, £450; draught mares, £25 10s to £30; draught mare and foal. £48; halfdraught colt, £13 15s: 2-year filly by Glengyle, £25; boys' ponies, £8 12s 6d. JOHNSONVILLE. Messrs. Freeman R. : Jackson and Co., in conjunction with Messrs. Abraham and Williams, report on January 14 as follows on their Jcknsonvillo pale: —There was a good demand all round. Beef sold at higher values than last week, a few pens of nice handy weights of good Quality making over 21s per 1001b. -Beet bullocks mado from. £8 2s 6d to £8 108. others £7 10s to £8. A line of 19 prims heifers sold up to £7 2s 6d. averaging £6 83 6d. Best ewes made 9s 6d to 9s lid, others, 3s lid to 9s; good lambs,' 109 lid. others, 9s Id to 9s 4d; inferior lambs, 8s Cd; inferior wethers, 10s Sd. ' . MASTERTON.

Lowes and lorn*, Limited, report at their Master to sale on "Wednesday:— Sheop were well represented by all classes, all with. the exception of one line finding purchasers at rates considerably in excess of past Bales. Pat lambs ranged from 10s to 10s 6d; store lambs for rape feeding, best, Ss Id and 8s; others, 7s 4d to 7s 6d; stores, 5s to 6s; culls, 2s lid to 3s 6d; fat ewe?, 8s 4d to 8s 6d; good (round breeding ewes, to 8s; others. 5s 6d to 6s; culls, 3s 6d; shorn lambs, good order, Cs sd. In beef we varded over thirty cows and heifers, best making £5 13s: others, £5 and £4 15s. In largo steers we offered ver 100, 2Jlyear-olds making £4 8s 6d; others, £4 15s; young steers. £3 ss; yearlings, £2 5a to £2 10s; calves, £1 ss. £1, and 15b; dairy cows and heifers near to profit, £4 to £6; heifers in calf, £2 ,5» to £3 10$; aged bull, £3. In. piss porkers made 15s; Blips, 10s 6d; weaners, 8s to 9s. ■ ■ ■■ _____