AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12027, 25 July 1902, Page 3

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

NBW ZEALAND LOAN AND MSBCANTHjH AGENCY. COMPANY (LIMITED). : . , Auckland Wool Stores, July 23. Horns: Horses have been brought forward in usual numbers, and a good, demand has prevailed at prices in favour of vendors. There was an average muster at the Durham Yards on Friday, and competition was good, nearly everything changing hands under the hammer. Heavy draughts sold from £26 to £34 > (no extra heavy- yarded); medium draughts, £21 to £29 12s 6d; light harness horses, £10 5s to £18 12s 6d; hacks, £4 10s to £22. '■ Cattle: At the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday dairy cows were in usual supply, and beef in average quantities. Bidding was brisk more especially for those ef first quality, for cattle with age. Ox beef sold from 22s to 265, and cow 17s to 20s per 1801b. Fat steers made from £7 10s to £13 12s 6d; fat cows, £4 53 to £9. A draft of 26 steers from Mr. F. W. Manning, Paparata, averaged £10 10s. Dairy cows sold from £4 10s to £8 15s; calves, £1 5s to £2 12s 6d. v . Sheep: The Newmarket. Yards were well filled on Tuesday, and competition was extra keen, pi-ices advancing frem Is to 3s per head on late quotations. Wethers sold from lis 6d to 19s; ewes, 10s 3d to 16s 9d; mixes sexes, 9s 6d to 14s; hoggets. 63 fid to 12s. Pigs: A small yarding. Porkers from £1 5s to £1 17a; weaners, 4s 6d to 12s. • -At Waiuku on Saturday there was a fair muster, more especially of dairy cows, which sold from £4 10s to £9. Other classes of stock realised late rates." Hides: We submitted our usual quantity on Tuesday, prices being a shade firmer than last week. Wo sold:— stout ox, 6Jd to 7£d; stout, s£,d to 6id; medium, 43d to 54d; light, 4Jd to 4Jd; stag, to 2Jd; cow, best conditioned, 4Jd; bulk, 4d to 4Jd; kip, to 4d; calf, to sd* Sheepskins: Sheepskins, were slightly easier, except for those with well-saved pelts. To ensure good prices it is necessary to take every care of tho pelts. Large, salted sokl to 28 10d; small and medium, Is 6d to 2s; dry. 3d to 6d r less. Tallow: Best, to 245; mutton, for tanners' use. 255; fat. lid. Hair: Best tail wanted, Is 2d to Is 33d; mixed, is. ■ ■■■"■■'•:. Tails. Is 8d per dozen. Bone», 4s 9d per cwt. ' Wool: Latest advices from London are to the effect that all classes are firm at oponing rates. We have sold: —Crossbred, at 3Jd to 4d; pieces. lid to 2id. Maize: All dry shipping lines sold for Sydney at 3s Id per bushel f.o.b. Oats: "B" grade are worth 2s lOd per bushel on wharf for wholesale iine3. Chaff: Market firm at £5 per ton ex rail. Potatoes: We quote:—Prime Southerns, £4 on wharf. Dairy Produce: Satisfactory sales have been made during the week, both for local and Australian markets. We quote: — Large. 43d: medium, Sd; loaf. s*d, with good inquiry. Butter—Waverley Factory, prints, Is Id per lb.

MESSRS. ALFRED „ BTJCKIiiLND AJID SONS' REPORT. HORSES: At the Haymarket, on Friday, we had an average entry, and x good attendance of buyers. Not maoii business was done in heavy draught*, bat all medium and light harness horses sold freely. Me«hiun draughts brought from £19 to £50; 'hacks and light harness, £9 10s to £17 10s; cobs and gig horses, £6 10s to £9; ponies and light riding sorts, £3 to £6 ss; eld and worn horses and weeds, from £1 upwards. The pony Lady Desboroush and the trotter Hollywood changed hands at 191 guineas and 22i guineas respectively. Gig norse and harness, .£22 10s; carts, £7, £12, and £12 10s. Hay and Straw: Hay sold from 3s to 4s 3d cwt and from 17s to £1 3s for single-horse load; straw, £1 14s waggon load. Hides, Skins, Tallow, etc.: On Tuesday we catalogued the usual quantity; prices were easier. -„ Stout ox, 5d to 5Jd lb (no extra prime); medium, 41d to 4|d; light ox and cow, 33d to 4id; calf, 23d to 4*d; tails. Is 8d; horse hair, Is 2Jd to la 3*d; horns, 108 1001b; tallow, 12s to £1 33 3d cwt; fat, lid lb; bones, 4s 9d cwt. Skins: Butchers', Is 7d to 2s lOd; dry ar&l country. Is to 2s 8d; inferior and damaged, at low rates. ' - Grain, etc.: Owing to Sydney buyers operating freely maize advanced to 3s Id, ex wharf, for dry. well-conditioned lots; 3s 4d, ex store. Oats: Southern feed very weak, from 3s to 3s 2d; seed dims and Tartars, 3s 6d to 3a Bd. Chaff: Inferior and straw, £3 to £4 15s; prime, £5 to £5 10s. Carrots, £1 10s; pressed hay. £4 to £6; straw, £3 10s, - ,- On Saturday we held a clearance saLe of Mr. de Cartaret's stock at Manurewa. There was ; a large attendance, and satisfactory prices were obtained. Spring cart, £8 15s; buggy, £15; Cambridge roller, £11 10s; drill, £29; ewes, in lamb, 8s 3d; cows, £6 to £9; heifer calves. £2 18s to £4 2s 6d; horses, £10 10s to £26 10s. were some of the prices rea-

lised. ' ■ ... . There was an average muster of cattle at Tuakau on Monday, which sold at. late values. ; Dairy cows brought from £5 to £7 10s; strong calves, £1 5s to £2 , . At Bemuera. on Thursday, the dairy pens were well filled. . Prices for those at profit were from £6 to £10 15s. Few store cattle yarded; these kept late quotations.. Fat and voting calves, short of requirements, sold freelv. Fresh dropped, 3s to 8s: medium, 12s to 18s; heavy, up to £210 a; 40 sold. Fat cattle came forward in average nwabers, ana sold steadily at £1 3s to £1 5s 1091b for steers and heifers; ased cows. 18s to £1. Steers ranged in price from £7 to £12 ss; cows. £5 to £7 15s. The sheep pens were well filled .with stock of good quality, and prices were firmer. Heavy wethers brought from 14s to 21s 6d.- others. 9a to 12s 6d: ewes 10s to 14s fid for heavy: medium. 7s 6d Jto 8s 6d: hogrets. 83 6d to lis; store, 6s to v 7s; 1800 sold. There was a fair yarding of pigs, and late values were fully sustained. P orl?^ 9 i " Kin s from £1 Eg to £1 15s; baconers, £2 to £3; 50 sold. Fat pigs wanted.

MESSES. G. W. BINNBY AND SONS' REPORT. At our usual weekly sale we cleared an extra large catalogue of hides, skins, tallow. Hides: No prime offered. Extra stout. 6d to 6id; stout. 43d to sd; light. 4Jd to 4Jd; cow. best lines, 4gdto. 4W:; picked. 4Jd; wet. 3d to 33d; calf. 4d to 4*d; damaged, lid to 2d; stags'. 2id to 23d per lb. Sheepskins: Local green and salted sold 2s 6d to 2s Sd; extras, up to 3s: country Irom Is- 6d to 2s 3d; damaged. Id to 9d each. ; ' .Tallow: Mutton, 255; good mixed in shipment casks. 23s to 245; seconds, 18i to 20a. r Hair^Hor tail. Is to Is 3d; mane. W to lOd per lb; cow tails, Is 7d to Is 8d per dozen. ,

<;• ELTHAM AND HAWERA. . ■ Messrs. Nolan. Tanks, and Co. report, Hawera, July 11:— Eltham, on Bth last., we have a fair yarding of cattle, with fair inquiry for young stock. On the 9th mat. we held a clearing sale on account of Messrs. Dwyer Brss. The cows were rather backward in calf, and realised from £4 15s to £9'l2s 6d; light draught horses, £17 to £22. At Ha wera, on 10th inst., wo had a good entry, with spirited bidding for most lines. •We quote—At Eltham: Store cows, £3 10s to "£3 15s; forward cows. £4 to £4 ss; fat cows. £5 to £5 9s; springing heifers, i.5 to £5 10s; 2i-year heifers in calf, £4 to £4 10s: yearlings to 18-month heifers, £3 Is; weaners, 2& 6d to 32s 6d; dairy cows, £5 10s to £8 16s 6d. At Hawera: Weaners. 32s 6d; mixed, yearlings, £2 4s to £2 7s; yearling steers, £2,16s 6d; 2 to 2i year steers, £4 to £4 7s; 2j to 3 year steers.- £4 19s 6d; forward bullocks, £6; fat cows, £5 19s tb £6 4s; empty cows. £3 12s 6d-t» £3 15s; dairy cows, £5 153 to £6. ss; eows and calves. £4 lis; yearling heifers £2 6s; heifers in calf, £4 10s to £5 ss. Sheep: 4-tooth wethers, 10s sd; fat and forward ewes. 9s lid; shorn lambs, 6s Id. JOHNSONVDLLE.,

Messrs. Freeman R. Jackson and Co.. in conjunction with Abraham and Williams, report on July 15 as to their Johnsonville sale as 'follow:-A smaller entry of bullocks than usual of prime quality and mostly heavy weights sold - freely. • Sheep in average numbers of medium quality sold well. We quote: Beef at £1 Is 6d for heavy weights, and up to £1 3s for lighter bullocks; prime heavy bullocks. £9 108 to £10 to 6d and £1 10s to £9 7s Cd; wethers, 12s 4d to 13s 4d; good wethers, 15s; ewes, lis to lis sd. MASTEB.TON. Messrs. Lowes and lorns. Limited, report as follow* with regard to their Masterton stook sale on -Wednesday:— the reason of the year we offered a large yarding of sliee-p, the greatest proportion being ewes in lamb, chiefly real good serviceable sorts. '1 ae biudin" undor the hammer was not spirited, and purchasers failed to reach vendors' reserves. Satisfactory business was, however, -done afterwards, sales being effected at prices ranging from 3s to 9s 3d. p©*r sorts as low as 2s 3d. Fat ewes were not, of a good class, but changed hands at from 10s 6d to lis 6d. Empty ewes made 7s 3d; cull lambs, 3s 9d. Cattle were yarded in email numbers only. Good prices were obtained for all lots sold. Plain fat cows made £5 Is; springing heifers, showing well, up to £6; 21-month steers and heifers, £3; weaner calves, £1 8s; weaner pigs, 3s to ss. WANGANUI. Messrs. Freeman R. Jackson and Co. report:—At the Wanganui sale on Wednesday the attendance was good, bidding brisk for all classei of cattle, especially 15-month steers and yearlings, and all sold at full values. Not many sheep were yarded. Pigs sold freely. We held our horse sale at our yards last Friday, the attendance being good, but on the whole a poor lot of horses came forward. Wo had several outside buyers for good sorts. We quote: Cattle.— cows. £5 8s Sd'to £5 12s; empty cows, £3 9a to £3 12s; yearlings, £2 3s to £2 4s; heifers in calf. £4 to £4 16s; 15 to 18-month steers, £3 7s 6d. Sheep.— wethers, 12s led to 13s; ewes in lamb, 6s to 6s 6d; good woolly lambs, 7s 4d. Pigs— porkers, £1 5s to £1 8s; medium porkers, 16s to £1 3s 6d; weaners, 6s to 7s 9d. Horses.—Beat draught, £22 to £30; medinm draughts. £12 3Us to £18; good harness horses, £9 lea to £13; best hacks, £8 to £10; medium, £4 to £7 7s 6d; others, £2 to .£2 10s. - ; ■ At a certain 'meeting the . question was asked, "How many farmers keep farm accounts?" Not a hand was raised. Yet farming is the only business in the world that will maintain the person carrying it on without keeping accounts of receipts and ex--1 penditures. ; What a good business it would be if formers would only adopt the methods that persons ;in : the most ordinary business i are forced to, pursue ia order to mako their ; business :successful.'- ' - 1 .. An :- lf