HIDE SALES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2695, 8 November 1905, Page 24

HIDE SALES.

Messrs Stronach, Morris, and Co. report as follows : —"We held our fortnightly sale of ludes at our stors3, Crawford street, on Thursday, 2nd November, when there was an average attendance of buyers. We offered a catalogue comprising 484, and as competition was good we had a very satisfactory sale. AU classas were well competed for, and brought rates fully up to those lately ruling. Included in our offering were several very good lines of stout ox, and for one of these we secured the very high price of B|d per lb. This is the highest price .paid in the Dunedin market for some considerable time, but the hide, weighing BQik. was aai

one. We also obtained Ggd for one line averaging 751b, 6Jd for one 711b, 61d for two line 3of 681b and 701b, 6|d for six 68's, and 6d for several lots .weighing from 641b to 721b. In - cow hides we sold several lots at s^d per lb. Our top prices in money value were: For ox £2 11s sd, and for cows £1 6s Id. We cau confidently recommend consignments being sent at present. The following are actual prices paid at our sale: — Prime heavy stout ox hides, 5Jd to 6gd, extra to BJd: good heavy, 5d to 5Jd ; medium weight, 4gd to sgd; light weight, 41d to 5Jd; slaggy and inferior, 3d to 4£d ; " prime heavy cow hides, 4|d to 5Jd; medium weight, 4|d to sd; light v/eight, 4|d to s£d ; inferior, 4Jd to 4|d per lb; yearlings, 4s 5d to 7s sd; calfskins, Is 4d to 4s 4d e-ach.

Messrs A. Moritzson and Co. report as -follows :-— We held our usual fortnightly sale of hides at our stores ; comer Crawford and Cumberland streets, on Thursday, when we offered a catalogue of 230 hides, including yearlings and calfskins. The attendance of buyers was large, and all descriptions met with keen demand. Light hides were again ruling comparatively' higher than other classes, some prime lots fetching as high as s|d, whilst medium, heavy weight, and extra prime ox sold at -prices equal to those paid at the sale a fortnight ago. Calfskins and yearlings ruled at higher prices than those paid a fortnight ago. We quote: Extra prime ox (stout), Sid to 7d; extra heavy, sfd to 6Jd; medium, 5d to 54d; light, 5d to s£d; cows — extra heavy (stout), 5d to s!d; medium. 4!d to 5Jd; light, 5d to s£d; out ox and cow, 4d to 4fd per lb; yearlings— good 9s to 10s, small 63 6d to 8s 6d; calfskins—large 3s 6d to 4s 6d. medium 23 9d to 3s 3d, small 2s to 2s 6d; horse hides, 7s 6d to 9s 6d each.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) reports: — We held our regular fortnightly sale of hides by auction at the Otago Wool and Grain Store, Lower Rattray street, on Thursday, when we offered a very full catalogue, all in fair condition. We had a full attendance of buyers, who competed spiritedly for all the lots offered up to prices lately ruling, and there being buyers for all sorts the catalogue was readily disposed of. Quotations: For extra stout ox, 6id to 7d; good to best heavy, 6d to 6id; medium, 5Jd to s£d; light, 5d to s|d; heavy cow, sgd to s|d; medium, 5d to 5Jd; light, -4jjd to sd; inferior and bulls, 2id to 3id per lb; yearlings, 5s 3d to 10s; calfskins. Is to 3s 3d each.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows- — We held our usual fortnightly sale at our Maclaggan street stores on Thursday, when there was a full attendance of buyers. Our catalogue totalled 484 hides, comprised of 245 ox, 97 cow, 25 yearlings, and 117 calfskins. With few exceptions our offerings were all in very nice condition, but only some half-dozen lots could be classed as extra stout, the balance being of average quality. Bidding was keen throughout the sale, and prices given showed a slight advance on extra stout heavies, and an advance of id to id per lb on well-flayed mediumweights, both ox and cow. The following are some of our principal sales: — Two ox, 741b, 7Jd per lb (equal to 43s 9d per lud«) ; one ox, 771b. 7M per. lb £43* 4dU twp ox, 691b,

&ld per lb (375) ; two ox, 73ib, 6Jd per lb (38s lOd); 13 ox, 681b, 6£d per Jo (365), three ox, 611b, 6|d per lb (30s 3d); one ox, 90lb, 6|d per lb (43s lid) ; one ox, 671b, 6d per lb (31s Gd) ; four ox, 591b, 6d per lb (27s Gd;. Jn niedmm-weight seven ox realised slcl lb; 14 oz, 51d per lb ; four ox, old per lb, 11 ox,' 5M per lb. We quote : Extra stout heavy ox^ Gid to 7id; heavy ox, s|d to 6gd ; heavy ox (thin), od to old; medium ox, 5d to sid ; h°\ht ox, 5d to si&; heavy cow, 4^d to 5Jd ; medium cow, 4gd to s£d ; light cow, 4£d to s*d ■ year'ings, 4id to sd ; bulls and stags, s£d'to 3id per lb*; calfskins, Is 6cl to 6s 6d Gticll. Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report ks follows:— We held our fortnightly sale of hide-o. etc., at our stores on Thursdny, when we .siibniibted a fair-sized catalogue to the usual attendaaice of buyers. We. had no ox or cow hides of special memt, and our iop price for ox was 6|d, and for cow hides 5Jd. Extra "prime, stout. hea\y ox hides were in good demand, and sold at an advance 'on lat9 rates. For hides of tb.l3 description from GAd lo 7kl was the ruling price on Thursday. For other classes of hides there was a.lso a good demand at prices on a par with those obtained at the last sales held a fortnight ago. We quote : Prime stouit heavy ox hidss, 6Jd to 7Jd; good heavy do, s£d to 6^l; medium, 4^d to 5Jd ; light, 5d to 5Jd : extra heavy cow hides, 4|d to 51d; heavy do, 4|d to 4|d; medium, 4fd to s|d; light, 4^d to 5\3; yearlings, 4Jd to 5d per lb; calfskins, Is 3d to 3s 6d each.

The O(a°o Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Limited) report:— We held our iis.ual fortnightly sale of hides at the wool and grain stores, Crawford and Vogi-1 eitroets, on Friday. There was a very full attendance of buyers, who competed very keenly for each and every lot on the catakene of 173 ox and cow hides an 361 calfskins. The bulk of our consignments came from country butchers and the north coast, all of which were in fairly good condition. There veere no hides of very special merit included m orar catalogue, consequently wa had no record prices to mention. The sale was a very lively one, and prices showed 0, oc usiclcrafole fi-n-rrn^-et^ on late cpKyfeatioriE — in faot, values were slightly in advance of figures quoted a fortnight ago. "Well-fiaysd, goodconditioned cow hides, 4Jd to sfd; ox, lightweights to 6Jd. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) lepcart:- -We held our usual fortnightly sale on ..Friday, when we again offered a largo catalogue. Meet of the hides were from country butchers, and were on the whole a fauly good lot, being well-flayed, clean, and in tip-top condition, though some were heavyweights. All the buyers were m attendance, and bidding throughout was very lively, the satisfactory prices realised a fortnight ago being obtained for all classes except light tides, which were occasionally a fraction lower. Although we had no heavy hides on our caitalogaie, we several times got 6|cl for ox hides of 621b to 6Kb average, while best lots of cow hides brought up to s£d per Vo. We quote : Extra stout heavy ox, 6Jd to 7£d , heavy ox, s|d to 6|d; heavy ox (thin), 5d to si-d; medium ox, 5d to Sjd; light ox, 5d to s|d; heavy cow, 4|d to s£d; medium cow, 4gd to 5Jd; light cow, 4|d to s£d; yearlings, 4*d to sd; bulls and stags, 2|d to 3|d per lb; calfskins, Is 6d to 6s 6d each. Messis Waters, Ritchie, and Co. report : — We held our usual fortnightly sale of hides' at the stores, Crawford street, on Friday. There was a. laxge attendance of buyens, and competition was very keen. Prices, as compared with the previous sale, 9howed a slight advance, being most; Loticeable in x medium and heavy-weights. The following were our top prices, though we had nothing of special substance. Two ox, 6Jd; two do, 6gd; three do,.6id; five do, 6Jd; four do Cd; five do, 5Jd.; two, s|d; three' do, Egd; six do, s|d. We offered 23j3 hides and' palfskinis, and cleared the lot at quotations'. Extra stoait ox, 6|d to 7d; heavy ox, aid *o 6jd; medium ox, 5d to 5Sd; light ox and cow, 5d to 51d; heavy cow, 4Jd to 5Jd; medium, 4|d to sd: yearlings, 4|d to s^d per lb; calfskins, Is 6d to 5s 6d each.