AUCTIONEERS' REPORT.

Southland Times, Issue 9411, 8 January 1887, Page 4

AUCTIONEERS' REPORT.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) report for the 'week ending 7ih January, as follows : — Wheat — There is no business passing in tbis ceieil, and quotations lemain unaltered, viz , up to is 6d for prime milling; 4s 3d for medium l'o*l wheat, 3s to 3s 4d. Oats— i he holidays interrupted the usua'. coarse of ti some extent, but as <i m.'.Uer of fact very liLtle has bsen doing. A s igutly better tone pervades the Melbourne m.uket, but Sydney and Adelaide are very dull in-> d. There is really no d«mand locally for oa s, and we cannot report any enhancement cf values We quote pime short feed at Is Bd, i'.o b. ; ..nferior descriptions at a heavy discount a:: 1 very oifiicult of sale. Wool- Farmers' pate Is for the local auctiots arc c -ruing freely to hand, ad we expect to oHcr a largd cnt.Uogueion Wednesday next to a g?;d ;'.'.tvmlance of buyers. Wilson, Taiue, and Co. report on the markets fjr the week, ending 7th January, as follows :— On Tuesday last the usual fortnightly sale wci- ueij at the InvercargiU Sale Yards. The c .) r ..-£ co upriscd 274 fat sheep, 27 fat lamb?, Hi fit and 113 -tore cattle The c-ntry of sneei> w.is unal'er than v c have seen io- koine time, and th^reisuo inprovernent in vuiie.-, cr demand fer eiticr fat cr .--tores. Cattle were better re pre.se i ted. and fat brought late .prices. Store cattle w> re a sha-ie easier t:.;io t.t p cvi.us sal- p. but there were fewer buve'S than usu'l. We sold fat sh-.ep at 5= lid. fat cows at £7 2* 0" 1 ; dai-y cows, ~f>, £1 ; ri ,-iore cows at £3 16s : others from £-J lea ; 12 he-id mix-ad cattle at £3 Is; 10 head yonng cavJe at £i 18s ; 4 do at £1 lGs and 3 .-teera nt £2 ISs t>il. Ln Wednesday, 29th December, we Lc-lJ our usual monthly sale at our_ Wintn yu-ds when we yarded -02 fat liheep, <o0 store do, j fat cattle and oO stores The sale wu< bri-k for cattle but ver/ dull for sheep. We sol'-i owes and lambs at is; fat sheep, 4s lOd and .">.s ; crossbred wethers at is od ; fd.t cows at £4 7s t'<d ; d-iry cows from £3 to £5 ; heifers, £4 ! 6s to £5 10s: g-owing store cattle. £3 C». £3, £ ■ 17s <;d : £1 15s, £1 19s. We anticipate an j enquiry for a large number of shtep sh rtiy. ami would ivlvise flock owners wishing t<> toll to send us particulars. We quote mutton at I'jd ; beef 20s to -22=- 6d. t'omhiai d Horse Market. — Owing to the holi-c.iy.-i we lit id no sales fo • the last fortnigut, and iv cons qnence we expect an improved demand on Saturday text, when we have a lot of good draughts and Eerviceable hacks entered for tale Cirsweii, White aDil Co. report having held ;h'_ir usual lcr nightly sa'e^at the Invercargill S ile YarJ.- ou Tuesday. 4th,inst. 'J here was a loith'ir emaii supply of fat ,shusp and no tt ores. I;i°. (•attic, both fat and .store, were not very muuiMuus. The attendance cf buyers was in proportion to the stock yarded. The following ar i the lots sold by us andprice3 realised, viz, I'-;t cattle — . welve bullocks at £7 i7s Od : 6 at £7 12a GJ ; I. a l , £7 ; iat£o U 6d. .-jiorjcaitk — e^en steers at £2 l/.s ; 14 at £1 Is : rcn of ucifers at £2 10s, and several peui of dairy < o.vk at from £4 to £5. r\"ii sheep — Ten of fat weathers at 0s 3d each ; pan a: us !0d each, aad two pens at (Js each ; two pens f;it lmnoe at 6s Gd.