AUCTIONEERS' REPORT

Southland Times, Issue 9542, 11 June 1887, Page 4

AUCTIONEERS' REPORT

Carswell, White and Co. report having held t leir regular fortnightly sale of stock at the Invercargill tale yards on Tuesday, 7th inst., when a targe number of cheep and cattle were forward ; but with few exceptions the fat cattle were inferior in quality, and store prices in several instances had to be taken to make a Clearance. Sheep, however, sold well, and for any good young sorts a marked improvement in prices was obtained, b:st fat reaching over t*s each, and lambs up to 6«. The fo lowing are the lota sold by na and prices realised, viz. : — Sheep— so 2 and 4 tooth wtthers, 7s "2dj 00 crossbred lamb?, bs 6d ; 62 cull do, 3s 3d ; sti lambs, 4b 2d ; pen etore wethers, small, 5b Id ; and small lots at similar rate?. Cattle- 4 bullocks, L 6 10a; B '.do, L 4 10s; 0 cows, L 3 ns ;49 speyed cow?, L' 2 12? ; 6 steers, L 3 17s 61 ; 16 cows and eteers, from L 2 9s to Li 2s tid, .; We also repoit having held a clearing sa!e of horses, shesp and plant on Mr Hawkins' farm above C-tauta». There waß a very large attendance, and every article sold at satisfactory prices. The sale throughout went; smoothly, and the bidding was spirited. Over 91) !o s were got through in about two and a half hours, every article being well arranged aud numbered, which saved a lot of time and trouble, The fol' owing are the pricey for tbe 1 ading stock and implement?, viz. : — Draught horses, Ll2, LlO, Lls, L2l 10s, L 24, Ll4 10p, L 9 10s, . 11, and LlB 10e ; hack, L 3. Sheep, 153 2-tooth mixed sheep, 6s lOd to 6s lid each Implements: Boiler, Lll ; horee-power and baits, Lll 10a; ch-vff-cutter, L 3 17s 6d ; d.f. ploughs, L 3 and IA 10s ; reaper and binder, Ll2; bick oeliT-ry, L<i 10a ; drayp, Ll2, L 2 5s arjd LI ss. Oyer 20 tons of potat< ea sold at from lss to 2SJs per ton, and apt cial sorts at 4s per bag. Harness, tools, &c , brought fair values. G. A. Birch (on behalf of the National Mortgage and Agency Co. of New Zaland, Limited), ,p^^rta for the week ending lOtk June as !OIIOWBJ-i Deliveries of grain to the Blaff during the week have been on a very limited scale as compared wiihthote of a few weeks ago. This, we tilink. is partly due to the fact that a greater por ion of this year's grain ha 3 been already delivered and partly to tbe inipaspable Btate of the roa J s in the surrounding districts. Wlv-at Btill continues firm, and as there ar* only a few parcels of milliog offe ing a s ight rise in values may be looked for in the course of a fe-y weeks when miners bepin to reduce their Btocke a little. At present quotations remain at 3s 5d to Ss 7d per bushel for prime milling delivered at thetniJ«; chick wheat, scarce, 2a 4dto2s6d per bushel on trucks at ~ajside Ftations. Oats — Prices remain firm at last quotation?, viz., bright milliDg and go. d short feed, Is .'»•! to Is 4d on trucks at couitry stations ; but the 1 vck of storage room at Bluff puts a stop to any e^teneive speculation. We i.eld * large pale of sbeep at Baystvater ou2nd ir.st. The a tendance of buyers was 1 .rge. The bidding throughout waf> excesdiigly spirited, and as will be seen below tbe p-ices 'obtained were very satisfactory. We Bold 513 2-tooth wethers at 7b Id ; 1172 do ewes, a. 68 fid ; 3( 0 hal-bred ewes, 7s 5d ; 1000 do, 7s 2d ; 2G26 do, Gs lid; 43 fat ewes, 5? ; 500 4, and 6-tcoth ewep, 6a 9d ; 639 do. 6a 7d ; 1955 S imbs, 43 lid ; 450 do, 4s 5d j 50 do, >4o 4d ; 200 do, 4s ; and 42 Leicester rams at 14s. The Hew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) report for the week ending 10th June, as follows :— Wheat— Prospects for this cereal continue good. Very little is on offer at present, holders being generally disposed to wait for a rise. Millers being snppVed for the meantime "vy ill not pay higher figures than have been rnliny lately. "We quote prime milling velvet, 3s 8d ; Tuscan and red straw, 3a 7d ; medium, 3s od to 3s Od delivered. Oats — A large intercolonial business has been done in oats since the opening of the season. and the inquiry from Melbourne continues fairly active, A very large business is also doing with Sydney, and exports from Blnff have up to this point been on a heavier scile than during corresponding period last season. There is no alteration in values ef farmers' lots coming over the line. These are, however, becoming scarce. Quotations for forward delivery parcels, ex store, are rather firmer, the prospects .of the market being considered fairly good. Barley— There is still a demand for really prime malting samples for export, but hardly any is offering, feed and milling sorts are not in request. Ryegras3 Seed— Undressed lots are simply unßaleable, and the inquiry for machine-dreseed is much weaker, the latter is worth about 2s 0d f.o.b. Cockßf oot— Good lots are rather scare, and prices for Akaroa parcels are ruling higher, considerable quantities of best quality having been taken for lion'fon. od to 5Jd per lb, ex etore, is asked for Akaroa seed. Wilson, Tame and Co. report on the markets for the week ending 10th Jane :— On Tuesday last the usual fortnightly sale was held at tbe Inrercargill sale yards. The entry of Bheep was larger than usual, and as bnt R comparatively small proportion had bten advertised there were not as many buyers present for store sheep as there otherwise would have been. Fat Sheep.— Prices for this class of stock were fully maintained. We sold 186, mixed sexes, at 6b 8d and 7s ; wethers 63 lOd, and ewea 4s lid to 5s Id, none very prime Store Sheep.— We sold 133 store wethera at 6a 7d ; 123 do at 5a 3d; 245 lambs at 4s lOd ; 25 do at Gs ; 100 at 3s 6d, and 210 at 2s 6d ; 70 aged ewes at 8s Bd. C it tie were not in much demand, either fat or stores, and few, if aay, were prime. Batchers do not care, and give only small prices for half fed cattle. The 20 head of fat we advertised were not forward in time for sale. We sold etore cows from 30s to 50s. We quote mutton J4d ; prime beef, 20s. # On Wetmetfay Isst wo heW * dealing sale at $*? p, flrwawfc 1 ! (aw, w&w wi (Ifcpwsie! the i

whole of his pedigree stock, implements, «fee, »t monk satisfactory *>»e©B. We would here remark that we have never conducted a sale where every lot »as so mcely displayed, and the con* venience of buyers so well studied before. The competition for the Ayrshire cattle was brisk and well sustained throughout. Mr McFarlane, of Danedin, was the purchaser of Bluebell at 20srs ; Eva 14gs ; Clara lfijgs.; and Jessie B£gs. Mr John Ru-wll bought Peeress, 1 lgs ; S -owy, 7sgs; Belle and Dandie at 7gs each; Beauty. 4ga ; and 2 3 earlinga at 3gs each. Mr Inglis,-<or Edendale, Mr R. Orombie, and Mr Mclndoe were the other principal buye-s. The average price obtained for 32 head, including bulls, cows, heifers and yearlings was £6 17s 6d. The horses were rather dull of sale, being scarcely the sort now in demand for shipment. They were all unbroken, though perfectly qaiet to handle, undoubtedly welbred and showing nice quality ,bnt wanting in size. W« noticed several well-fcnown buyers present, bnt they were evi-leotly not to their fancy. Mr B isatimr purchased two very nice four-year-old fillies at £17 and £18 respectively. Mr J. Crombie bought one Rood brood mare at £17, and a 3-y*a"-old filly nt £11 10s The entire colt, Young Gien, 3-year-old, was parsed in at £29, and in for sale. The other fillies brought from £6 10a to £4 15s, and the colts from £& to £ ; 0 The implement, harness, fowls, and sundries all brought full values. On Friday last we he'd a sale in Kennedy's esta'e at McFarlane's farm, Drummond. Draught horseß brought from L 6 5s to Lll 10s; col ,L 7 10s ;fi lly, L 7 Sheep (a mixed lot), 3a 2i each ; pigs, from LI 10s to L 2 2s 6d ; ttore pigs, f rem 5s to 12s. Southland Horse Market— On Saturday last 21 horses were entered in our yards for sale in appearance an improvement on the previous t^ atnrday. We sold gcod plough horses at up to LI 3 6s. A team of four extra good horses we had to pass in. Hacks sold from li 4to L 7 Jos, Grain Market -We have nothing new to report. Prices for oats and wheat remain at last quotations. GraFs Seed-Wehad a few inquire* during the week ; prices remain unaltered. Chaff — Large supplies are still coming in, and we quote 40a to 4os psr ton for sound lots— bags extra. Potatoes— The market at the present time h pimply glntted ; prices run from 40s to 603— bags given in. Sheepskins During the we.k we have poid several large lines,' and there is a good demand for well dried and butchers' green skins ; green crossbred brought 2s <>d to 4s 6d ; dry do, od to 4dperlb. Rabbitsfcins— A good demand for all coming in, and we have purchased lots up to Hd per lb. McArdell and Co. report for the week ending 9th Jnue as follows:— On Wednesday, Ist inst, we held our monthly sale of fat and store stock at Jrc v son's yard", One Tree Point, when a moderate eupply came forward, all of which we sold with the exception of one pen of sheep, at satisfactory prices as follows :— Fat crossbred ewes and wethers (medium quality), f :om 6s to 6s Id ; 2-tooth evrcs and weohero,, emal', 5s 5 crossbrrd iiimbs, 6b ; and dairy cow?, from L 3 17s <;d to L-t Ma. Our next aale at these yards takes pac: on 29thios-t. «On Tuesday last the umi*l sale was heid at the InvercargiU sale yarde, when a fairly large number of sheep and a email entry of cattle came forward. There was a good nttendance of buyers, and in many cases competition was brislt, especially for the better class of sheep wnich brought pri:es rag ing from Is 6d to 2s per head in advance of thoao lately ruling. We Bold on account of Mr Walter Blakie, 70 extra prime fat ew s, 9s Id (top price) ; on account of Mr Andrew Macdonald, 12 L 2-touth crossbred wethers (three-par's fat), from 83 to 8s 8i ; and on account of other vendors : GO 2-too*h crossbred wethers, small, from fie o<i to os 9d j crossbred ewes (aged), 4e Od ; do lauibe, 0-1 to 53 Id. An-i privately dn-ing the week, 2 and 4 tooth crossbred wethers at Us OAd aud fat do do at 7b each. Cattle— l 4 steers, Lo 12s 6d ; heifers, from L 2 15s to L"? ; over smaller lots of steers and bullock?, up to L 5 each. We haTe several large lines of young crossbred ewe 4 and wtthers under offer, and expect bus nesfl to eventuafe. We dr>w attan'isn to our monthly sale at Wallacetown on 15th inßt., for which entrie3 are now being receiv« d.