AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 2211, 24 October 1881, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Mr Moss Jonaa reports as follows : — Notwithstanding the depression that always exists-previons to the Show, a fair amount of business has been done during the week. Horses. — Tho demand is limited, and, to effect sales, low prices have to be accepted. Beally good sorts are saleable at fair values. He quotes good draughts at from £25 to ;£3O ; medium, .£l5 to £20 ; hacks, from .£l3 to .£18; light, .£6 to £8. Cattle. — Fat stock are m better demand, with an upward tendency. Ho quotes prime beef at 22a 6d to 24s ; medium, 203 per 100 lbs. Stores are m fair demand. At the South Canterbury yards, on Friday, he sold 60 head — steers at £4 16s, heifers at £3 7a 6d, yearlings at £2, £2 4s, np to £2 lls. In milch cows nothing has been done, as holders decline to sell at figures offering. Sheep. — Little or no business is doing m this class of stock, and nothing can be expected till after shearing. Privately he has placed 900 hoggets, off the (shears, at 7s 3d, and has enquiries for good stores, and could place several lots. Ho quotes prime mutton at 2Jd per lb. Wool and Skins. — On Thursday, at bis wool salerooms, he hold his usual fortnightly sale. His catalogue consisted of over 1000 skina and 11 bales wool, all of which were cleared at prices as under : — Butchers' best cross-breds made 53 9d, 6s 2d, to 6s 3d ; second quality, 4s lOd, ss, to 53 8d ; beat merinos, 4s Id, 4s 7d, 4s lid, to 5s ; second quality, 2s 7d, 3s 4d, to 3s 9d each ; inferior and dry, Is to 2s. Wool— s bales at Bid -, 5 bales at 5Jd ; 1 bale, damaged, 3d per lb ; fat, 2H per lb. Miscellaneous. — During the past fortnight be has held two 6ales of furniture, and both were remarkably successful, on each occasion buyers being numerons and competition brisk, ana the prices everything that could be expected. On the 10th inst. he sold a large quantity of builders' ironmongery and miscellaneous goods connected with the trade, and the results of the sale were most satisfactory. On Thursday, the 13th, he sold a large assortment of clocks and jewellery, and on the following Wednesday he held a clearing sale of drapery, furniture, &.c, and both of these sales wore decidedly better, both m point of attendance of bnyers and m the prices realised, than similar sales have been for tho last three weeks or a month. His product) sales on the 15th inst and to-day were largely attended, that of to-day more particularly so, as, besides a largo quantity of farm produco of the usual class, a choice selection of birds (imported by Mr B. Bills) and a shipmont of earthenware had to be sold, and these attracted a large attendance. Tho birds included come fine canaries, and these were keenly competed for, as were also a lot of birds from the Eastern Archipelago and a number of Australian parrots, and the prices realised were quite up to tho mark. The greater portion of tho earthenware was sold, but m consequence of tho limited time for the sale, a quantity was not submitted. In farm produce, ho quotes fionr at from 14s to 15s por sack ; sharps, 7s ; bran, 4s ; fowls' com, 10s (scarce) J potatoes, 3s 6d per bag ; bacon, 6d to 7d per lb ; hams, 7d to 7Jd ; cheeso, 4d ; fowls, 3s Gd per pair ; ducks, 4s 6d ; turkeys, 4s 6d to 6b each. Messrs William Collins and Co. report holding their regular market and sale by auction, at their rooms to-day, of farm produco. The entries were numerons, and wcro cleared at tho following figures : — Dorwont potatoes, 40s to 45s per ton ; pig potatoes, 24s per ton, bags m ; damaged oats, 6s 6d per sack ; fdwr wheat, 8s per sack ; flour, J3ll per ton ; farmers' do, .£0 ; bran and sharps, no demand ; cheeso, 3Jd per lb ; honey, m i-casks, 2d per lb, m jars 3Jd. Fresh buttor — The quantify coming forward of this artiolo is something enormous, and at the prico we quit it at can never pay the producer — viz.,3idto 4Jd per lb. Hams, 7d ; bacon, sd, must be first-class to obtain that figure ; rolled bacon, 3d to 3sd per lb ; box tea, 14s ; salmon, 8s per doz ; jams, 6s per doz ; candles, 8d per lb. Crockoryware and sundries were easily disposed of, privately and undor tho hammer. [Bt Tele<jbaph.]