AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 551, 25 October 1881, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

M«.;gsre. H. Mih-on and Co report on the Live Stock uiarktst &c, for the week ending Uhnrsday, October 20th, ns follows :— Yesterday's sale at Aldington was fairly supplied witli tshsep, the proportion of mutton being nomewhat less tlian iißual. Tiiert) VvJik, JitiWbvbr. jiißt sufficient for tradfe rrquiretnentH, th ,. Various linos being quitted with ti little ui.>re freedom, and at slightly better values than for eeveral weeks past. Shorn shpep are now becoming ylentifrtl, nnd nmongHt other-t were disposed of yesterday a draft of 300 inhecl crossbreds. nice qii'ility. at 11s to 12s 6d per head. Fnt crossbred* in the wool brought 15s to 17m 6d ; merino wether-' (Gould and Cameron's) to 14s 6d.; 11s 6d to being about the average rates.' [Store sheop ot' all clashes are still in good demand, and the bulk of those on offer on Wednesday cli/uigod owners ; memo couples to lOj ; mixed to 12s 9J ; hoggotts, 9h 6 i to 12s. Taken as !i Avholo tho sheep sale was marked by an improvement throughout, an udvnnce oi Is to la G.I pur head noticotl in some of the best IoU o£ niulton. The lamb market waa simply glutted, and whilst most of the lines were cleared, chiefly at a reduction of Is (i>l to 3s per head many had to be sent houiu unsold ; prices ranged from 5s to 9-s. Hie cattle sale, both in fat and stores, w.is anything but satisfactory. The quaiity of the beef on offer was, with a tew exceptions, very weeond rate, and as most of: the bast lots had been disposed of prior tj tlie auction, the sale for tli3 romiinder was somewhat dull, ligifc iiiid inferior quality hoing diffi.'iiit to place. The same remarks

apply to stores. There was a large entry but most of the lines were wanting in condition, and where sales were made, low and unimproved rates had to be accepted. Tim totals yarded for the day comprised 7440 sheep, 490 head of cattle, and 58 pigs.

Messrs It. Wilkin and Go. report:—We held our weekly sale of sheepskins on Thursday in our New Zealand wool stores and catalogued 2288 skins, which were all sold. There was a large attendance and spirited competition. The prices were equal to last week's quotations, taking into consideration the quality, weight, and condition. Butchars' crossbred, large, 6s, 4d, 6s Bd, 7s Id ; do do, second quality, 4s 3d, 4s lid, 5s Bd, 6s 4d ; do merino, largo". 6s, 6s 4d, 6s 8d ; do do ? second quality, 3s 2d, 4s Bd, 6<s ; do lambskins Is 6.1, Is 8d ; do pe.ts, lOd ; country crossbred, In r«o, 5s Bd, 6s, 6s SU; do do. medium. 2s Id, 3s. 3s lid, 4s lOd, 0« 8d ; do do, Small, .s Id. Is 8-1, 2s Id; do merino, large, 5s Id, 5s sd, 5s 9d ; do do medium, 2k 4d. 3d 3d, 4s 4d. 5s Id ; do do small, Is 4d, Is lid, 2s 4d ; do. lambskins, Is 61, U 8.1 ;do pelts, 3d, lOd. Fat and Tallow.-—The trade was well represented, and there was a keen demand The catalogue comprised 101 packages, which, with the exception of one lot of tallow, were all qniltud. Fat—Bdst quality clean and well saved, to 2fd per Ib; second quality, at l|d to 2£d per 11). Tallow-A few small lots at 2|-d, 2|d, to 2|d per Ik Hides—Compared with last week's rates, there is a decline of o£d per Ib on sound hides and calfskins. Hides, sound, at 4} per Ib, and 4£ per Ib for a ■line of Heavy hides. Hides, damaged, weighing 55ibs and over, at 3d perlb; do do, under 55lbs, nt 2£d per Ib ; calfskins, sound, at 4d per Ib ; do cut and otherwise damaged, at 2d per Ib.