Commercial.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 567, 20 December 1881, Page 2

Commercial.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS

H. Matson nn , ! Co. report on the "Live Stock Market, etc., for the week ending Thursday, December 15, I<SBl, as follows :—Although the number of sheep penne I at Addinerton on Wednesday was rattier less thnn for some few weeks past, there wns still mere than sufficient for trade requirements and the sale as a whole was the weakest and most flagging held tor some months. Last week we reoordud a drop of Is per head under previous •sale«, j>nd yesterday there was a still further decline of from Cd to la per head on both fat and store sheep. Refoninir to the latter, prices for young sheep of anycliFs have up to the present time been well maintained, but at yesterday's auction 'there was very liftle demand, and sales: where made niled decidedly more in favor of buyers. Of the mutton fully one--Ihi id wuiit out unsold, the best cross-bred Wrtlwre being placed at from Gi to TOs 451 (one exceptionally good Hue at 12s) ; medium quality 8s Gl to 9>». fat merino Avethers from Gs to 7s. Of fat lambs tliiire was a large supply, but the Christmas dost' nt hnnd ihey were evidently wanted, mul met wilh a .good stile at from 6s Gil to 8s Gd for the li-est lots, a fow scrubbers at 5". Tht> fat cattle sale brought forward a considerable entry of U'.m(, tin. , quality varying from very inrVrinr tv prime. Of (he latter class Messrs liny Bros, contributed one of the lie-it lines of steers, which brought from All 10s to ,£8 10s per head ; mixed lots for various owners, £G t'> £7 10s, represening low'aud unimpiovttd rates. The store cattle tnarkut was made by a somewhat small entry, chietly of yenrlinge, two-y -ar-olds and old cews. Where sales of any of/the above was made, prices ruled 'low, and buyers had matters pretty much their own way. For good fresh condittiou three-year-old i-teers, however, £5 and upward is being asked, and in many instances paid. The tola yarded for the •day comprised 6181 sheep, 544 head of "attlo and 149 pigs.

Messrs R. Wilkin and Co., report:—On Thursday we held our weekly sale ofsheepskins, rough fnt, etr\, in our New Z talnr.d Wool Stores. Theie was an average attendance of buyers, nnd spirited competion throughout. 2074 skina were catalogued and all disposed of at satisfactory prices. Butcher* , crossbred, fuli-woolled, mild up to 5s 7*l ;do meri 10. do do, 6s 8.1; lambskins, large 1*7.1, U 10il. 2* Id; do, Recond quality, 10d, Is Id, Ih 4rl, Is 7d ; pelts, large mid earl) , shorn, Is sd, Is7d,ls9d; do, second quality, Bfl, Is, Issd; country crossbred, large. 5s 7d to 6-s; do do, second quality, 2* 7d, 3s 9d, 4a 6d, 5a 7d ; do merino, large, 5:» 5d to 6a Id ; do do, medium, 2s 51, 3s 7d, 4e 61, os 5.J. do do, small, 2s l<l, 2s sd. F..t »uid tallow—Fat, best qu.ility, clenn and ■well saved, to 2|<l per h> ; Bfccond quality, I<> 2'l p!;r !b ; inferior, at- Id p<ir lb ; t'ft'llew, in r-uifiil lots, to per lb; hides, sound, at 4d per lb, anil per lb for Br«nie heavy hides; hides, damaged, weighing 551b and over, nt 3d per lb ; flo tlo do, under 551b, ut 2£cl per lb ; calfskins', Bound, ut 4d per lb ; do, cut and fI α-n aged, at. 2ii per Ib,