AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 581, 7 February 1882, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Vtr A.I. McGregor reports holding a .Moil successful sale of furniture and other i j ilVoK belonging to the estate of the late •MnSrubrough. on the 28th nitn, at which ■generally extreme prices wore realised. At the usual monthly shlk of cattle on Friday Inst, at the H«,ul of the B ty. the attendance And entries were extremely ■sm iil, owing to fanners) and others being m z>) -j middle of grass seed havusting, en.! thw fs , ..- io;,: that were offered were f, it sed in. A i ; «w dry oova vvere .sold at ,v...i '"is H?!:•.;>•<.■ v<ex v 'nilea Itirg'j iiiim- ■; : -i!■'■:• -vi:i in; able to

\U; -.«r.s il. M.it-ion and Co. report on the Uvu Stock Market:, etc, for the week end-i-iii Th'irsciay, ' 'February 2tu.l, 1832, a.s :.,!tnv,i; — Yesterday's Addingfcu sale ■■ ujM ;>rvml ft largely increased !,|)'y Hi slieep, the market being the teivitfsr noil for soihm timo past. Of liont 6000 sho.'p penned, four wbre tit v.r nir.jMcr'H puri>o.-o&, the quality gener- ,; . •>■!;:;.'■ (ii»iv.--t.ii(s o-Ha!, iind in man) , ' , . i. . ;j 'tiriiH'. , , (Jwi'ig to (he . limited :...;.. , .. /iiLLon iVir the last few weeks, • iio" (ui'y hoiight from "hand to .: '~ ■■.'■■ uu\ were in a poa-

tion to take advantage o£ a full market yesterday. Tiiia tliey certainly did. for although pricfs wen scarcely equal to last Mud the previous week's quotations, yet a firm demand and good competition was shown tti'diiiihout the s-ile, himl nearly evHiy \\<\ti uf fat changed ha ids— either at auction or privately—at, satisfactnry prices. Crossbred wet Hers brought 10s to lie 6d ; do ewes. 9h Gd to 10s 9d ; merino wethers, 7s to 7d Gd. In stores there wore only a few lines yarded, and these, with one exception, were all sold ; two-tooth ewes at 6*; aged merino ewes, 2s to 3s Gd. Fat lambs were only in limited supply, and sold readily at from 7a to 9s per head. Of fat cattle there was again a bare supply, and the comparative small entry met with a keen competition, and ready clearance at further advanced rntes. The best steers brought £8 to £9 per head ; light weights, £6. The entry of store cattle was also a small one, and anything ike decent ines of young stock met with a better enquiry t'.mn of late. Two to three year-old sieera are worth £4 10s to 4,005; eighteen months , old, £3 3s to £4; younger ages, lower prices. For store pigs there is now a considerable demand for stubble purposes, would-be purchasers being nnable to meet with any in the market. Theie is now undoubtedly a better opening for a consignment of strong stores than there has been here for the post twelve months, as there is an enormous quantity of grain shaken out by the late wind, consumption by pigs being the only means of saving it from total loss. The totals yarded for the day comprised 6030 sheep, 435 head of. cattle, and some pigs.

Messrs Robert Wilkin and Co. report J:— On Thursday we held our usual weekly sale or' sheepskins, etc., in our New Zealand Wool Stores. There was an average attendance of buyerH, with a fair demand for nil descriptions. Compared with former prices, a decline was noticeable, at an average of 6d all round. Country cross-, bred, second quality, 2s, 3s, 4s. sa; dol merino, large and full woolled, ss, 5a 9d Gh 5(1 ; do do. second quality and ful. woolled, 4s, 457d,4s 10d ; do do, medium, 2s, 2s 7d. 3s Id, 4s ; do do, small. Is 7d; 2s ; lambskins, large, Is 7d, ts'lld, 2s Id ; do second quality, Is Id, Is 4d, Is 7d pelts, large mid early shorn, la 7d, Is 10d, 2s Id ; do, medium, 9d, Is 3d, Is 7d ; do, small and late shorn, 7<l, 9d. Fat and Tallow—The trade wae well represented and (he competition was brisk. Fat, best quality, clean and well saved, to 2£d par lb ; dv, second quality, to 2.} d per lb ; do, heated and inferior, none to quote ; tallow, none offering : hides, sound, a*. 4d per tb, and 4£d per lb for a line of heavy hides ; hide?, damaged, weighing 551bs and over, at 3d per lb ; do, do, do, under 05!bs, at per lb ; calfskins, sound, at 4(1 per lb ; do. cut and damaged, at 2d per lb.