AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 611, 23 May 1882, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Messrs 11. Matson and Co. report on .he Live Stock Market, etc., for the week end ing Thursday, May 18th, 1882, as follows :—At yesterday's Addington sale the rntry of sheep was about tho same as on tho previous week, be-ng made up of a somewhat small proportion of prime mutton ; the balance fecood-rata quality and stores, chiefly the former. The trade were well represented, and nfter the disposal of the fjrfjt few lots biddings came freely, and were well maintained throughout the sale, an advance Iseiiisr established on all the best lines of sbeep. In crossbreds Mr H. Chamberlain not only carried oft'the palm of the day, but we consider hiawethir-i were the best wo have ever soon in the market, being wonders both for weight and quality. The first pen brought 22s per head, the balance 21s. In merinos we topped tho market with a lt'n--i of wethers sent to hand by Mr S. Mulling, at lis 3d, otl er lots varying from y. to lis per head. Young crossbreds of i,!i descriptions are still in good request, hiitf fat wethers being worth 10s 61 to 12a ; store ewes (2 or 4-tooth), 9s lo lis. Fresh conditioned sound mouth merino wethers. 7a 6;1 to 6a 6:1; full month low conditioner! lines, is 6d to 5* G1 ; old ewes, 4s to 5s ; store crossbre I lambs, 7s to 10s. Taking the hay's sheep sale all 'through we considered it one of the most s'liu-ej-if::! huh. for nmr,y waaks, the fact ot : tls<*r« l>en>g no auction next week causiig butchers lo mock in more heaviiy. In bfc'ef :i h r t!9 ii/nount was placed privately before the dilution, and light weights chiaHy made :;p tlie snie entry. Trnde on the whole v/us a little better, and of those offered by ourselves nono were pussed unsold. Medium weight Fteers brought from £G 10s to £1 10s, extra h«avy cows to £.10 15s. Wi.h ret'erecica to tbe sale of store cattle the less said .the better, Tlie emry, though not la 114e, comprised a few pens of .good sects —coming two-year-olds — for v.'hich 50s pur head was about ihe •.riding value; younger ages even lower ■ratssin proportion. Like ail othor New .Zealand productions, lor which outside markets h.ce not yet available, catt.'e are lub-o Jo tho .'fleets ol btrong reaction in tn*cie, ;uid viduss nt the present time are tmdouliCed*/ nt the lowest ->bb. It is a reoogaitted principle that whan the .market vaiuij of any commodity is below tbe cost, of its pruiluction, there inuut be a change for tbu batter, and this truism applies to tb" store cattle trade now. We do not know of a butler investment at the present time for a farmer to put bis money into than linos of good store cattle, in which there is a certainity of a fair margin of pioiii for wintering, and a chance of SO per cent increased value on bis outlay. In pigs, owing to the absence of several of the lending bacon carers, ihero was a less demand, and prices as paid for the heavier sorts was considerably below those of last week. The supply of "porkers" bed overstocked tho m.irket, nnd were only saleable at greatly reduced rates. The totals yarded for the day comprised 6055 sheep, 008 head of cattle, and .399 pigs.

Messrs Robert Wilkin & Co. report :— We held a well-attended sale of sheepskins in our New Zealand Wool Stores on Thursday, when 3103 nkins were catalogued, and all disposed of at average rates. Butcher*' crossbred, large, 4s 4d. 4s 1 Id, 5s 3d ; do do, second quality, 2s 6d, 8s 7d, 4s 4d ; do merino, large, 4h, 4s sd, 4s lid ; dodo, second quality, 2s Bd,3s4d, 4e ; country crossbred, large, 4s Bd, 5s 4d, 6s; do do medium, 2s, 3s Id, 4s, 4s 3d; do do, small, la 4u, Is Bd, Ss ; do merino, huge, os, 5s 9d, Gs 5d ; do do, medium, 2s Id, 3s, 4s, os ; do do small, In 4d, ls9d, 2s Id ; pelts, half-wooiled, 10d, Is Id, Is 4d ; do, smali and lato eboru, 4d, 7d, 10J. Fat and tabow —There was a good attendant:*) of the trade and spirited clemuul ; 88 p.iekage-a were catalogued, and ail sold at uu advance on last week's quotations for fat. Fat, best quality, clean and well save!, to 2jJ-d per lb; Beeond quaiity, from to 2£d per lb. Tullow, iv small lots, from to 2|d for good samples, and to lsd for medium quality. I