AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 637, 22 August 1882, Page 2

AUC TIONEERS' REPORTS.

Messrs 11. Matron and Co. roport on the Live Stock Market, &c, for the week ending Thursday, August 17, 1382, as follows : —For yesterday's Arlington k.\lo there was b"low an average nuoply of sheep, aboil 4500 of all classes bein,<* penned. Gfprimy quality mutton, less thin nsu-J enmo to liriiid, Musses Grant. Ht.'u.'kbou.•.-. Campbell, Fuliey mid Ciiamhomin tho principal of our contributors in crossbred h In face of the comparatively limited supply, thoie wan still lint little desire to [)iirc!ir,oe shown by " tho trado," Hi-'vural lines of lioing prised tin-t-old, and, L' eii.\\Jly the lale was one of i' ,j "'no.Ht we liaw ex-i.ir-]i!vi"i;ti tor nwi/iV '-vi'okH. In values we <ji!olts ail nvL-V'i;;; 1 . .n;i.:liri's of 1h poi lioa-.1, tho torn; of' the (iiiftion tieinv wo:di tliront'hout. i'riniij h.'.'ivy erowsbruds iro-ii 10-i lo I'J,'; gw.l quAlity, nittdiuin weight, mixed iim-*, Ms G I to (>\ ; liierino wetlivr.-j to 10- (5.1, there being no ii'ooil lotrf on ofiSr. In storea we cros.jbred ewe-) iri la-ub up to 3 2s .'id. and a number or'Hin.'.l: iine:;-of vuudu.s etui-'so:--at lato quotable rates. Of tho mi!e o!: iat cattle, we c-'vn report but little eh tngo, the supply being limited, and in a great ifieadure juade up of inferior quality. Competition was dull, more especially for

the lighter sorts ; a iw extra heavy steers Koing iij> to over £!.'$ per head, medium weights £G 10h to £7 10s, heifers £4 10.s to £G per head, hi stores there were not muny on offer, though the bulk of those penned comprised good sorted youngster-. Two io three-year-old steers ai'e moro particularly in request, and on Wednesday Hold at advanced rates, the same applying in a lees measure to all classes of young stock. A" spring progresses the inquiry will, no doubt, become more general, though, judging by the Inst few peasons, prices as ruling in the month of August have been equal to those of a later date. In pigs of the class on offer on Wednesday there seems to be a great change in value. About 150 head of light weight and inferior quality porkers and stores represented the bulk of the entry, and wheti er from the over supply, or some other cause, we cannot say, but prices for the lines before mentioned ruled 30 per cent less than of late. Heavier sort* and better quality lots sold at unaltered prices. Tho totals yarded for the day comprised 4588 sheep, 307 head of cattle, and 172 pigs.

Messrs Robert Wilkin and Co. report :— On Thursday, wu held a well-attended sale of sheepskins. &c, in our New Zealand Wool Stores. The competition was dull and prices were on a level with last week's rates. 2197 skins were catalogued.— Butchers' cossbred, largo, 5s od, 5s lid, 6s 6d ; do do, second quality, 3s 91, 4s 3d, 4s lid, 5s 5d ; do merino, large, 4s 10d, 5s sd, 5s lid ; do do, second quality, 2s 9d, 3s 3d, 3s 10d, 4s 4d, 4s 10d ; country crossbred, large, 4s 7d, 5s Id. 5s 9d ; do do, medium, Is lid, 2s Bd, 3s 4d, 4s, 4s 7d ; do do, small, Is. Is sd, Is lid ; do merino, lar<:e,4s 2d, 4s Bd. 5s 3d ; dodo, medium, U 10vl, 2s sil, 3s, 3s 7-1, 4s 2d; do do, small, lid, Is 4d, Is 10d. Fat and tallow—There was a good attendance of the trade and brisk demand ; 82 packages were catalogued, and all sold. Fat, best quality, clean and well saved, to 3d peril); second quality, from 2|d to 2fd per Ib ; tallow, in small lots, in bags, at 3d to perlb for first quality, and from for second quality ; tallow, in casks, at 26s 6d per cwt. Hides are dull of sale. We disposed of dry salted hides at 4d per Ib.