AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 639, 29 August 1882, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Messrs 11. Matson and Co. report on the Live Slock Market, &c. for tins week ctidin.ir Thursday, August 2-1, 1882, as follows : —For yesterday's Addington lmrket an increased supp'y of nhoop "came to hand, South Canterbury for the most part contributing the extra i.-umijcrH. Ah regards quality, in crossbivds w<,; have seldom soon 1 ho m irket so uniformly thsrc boi ii| r scarcely a Hue of inferior mutton of this cl.isd in the yards. Of hi-thioi's wq cannot speak m highly, as both yesterday';} supplies and th>se of lato have been with few executions below tlie mark. At tho opening of tho auction there w-.h a fair iniisteri-ig of ibo trade, and although the majority of the linos of. sli.-u»p wore disposed of as til-. sa!o progre-ised, a spirit of indifference wisyet hlkjwii by most, of tho buyers present, and biuiue.sH throughout was anything lint brisk. Taking the sale all through wo consider values ruled Gd to la per head more in favor of buyers than last week, a good few sheop at tin close of the sale being turned , out oven at this quotation. In crossbred.? we topped the market at 20s par heal with a pen of wonderfully heavy sheep, the prop -rfy of Mr E. Wiishbourno, though in qulitv the p.'ilin of tho day mint bo accorded to Mr lloid, of Eldenlie, for a p-'jn.'of splendid welhors, which sold at V 4* each. Mchsim Gould and (Jatnerou brought to hand aline of .'340 remarkably well grazed crossbred ewe.-), which w; piace-i at from IG i to 17-t 01 (o:ii) j:nill [)-:;n as LOi), tins being us inual'of first <:1 ».'ii quality. Oo Account of Kmv.i (}oi! (h. If.sider-!!)!! md Me Both, St'ickhoijso, W" Gh unboilain, John Sharpo and Moderate Bros., wo cleared their various co.'i.-iigntuj its i;i m>s:j'>red:s at from 15s to 17s o.teh, and tor Mr D. 0 micron and oth-r-s, urjriuo wolhor.s, up to tlslM. In stores there were i)"l muny to hind, but several lots of light weight butchers' snoop w.:re taken up by at from 12j to 16 r, t> I pur head*. ' O( f it cafctlo there was about an average supply, including ,\ few pens <>i! htsfivy weight primij tioef, but th» built of the entry was of nn ifidilE«ro:it (jbisrf. (Joinpoticion generally v/au woak, L=io hu-'-t lined nlot.e 00:11----mau iiiiir linvUjiiKjr like alietition, and for

which 25s per 1001b was about the rulina; rate. Medium weight well grazed steers brought ill to £8. heavy weight cows anrJ heifers £9 to £10, light do £5 to £G 10-i In store cattle there* was a large entrypenned, chielly good sorted young stock, but judging by the number turned out unsold it is evidently yet a little early in the season for doing an extensive trade in this class of cattle. The totals yarded for ths day comprised 493G sheep, 532 head of cattle, and 48 pigs.