AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.
Messrs 11. Matson and Co. report on the Live Stock Market, &c, for the week ending Thursday, August 31, 1882, as follows:
—What promised yesterday morning to bo nil exceptionally heavy market turned out to be one of moderate! supply. About 5000 sheep of all classes represented the day's entry, and of this number fully three-fourths were penned before six o'clock, chiefly lines that had arrived the previous night. On looking carefully through the yards, it was found that the proportions of mutton in comparison to the total entry was below the average, and we should say that about 3000 represented the totid number of butchers' cheep to hand. Of these a large number wore tnerinos, Koine few linos being of extra good qna'ity (notably Mohm-h Chapman anil lUusor's), the bulk medium class. Of tlio trade there w k a full attendance, nnd th« tone of the market throughout was decidedly (inner than last week. Good of croasbreds especially commanded attention, prices ruling even and firm, and in the majority of cases Gd to Is per head better than on the previous Wednesday. Messrs Gould and Cameron's crossbred ewes, for butchers' purposes were as good as they could pon.-ibly be brought into the market, and as buyers had been given an opportunity of testing their quality last week, they wens keenly competed for yesterday, and sold at about Is per head all round higher than fit last silo. Mr. E. Washbourne sent to hand a pen of remarkably heavy sheen, with which we topped the market at 10s G.J, Mr Fuy's consignment bringing IGs and 16s 3d, Mr Grant's to 16s Gd, Mr BrueeV 15-*, and Mr Kinlcy's 15s Gd nnd lGs. In stores we placed a line ol 800 young erosabreds at IBs 3d, and about 1000 merino wethers, in various stages of condition, nt from 4a for a very inferior line up to 7s for fresher sorts. At the conclusion of the sheep sale we had only one sin dl lot unsold, the prices being about equal to quotations as g-ven above. In fat cattle, the market was very barely supplied, and tin's no doubt accounted in a great measure far the briskness of the anle. The quality of what came under the hummer was. on the whole, very indifferent, still as buyers had to secure a certain amount of beef for immediate wan la every head of cattle, submitted was readily taken up at prices much in excess of those ruling for some months past. Medium weight steers brought £7 tn £8 10s per head ; cows and heifers, £6 to £7 10s, or equal to '26s or 27s per 1001 bs for the best lines. Of store cattle there was a fair entry, chi fly of yearlings and two-year-olds, with a few three-ye<ir-o!d steers. For the latter as high as £5 15* was obtained, but 3ounger nges are still dull of sale, and not worth as much in proportion as the class bufore-mentio.no:]. At the present time steers are much enquired after, and owners forwarding them to market ran depend upon getting outside values for lines of good sorts, Tho totals yarded for the day comprised—s439 sheep, 317 head of cattle, and 142 pigs.
Messrs Hubert Wilkin >md Co. report :— Tlicro whs !i good attendance at the weekly sale of sheepskins, which we held in our New Zealand wool stores on Thursday. Tito competition was dull at the commencement, but ns the sale progressed the biddings wero more animated, ;ind prices closed with a slight improvement on previous rates. 195b" skins were catalogued and disposed of. Butchers' crossbred, large, 5s 9d, Gs sd, (is 10d ; do do, second quality, 3s 10d, 4s Gd, 5s 2d. 5s 9d ; do merino, large, 5s 2d, 5s 9d, 6k 2d ; do do, second quality, 2s 2d, 3s Oil, 4s, 4s 7d, Kr, o,i . y.nimfrTr /.fnooKrori lnro-p 4.« fid. 4s
lid. 5s 7.1 ; dodo, medium, 2s M, 2s 8;I, ?;H l>:!, 3s 10'!, 4s 5! ; do do. small, Is, Is 7d. 2s Id ; do memo. Urge. 4-* 7'l. 5a Id, 58!; do do. medium.2s 1.1, 2s 10d, 3s fid, 4s Id.4s7d ; do do, snnll, Is. Is 7d, 2* Id. Fat and tallow—The re was an average attendance of buyers, and brisk competition. 84 packages were catalogued and all sold. Fat, clean and well suved to 3d p'-rlb ; second quality from to 2fd perlb ; tallow in small fots to 3£d per Ib for good qu lity. and 2.fd per lb for second quality ; hides, sound, dry at 4d per lb ; salted, ordinary, at 3£d per lb ; damaged nt 2}/\ p-r Ib ; calfskins, sound, at 4d per lb ; cut and damaged, 2d per lb.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 641, 5 September 1882, Page 2
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782AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 641, 5 September 1882, Page 2
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