AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 645, 19 September 1882, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS.

.Messrs H. Matson and Co. report on the Live Stock Market, &c, for the week ending Thursday, Sept. 14th. 1882, as follows: —At yesterday's Addington market the suprjly of sheep was again limited, and hid it not heon "for South Canterbury contributions tbe sale would have b"en a remarkable small one. As it was 4067 sheep represented tho tot il entry, about one-third of which were meiinos of a medium class the balance being with scarcely any exception, as grand a lot of crossbreds as we bye ever seen tog dher in these yards. The small sales of tho past two or three weeks have no doubt resulted from the near approach o" shearing, and this onca over there i-i nver) uroVihiiity of onragnn getting inn::b I inrer entries. In a in irkefc o; su h uriifirm'y good quality as shown on Wednes lay, it is almost invidious to p.trteul irise any one line, but we think nono will ihmy Messrs G mid and Cameron the p dm of tbe day. their crossbred wethers being, we consider, one of the best drafts of sheep that have evfr come to hand from the S-)ringli-M stition on to the Addington Yards. The class and character of the ab-jve owners' sheen are so well known to those who do business at the yards that they require no co nment from us; but the term "Mountains of mutton and biles of wool " m ty be not mi appropriately apo'ied tolbeeo isigmnmt we had the . p ! o i.-aue of offering on account of Messrs'lon!,l ami Cnneron on Wednesday. Tne first four pens' of the line brought 22s 31, topping tiie nrirket by shillings per head, the b tlance 18s 61 to 19s, or an allround average for 351 of something over 19s 61 per head. Of our other entries "we withdrew only two small lines, heading the day's prices in m'jrim.s at 14s, tbe general price being about 12s 6d, and for crossbreds 16s to 17s 6d. In comparison with last week's market we consider values were much about the same, though tho larg'i entry of merinos proved too imtny for the trade resulting in the withdrawal of several sin dl lots. Ft lambs are coming to baud rather more plentifully than is usual at this early part of the season, ;tid there is every prospect of the supply being fairly well in liutaiuod. Prices for the best fines ranged from 141 to 16-t 6d, others 10s to 12s. In fit cattle there was about an average, supply, the quality varying front very inferior to prime heel. On ac> ount uf Messrs Fleming we disposed of a line of 24 bead of very nice cattle ; steers at i'ivm iB 17s 61 t.'o il\2 ss. or an average of .i'jout £9 17s per he-id : heifers, from 1,6 to .£7 10s ; and for other owners the i'::lancc of our entries at proportionate rates. Taking tbe market throughout, we consider prices much about, the Mine as last, week, the best .selling freely in comparison to II ::'-v -<;;ts nt from 2,>s to to 2vj per 10'JJh. Tee warm growing weather of the past fortnight has given pastures a bit of a start, yet the nights li,-iv I'een !M'«i!'' cold, and feed is not hudi .en v • ...i'd ■<■> c.i c .i u-.-y brisk

demand f>r store stock. At yesterday's sale a fair entry was penned, and of 180 head of cattle submitted by ourselves we placed about 120 of the number at but slightly improved rates. The totals yarded for the day comnrisod 4067 sheep, 363 head of cattle and 159 pigs. Messrs H. Matson and Co. report holding a sale of cattle and other goods at Olphert's H-.tel, Little River, on Thursday, 14th inst. The Little River Road Board had in their wisdom refused the upg of the pound for the sale, and the representative of the firm duly impounded the cattle entered in her Majesty's name, undertaking at the same time to pay the pound fees. Of couise. it is for tho members of the Board to justify their action to their constituents in stopping legitimate tradeby an old fiction of Provincial Legislation Sales were very sluggish in young sto-k, and sales in dairy cows were rather difficult to effect. One of the chief Hm-s of tbe sale was the sale of one of our constituents donkeys to tho Rev. R. It. Bradley. Several sales were transacted privately at about the prices we quote below. The following are lots sold by us : —61 2 y<>ar-olds at £3 15s ;■ ■15 do at £2 12s 6d ; 3 do at £2 10s. 14 mixed stores and heifers, 2 and 3-year-olds at £3 15s ; 13 do at £4 12s 6d ;" 4 do at £3 7s 61, and 12 do at £3 7s 6d. 1 bull at £1 17s 6d ; 1 do (first class pedegree) £10 10s. 1 cow and calf £3 ss. 1 steer £3 15s ; 1 do £1 10s. 1 bull £2 12s 6d, and a pair of workers at £3 10s each.