AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS. Waikato Times Office, Friday evening.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1319, 11 December 1880, Page 2

AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS. Waikato Times Office, Friday evening.

Auckland Caitlk Makkkt. — Mr. Alfred Auckland's Weekly Report : At the H.aymarketj on Friday last, bran brought £2 ios and £3 to*i the ton ; fine bonedust, £s 10s ; coarse, £5 12 6d the ton. Owing to the non arrival of the steamers from Waitara there was a very limited show of horse-stock, Inquiry for medium draught for farm purposes continues, and prices ranged from £iz' to £ai each. On Tuesday a full supply o f wool in small parcels was freely competed for at late values. Sheepskins brought from 2s 6d to 5s yd ; pelts, 2d to is 4d each ; Htdes, 3^d to 3jd the lb.; tallow, 24s 6d the cwt. In the country sales, held at Waiuku and Pukekohe,- on Saturday ana Monday respectively", there were full musters, and prices rallied upon those obtained a month since.,,, young cattle selling at high comparative values, and there was a steady demand for milking cows from known breeder! at ■ satisfactory prices. At Remuera, on Thursday, there was a fair demand for dairy cattle and y«ung stock — either steers or heifers, but gi own cattle were a low values. Fat cattle were in average numbers, and dull at sale, 132 head sold to the trade; prices were again lower, and ranged from 17s to 23s 'he zoolbs. Sheep were penned in fnll number and also met with a falling maiket. Bolb. wethers bringing izs and 13s each, or about ad the lb. Lighter weight sheep occassioned more competition, and brought nearly 2gd. Lambs were abundant, but in brisk enquiry, those of fair and good quality brought from ios to 16s each. Pigs were abundant, many of very coarse quality; those were at very low values, but dairy fed porkers maintained their price, and sold at j£d to 4d the lb. dead weight. Mkssrs Hunter anp Nqlan's Weekly Rk» port. — Horses : There has been little alteration in the market. An average number have been offered for sale, and found purchasers. At the Durham Yards, about the, usual number were entered for disposal by auction. Bidding fluctuated a good deal, but there was little alteration in the ralue as compared with the previous week. We quote hacks fiom £6 ios to £18 ; light harness horses, £1$ ios to £24 ; medium draught, ios to ios. — Cattle : Rather a large number have been brought forward, which met a steady demand, but there was no upward tendency in prices. — At Newmarket, on Tuesday, the yards were well filled. No firstclass dairy cows were yarded, nor was there a disposition to give long prices. Stpres were in increased numbers and sold fairly well. A good many fat beasts met steady competition, at from 22s to 26s per loolbs. There was no noteworthy alterations in the value of dairy and store stock. — Sheep : There was a moderate supply and steady demand. Prices were sustained, and for best pens of wethers an advance of fully is each was given. Lambs were in rather short supply and of good quality, and sold at from us to 15s 6d. —Pigs : Very few were yarded. SALE OF WOOL, HIDS, ETC. Messrs Hunter and Nolan held their second wool sale this season, in the stores, Durhamstreet, Thursday afternoon,. The quantity sold was about 200 bales, and a large number of bags and broken pieces. As a rule the wool was not of a high class, nor was it as a rule well got up. A practise was noticed which is far to common among the Auckland wool-growers, of packing the bags and bales with a purpose. This is a foolish practice, for when intending buyeis find in the bottom of a bale not the same quality of wool as on top, suspicion is created, and prices rule lower on account of the want ot confidence created, Those who act fairly are also sufferers from this unfair jpracticc. The wool, as a rule, was scarcely so high as at the previous sale, and buyers appeared to be unwilling to venture high prices. The highest price obtained was t2§d per lb. for longwool, washed. Wool in greese, generally, commanded from jd to jd^ per lb. A large number of hides were sold at prices ranging from z\ to i\c per lb., and sheepskins ranged from 4d to 4s 3d each. Tallow brought 24s per cwt. Thames, Thursday evening. Mr Buckland held a regular sale at Waitoa yesterday. There was a large attendance. The following prices are quoted : — Springing cows, L47sodto L 6 ; heifers, L 3 7<? 6d ; steers in good condition, L 7 to L 7 iss.i s s. A large number of horses realised satisfactory prices. Messrs Banks and Co. report that at the Parawai Yards to-day the cattle offered were in good numbers, and 'being of nice quality, met with a ready sale at from 25s to 27s 6d per ioolbs. Draft sheep, mi\ed sexo*, from Mr Alley's farm, HikuUia, realised 10s gdtoijs; hea\y wethers, 15s 3d to i=>s od — 23d per lb. ; lambs, 8s 6d to us. A few well-bred Berkshire pigs sold readily at 17s 6d to 21s 6d. The Waikato horses all found purchasers at satisfactory prices. Good hacks brought from L8 to L 25. Good backs brought from L8 to L 25. The steeplechaser Misfortune has fallen to Mr Ncal at 125.1 25.