DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XLIX, Issue 2449, 2 March 1900, Page 2

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET.

MrfSßia A. Mokitzson and C 0.," Dunediu clieebe> _lu veiy keen demi»nd, and tells readily at the following pricee :—Dairy 4£d to 4§d, factory medium 4j|d to 5d per Jb, loaf 4j|d to 5d per lb. Hoitehair.—lβ 3d to Iβ 4d per lb. Bacon.—Flitches 6d ; hams 7d. y^t.—Rendered 13b to 16s; rough 12d to 13eiercwt. Beeswax.- Is 5d to Is 7d. Boney.-4d to4i"d. Hides. —In strong demand. We hare v good order, and we cau guarantee top market values. We quote frum 3£d to 4£d per lb. Sheepskins.—Pelts from 6d to Is9d, extra to 2a 3d ; lambskins Is 6d to 2a 6d each ; halt Dred 6d to 6|d ; merinoea 7d to 7id ; erotsbreds 5d to b£d per lb. Cockufoot. —We shall be pleased to receive sample? , . Quotations ere fiom 2id to 3d per lb for beet farmers' lines, f.c.b., Akaroa. %■, ADDINGTON LIVE (STOCK MARKET. Wednesday. Meaais Mataon and Co. repoit: — Store sheep were enteied iii larger numbers than even during the fast few weeks, the total beirg about 14,250. The bulk of the theep were extremely rough. Nearly all the lineb of good (Janterbuiy hied aheep vne cleared at full rates, bui ewes of uncertain bgee and rough and infetior theep ehowed a decided weakening in values. The chief sales were 318 cix and tight-tooth ewes J3s 3d ; 119 two-tooths 12s io, 300 at 12e ; 124 two, tour and eix-tooths, Hβ lid ; 170 at lie 2d ; 2CO at Uβ ; 148 at 10a 9d ; 400 eouLdmouthed, 9a 3d to 9s 7ri ; 177 et 9* s:d at Sβ 4d ; 166 at 7s 7d ; 104 merino ewes; 7b; 174 two-lcoth wethers, 13a Id ; 112 at 13b ; 112 at 12b 7d ; 108 two and four -tooth 11s 10d ; 1260 iour and cix tooth, lls 10d ; ISOO Chatham Island wetheia 10s to He 10rt; fiOO 9s 2d to 9s 5d ; 241 lambs lOa lid ; 132 at 10b td ; 600 at 10b 3d ; 94 at 10b 2d ; 253 at 10b Id ; 110 at 9a 3d ; 181 at 9s. Fat lambs were in good supply, and the entry included some very prime consignments. There was active competition, and ell classes sold exceptionally well, prime Jots BhowJDg, if anything, an impiovemen;. JTrttzliig fcoita marie 12* to 13a 7d, prime heavy weights to 14- 7d, light and unfinished «citt>loe7d to lie 61. Crosfcbred wethers rangid from 14- to 17a 6d, freezers being 4aken at 15s to 15s S I, best ewes 13s 6d to Jse, others 10s to 13s, merino wethers 9s to 13b 9J, and merino ewes 5s to Bs. *£ The biipply of beef consisted of 159 head. JYicte were t-Bsier by Is per 1001b, ihe range of >alue.s beiug :~ For prime 16a 6d to 18<, medium 14s 6d to 163, and cow mm in eriur 12a 61 to 14a pel IOO.b. Sle. ra made JBS 72.- 6d to £8 2s 6d, extra to £9, he im

£4 to £6, extra to £7 12e 6d, and cows ai d iLieiiur £6 )2s 6d. There was a laige mixed eniry ol more cattle, but the bulk wero passed at auciicn, the prices offered not being sutisiactory lo eellers. Two-year steers made £3 10», and three-year do. £5 83 6d. Dairy cowb sold well, the top price being £7. Pigs wtie in short supp'y. BacoDere 3i<l to 3id per lb., porkers to 4d per lb., btores Its to 20s, euckerkt and weaners, 6s to 10s.