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Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1665, 5 December 1873, Page 2

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CmastcHUßca- -The , C /L'ytteltbn Tirdes"i oftKe'^^tiltrgpoTtsV^ " ; " ''" ! ""[ ' ' : Thie'mark.etforall kinds of grain is very. dulV'antt' Ojiiotatibns remain as, they were last week. One or twp.stn.all shipments will! be made in the course of a few* days. Stocks: 4^flpujt f af|brheavyM'Virith.-butcJittle demand, and no increas^activ^tyijCan be looked for unless millers WiU lj cohcecle'a reduction, of at least ,10s/ periitoui' and^so -/induce jmitside. 'orders io clear off a portion of that whifeh they have on hand Quotations are : — ■ Wheat-,'^ 9A.^ qabsj 4s /5d ;< barleyj;aominal t 6s 9d'; Hour, miliers' quotations, LUlOsin flacks, "Ll2 m bags— los e'xftk'fco.b" in-'Lyt-telton; bran and .sharps, L 4 10s to L 5. Butter is w,or^h.7d to 7|d pe^lb j cheese,,6d;: bacon? and'nams,' Bd'. uneovered,'and Bicl hi ; cloth f . o.b. in Lyttelton. ; (y A.t yards, on, . "Wednes^day,- a large qtiahtriy of stock was nrought 'forward, and neariy }all>classesl6ommanded .brisk', competition. Cross-bred wethers, shorn, sold at an averagei'.of ilosr6d' equal uto 24dit6 ! 2^d per lb, which may be quoted as the present value • of mjitiiain.y.'ilatilambsjhave.sligh'tlyfreceded ■ in value, ranging from 8s to 10s, giving an average of Qs?. Merino ewes, in wool, with : cross-or^ lambs, are ia favorite class^of; stores, , and command prices rangingfrom 10s to. .1.25. Fat carae werein'bri^k' deman'dl'and's'6ia'at : prices' equal to fully 20s pef'lOOlb's, 7 wnich is pur , quotation for; < the .week; i Stores ..were: also eagerly^ pgmpejied fpr^and brought rates whic'li,,. as far as we can at present judge, will 'leave little for the graziers. , , '„ I