DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 3432, 30 December 1885, Page 2

DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Fat Catt'e.-Only 134 head yarded, mestly medium to good quality beef. This number, although small, proved fully equal to the trade's requirements, and prices as compared with laßt week's manifested no quotable change. The demand was very slack, and the attendance of buyers only moderate.' Best bullooks, from L 8 to L 1 0! medium,. L6to L 7 105.—1.. Maolean (on behalf of the British and Ne» Zealand Mortgage and / genoy Company, Limited) sold 38 head as follows : —For Mr Samuel Fletcher (Gore), 12 bullooks from L 7 10« to L 8 2a 6d; for Mr Henry Palmer (Otakia), 12 bullooks from 15. 15a to L 6 10*; (or Mr James Liddell (Taieri Beach), 10 bullooks from L 5 15s to L 8 15s; and for Mrs J. Clark (Portobello), 4 cows at up to L 5 2s Gd. r>. Keid and Co. yarded 37, and sold for Mr Wm. Shand (Keith Hall), 7 bullooks at L67s 61 to LlO ;"5 cows at L 4 12a 61 to L 6 2a 6d; for Mr H. Bernard (Riverside), 3 ballocks at L 4 17s 6d to L 7 ss; for Mr H. Brown (Outram), 14 bullooks at L 8 ss. Fat Sheep.—l3Bs penned—an unusuallly small supply; still it proved fully equal to the demand, and prioes obtained were but little in advance of the rates current last week.—Wright, Stephenson, and Co, sold 496 af follows :—Kor Mr lid ward Menlove (Windsor Park), 105 prime oross-brnd ewes at 108; for Mr William Meek (Enfield), 35 cross-bred ewes at 9a 3d; for Mr. Georgo Aitcheaon (Awamoko), 35 ; oross-bred ewna at 9a; for Messrs Ross Brothers (Medowbank), 40 half-bred ewes at 8s ; for Mr J. Wylie (North Taieri), 120 oross-breds ewes at from 9s 3d to 9s 6d, and 136 half-brods at from 0s 3d to 8a 9d ; for Mr E, J. Pardew (Waimate), 17 oroßß-bred ewes at 7s 6d; and for Mr J. Bishop (Pleasant Point), 8- at 8s 9d,—Donald Stronnch (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan . and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) sold • on account of Mr John Borton (Maerewhenua) and othors, 200 cross-bred ewes to 9s 6d,— L. Maclean (pn behalf of the. British and New Zealand Mortgage and Agency Company, Limited) sold for Mr J. Robertson (fleriot), 30 crossbred ewes at 6s 6d; and for the New Zealand and Australian Land Company (Pareoro Estate), 192 crossbred ewes from 93 to 10s 9d,—Donald Reid and Co. sold for Mr R. Paton (Pukerau Junction), 31 crossbreds at 10a ; 41 merino ewes at 5a 9d; for Mr Jihn Shand, 160 orossbreds at 9s 6d ; for Mr A. Fleming (Gore), 59 crossbreds at 10s 3d to lis 6d s for Mr John Finch (Tokomairiro), 42 oroaebreds at 9a 3d to 12a 6d; for Mr Georgo Cookerill (Milburn), 20 crossbreds at 9s 3d to 12s 3d. Henry Driver sold 66 . crossbred wethers on account of W. Shand (Taieri), at from 9s 3d to 10s 13d, and for other vendors a few small drafts at quotations.

Fat Lambs —BO3 penned, of all qualities, from inferior .to prime. Competition was very diill, and prions generally In favor of buyers. - About one-third of tha supply was turned out unsold.—Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 371 as follows For Mr William Meek (Enfield), 110 primo lambs at 7s 9d ; for Mr George Aitoheson (Awamoko), 40 at 7s 3d ; for Messrs Ross Bros. (Moeraki), 50 at 5a 9d ; for Mr E. Pardew (Waimato), 15 at sa; for Mr E. B. Amyes(Hillhampton), 40 at 5s ; and for Mr John Bishop (Pleasant Point). 86 at 4s 6d.—Donald Stronaoh (for the N.Z.L. and M.A. Co.) sold on aooount of. Mr John Shaw (Maheno) and others, 154 at quotations.—D. Reid and Co. sold for Mes«rs C. and J. M. Todd (Enfield), 46 at 7s; for Mr S' and, 69 at 7s; for Mr W. Kirkland, 29 at 7s 6d ; for Mr W. Thompson Taieri), 30 at 6s 3d ; for Mr John Finch, 34 at 7s; for Mr George Cooberill, 57 at 5s 6d to 6s 6d; Mid for Mr J, Freeman (Green Island), 20s at 5s 9d. ' Pigs. Sixty-nine penned. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 48, at from 24s to 30s for bacon pigs, at 16s 6d to 22s for pokers, and at from 8s 6d to 12s for stores. —Henry Driver sold 13 suckers at from 6s 6d to 10a, and 1 pig (heavy weight), at from 41s. Store Cattle.— No business doing pre. sent. . , , Store Sheep.—The number for sale for immediate and forward delivery Is vory great, but purchasers seem to be few and far between. There are absolutely none ohanging hands, and the causes of this stagnation iu trade are apparently saarcity of feed and the uncertainty of obtaining a remunerative price for the sheep when fattened. Wool.—The sales in Melbourne ooutinue to progress satisfactorily, the attendance of buyers being good, and the competition brisk. ... Sheepskins.—The weekly sales took place to-day, and were well Competition was brisk, and laßt week's prices maintained. Country cross-breds brought np to 3s 7d; do merinoß, up to 3s lOd; butchers' crossbreds, 3s 9d to 4s 4d; do merinos, 2s 7d to 3s 9d; green pelts, 2d to 4d; and lambskins, 6d to Bd. Rabbitskins.—The demand is not so aotivo and prices lower. None offered this week. Tallow.— There is no improvement to report. All coming forward, howover, is saleable at recent quotations. loferior, 12s to ,14s; medium, 15s to 17s; good to prime, 18a to 19s ; rongh fat, 7s to lis per owt^ Grain.— Wheat: Little buainess doing j values unaltered. Oats i There exists an inquiry for very choice milling samples, of which, however, there are few offering. Other qualities are neglected, Finest milr ling is quoted at Is lOof to Is 10£ d y prime short "feed, Is 9d to Is 9Jd ; common feed, Is 7d to Is B£d. Barley : No transactions.