Dimedin Produce Market.

Otago Witness, Issue 1704, 19 July 1884, Page 15

Dimedin Produce Market.

J. H. KiMODR, grain and produce broker, reports under date July 16 as follows:—

Flnur.— Thero is no change in prices since date of last report— viz., £8 103 in sacks, £S 16a in 1001b batca. and £4 in fifties.

Oatmeal — £11 to £11 10s per ton. Potatoes. -There have bee i yezyfew arrivals, but as the demand is limited to lo.'al consumption prices have not improved. My Bales have been prime Kakanui at £2 15s per ton

ButtLr. Several shipments have taken place, but owing to the overstocked state of the market thero is no iniprovf meat in r>rico. Prime butter in kegs may be quoted at 8d to Bsd por lb (kegs extra). ■Hams and Bacon. -Prime quality smoked hams. lOd to lOid ncr lb ; bit-on, 8118 1 1 • B.Vd. Ch esti. -i \ ito 5d per lb for prime Akaroa. Honey — 'Jnere i« a fair inquiry, and I have placed oevcial to s at up to 4jd per lb (kegs extra)

Stock and Station Reports.

Ecasi'a Wright, Stepuenson, and Co. report for the v/ebJi rndiiur July 16 as follows :—

_FafcCUt!e. — The number jarded was 183, and consist id mainly of good quality Prices showed a decline on last week.-? rate*. Wo sold 80 head, a 6 from £7 to £9 for bullocks, and £5 lOd to £3 10a for cows-prices equal to i2i 6 i por 1001b. Fat Sheep.—^l44 were penned, of which 800 were merinos. We sold 300. Best cro3abreda brought from 163 6d to 18a 0d ; medium, 12s 6d to 14s; best merinos, S3 6d to 12s. We quote niuifcon 2Jd per lb. Pigs — Only X c \me to hand, an bacon pigs, which we Eold at tioin 52d ta 65s each.

Store Catt'o and Store Sheep. — No transactions. Hijiscb. -Our entries on Saturday consisted of 104 hcai oi" ail descripfi m°. There is an excollent demand for good young draughts, especially marcs, for ehtpmoat. We sold in all 58 head. We quote first-class draughta, £'0 to £tf ; meiiunx do, £20 to £25 ; good hajks iina )ii;ht harness borers, £15 to £20 ; medium, do, £'0 t^£i2 ; light and inferior, ?0a to £5. ' bheo. ski'js.— Ou Monday wo offered a largo eataloj.uo. which was c'oaied alter spirited competition. Butchers' green skins, ciossbred9, brought 3a 2d to 3j Sd ; moriiun, 33 to 3* sd ; dry station skins, Is to 2g 6d : bkins in bales, 4Jd to 4|d per lb for merinos, and 4Jd per lb for crotsaoreds. Hides.— Our sales during the week consisted of 274. Best hides are worth 3Jd to 4d ; modium do, 3d per lb. Tallow.— We quote best rendered, £31 10s; medium. £27 ; rough f it, £19 to £23.

Grain.— Wheat : There ia a good demand for prime samples, particularly of velvet and Tuscan, which wo quote at Zi 3d to 3s 53 ; red straw, 3a Id to 3s 3d ; medium, 2s 9d to 3s ; fowls' f eod, Is 6d to 2a 6d. Oata are in fair inquiry for shipment, at prices about equal to last quotations, as follow : Heavy bright milling, 23 Id to 2a IJd ; bright feed, 2a to 2sojd ; discoloured, Is lOd to Is lid ; DaniPh. Is 9d to Is lOd. Barley : Beet samples are inquired for at 4s .to 4s Id j medium may be quoted at 3a 6d to 3s 9d, bags extra ; milline, 23 odto3?. *'

Mr DonaiiD Stronaoh (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) reports sales for the week ending July 16 as follows :—

Fat Cattle.— We sold on account of Messrs H Lind" say (Pukeuri), and others, cdws at up to £8 12s 6d and bullocks £6 7s Cd, and quote prime beef 20s to 22s 6d ; ordinary, 15s to 17s 6d per 1001b. Fat Sheep.— We f-old on account of Mr J. C. Buckland (Tumal), 292 crossbred wethers at 13s 6d to 14a : Mr H. Lindsey (Pukeuri), 70 do do at 13s 3d to 14s 9d, 69 merino wethers at Us 9d to 12s ; Mr R. Wilson (Komarua), 253 merino wethers at 10s 3d, 50 crossbred ewes at 14s, 69 do wethers at 14s 3d to 15s ; and quota mutton 2£d to 2Jd per lb. Store Cattle.— Wo sold today at Burnsid&, or* account of Messrs Brugh Bros., 51 head mixed* Three-year-old steers brought £3 10s, two-yoar-old do 403, others 183 to 345.

Mr L. Maclean (on bohalf of tho British and New Zealand Mortgage and Agency Company, Limited), reports eales for the week ending July 16 as follows :— -

Fat Cattle. — On-acoouct of MrWm. Grant (South Canterbury), 11 bullocks at from £6 17s 6d to £8 ss ; on account of Mr James Liddle (Taieri Beach), 9 really prime heifers at from £6 12s 6d to £9 10s (average £7 12s 6d) ; from Mr A. Grant (Temuka), 61 head at for bullocks up to £S 12s Gd, cow's and heifers up to £8 7s 6d; 011 account of Messrs Waldie, Richards, and others, cows up to £6 17s 6d. I quote reallj prime beef at 223 6d to 253 ; medium, 2ls. Fat Sheep.— l sold, on account of tho New Zealand and Australian Land Company (Totara), 150 prlma crossbred ewes at from 17s 6d to 18a 6d (topping tha market for crossbreds) ; on account of Messrs A. Poai and Sons (Mount Gowric), 251 merinoa at from ?s 9d to 83 3d, 60 crossbredß at from lls to 14s 6d. j andi quote prime mutton ut 2id per lb.

Messrs Donald Rkid and Co. repoit sales for tha week ending July 16 as follows :—: —

Fat Cattle.— We sold 30 for Mr William Kirkland (Strath-Taieri) ; 30 head small prime cattle at £4 10 ato £7 7a Ccl, for Mr James Oughton (Janefield) ; 6 cows at £5 ss, for Mr A. Brown (Strath-Taieri) ; 18 bullockn at £7 17s 6d to £9 12s 6d. We quote beßt beef 22s 6d ; medium, 18) to 20a per 1001b. Fat Sheep. -We sold for Mr J. G. Grey ( Waihola Gorge), 205 prime wethcre at 17s to 18s ; for Mr J. KU Sa'mond (Tokomairiro), 32 crossbreds at 15s 9d ; foeMessrs Hall Bros. (Georgetown), 70 merino wethers afe 11s 3d to lls 6d ; for Mr James Shand (Outram) 30ft crossbreds at lls to 16a 3d. We quote mutton 2Jd per lb.

Pig3.— Only 14 in. We sold tor Messrs J and A. Robertson (Huntly), 1 at 92s 6d, 2 at 75j, & at 575.

Messrs Stmiienson and Co. report sales for the week ending 16th July a.% follows :—

Fat Cattle. — We sold drafts on account of Messrs Jones, Richards, and others at— best bullocks, from £3 103 to £0 2s Gd ; ordinary, £4 10s to £7 10s ; cows, £3. 17s 6d to £8 12s.