DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Southland Times, Issue 3026, 9 March 1878, Page 2

DUNEDIN MARKETS.

; Maclean Brothers report for the week ending 6th March as follows :— Fat Cattle.— The market to-day was barely *'■" supplied. Sixty-four head of good quality ivere yarded, and for these there was brisk competition at an advance of 5s per 1001 b on V rates lately ruing Best bullocks brought c '"' £11 to '£13 5s , medium do, £8 to £9 ; cows from.£6to£}. 15s— equal to 30s per 1001 b forprime quality, and 25a for medium. A t above quotations we sold 30 head. rFat- Calves.— Eight of inf-rior quality were' penned, and sold at from 7s to 5s ■ •^•aohj'i Sheep.— 2l9l of fair quality were .rVpjßnnfd.andßoldat about laet week's rates. r? ; -^est (heavy weights) brought "from 10s 6d to 12s ; medium 7s 6d to 9s; merinos broughtirom 6s to 7s 9d. We sold o^acfeonntjaf Charles Turnbull, Es<;., 400 cross-breds at 95.._ ™-^ Fat l-imbSi-r-AJ llO^ l^ 6 ?????^ c*e * me ° 1 ? m qnal^J(»mej" forward— viz, '4l6, for which ..-^^.wWfair competition, but, on accoanfc Of ' "the quality, prices were nofc high. We sold, on account of Alex. Brown, Esq., 120 afc 63. Store Cattle.— We have no transactions to report. There is a fair demand fer wellcrown bullocks and speyed cowa, bafc fche

number offering is limited. Quotations are without change. Store Sheep.— Young merinos and oroflß* bredß are still in very brisk demand, but as there afc few or none of these in fche market, jbHyers have to content themselves with aged . sheep. Quotations are without material alteration. Say, for crose-breds 4 and 6 tooth, 7s 6d ; do 2-tooth, 6s 6d to 7b j merinos wethers 2, 4, and 6 fcootb, 6s ; do, fullmouthed, 3s 6s fco 4s 3d ,• merino ewes, 2, 4, and 6 tooth, 6s 6d to 7s 6d j do, full-mouthed, . 3s to 4- ; cross-breds and merino lambs, 5s 6d to 6s. During the week we have sold 4500. Wool.— No sales have been held in this market during the week. We shall offer a catalogue of about 150 bales on Monday next, llth insfc. Under date London, 26th February, Messrs Balme and Co. report :— The London Colonial wool sales opened this afternoon. The total number of bales available for the series is 260,000, including 49,000 from the Cape. Of this quantity 12,00 have been despatched to Yorkshire and the Continent. Thefirsfc day's catalogue whioh was fairly representative of the various lolonies, comprised 4000 bales. The attendance of both Home and , foreign buyers was exceptionally large, and the opening competition was extremely vigorous. Prices ranged about the sa»e as lasfc series, bufc medium greasy is a shade lower. Sheepskins, Hides and Tallow.- Our usual weekly sale we postponed from Monday last till Monday llth. Grain.— The deliveries of new wheat tnus far are very slight and no transactions of any moment bave been concluded, hence we have no basis for quotations. '1 he dema-d does not appear to be active. For oats there is a fair demand at 3s 4d to 3s 5d for old feed, and 3s 6d for milling samples. Best new milling maybe quoted at same figure, but feed is only worth 3s 2d to 3s 3d. Feeding barley is saleable afc 3s to 3s to 3s 3d; milnng. 3s 6d ; malting may be quoted afc up to 4s 6d.