DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Southland Times, Issue 3927, 22 January 1881, Page 2

DUNE DIN MARKETS.

Messrs Wright, -Stephenson, and Co. report for the week ending 19th January as follows-: — ~ - - Fat jCattle. — A full supply came to hand/ 232 head being yai ded, mostly of fair quality. Last week's, prices weic barely maintained. "Wesold I lShead Qn. account of -vanbus vendors as undei :— Eighteen bullocks at fiom £9 12s 6d to £10 s<-, seven cows at fiom £6 7s 6d to £7 I7s Gd, 9 bullocks at from £9 153 to £10 I 7s Gd, 15 bullocks atfLom £7 to £S 17s fid, nine-cows a* fiom .£4 2s Gd to £G. 13 bullocks at fiom £7 10s to £9 UK 7 bullocks at £8 ' '10s, 10 bullocks at from £7 15s to £9 12s 6 J, 5 cattle at from £6 ,to £8 17s, fid. and 19 head at up to £8 7s Gd. We quote piime beef a.t___s 6d per lOOlbs. Fat Calves.— Twenty .penned, and sold at from ; 12s tcfS5 c . ± *- , j Eat- Sheep,— A laige number was penned — viz., 2503, consisting of 1803 crossbreds and 1000 merinos. We have to leport prices scarcely so firm -as last weel*;. tOux sales were J157 sheep, as follows : — 531 merino wetheis at fiom Gs Gd to 7s, 40 crossbieds at,7s 9d. 177 crossbreds at froin_9s 6d to 10s 3d, 200 cros,sbreds,at-from!Bs 9d to ,9s, and 209 cro's- 1 brcclwetbers at 83 6d. We quote- prime mutton at from lfd to 2d per lb. Piivalely ne have placed 1500 fat wcthei^. Fat Lambs. — 595 penned, of which wesold 246 as follows : -99 at 6s 9A, 37 at 6s 6d, GO at ss9d; and 50iit 053d.7 Fat Pigs. — Sixty penned - * "We sold 17 su.keis at f rotn. 12s to l£s. _, ( - Store Cattle.— We have inquiries for two-year-old^ fcteers-'Hi J fresh condition, and for' four-and five-year-old bullocks in tbe same order. .«..._, - Store Sheep. — There' is an active demand for yonng sheep, both crossbred* aud merinos. . , Horse-;.—^Strong' - upstanding*' light-harness horses, heavy, diai ghts, and first-class hacks are iirfafr demand, and arc/ saleable a; the' following quotations- :^— fHeanCdiaughts At from £32 to £45; m^diup, £2u to £30;* good hacks and' licht harness hoise - *„ £16 to £2-5; light and infeiior, £3~ to £S. Sheepskins.— "We 7 held'bup weekly sale on Monday last. T^ereVwas, a full attendance of buyers, and everej^ot catalogued was disposed r p'f ,at prices. llutcheis' crossbreds 'fetchecf fiom 4s_ lOd to '6s Id; merinps, front 3si9d to^Ss sd;peJts,;from 9d to ls od; lambskin's^ ,i 10m Sti. to *JL& 'lOlT" station skins/ from Is 1 1 to 5s la* each, and in bales atjfrom 5d to Qjjd per lb. ,r r - Hides^arelkbi rsk inquiry. 1 and aie featiilv^ saleable at quotations. Oa Monday last we _6ldßaat3fdT»erlb. ' - * ' \ li Grain.-r-Wheat: TJhde jsnot m*JCh;offei i,ig at present. Ow-ng, bowever, to most of the millers being well s upplied, ihe demand ia not ' greatv *We qtibtg'prime milling wheatnomina'ly'at'from 4s 6-I' to 4s 9d; medicrra.' 4s to 4s 3d; inferior and fowls' whcat,'2j ttd to 3s*3d. f Oats are in affair leqiu'st'Fnrshipment. A We quote prime rail '.in g'afcl*-* 7ft per bushel, and trood -feed-fit from Is 5d +0 Is Gd. '' Barley : In/the abiencc of sales w"e refrain fiom quoting. - L^L_