DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1546, 24 August 1886, Page 4

DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS.

At tbe'BuE'nside Yards on 'Wednesday the following' acted : Fat several . t¥ff&l^lfay *o)eeir 4 sWed t up. The 1 - Urger* l pfSpbttiOn* c ef Wfihse forward weiejumedinm'cbpiab‘ty,-rsa'nd thebalance fair to good. .Owing to the inthe weather the trade was not so* * feliy J lisuai, b ! ut’ competition was fairly active,. and prices about equal to last week, - Best bullocks brought ffn’#£N'7tf6d'fo) £9 £4 5s to £7 10s; best-cows, £6 10s to £7 12a 6d ; rfmedium,^. 7e n 6d to £6. J}r‘ t-1 Jf" ; : ,’ Fat Sheep—A amall supplywasferward the etfhbsf Jb ffJdfty" throughout was only medium, with several pens: vprime. .Competition -was r fairly brisk and prices, a shade higher,; while medium quality' was f leas competed for and prices • ’easier.’: r« Prime." o crossbred wethers, 2 s:! !9d (onV f pbn‘•!& ;) medium,T9S td -10 s befetS db eWes, 10s to 12s fid.;,.medium, 85.6d,t0 10a 6d ; merino wethers,’ 6a 9d to 9s. Pigs—Only 74 were forward, comprising all sorts. Wright, Stephenson and Co. sold bacpners it. from 36a to 62s (a few extra heavy, at from 65s to 695); porkers, at fr6m l 5s a 6d to £1; and young Stores, from 2s to 7s. Burses— Wright, Stephenson, and Co. quote first-class draughts at from £22 to £26; medium do, £ls to £2O; good hacks and strong, carriage horses, £l4 to nediutn hacks and light harness horses, £8 to £l2 ; inferior, 30s to £5.