DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1579, 10 May 1887, Page 4

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS.

The following IS t ho re P ol ' fc for the week ending Wednesday i-^ —This market continues td bold a firm tone, and rather than accept even s alight advance on last week'a quotation* soine of the few growers who still hold prefer storing for a time. Whole ohioken wheat has a good inquiry for shipment coastwise, and for this description full rates can be obtained. Prime milling, velvet and tusoan, 3a 8d to 3b 9d, and Id extra for very ohoice; good to beet, 3a 7d to 3i 8d; medium, 3s 3d to 3s 6d; inferior and fowls' wheat, whole, 2» lOd to 3s Id ; broken, 2a 9d (ex store, bags weighed in). Oats—A modera'e amount of business has bean transacted during the week in these, an - J eveiy available chance for ahippiug eagerly seized, eipeoially for Australian ports. Pricea,s however, show bat little improvement. Stout bright willing are the onij sort in d?msnd, at 1r 7d to la 7£d ; short bright feed, Is 6£d to Is 7d ; madium, lr. 53 to Is 6d ; discolored and inferior, la -id to 1b 4d (ex store, bags weighed in). Bailey—This market ia still bars of good maltinfj and values rem tin firm. There it a (SO'-d demand for milling, and supplies diffioult to obtain. Prime mailing, 3* lOd to 4j Id ; medium, 3> 6i to 3» 9d (sacks extra); milling, 3s to 3b 3d; feed, 2s 6d to 2> 9d.

Ryegrass Seed—Sales of small lots are still brir.g tffeot«d, but, being merely for speculation, prices are low, * ud without any indications of improvement. Last week's quotations are applicable. Ooksfoot Seed -There is little or no demand for this in the meantime. Quotations nominal, Onuff—The market is fairly supplied at £2 12s 6d to £2 15s for best quality; medium sello at j£2 5j to £2 7s 6d. Potatoes—Beit southerns move off at £2 ss. Butter—Prime salt, 7£d 5 fresh, 8d to Bid for b--St mixed cases. Egg&—Supplies are short; the price is 2s 3d per doz. Sheepskins—Country dry orossbreds and inferior to medium brought 8d to 2s 9d ; do do insrino, 7d to 2s 6d ; good to best, 3i to 4b fid ;do do merino, 2s 9d to 4) 3:1; dry gol««, 2Jd to 6i ; butcners' gresn oroesbreds, 2s 5d to 3); do do merino, Is 7d to Is lid; lambskins, Is 8d to 2s lid. Hides -For inforior and bulls', 3.Jd to 2d ; light, 2£d to iU ; medium, 2£d to 3£d j he»vy (601 b auu ovar, in good oondiiion, free from cuts and off»l), 3?d to 4£d per lb. Tallow—lnterior and mixed, 10a to 13i j mi Hum to good, 14s to 15s ; best mutton, 16s to I 83; for extra good qualitj 19a is asked. Rough fat is in good request, and the piioe firmer ; for inferior to medium, 7s to 8s; medium, 9s to 10*; good to beat, lis to 12s per cwt. DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS.

At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted:— Fat Cattle.—2o3 were yarded; very few were prime, most of them being only ordinary quality. Best bullooks brought from £6loa tu £8; ordinary to good, £4 2s 6d to £6 5s } cows, flora £3l2i6i to £B. Wright, Stephenson and Co. sold for Mr M. Quinn (Temuka), 4 bullocks at from £6l7a 6d to £7153, and 3 oows at £5 ss. Donald Reid aud Co. sold for Messrs McGoveiin and Hardy (The Hook, Waimate), 12 prime bullooks at £7. BVtSueep,—243s were penned, consisting ohufly ol crossbred sheep ; one small lot of merinos was yarded; all were from good to prime quality. £ ricei showed an advanoe of about Is per head on those of last week. Best orcSßbred wethers brought from 8s 6d to 10s; ordinary, 5s 9d to 8i; best do ewes. 7s 6d to 9j 3d j medium to good, 4a 9d to 7s. L. Maclean sold for the executors in the estate of the lateMr M. Studholme (Waimate), 128 orostbred ewes at 5i 9d to 6i 9d. Wright, Stephenson and Co. sold tor Mr John DougUs (Waihao Downs), 137 crossbred hoggots at 6) 3d. Fa'j Limbs hardly proved sufficient for requirements. Prioes were in adv<tno» of those of last week's sale, and lambs sold at from 3s 6i to 8s 3J. Fat Oalvta— Donald Reid and Co. sold 6 at ?3i t0,33s eaoh. Pigs.—l 74 yarded, comprising all sorts. Bidding was slaok. Suckers brought from 4s 6d to 7a 6d; small stores, 12s to 15s; porkers 18s to 28s; baooners, 30a to 46a; two or three very heavy weights, up to 56a. Donald Stioiach sold for Mr J. Grioisey (Oraxi), 38 at from 12s to 295. HcBSE M ABE ST. limit Wright, Stephemoa, and Co. quote first-class young heavy draughts (broken, with tualti) at from £2O to £25 j medium, £lO to £ls ; first class hacks and lighq> Harness hoises, £ls to £2O; medium, £8 to £l2 ; good useful hacks (broken or unbroken) suitable for India, £6 to £l6 ; light and interior, £llos to £5. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Adelaide, May 7. Wheat is steady at 3s lOd per bushel, Town flour at £9 10s to £9 15s. Country brands £8 5s to £8 10s. Sxdnbi, May 6. Wheat is 3i to 3s 8d; oats, 1b 9d to 2i 4d: maize, 3i to 3s 3d. New Zealand potatoes (market glutted) quoted at 50s to 52s 6d. ENGLISH MARKETS.

London, May 7. The wheat markot is hardening owing to the prospect of a late harvest in England and on the Continent. The visible supply is decreasing. English and foreign sorts aie quoted at 6d to Is dearer. Australian oargoes on the spot are mentioned at 37s and 395. Several parcel* for London have been «old at 34i Gd.