DUNEDIN LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1829, 12 February 1863, Page 2

DUNEDIN LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Thbbb has been a good demand during the week for all classes of stock, with tbe exception of fat cattle, an over-supply of whicii continues to depress lhe mark«t T and^w.e suspect it will take some time before any improvement can he expected: Judicious supplies coming to hand in abont 14 days will, we anticipate, mcc t a favorable reaction. Fat Cattle.— Ou Monday we yarded 50 very prime imported cattle, but withdrew them, the best ofTer beiug about 4*17. We quote prime beef not over 558. ; second qaality, 45s to SOs per 100 lb. Fat CALVEB.-*-We have sold at 8 per lb. Store Cattle have, been in good , request. We have made a further sale of 400 head from the Northern Island, all bullocks over 2| years, at £12 16s. We have disponed of the Glenshee's cargo of 150 head, from Wellington, part fat, at £15 per head; alao a small lot of 60 young catile, ex Gazelle, at £8. We have close at hand another fine mob of 290 head mixed store oat»le, from Canterbury, belonging to Messrs. Lloyd and Hyde, tbe arrival of which will be duly advertised. We quote mixed mobs. Provincial, trom £12 to £H, accord ing to a^e and quality. Ship cattle over 2 years, £10 to £12 10; under thnt age, £8 to £9 10s. W»bki>o Bullocks and Daibt Cows. — Workers continue dull of sale, (horse flesh and provender bemgr much lower), wbile grass is not now plentiful. We hiive disposed of % pairs at £25 per pair, very fair quality. Ordinary teams are worth about £45 per pair. Dairy cows saleable at £16 to £18. Fat Sbeep contirue in good demand at about 8d per lb delivered in town. We have disposed of a frinall flock taken on the run nt 1\ ; these prices maybe taken as a fair quotation at present. We are in hunrly evpecration of the arrival of the Gazelle from Wellington with 1500 prime large slieep. Store Shbep — New Zealand ewes continue in good request, 2, 4, and 6 tooth at about 30s. Ewe and wether spring lambs are much enquired for at about ISs. Imported ewes and wetheis are wortii from 24s to 265. We have sold 1 300 Victorian ewes and 400 ditto wethers, 3 months acclimatized, both lots together ac -6s per head. Statiok Property — We hear of the sale of Peel's Station in Southland, some 20,000 acres with 1,400 Bheep, a few ho'raes and cattle for the sum of £3 ,600. The p v rch nse ris Captai n ( J od frey. Horses. — The market is now suffering from a plethora of imporled stock, the late large arrivals having materially affected prices ; this depression, however, we anticipate, will only be temporary, as the' class of horses most in demand are not iv the shipmeuts which are now hourly expected In port; heavy draught horees are still in request, but we find it difficult to place them, from ihe fact that the lighter description of stock bave a downward teudency. We have dispofied of during the week several small lots ex the Joshua Bates, Alice Thorndike, Eleonora, Hargraves and Omeo at fair prices. Our quotations are as follows, viz : — Heavy draught horses from £65 to £90, (one very fine mare realized £105) ; second olass ditto irom £80 to £.'JS ; good B> rong upstanding light harness horses wiil fetch from £30 to £40, and middling hacks from £20 and upwards. 1 We haye a eecond draft from the Omeo for sale on Monddy next, whioh we think will fetch satisfaciory prices. WRIGHT, ROBERTSON, & CO., Stock and Station Salesmen, \ Dunedin. Punedin, 7th Feb., 1860. i