DUNEDIN LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1841, 12 March 1863, Page 2

DUNEDIN LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Weight Eobinson 5s Co'sjßeport for the week ended 7th March, 1863;

Fat Cattle.— Few have been yarded during tht week, and these must have left a loss to the shipper. We have soldra few good fat beasts ex Kate Waters at £16 lOs'pVr head, "which price considering deaths and expenses, ftave a considerable loss. We have to hand by this vessel from Gippa Land, 45 head ; per Fanny A. Garriquee, from Welliagton, 46 head; and 57 bend, ex Bexnark, which, from having been a long time on board, have arrived in viery indifferent order. There must now be a. total cessation of shipments for at least fourteen, days, t? allow the market to rally. We quote good be'etat) about 45s to 50s per 100 ft. v •...,-,.

Fat Calves. — We have disposed of a few .very nice calves at £5 ss.

Store Cattle.!— We have to hand 60 head ex Remark, sold at £ 10. We have also disposed of sever.al small lots ex recent shipments at from £10 10s to £12 10s. We have to hand ex Fanny. A. Garriqoes 70 head of very good store cattle. We have also at Waikouaiti two very fine herds, due of 260 belonging to Messrs. Lleyd and Hyde, of Can* terbury, and 200 from Messrs. Harris and Inne's run, of the famous Dean's breed. We quote good stoics— Provincial, £11 to £14; ship do, £9 to £11. Store Cattle in the Northern Island have become scarce, and have advanced at leaat 2s percent, in price. Working Buliooks and Da iky Cows. — War have several to hand from Gipps Land and Wellington, which, however, are ndt saleable, the difficulty being to get whole teams accustomed to work together. We quote good acclimatised teams i at £50 to £60 per pair. Ship cattle' £35 to £45, according to quality. Good dairy cows saleable at. £ls to £20.

Fat Sheep.— We hear of few sales during the week, butchers being well supplied, Wo quote goood mutton at about 8d per ft. At the Lake diggings we hear of one sale of 800 fat wethers at 9| per lb. The retail price is from Is 4d t» Is 6d. From the great accession to our interior production, we fully expect to see much higher prices ruling during the next 6 months for all classes of fat stock, which are at present by no means plentiful. v . .

Stobb Sheep. — We have no sales to report wilh, the exoeption of 2,500 4 and 6. tooth wether« from the Northern Island, at 245. We have still on hand 2,500 for sale. We quote 2,4, 6, and full-mouthed Provincial ewes at 28a to. 80s; wethers, 2ss. to 2oa; imported ewes, 25s to 265 ; wethers, 22s to 255.

Station Pbopert*. — We hear of the purchase of a run in the Lower Waitaki by Messrs Borton and M'Master. The price has not transpired. Houses.— The ;beginning of the week opened briskly for the disposal of the lighter description of horses. We presume the races influenced the prices obtained: On Wednesday, Thursday, and . Friday, ; (the race days) we attempted no sales by auction, and any private sales we made, need not be quoted as a criterion as the market value of horses. Today, (Saturday) we had the yard overstocked with a middling: class, and sold out of 70 entries 47 head at an advance of about 15 per cent, on last week's quotations. TheOmeo arrived on Monday with .some very fine draughts, but the demand for this class being so brisk, the owners have sold privately at satisfactory prioea, leaving only, the medium, sixed oneß to be offered by auction. By the arrival of the Der Sud and Indiana, we ftave some fair Stock to offer the beginning of the week, and are satisfied ptices will rate higher than has been the case for a considerable time. .We quote markat value of horses — • ' Heavy draught Horses, Ist class £80 to 100 Medium do .. ... 40 to 05 First-class light harness do. • 45 to 60 Second class do. ... 20 to 40 First'clasn cobs and hacks about 50 Middling and inferior horses from 15 to 30 Weight, Robeutsoh & Co., „ . Stock Salesmen and Station Agents, Duttedih.