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Globe, Volume IV, Issue 337, 12 July 1875, Page 2

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Dunedin.—Maclean Brothers report for the week ending July Bth as follows.—Fat CattleThere was a fair supply forward yesterday as regards number—viz, 160 head—but fully half were of inferior quality. Best bullocks and cows brought fully late quotations, but secondary and inferior were a shade easier, Prices ranged as follows: Prime bullocks, £lO to £l3; sceondary and inferior, £6 10s to £9 10s; cows from £5 to £lO 10s, or equal to 32s 6d for prime, and 25s to 27s for ordinary quality per 1001 b. At the yards we sold 40 head on account of Messrs Miller, Waldic, and others. Fat Calves—Only a few head were penned, some of which, being of excellent quality, brought up to £4 per head. Fat Sheep —I9OO of all descriptions were penned, fair to prime quality; but as the trade had been well supplied by delivery, barely onehalf found buyers, and prices may be quoted at la per head decline on last weck'srates. This dullness, however, cannot be of long duration, being merely occasioned by growers pushing off any stock lit for ma'-ket while they still retain condition, as has been usual at this season of the year. Large sales of cross-breds have been made for delivery up to October, at up to sjd per lb, which price we have no doubt will be reached in the open market by thati time. We quote present value of prime cross-bred mutton at 4d; merino ditto, 3jd per lb. Store Cattle continue in good demand, but there are few offering, and we have heard of no transactions of importance. Grown bullocks in thriving condition are saleable at £5 10s to £0 15s ; spayed cows at £4lo* to £5 los ; mixed herds at £2 15s to £3 15s. Store Sheep—All descriptions are inquired for. but very few are being offered, and transactions are limited in the extreme. We quote cross-bred wethers, four and six-tooth, at 13s to 14s; do, twotooth, lis to Us 6d; merino wethers, two, fou", and six-tooth, 8s 6d to 9s; aged, 5s 6d to 6s 6d ; ewes, two, four, and six-tooth, 9s ; do, full-mouthed, 5s 6d to 6s 6d. Wool—Priced catalogues of the first few days of the May sales to hand by the Suez mail, in so far as they go, confirm the advices lately received per cablegram of the advance in prices that had been established at those sales. Greasy erossbreds, we notice, have in some cases commanded extreme prices, while scoured and superior washed clips exhibit considerable improvement. Heavyconditioned merinos have, however, advanced but little, if any. Sheepskins—We had but a small quantity for offer to-day. Competition was brisk, and a slight advance on late rates was obtained. Butchers' cross-breds fetched from 4s to 5s each ; merinos, 2s 9d to 3s 3d; dry skins, from Is 6d to 4s 9d, according to quality. Hides, at auction today, were a shade easier. "We sold 70 salted at 18s to23s6deach. Tallow—None offered. Grain—The market is quite inactive. In wheat there has beeh very little business done. Prime samples for mixing are wanted at up to 4s 6d; but ordinary and inferior are scarcely saleable at late quotationssay, 4s to 4s 3d. Barley, of best quality, is still wanted at up to 6s; ordinary to good malting, at 5s to 5s 6d. Oats are difficult of sale, and may be quoted a shade lower—say, 2s 8d to 2s 9d for feed, and 2s lOd to 3s for milling samples.