COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 335, 29 February 1884, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

-■.'.,;..; . . — ♦ -* ' " ■ DUNEDIN -MABKBTS. y : ■ . ' Fat Cattlf.— There .was only a small number forward on Wednesday, viz. :— 120 head ".of medium 'quality. The trade being well "Supplied from last tveek's purchases, a. dull tone prevailed during the jsale, except for r t-wo'or three of the best pens, which brought -■^prices slightly 'in advance of last week's. Best bullocks brought LD to L 9 7s 6d ; " others, L 8 to L 8 10s ; and cows, Li 2.-s 6d to ■v.-.i Fat' Sheep. — Of these 1927 were penned, - "ificlndjng- 280 merinos, the balance crossbred • -i-all good to prime quality. Notwithstand- < tag the small number forward prices were ■ again lower by Is to Is 6d per head, than -those obtained last week. Best crossbreds '-brought 15s 9d to 17s ,• others. Us 6d to 14s - 6d>'; -and merinos, 8s to 12s 6J. Mutton, 2|d per Ib. ■ i .. Wheat. — Small lots are to hand, but rnill..r^r$ i;< are. not. disposed to operate. ConsignSznenifi'.Q£ ,the new crop are now coming to . .^lai)y.:ejstent, '&£. the prices, asked by vondqrs,, -. which, sho.w a considerable decline on. recent - piime Hew being now offered for : 'ifteliVery \here . at 4s to is Id. Prime old is out. of the . .market, but a consider ab lequan - ; j.^^ tity,p£ inferior and sprouted is now offering j. .at.from 2s to 3s 6d. Oats are dull of sale, itealers hold -Shocks sufficient for requirements, and there is but small demand for 1 shipment; 'so that ' last week's prices are not f (Obtainable: now. : "Stout bright milling, 2s to *■''%& ':ld; • short^righrfeed; Is lOd to Is lid; ■""''inSdittni, Is 9d to Is lOd. . Eyegxass seed is in ■^q%es't ; ior export, but buyers' and sellers' ideas of value differ so much that-'sales are difficult to effect, _;.;;- ;