COMMERCIAL. DUNEDIN MARKETS. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Dunedin, April 17.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8163, 18 April 1895, Page 2

COMMERCIAL. DUNEDIN MARKETS. (BY TELEGRAPH.) Dunedin, April 17.

iat Cattle. — 150 head were yatdcd. Tiieic was no improvement in tlio deimnd, prices ruling about the suuoas at last sales. Butt bullocks brought L 7 17a Gd to 1,8 I.ls ; extra heavy weights, L 9 to L 9 loa , medium, LG 2s (id to L 7 153 ; light weights, L 4 7a lid to L 5 17s 6d ; best cows, LG to L 7 2s fid ; medium, L 4 on to ho I£>3 ; light an-1 aged, L' 2 12s 6d to L 4 2s Gd. Fat Sheep. — 2GGI wero penned, of which only 10t) ware meiinos. (Jrosabreds wei • good to prime, particularly the owes, which wero again ditticult to place, except tit a further reduction, save a few peas r\\U > heavy weights, which brought up to laLrates. Best wetheis, as of lute, liiaiiit.iinc I their prices, whilo medium showed a drop. Best cros«bred wethers brought 7s Gd to 10 , l)d ; good to best, Gs 3d to 8s 9(1 ; best di> ev\cs, 5a 9d to Us 9d ; extra heavy and young (a few pens , 7a to 7s 3d ; light ami aged, 3s Gd to 5s Gd ; merino wethers, to 4s Gd. Figs. — 126 were penned. Small and unfurnished sorts met with a poor demand. Good porkera and light baconera were fairly well competed for. Sucker* brought 4s to 7s Gd ; Blips, 7s to 14s ; stores, loa i 183 ; porkers, 21* to 255 ; bacouers, "Ga to 2Us. Wheat.— Owing to llio holidays no biiai ness of much impoitanco has been tutus acted. A very fair demand exists for local r«;quueineuts, and aU good milling wheat offering; meets with a ready sate. Fowl/ wheat is also in good request, fetching at times noaily a3 much as the best milling Wo quote prime milling velvet and Tuscdi, 2i Od to 2a 9id, extra piimo a shale moie ; good to best, 'Js 8J I to 2a J)d ; good to best red wheat, 2s BJd ; medium milling and good whole fowls' wheat, 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; broken and inferior to medium, 2a 3 1 to 2s b'd (ex store, sacks weighed in, terms). Oats.— This being a broken week, busi ness in consequence hns to some extent been interfered with. A very considerably quantity ia now coining to hand, but notwith standing the fact that a large number o! growers are storing for a time, there is still u sufficiency offering to meet the demands of buyers, and at prices showing no improve ment on late quotations, which we repeat, say, for prime milliug, Is 3d to Is 3^l ; best bright short »tout feed, Is 2d to Is 2. I , ' ; inferior to medium and go d, Is Id to Is 2d; longTutars, fit for seed, Is 3Jd to Is o I (ex store, sacks extra, net). Barley.— Market for this is still ham mate, maltsters only purchasing whon the quality is extra prime. Being bdtisfied that the quantity avai'ablfc ibis season is moic than sufficient for their requirements they are in no hurry to put in stocks meantime at all event*. Thue is a big quantity of very indifferent barley in storo which will be difficult to place. We quoto : Prime malting, 2a 9d to 3s ; medium to good, 2% 3d to 29 Gd j feed and milling, Is 6d to 2* (ox store, sacks extra, net).

The New Zealand Loan and Mercanti'e Agency Company, Limited, report for the week ended April 17 as follows : Store Cattle. — '1 ho ordinary amount of business is being put through! but 4 lie market »howa no animation of any consequence—indeed, the tendency is towards lower prices. ' Store Sheep.— A very considerable number of these aro now changing hands, thgrotter portion being placed at auction, owing doubtless to the fact that sellers m most instances have despaired of securing bot'er prices this season. Consequently sales are now more easily effected, since buyer* show a keener desire to compete, having more confidence that the highest bid will be accepted. Prices still romain low, and owing to the want of feed and various other causes there is very little show for much improvement during the rest of the season. Grass Speeds. — There is no clnnge of any importance to note since our last report. There are buyers of ryegrasB seed, but these aru unwilling to give prices earlier obtain-* iok.'. Quotations : For best dressed perennial seed, 3s 5 J to 4s; medium to good, Ms 3<l to 3s 6(1 (ex store, sacks extra, nut). ( 'ockafoot buyers are under the impression that prices must further drop, business in consequence is restricted. Quotation?: For beet dressed 4d to 4Jd ; medium, 3d to 4d per 1b (ox store, net) Potatoes. — Consignments lately having been on a larger scale buyers arc not purchasing so freely, and to effect sales lower prices have to bo submitted to, best Dorwents only fetching Ll 17s 6d to L 2; medium, LI 17a Od to LI 13a per ton {ex store, sacks weighed in, net). Chaff.— -The market meantime is glutted, best being hard to place at LI 17s Od to L 2 ; medium LI 12s Od to LI 15s; inh-rioi to medium, LI 3s to LI 10s per ton [ox ttuck, sacks returned). Dairy I'ioducc — Prime suit butter h.u some inquiry from retailors, bcstdairy-mu'le fetching G^d to 7<l ; medium, hard to quit ; North Island factory-mado, 7Ad to B^d ; locil f iclory-madc, lOd to lid. Factorymule ehecßo, slow sale ; medium bi/^c, 4Jd to 4.jd ; loaf shape, 4i''l to sd ; dairy-made, 24(1 to 3Jd per Ib.