DUNEDIN MARKETS.

Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 29, 21 October 1893, Page 12

DUNEDIN MARKETS.

The following were the quotations ruling on the 18th inst.':— Fat Cattle. —110 head yarded, the quality for the most part being very much above the average. Best bullocks brought from LlO 10s to Ll 3 ss; best cows, L 7 10s to L 9 15s. Prime quality beef may be quoted at 27s 6d to 30s per lOOlbs. Fat Sheep. Only BS4 penned, chiefly erossbaed wethers from fair to good quality Owing tol the short supply prices hardened considerably, and may be quoted Is per head higher than . last ■week. Best crossbred wethers, 17s to 19s 6d; ordinary do, 14s to 15s 6d ; a few extra heavy ewes to 19s 9d. Pigs.—Suckers brought 12s 6d to I6s Cd,

slips 17b 6d to 19s, stores 20s to 255, porkers 26s to 295, baconers 30 sto 33s —a few extra heavy 475. Grain. Wheat: Quotations : For best milling velvet and Tuscan, 2s 9d to 2s lOd—extra prime might fetch a shade more ; medium, 2s 8d to 2s 9d ; inferior to medium, 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; broken and thin, 2s 3d to 2s 5d (cx store, sacks weighed in, terms). —Oats : Milling are held for 2s Old to 2s Id; best short bright feed, Is Hid to 2s ; medium to wood, Is lid to Is Hid ; inferior to medium, Is 9d to Is 10id; small lots, for seed (occasionally), 2s 2d to 2s 3d (ex store, sacks extra, net).