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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 49, 3 March 1894, Page 12

At the London wooljsales competition is brisk; prices generally are firm, thoughts compared with the December series, merinos are barely so steady. Mr R. Rennett, Christchurch agent for Messrs Henry S. Fit ter and Sons, has received the following cablegram from the London office, dated 20th February : —“ Canterbury mutton, 41 d to 4:fd ; lamb, (pd to GJd. Wellington mutton, 4d to 4)4; Australian sheep, 3i;d. Australian beef : Hinds, 3£d to 4d ; fores, 3ld to 3id ; Otago mutton, 4d to ■lid. Wheat is selling in Sydney' at 2s 3d to 2s lid per bushel, while oats are dull at 2s 4d to 2s od for prime feeding. In Melbourne the position is—Wheat (dull) : Prime, 2s 3pl. Oats (dull): Prime Algerian milling, Is 5Ad ; stout white, Is IGd ; Tartarian, 2s. At the Dunedin stock sales on the 28th lust., there was a slight advance for prime beef. Best bullocks brought £‘.l 10s to CIO 17s Gd ; medium to good, £8 2s Gd to C.l 7s Gd ; light, LG 15s to L 7 15s; best cows, L 8 15s to Lb 10s ; medium to good, L 5 1 s Gd to L 7 17s Gd ; light and inferior, L 3 5s to 1.5 10s. Sheep : Best crossbred wethers brought 13s to 14s, medium finality, 10s 3d to 12s bd, best crossbred ewes, 11s to 12s bd, a few choice 13s Gd to 14s Gd, medium 7s bd to 10s 3d, and merino wethers 4s 3d to 7s. There is no movement in grain.