DUNEDIN LIVE STOCK MAEKET.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 65, 19 June 1863, Page 2

DUNEDIN LIVE STOCK MAEKET.

Driver, Maclean and Co.'d report for week ending- 1 3th June, 1863. We have no material change to notice in prices during the week ; with few exceptions, we Lave no transactions to report, beyond our usual town trade. The demand for first-class stores (both sheep and cattle), continues active, but with few lots of either offering. Fat Cattle.— First quality bullocks, at from L2B to L32 1O<; middling do. L22 to L25; inferior do, LI 7 to LI 9. Fat Calves — Few offering. Good qualities are saleable fit from L4< 10s to L7, according to age. Store Cattle. — Transactions in this description of stock have mostly been confined to imported lots, all of which have bpen cleared off at prices varying from LlO to LI 3, according to size- and condition ; only one lot of Provincial stock ha? changed hands. We quote mixed herds at from LlO 10s to Ll2, acecording to ages, condition, and \,hice of delivery. Working Bullocks and Dury Cows.— Really good bullocks, fit for immediate use, are saleable at from L6O to L65 per pair; imported do, at from LSO to L6O according to conditiou, &c. First-class dairy cows are very scarce and saleable at from LIS to L25. Fut Sh'-op.— The market has been fully supplied with mutton of very good quality. We quote town prices this week at B<l to S|d per lb. Store Sheep. — Continue verv scarce, with an increasing demand, particularly for young ewes and strong healthy wethers. We quote : ewes, 2, 4. and 6-toofh (in lamb) at 25* ; wothers, 4 to 6 tooth at 27s to 30s .- lambs (mixed sexes), 21s to 235. Horses. — The consignments of the Emma Preseott and the Bella Vista coming to hand this week, gave an impetus to the horse market, and to some extent, dispelled the prevailing monotony noticed in our last reports but not so muck as we had anticipated. The rates for the week are— First-class draught horses, from L75 to L95 ; medium do, L45 to L65; inferior do, L2o to L35; superior light harness horses, from L55 to L75 ; medium do, L35 to L45 ; inferior do, L8 to L - 20.