DUNEDIN LIVE STOCK STATION, AND WOOL MARKET.

Southland Times, Volume VII, Issue 523, 20 July 1866, Page 4

DUNEDIN LIVE STOCK STATION, AND WOOL MARKET.

Driver, M'Lhan and Co., reports : — As is usual afc this season, transactions in stock have boon rather limited, owing to the fact that our runholders generally have- made the necessary changes in their Hooks, to carry them over lambing and shcarir.s;. There arc, Jio'vover, numerous buyers for stock of almost, every der cription, with witii tat few iniuersirablo lots offering. Otir sales during the month realised prices quoted below : — Eat Stock. — The market has been but indifferently supplied with either beef or mutton of prime quality ; and although wo cio not anticipate cxci ssive prices, wo do not look for more than moderate supplies during the winter, and ■ consequently prices will remain firm. We quote good qualify beef at <l-5s to 47 s 6d per 100 lb. ; do do, mutton, at 41 to -J-id per lb. Stoke Stock. — Very few sheep, of any description, are now oiiorin^, holders not wishing to.disturb their ewe iloeks afc this season. A little later we may expect a modi-rate quantity of ewes (in lunib) oil'eivd for sale, but at prices somewhat different from those now quoted. Wethers are in demand at prices named, which holders do not seem inolirod to ucj-opfc. JUiinbs are very saleable, with few or none offering. Cattle, well-bred, of fair proportion of ages and sexes, are scarce and very saleable. With but little alteration, we repeat our last month's quotations, viz. : — 2-tooth Ewes, from 20s to 21s ; .1, 4, and 6-tooth do, 18s to 19s ; lull mouth do, 14s to 15s ; Lambs (equal exes), 12s to 12s 6d j do. ewes, 15s to 15s 6d ; wethers, 4, 6, and S-tooth, 12s 6d. j do. 2-tooth, lls to lls 6d ; cattle, mixed ages and sexe3, £7 to £S 10s. ; bullocks, 2 years and upwards, £9 10s to £10! Rams are but little enquired after, the season being too far advanced ; a few, however, have changed hands at former prices, including some very line Leicesters, from the fio.-^s of Kobert Graham. Esq., John Runeiman, Esq., and J. J. MAuley, Esq. ; also, two very superior pure Merino Earns, lately imported by Messrs. Bates, Siso and Co., from the United States, and purchased by F. D. Bell, Esq., at £90 each. These rams were much admired, and considered by competent judges equal (if not superior) to any ever introduced into this Province. Stations. — We have 1 itely received particularc of two or three very &m properties which are oit'eied at fair value by private sale. Wool. — Our latest European advices from Europe report great activity in every department of the woolen trade, and consequently large increase in the consumption of wool, which augurs well for maintaining the price of wool throughout the year. We received by the mail of last month Price Catalogues of London March Sales, showing extreme prices had been paid ior bright combing wools, where care had been taken in classing and separating locks and pieces from the fleece. Our sales for the month have been confined to a few small lots of mixed parcels. Tallow. — The small quantity offering meets a ready sale at £40 to £42 per ton. She.epskins. — Demand good, but few are offering for sale this month, most of the slaughters being under contract. Hides. — Well-cured Hides are worth from 12s each, according to weight, with a brisk demand.