DUNEDIN.

Southland Times, Issue 1521, 9 January 1872, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

Messrs Driver, Stewart & Co. report for the week ending 30th December : — Fat Cattle. — 97 head were yarded on Wednesday, consisting for the most part of fair to good quality, but the trade beiug fully supplied for Christmas week did not buy up the usual number, consequently ouly 28 head were sold, the balance being held over for nest week. We quote prime beef afc 21s to 22s 6d ; ordinary, 16s to 17s 6s per lOOlbs. Fat Sheep. — The number penned were again beyond requirements, and out of 600 offered, 150 merinos (hi wool) brought Ss 3d, and 200 halfbreds (shorn), 7s to 7s 9d • the balance withdrawn. We quote prime half-breds afc lfd to 2d per lb ; do merinos afc l£d to lfd per lb. Store Cattle. — With the exception of one or two small lots, which have changed hands privately, we have no transactions to report. Wellgrown quiet bullocks are in demand at from £2 10s to £3 10s. Mixed ages and sexes are quite neglected. Store Sheep. — We have buyers for store sheep, particularly merino wethers, and ewes 4 and 6 tooth, and half-breds of any age or sex, and several large transactions are pending. We quote me> mo wethers at aboufc 4s j half-breds, 5s 6d to 6s ; do, lambs, 4s. Wool. — Prices so far obtained in this market range as follows : — Greasy merino, lo£d to I4sd ; do cross-bred, ll£d to 15£ d ; washed merino, le 5d to ls B£d ; do c ross-bred, ls 6£d to ls B£d ; scoured, 19£ dto 22d. Sheepskins. — But few are offering, and very high prices are realised, say 8d to 9d per lb, and 5s 3d per skin. Tallow, fit for shipment, in good demand afc £31 to £32 10s. Grain. — The Evening Star reports asfollows : — For flour there exists a brisk demand, and there is every appearance of stocks becoming limited towards the end of the season. Good brands have a ready sale at £13. A rebate of 10s per ton is made on outside lots. Inferior flour has no inquiry, and rates range from £10 to £11. Bran is scarce, although higher rates have not yet been asked ; the value is now £2 15s. Pollard stocks are cleared, and customers are supplied as it is produced at £3 15s. We hear of no transactions in milling wheats ; value remains as last quoted, at 5b — for inferior lots from 4s to 4s 3d can be obtained. Fowl wheat is scarce at 3s. Malting barley is moved at 3s 9d to 4s ; for feeding sorts there is no demand, although offered at from ls 6d to 2s. The demand for oats ia Bcarcely so brisk as it was a week ago ; milling kinds are quoted at 2s to 2s 2d, and leeding at 2s. Pearl barley, £18 10s ; hay, £4 10s ; chaff, £4 10s straw, £2 10s.