DUNEDIN.

Southland Times, Issue 1669, 29 November 1872, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report, for the week ending 23rd November, as follows : — Fat Cattle. —The number yarded —72 —was above the average. We sold 44 bead, at from £5 5s to £7 5s for cows, and £5 10.3 to £9 123 6d for bullocks —equal to from 22s 6d to 243 per lOOlbs for prime quality, and 20s for middling ■jdo. We also sold, privately, 50 head at £9 round, and 30 head at 25s per lOOlbs. Fat Sheep. —soo were penned, being about " equal to trade requirements. We sold 155 halfbred*, shorn, good quality, at 11s, and 50 inferior merino ewes at Bs. Other sales consisted of about 300 merino wethers, in wool, fair quality, at 14s to 15s, and a few half-breds, in wool, at 22". We sold, for delivery next week, 1000 half-brel wethers, shorn, at 2^.1 per lb, which figure we quote for prime quality. Fat Lambs. —There was a full supply, 90 being penned, and prices fell fully Is 6i ptr head. We sold 56 at from 6s 6d to 103 each.. Store Cattle. —There is a good demand for well-grown cattle. We sold 70 head mixed cows ftßd-Tjullockfl, »U over 2 years old, at £3 3s. We quote bullocks, 3to 5 years, £4 10s; mixed herd 97 50s. Store Sheep. —We have constant enquiries for . Jialf-breds and merino wethers, both of which $ escriptions we could place irr considerable numbers. We quote 2 and-4-toothhalf-breds, 6s to 7s, 6d ; t 4, .6, and 8-tqoth merino wethers, 4s 6d .to' 5f1.! ] We have placed 1000 half-breds, for delivery on station, at quotations. Horses. — The enquiry is confined to the better sort of heavy draught and coaching horses, and for such good priceß are obtained. At our yards on Saturday, a large number were offered, and a considerable proportion of them changed hands. We quota first-claas heavy draughts, £50 to £60 ; medium do, £30 to £35 ; good hacks and-light harness horses, £18 to £25 ; medium do, £12 to £15 ; light and inferior, £3 to £6. Wool. —We held our opening sale of the Beaaon on Thursday last, at which we had a large attendance of buyers. Our catalogue comprised chiefly half-bred wool in grease. The biddings throughout the sale were spirited, and nearly every lot was quitted at prices that may be considered satisfactory to growers. The following are particulars, of the lots sold: —No mark, 3 bags scoured, 17d j do, 1 bale and 1 bag greasy, MJd. j MX in diamond, 1 fadge greasy Leicester fleece, 15f d ; do, 1 bale, do merino, do, 12d ; 111, 2 bales, do half-bred do. 14|i } do, 2 bags do, locks and pieces, 7id ; F 3 over L, 5 bales, do^jnerino fleece, 12|i; do, 2 bags, do locks, 4fi; JS in diamond, 42 bales greasy half-bred fleece, 14| J ; S, 47 bales, do do do, 14|J ; do do, 4 bales do merino do, 11|J ; do, 2 bales and 1 fadge do Leicester do, 14|d; do, 2 bales do locks, 5d ; WATKATTBA, 28 bales do half bred fleece, is|i; do, 2 bales do merino do, ll£d ; no mark, 1 bale do half-bred do, 14£ i ; GO, 14 bales do do do, 14|d; do, 2 baleß do merino do, 12id j. do 1 fadge do locks, h\ 1; do, 1 bag do black half-bred wool, 12d ; >A, 9 bales do halfbred bo<?gett fleece, 14| I; do, 2 bales do longwool do do, 14fd ; do, 2 bales do do fleece, 14fd ; do, 2 bales do merino fleece, 12£ i; do, 1 bale do half-bred pieces, 9f 1 ; YT, 1 bale and 3 ba^s do do fleece, :;14Jd j do, 1 bale do mixed do, 13| J ; qD, 1 bale and 2 bags do, half-bred do, I4jd ; do, 1 bale do, merino do, 12d; do, 1 bag do locks, 6^d ; do, 1- bag scoured wool, 1! id ; no mark, 4 bags greasj do, 12% i ; EM, 2 bales and 1 fadge do, Leicester fleece, lnsi ; do, 1 bag do do, locks and pieces, 7d. fcheepskins —Station merinoe*, 4s 2d,to 5a.5d_;.. do half-bred, 8s Id ,- green, jaaerino, 6s 3d j (do_haif-bred, 8s lid to 9s Hides—l6s to 21s. ay'^J:^ Grain.-r.Wheat iB-TnVexcellent demand, with an .improved tendency^ but very little is offering. Prime . samples are readily ' saleable at 5s 6d to 5s 9(1. per bußh*;l, -Uats continue firm, without alteration in value —say «■*-2s to 2s Id per bushel for feed ; and 2s 2d to 233 d for milling qualities.