DUNEDIN.

Southland Times, Issue 1675, 13 December 1872, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report, for the week ending 7th December, as follows s — Fat Cattle. —The number yarded waa 65 head, Ot which we sold 3 i, at from £5 15s to £9 2s 6d, for bullocks, and £5 2s 6d to £8 5s for cows; equal to 22a per lOOlbs, for good qualitv ; and 18s for middling do. Fat Sheep. —l6o half-breds of fair quality were penned, which we sold at 10s eaeh. 36 lambs, good quality, brought from 9s 9i to 10s 6d. We quote prime mutton 2\ 1 per lb. Store Cattle. —We have numerous enquiries for fnll-grovro cattle, with very few offering. We q-:ote bullocks, 3 to 5 years, £4 to £1 10s ; cows, 3 to 5 years, £3 5s to £3 10s ; mixed lots, £2 ss. Store Sheep. —The demand for almost all c'asses is very active, but until the completion of shearins, holders generally will not be in the market. We quote half-breds, 2 to 6-tooth, 7s to 7s 6d ; merino wethers, 4, 6, 8-tooth, 4s 6A to 4s 9J. Our sale3 have been 4500 at above quotation?. Country Sales.—On Tuesday, 3rd inst., we held our monthly sale at Mosgiel, at which nearly everything offered met with keen competition. We disposed of 50 bullocks, 3 to 5 years, at £4 30s to £4 17s 6d; 55 spayed cows, £2 12s 6d to £3 17b 6d ; 40 steers and heifers, 18 months old, 30s to 35s ; 20 fat cows, £4 10s to £6 ; 144 merino ewes, in wool, with lambs at foot, 14s 3d each. On Thursday our monthly sale at Palmerston took place. There was a good attendance of buyers, but only a small number of cattle were yarded. 44 head cows and bullocks brought from £2 15s to £4 10s; 12 draught horses, £21 to £36. Our monthly sale at Waikouaiti was held on the following day. A fair quantity of stock ■was yarded, and met "with ready sale. Store bullocks fetched from £2 15s to £3 3s ; cows, £2 IBs to £3 ; yearlings, 22s to 35a. Horses. —The demand is good for heavy draughts and upstanding coach horses. At our yards on Saturday, a considerable number came to the hammer, but being mostly worn-out horses, very few changed hands. Next Saturday, the 14th inst., we shall offer at our yards, on account of Richard Symons, Esq., 40 head of very superior Tasmanian mares and geldings, ex Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne. We quote first class draughts, £55 to £65 ; medium do, £30 to £40 ; good hacks and light harness horses, £20 to £25 ; medium do, £12 to £14; light and inferior do, £3 to £5. Grain. —Wheat has a good enquiry, at from 5s 6d to 5s 9d per bushel for first-elass samples. Oats are quiet, the demand being mainly local. Milling qualities are worth 2s 3d per bushel; feed, 2s ld to 2s 2d.