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Temuka Leader, Issue 311, 30 October 1880, Page 2

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,f. ' DUNKDIN. Maclean and Co. report for the «ek ending 27th October as follows : §Fat Cuttle. realised from £6 ho £l2 2s 6d, and cows from £8 to£lo jrlot of prime bullocks averaged £lll3ir head. Prime beef 24s the 100 b. jFat Sheep.—On account of the small ipply forward, the bidding was spirited, id prices advanced fully Is per head —a 8W heavy weights (Leicesiers) in wool >aiibiiig up to 20s 3d ; crossbreds (shorn) bm 8s to 9s 6d ; merinos (shorn) from os d to 7* ; do (in wool), 10s 6J ; prima mttou (in wool) 2£J ; ditto (shorn) l|d tor lb. Fat Lambs. —310 were ponned, and all ere sold at from 5s 9d to 8s Bd. Sheepskins. Full- woolldd butchers' rossbrcds brought up to s*7d ; medium * 6d to ss; ordinary, 2s 3d to 4s 4J ; nerino, full woolled, 4s 3d to 4s 3d ; nedium, 4s to 4s 8d ; ordinary, 2s 3d to I 8 9d. Grain. —Wheat: Prime samples of mill--ng have been inquired for, but without yny apparent advance in price. We have >laeed several lines it 4s6d, which may be akeu as the present value, unless for irime - quality of Tusoan, which would ! •ealise 4s 7d to 4s 8d ; ordinary we quote \i_4% to 4s 4d ; fowl feed up to 3s 3d. Oats Save continued iu request for shipment at ■ 5d to Is 6d for feed, and Is 7d for mill>gj at which price we have placed several ines. CHEISTCHURCH. Thursday Evening. ,••'The grain market this week has been very bare of any special character. Busi-ness-continues quiet, and has been confined chiefly to the filling of orders. The werther has been very favorable for the grops, and the reports from the.various districts are all confirmatory of this jiccouht. Wheat, 4s to 4s 3d ; second class samples, 3s 6d to 3s lOd ; oats, Is 6d to Is 8d for milling. In remaining quotations there is nothing of interest to noto. Mutton is quoted this week at 3d in the ■wool, and 2d for superior shorn.