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Temuka Leader, Issue 1265, 15 November 1884, Page 3

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DUNEDIN MARKETS. At (he Burnside Yards, on Wednesday, November 12, Sixty-three bead fat cattle were yarded —an unexpectedly small «npply, two large drafts having been kept back by the recent stormy weather. The quality vvas from good to prime, and as the number was much short of trade requirements, an advance on last week’s rates was obtained of fully 5s per 100 U», Best bullocks brought £lO 5s to £l2 17s 3d ; others, £7 2s 6d to £9 15s ; cows, £7 to £8 12s 6d. Prime beef 2?s Cid per 1001 b. Fat Sheep —In short supply, 13‘20 only being penned. Of these 605 v/ere merinos, and the balance crossbreds. Best crossbreds in the wool brought 17s to 18s 6d ; do, shorn, 11s to 15s 3d 5 merinos in the wool, lls to 16s 6d, Fat Lambs —371 penned, and sold at prices ranging from 7s 6d to 14s 3d, Fat Pigs—Suckers at 15s, and bacon pigs at from 59s to 65a. Sheepskins—Green crossbreds brought from 4s 4d to 6s ; dry do, Is Id (inferior) to 5s 7d ; green merinos, 3s 7d to 5s 5d (one superior lot 5s 7d) ; dry do, Is 3d to 5s ; country skies in bales, 3|d to 5d per lb ; pelts, 6d to lOd ; lambskins, 6d to Is 2d.

Tallow —Inferior'and mixed, 20s to 225; medium, 23s to 25s ; good to prime, 25s 6d to 20s ; rough fat, 12s to 19s, Wheat. —Urme milling samples can be placed, but as holders of these demand prices beyond buyers’ limits, and as millers have supplies on band, quotations may be regarded as only nominal. These are _White velvet and Tuscan, 3a 4d to 3s 6d ; prime red straw, 3s 3d to 3s 4d j medium, 2s QJ to 3s 2d ; frosted and inferior, Is 6d to 2s Qd Oats, —Demand limited ; stocks of really prime are scarce and holders firm, but freights are not available, nor will buyers for export operate for foward delivery, fearing the nearness of tfie Australian harvest. Quotations ; Prime milling, 2s fid ; ordinary, 2s fid to 2s inferior, 2s 4d to 2s sd, Barley—No business doing except in feed, m small lots, which sell at from Is 6d to 2b 3d.

iSyegrass S.-ed.—The demand is limited and quotations nominal. Potatoes—Tim market full stocked, and prices lii\ve receded to about 75s per lon. Pforses —Wright, Stephenson and Co. quote first-class draughts at from £3O to £35 ; medium, £2O to £25 . light, £ls to £lB ; good hacks and light harness horses, £2O to £25 ; medium, £lO to £ls ; light and inferior, £3 to £7.