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Temuka Leader, Issue 1300, 7 February 1885, Page 3

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DUNEDIN MARKETS,

At the Burnside yards on Wednesday, 276 head of fat cattle were yarded. Prices on the whole were up to those of hst week, best, bullocks miking £8 10a to £ll 7b 6d ; others, £5 10s to £8 ; cows, £4 7s Gd to £8 10s. Bsef, 20s to 22- 6 I per lOOlbs. Six bullocks b"longing to Mr Quinn brought £7 to £7 ss, and 14 heifers £5 2s 6d to £6 15a. Fat Sheep—3o22 penned, of which 461 were merinos, the balance crossbreds. Prime crossbred wethers brought 14a 6d to 16s 3d; others, 118 to 14s; meiinos, from 6s to 12s 9d. Mutton, 2|d to 2£d per lb. Mr W. Ackroyd sold 65 cross breds at 15s 9d, and Mr W. Grant 312 merinos at from 7s 6d to Bs. Fat lambs were dull of sale, m ' a decline of fully one shilling a he-id took place, the range of prices being 6i 3 i to 10s 6d. Pigs—Stores, 14s to 28s 6d ; porkers, up to 42s ; and bacon p:gf, to 655. Sheepskins—Butchers' green skins ii, good condition bring noarly up to late rates. Quotations: Lotv to medium. Ik 3d to 4s ; full-woolled, 4s 3d to 5* 3d ; green pelts, 9d to la 4) ; lambskins, 14d to 16d. Hides—Light, 3d to3£d ; medium, 3|.J to 4d ; heavy, 4£d to 4£d, in sound condition and free from cuts and offal. Slippy and bull hide?, 2d to2£d per lb. Tallow—Good 1o prime, £26 to £27 ; medium, £22 to £25 ; inferior, £lB to £2l ; rough fat, £l4 to £l7 per ton. Wheat—Very little business doing, and only a noticeable demnnd for small parcels of prime milliDg. Oihor qualities are scarcely inquired for. Prime milling velvet is worth 3s 5d to J!s 7d ; medium, 2s 9d to 3s 3d ; fowl feed, 2s Ijd to 2s 4d per bushel. Oate—As demand for shipment has ceased, there have been only trifling transactions during the week, principally in bright milling sorts for local requirements. Quotations: Prime milling, 2s 4d to 2s 5d ; good bright feed, 2s 2d to 2s 3d ; inferior and medium, Is 9d to 2s Id per bushel. Barley—Some inquiry for new crop, but no transactions to report. Potatoes—Market now fairly supplied prices ranging from £3 73 6d to £3 15s per ton. Horse Makket Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. quote first-class draughts at from £25 to £3O; medium, £l7 to £22 ; good hacks and light-harness horses. £l7 to £23 : medium, £8 to £l2 ; light and inferior, £2 j/o £5. CHBISrCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The Corn Exchange report for the week ending Friday evening, the 6th inst : The market for grain shows very little alteration, either as regards supply or demand, and prices remain about the same. Oats have baen in a little better request, new season's crop averaging about 2s f.o.b. Grass seeds are now coming forward, but in a very unclean condition, bo much so that buyers decline to trade except at yery low rates. The barley crop promises well for fine malting, provided the weather holds good. Some very excellent samples, "rubbed out of the sheaf," have been shown, but the ultimate result depends upon the weather and future manipulation. The following are the values for the week : Wheat—Tuscan, 3s; pearl and Hunter's, 3s 2d to 3s3d, f.o.b. ; chick wheat, Is 9d to 2s, f.o.b. Oats—Old, 2s 2d to 2s 31 : new, 2s, f.o.b. Grass Seed— Rye, well-dressed farmers' samples, 2s 9d to 3s. Butter and Cheese—The former, 7d to 7sd ; the latter 4d to 4£d, f.o.b.

ENGLISH MARKETS,

London, Feb. 3. Wool—At yesterday's auctions prices were fairly maintained ; 9800 bales were submitted to-day. The sale showed a hardening tendency. The catalogue coinprised 11,900 bales. Feb. 4. Adelaide wheat ex store has recovered the recent fall of a shilling, and is again at 378 ; New Zealand remains at 28s to S4s. Adelaide flour, ex store, 255. The wool market continues firm. Today's catalogue comprised 9700 balep.

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