DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS.

Temuka Leader, Volume 1509, Issue 1509, 6 November 1886, Page 4

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS.

■ Thefollortiifc is the ieport for the week enij ing, Wed need ajr• , .Whaat--Tliero still, cpplfuqes a fair de-mand-ioc-prlme-parcels-of-whoat,-and-the 1 folio wing, values are obtained—For prime lotsofTuscah drjvplvet, 4vlod tqjisi; ’ medium, 45.6 d to 4s' 9d ;■ inferior quality, for .which .tbertis hot 4s 8d to 4s 6? .fcfowl foed, 4a to 4s 2d, Oate—B,q»ineM Is quiet. aSjthPi prices ruling jo margin fpr speculation. Prime milling, Is lOd.to’2* *, Jiaaryi,bright feed, Is 104 ; mediumj to is 10d. . The demapd la .by no means brisk,.a.nd .quotations are nominally SsdQd.to Ss ld j ifar (bright malting and , milling,.! to 2si9d ; feed, 2a 3d to 2s 6d. Chaff—Best oaten sheaf, £4 10s to £4 155.; i oaten straw-chaff, £2 10a to £2 m .Putatoee-mFeesh i picked Northern, £2 10e ri;, £2 Jo,£2 ss. Grass Seed—Both Jryt grass and cockafoot are quiat al .recent quoUtiona, i Butler—r Salt is dnll of ia Ini fiilli supp'y at'6l to Gj/pr mixed ' *' i ’-’ ! 1 ■ ■' 3 |§gs-fO'liper dobha. i ■ ; ; Sheepskins ,-o'»y Monday crossbreds 5 realised,)(fp|p Bs.’s,j to 4s (id for medinjm "■ weights,, «ii ( d up t.'jßs 6d for extra hen jry littj fWh;erim's v O-'jto B< id ; dry . hied'i,'l«j 3 1 to j 0} .61 jin j' 2d,.|y ; 0'.4,1; jii»o(bijit'oß (dry),'lsio 3s 4J. ;, ’.ff-righta, 3f) ; medium parcel, 2|dao^ T put add i .. slippy dittii'M't t ioq.*i:t . TaiiOwi~Pr'io ',i.mid/on, 18 1 to r to 17s j medium, 14s to 16s ; inh»rior, f il ls to I'h. Rough fat.r—pr)mer9iPt ■'lOiffd'; • inferior to medium, 5s 6d ’to 9s 3d,' ; j i DUNEDIN-STOCK MARKETS. \ At. the Burnside on IVednesday ijhe folhiwiug, business; jras . transacted : ’ ! Fat Cattle—l79-forward, comprising principally good Itdpilma quality. ~ Prices realised throughput the sue were ona level witb..ja»t—iMiek, -tha—competition , being,,hi;isk*!^qdf/<(ll;fotf;'isold. .Prime builookf jhrough.t fo £l3 12s,

6(1; medium-to*goodr£7-40s to £9 10a; ordinary, £5 10s to £7 : j cows, from £4 5s to £8. —Messrs Donaldßeid and Co. sold for Mr Andrew Grant (Temuka), 12 bulidcks at £Bl7s 6d to £9.—Messrs Wright, Stephenson and sold for Mr William Balfoar (Waehdyke), 14 magnificent prime bullocks (heavy weights) at an average of £l2 10s per head; for Mr John Murray (Orari), 6 bullocks at from £9 16s to £ll 2s 6d; for Mr Andrew Martin (Otaio), 9 prime bullocks at £lO 2s 6d to £lO 10s.

Fat Sheep—l3ss penned, consisting of 1115 qrosflb?pds| and the balance merinos. The quality ih.uughout was good to /and about one-third of the lot ,p6qned shern. Taking the sale all thrbujrir'&n advance on last week’s prices wai'jobtained. Best crossbred wethers in tae',w6ol brought from 13s to 16s ; do ihoirp; fisjfici to 10a ; merinos in the wool, l T» 9d tb lOs; do shorn, 7a to 7s 9d. Fat Lambs-388 penned, realising 8s fi j'to fls fid for prime, and 2e to 7s fid for Alight :Wbighis,: ; , Figs—l 33 were yarded. Suckers realised 6s to lls fid ; baconers, 30s to 545; porkers, 20s to 28s.

Horses—Messrs Wright, Stephenson jnd Co. quote first-class draughts at from £23 to £27 ; medium, £l4 to £2O; light; droughts and spring-cart horses, £l2 to £l6; first-class hacks aod light-harness horses, £ls to £2O ; medium, £7 to £10; inferior, £2 to £5.