DUNEDIN MARKETS. DUNEDIN, Oct. 12.
velvet 3s lOd to 4s, medium 3s ' 6d to j^-6s 9d, prime milling tuscan 3s Bd~ to 3s lid, medium 3s 3d to 3s 7d, whole fowl wheat 2s lOd to 3s, do. broken of damaged 2s 3d to 2s 9d per bushel'; sacks "in. Oats. — The market has been somewhat quiet during the past week, as shippers have shown little inclination to operate at sellers' prices. ,A few sales of shipping lines have t>een eftected at a slight reduction -on late quotations. To-day's quotations from Sydney report an advance in maize, anfl this, if permanent, will probably .have •& beneficial effect on the value of oats. Milling quality is for .the time being neglected. Good to best sells at -2s to 2s O^d, medium to fair Is lOd to Is lid, inferior Is 6d to Is 9d per bushel; sacks extra.
.CAfELE. 157 head of fat cattle were -yarded, the ibulk being good to prime qnality light weights. was spirited and -prices ' for prune .quality were slightly higher. Best bullocks sold at .£8 5s to J6ll, medium £6 7s 6d to £7 15s, light £5 ,5s to' £6, best cows and heifers £6 5s to .'£l l7s 6d, medium £I ,los to £s 15s, aged f cows £2 5s to £1.
" SHEEP. 2826 fat sheep. were penned, all crossJbreds, mostly -wethers. The quality was not of ..the ."best. ' Bidding was not spirited there was no improvement in prices. Best crossbred wethers sold at 14s 6d to _16s 3d, medium 12s 6d to 13s 9d v light 10sl6d to 11s 9d, liest ewes 13s to 16s 3d,•prdinary fls to lls 6d. 7S fat lambs were jenhed. . Best sold jai ,12s to 13s 9d, jnediuin 10s to ,11s.
' . .. P»SS. . 92 pigs yrexe , penned. There was a tsplendidid .Suckers sold at-8s to i2s*6d", slips ,l4s jto 17s,'stores 18s to 265, -porkers, 29s to 38s, baconers 40s to 555.
''VWheat^There has been unore inquiry idunn^g the "-past rweek, for, samples of jprimV milliiig' Wheat- of all classes. No improvement in' values v can be recorded, |jut^ really .primt" lots v are "more readily gjlaced/ 1 is only saleable as fowl ■vrlikM • "Quotations are-r-Prime milling
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 21, 15 October 1898, Page 4
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365DUNEDIN MARKETS. DUNEDIN, Oct. 12. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 21, 15 October 1898, Page 4
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