DUNEDIN MARKETS. DUNED1N, March 8.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 42, 11 March 1899, Page 2

DUNEDIN MARKETS. DUNEDIN, March 8.

Cattle.— At Burnside tnmket only J22 hentl of tat cattle weie \uided< and of the"* a lew only weie pi live, the Lal'ince being medium to infeiioi light weight steeis and heifeis. Fume bullocks met with keen demand, and pure* weie abort, 10s highei tl an last week. Ofhtis v.ne dull of -sale even .it last week's JnvV \al\iea. Beat bullocks hi ought Jfc» to £8 17s (id, medium £7 to K7 lis, ijght and in lei ioi £4 KTa to £0 IDs. best cows £6 10\ to 1/7 IDs, medium £o to £(> Sheep — The y.ai ding ot fat sheep eornpnsed ] - i 62, ,\ small unmben only ot which weiegood •wetheis and none lesilly mime heavyweights. 'Ihe demand wis somewhat mcpnlar, pi roes at the commencement being about on a pai with last week- Then values nnpio\ed to the extent of Is to Is 6d pei head, but at the close Jt was with some diflicuJt> that the opening latea weie maintained. Bestuosslned wetheis t etched l.^s to 14b,, medium 11s tid to 12s 6d, be-,t ciossbred wetheis 12s. to 14s Od, medium l()s to 12s (xl, light .Hid mieitor 7s to 9s. 8.-<0 Lit Ifimbs weie penned. Theie was a lair demand tor iietzing soils, but otheis weie blow of silo. Puces weie about the s«me as tast v.eik. Beat brought, its to 10s Gd, medium 7b Jd to Bs, intciioi ->s 8d to 6i O'L Pia;s.--onlv 70 pifts weie penned, almost €nfchel> slips and snckeis. Poikeis, baconeis, and well grown gtoir^ me in g'eat leqncst. Suckeis bionght fiom 14& (o 10s, slips 17s to •_'3s, stores 25b to 34%, poikeis 3tis to 425, Vaconeis 46s to 563, beAvj v-eights o">s, "Wheat. — Very httle new giain has yet shown itst'li on the maiket, and thfiefoie \eij little business is pacing. Quotations , ue — \ehei, up to 2& Qd, tuscan 2s Bd< led soits 2b s<l to 2s 7d, fowl iced, foi winch theie is the best demand, '2s. Oat&.— The niaiket continues veiy bare of i>tocK&, only one oi two lines of the new juain having been r il'eied &o i*\i . Cujeis, however, cannot psiy higher pircea, despite the shoitAue, than Is 6 1 ioi milling, Is SVI foi prime feed, and Is 4 J ,d to Is 5d tor oidinaiv.