GRAIN AND PRODUCE SALES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 25

GRAIN AND PRODUCE SALES.

I Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Ltd.), report as I follows: — " | j We held our usual weekly auction sale . ' of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we submitted a large cata-log-ue' to -a good attendance of buyers. Competition was not' very brisk, but we • cleaned our catalogue at 'auction and privately at prices as under: — Oate.—The market this week has been • very quiet and shows a tendency to ease', j Farmers are stiß inclined fo hold up to I their ideas of value, and in the absence r of shipping business, buyers are not die- ! posed to come up to that level: We quote : j Prime ' milling " Gartons Is 8d to Is Sd ; , sparrowbilLs Is 7^d to Is Bd, gcod to best feed Is 6id to Is; 7d, inferior to medium Is 5d to Is ,s£d per bushel (sacks extra). WheaS.— Market reports from London have quietened down the local market andmillers are not disposed to operate in the present unsettled state. Powi wheat is not in such .keen .demand. -Prime milling 4s 6d to 4s 7d ; choice velvet to 4s Bd, medium, to good 4s 2d to 4s sd, best whole fowl wheat 3s lid to 4s, inferior and smutted ds od to 3s 4d ,per bushel (sacks extra) Potatoes. —Extra prime Up-to-dates. freshly picked, meet with a ready sale, but other sorts are not in demand. We quote • KfiSTfif M% to £3 15s ' m€dium to Chaff.— Extra heavy, well-cut oaten sheaf continue* in demand, and medium to gcod JE£? fch 15 faI L Sale S fc Ration*. Best ft f7f 7 6d *o & 15s, extra choice %f? 1 . 75 , 6 ?> medium to good £2 5s to *2ias, inferior and discoloured 35s to 4Cs. btraw.— We quote: Oaten 27s 6d to 30s, • wheaten 27s 6d to 30 3 per ton, pressed (ex

Messrs Donald Reid and Co. (Ltd) reJSrS V^ Weekly auotion ■& tf day There was a full gathering of local buyers, to whom we submitted a lengthy catalogue. For oata and wheat biddiS w% somewhat slack, but for best Up-to?Das potatoes and prime oaten sheaf chaff competition was brisk and prices well maintained. Values ruled as under. Oats.— The demand' for all classes of oafs has been easier during the past week For some time the bulk of the prime Garfcona on offer have been readily taken by shippers for the English markets. London values have, however, receded to som© extent, and at present few sales can be made on the level of late quotations. The coastal trade, which is usually filled with oats of B and C grades, is also in a quiet state, so that only moderate business is passing We quote : Prime milling A grade Gartens, Is 8d to Is 9d ; SparrowbilLs, Is 7d to Is Sd ; good to best feed. Is 6d to Is 7d ; inferior to medium, Is 4d to Is sjd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat — No business of any importance has transpired of late. Millers generally hold fair stocks, and there are now very ■ few lines of any quantity still left in first hands. Holders see no reason to reduce their reserves, and any sales being made are on the basis of late quotations. Fowl wheat is fairly plentiful, and continues to more off steadily for local use. We quote : Prime milling. 4s 6d to 4s 7d ; choice velvet, to 4s 8d ; medium to good, 4s 3d to 4s sd ; I whole fowl wheat 3s lid to 4s; meduiin, 3s 6d to 3s lOd ; broken and 1 damaged, 2s 9d to 3s 3d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Sound, freshly nicked Up-to-Date*- are in lequest for shipment, and any coming' forward moet with ready salo. Medium and \ adly blighted line-* are out j of favour. We quota Be*t Up-io-Dales. £3 '10s to £3 los; medium to crood. £3 to £3 7e 6d; inferior, £2 5, to £2 15s per ton (sacks extra). Chaff — Moderate are cominjr to hand, and during the week, partly owing to the question of the tf>rm? for chaff bajrs, bujers were not disros°d to operate freely. At" our sal<? to-day, however, there was keen comnctition. and all prime lots were quilted at sati-facroiv vaiuo^. Best oaten sheaf sold at £2 lSs 6d to £2 iss; a few trucks extra chok-e. £2 17s 6d to £3: me-lium to good. £2 to £2 7s 6d : light and discoloured. £1 lbs to £1 17s 6d per ton ( (ba*s extra) Straw— Market fairly *ui>r.hecl Wo quote Oat-en and wheaton, 27-> 6d to 30s per i ton, piessed.