PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, 13 August 1908, Page 17

PRODUCE

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report :— We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. We submitted a lengthy catalogue to a good attendance of buyers. There was fair competition for most lines, offered at prices about equal to late quotations. Values ruled as under: Oats.—Export business has not been brisk, and only moderate sales have been possible at quotations. Seed lines have more attention, but the sale is not yet general. We quote: Seed lines, 2s 4d to as lod; prime milling, 2s 2d to 2s 2£d; good to best feed, 2s id to 2s ijd; inferior to medium, is iod to 2s per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.—The market is quiet. Quotations for milling sorts are nominally unchanged, but little business is passing Sales are chiefly confined to small lots of fowl wheat for local use We quote : Seed lines, 4s 6d to 4s iod; prime milling, 4s 3d to 4s~ 4d; medium, 4s 2d; whole fowl wheat, 4s4 s to 4s id; broken and damaged, 35 to 3s 9d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.—The market is well supplied with .Derwents and Up-to-Dates,. Exporters are not keen buyers, and sales can only be effected at a slight reduction on late rates. We quote - Best Derwents, £4 5s to £+ 7s7 s 6d; medium to good, to M; best Up-to-Dates, £4 to £* 2S 6d; medium to good, ' ;63 5S to £ 3 15s; inferior, £ 2 ios to per ton (bags included). Chaff.—Fair supplies are coming forward, most of which are of good to prime quality. For best lines there is ready sale at prices almost equal to late values, but medium and inferior sorts are not easily placed. We quote: Best oaten sheaf, £4 to £4 2S $d ; choice, to £4 5s5 s ; medium to good, £- s 10s to £3 iSBS lighted discolored, to Ss; oaten straw chaff £ 2 ios to £ 3 ; wheaten, £ 2 Ss to £2 lOS per ton (bags

Messrs. Slronadi, Morris, and Co., Ltd., report for "wcA ended August 1 1 as follows :—: — ' ".

Oats.— There is still very little demand for oats except for a few seed lines, and prices are the same as at last report Quotations,: Seed lines, 2S 4 d to 2S lod ; prime milling, 2S 2d to 2 s a a d; good to best feed, 2S id to as i*d ; inferior to medium, is iod to 2s per bushel (sacks ext?a). Wheal.-There is very little business passing, .and -prices are merely nominal. Seed lines, 4 s fid to 4 s lod ; prime milling, 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; medmm, 4 s ad ; whole fowl wheat, 4 s to Js id; broken and damaged, 3s3 s to 3 s 9 d per bushel (sacks extra) Potatoes—There is, not much inquiry, and to effect sales reduced pnees have to be accepted- Best Derwents, £ 4 <; s to it lost 6d: t med ' Urn l 0 S° od ' 5s to £ 3 iss; i nferi or, ios to per ton (bags in). ! Chaff.-Medium and inferior chaff is hard of sale, but there i. Jur ,nqu,ry for prime. Best oaten sheaf, £ 4 to kTas 6d" S°SV«SJ P ** 3 Hlght 'a^discofred Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows :- ' private sale. Values ruled as under" '" P* l *"*

Oats.— Business during the week has, been quiet and sales limited. Many- vendors prefer to- hold on to their consignments _in the anticipation of- a_ better inquiry- from Australia during the next few months. Quotations are unchanged :• Seed,, lines, as (5d to 2s od; prime milling, 2s 2 d to as '3d; good to best feed, 2s id teas iM; inferior to medium, is iid to- 2s- .per bushel (sacks extra). _ i- C -- - Wheat.— The market is quiet. Millers, however, find flour I selling more readily, and in consequence a- better /tone exists in the wheat market, although no .business, of, note can.'be reported ' . Fowl wh^at had moderate inquiry." - We quote :' Prime milling, 4S 3d to 4 5. 4 d; medium to good, 4s4 s ijd, tb'^aid ; fowl whea^ 4S to 4 s id; broken and damaged, 3 s 4 d to'-.^s , 9 cLper bushel (sacks - Potatoes.-With fairly heavy arrikls and aa^sing in the demand for sh,pment, late values are barely., maintained." Ouoffenngs this morning were mostly 'of nfetlium and inferior des f n P tions, and on this account lacked competition. PrhJ white tables ofDerwents are more readily saleable-* quotation" .'- Pnme Derwents, £, 5S to £, ?s 6d . L ,^ to £4 2S 6d; medium, to good, £ 3 7s 6d Lo £ •nd-uifenor, ,6, ios and upwards per , on (bags ° ' 8 ? la11 . PnZ f^ '~i, , mark6t rGmainS about on a P ar wilh last week's Pnmo bngh, heavy oaten sheaf finds preference wiih buyers both for shipment and local consumption. The Government to 42S 6d; medium to good, £■> ios to ,<■ • t ■ and light, per ton (bags extra). IsS '' T fcnOr trucki Ur " 5PS -~ We qU ° te: SWCdCS ' I9S » Gr l ° n «°™> «