PRODUCE .

New Zealand Tablet, 27 August 1908, Page 17

PRODUCE .

Messrs. Dalgety and Co.-, Ltd., report as follows :—: — We held our usual weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we submitted a'large catalogue to a fair attendance of buyers. Competition throughout was not over keen, and a number of lines had to be passed in pending private sale. Values ruled as under : Oats. —The market is depressed. The business passing a* present is chiefly confined to forced sales on account of vendors whose terms of storage have expired. Merchants carry fair stocks, and are disinclined to purchase at quotations. Quotations : Seed lines, 2s 6d to 2s 8d ; prime milling, 2s i^d to 2s 2d ; good to best feed, 2s to 2s id ; inferior to medium, is gd to is lid per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. —The market is brighter, and more business is doing in milling quality. There is fair inquiry for fowl wheat at quotations, which remain unchanged. Quotations : Prime milling, 4b 2d to 4b 3d; medium to good, 4s id to 4s i£d; fowl wheat, 4b to 4s id; broken and damaged, 3^ 4d to 3s Sd per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. —Prices' in this market remain steady at late rates for prime tables, but medium and inferior sorts lack inquiry, and are not as readily saleable at quotations. Quotations : Prime Dcrwents, 5s to £^ 7s 6d ; medium to good, 17s 6d to ,£4 2s 6d ; prime Up-to-Datcs, £.\ to 2s 6d ; medium to good, £2 7s 6d to 17s 6d ; small and inferior,"£2 10s and upwards per ton (bags in). Chaff. —The market is firm for all choice lots, which have preference for buyers both for shipment and local consumption. Our offerings were chiefly of inferior and medium quality, which were not keenly competed for at quotations. Quotations : Extra choice, £$ 5s ; prime oaten sheaf, to 2s 6d; medium to good, 10s to £3 15s; inferior and light, £3 per ton (bags extra). Turnips. —Quotations : Best swedes, 21s per ton (loose, ex truck). * Messrs. Donald'Reid and Co. report: — We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There was a full attendance of buyers, and as most of the lines catalogued were in good demand locally i\ fair clearance was effected at quotations. Values ruled as tinder : Oats. —There is little new business tb report. Considerable shipments have been made during the week, but in most cases these are to supply forward orders for which the oats were purchased in stores some' time ago. Prime clean seed lines are now ■in better demand, but in feed lines generally the market is' dull, and sales are ' not readily effected. Quotations : Prime milling, 2s i^d; good to best feed, 2s to 2s id ; ipierior "to medium, is od to is ud per bushel (sacks e>ttra). • ' • Wheat.—Prime milling velvet and red chaff-have some inquiry, but other sorts are not in request with millers. Medium milling quality is only saleable as fowl wheat, for which there is fair demand. Quotations: Prime milling, 4s 2d to 4s 3d; medium, 4s id to 4s i^d; whole fowl wheat, 4s to 4s id-broken and damaged, 3s 3d to 3s od per.bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.--The market is quiet. Most of the consignments coming forward are freely placed and in good condition. Tfrese are saleable at late values,-but without much competition. Inferior and meSium sorts are not so easily dealt with. Choice seed lines have more inquiry. Quotations : Prime Derwents,

5 s to £a, 7s 6d; medium to good, £3 '15s to ; .'best . Up-to-Dates, £^-to''£^ 2s- 6d ; choice, , to. ,ss^-'medium to good, £3 10s to-^3,. 15s ; inferior to medium,'^2,-15^ to 5s per ton (bags included). ' '-•-". ;'_ . " ' Chaff. — Consignments have been coming v forward- freely, but with fair export demand for prime quality late" values are well maintained. Prime' bright oaten sheaf is .the. only class ' jvanted for shipment, and as local buyers have a strong preference-' for. tjj^rsame class, inferior and medium lines arc- out" of favor. Quotations : - Best oaten sheaf, £^ to £4 2s : 6d~; thoice, to £\ ss; medium to good, 10s to light "and inferior, £2 to £3 5s5 s P e r ton (bags extra). .' -" .. r "Straw.— Quotations : Oaten, 45s 10-'^s '6d;- whe'aten, : 37$ 6d per ton (pressed). " ' -, ", r v *v • Turnips.— Quotations : Best swedes, 20s' to: 2 is per 'ton (loose, ex truck). .''-.''