PRODUCE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume 08, 8 October 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. The catalogue submitted was fully representative, and the primest lots of all lines on offer met' with* - ; fairly good competition from a small attendance of buyers. Our offerings of medium and inferior quality -in most lfnes, however, were neglected. * Values ruled as~undcr :— r

Oats.— The market- is quiet, and little business is passing, either for shipment or local consumption. Vendors who have held throughout the season are not readily disposed to accept merchants' present comparatively low limits. Quotations are unchanged as follow :— Prime milling, 25 id ; good to best feed, is lid to ?s; inferior to medium, is 9 d to is io£d per bushe! (sacks extra).

U heat.-— The market is firm, despite the slight fall reported m the London market. This firmness is principally due to the lightness of offerings. Prime milling is in request, while medium milling is readily quitted as fowl wheat, which has strong inquiry. Quotations : Prime milling, 4 s 4 Jd to 4 s 5 1<1 ; medium milling and fowl wheat, 4 s 3d to 4s4 s 4 d ; broken and damaged, 3 s 6d to 3s nd per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— With light arrivals the market is firm at late quotations. At auction we disposed of one line of exceptionally prime Up-to-Dates at .£4 per ton. Medium quality is unchanged whilst inferior descriptions lack inquiry and are diflicult to dispose of even at low figures. We quote : Prime Derwents, £3 i S s to prime Up-to-Dales, £ 3 ,25, 2S 6d to £ 3 issi 5 s ; medium, £ 3 5S to los ; inferior, £2 7s 6d to £2 15s. Chaff.— The market is fully supplied, and values are almos 1 on a par with last week's rates. Prime quality has almost the sole attention of buyers, and medium and indifferent qualities in consequence are difficult to dispose of at quotations. We quote • Prime oaten sheaf, £3 17s to £4 ; medium, «to £* ios; light, inferior, and heated, £2 ios and upwards per ton (bags extra).

Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co., Ltd., report as follows :— Oats.— Quotations : Prime milling, 2s ti. 2s id ; good to best feed, is lid to 2s; inferior to medium, is 9 d to is io*d per bushel (sacks extra). , - • . Wiieat.— The market is very firm, but there is very little offering, while fowl wheat is in good demand. Quotations : Prime milling, 4 s 4 Jd to 4 s 5 Jd ; medium milling and fowl wheat 4 s 3d to 4s4 s 4 d; broken and damaged, 3 s 6d to 3 s nd per bushel" (sacks extra).

Chaff.— The market is unchanged, and only prime quality «^ asked for. Quotaions : Pri^e oaten sheaf, iys 6d to £4; medium, £ 3 5* to £4 10s ; light, inferior, and heated, £2 los to ,£3 per ton (bags extra). ton J?reSSed St?aw -^ uotations : Wheaten, 45 5 ; oaten, 47 s 6d per

Messrs. Donald Reid and Co. report :—

We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. There was" the .usual attendance "df trade buyers and others. For the oats catalogued there was only moderate competition, but fowl wheat, potatoes, and chaff had fair demand at prices about on a par- with late quotations. Values ruled as und<y :—: — '

Oats.— Considerable shipments are being made from this port, but these are chiefly made up of oats purchased some time ago by shippers. There is little new business to report,' but any sales passing are on the basis of late quotations, which holders see no reason to reduce. Quotations': Prime milling, 2s o£d to 2s id; good to best feed, is nd to 2s; inferior to medium, is o.d to is iod per bushel (sacks extra).* Wheat.— Prime milling quality has ready sale at late values, but in the absence of anything like large stocks there is not much actual business to report. Medium milling sorts are not in favor with millers, but find an_ outlet -as fowl wheat, which: is scarce. - Quotations : Prime milling; 4 s 5 d to - 4 s s*d ; medium, 4s 4ad ; best whole fow! wheat, 4 s 3d to 4 s 4 d ; medium and damaged, 3s 3d to 3s iod per -bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.— The market has been more -freely supplied, and except for choice lots it has been difficult to maintain last week's prices. Ihe demand is chiefly for prime, freshly-picked Up-to-Dates. - Best are worth £ 3 i 2s 6d to £ 3 issi 5 s ; medium to good, _&3 to .£3 ios ; inferior and stale, .£2 53 to £2 15s. Derwents have not much inquiry at— For prime, £ 3 ;, 5s to £4 ; medium, £3 5s to £2 ios; inferior, £2 ios to^r^emtqn^bags in).' Chaff.— Fai- supplies are coming forwar^afd in the case of prime lots meet with good demand at about "latiTvalues. Medium and discolored jots are difficult to 'place at -satisfactory prices. The demand is almost entirely local, and is. confined chiefly to best samples. Quotations: Prime oaten sheaf, £ 3 17s 6d to - £*; medium to good, .-£3 ios to £ 3 15s; inferior and light, £3 to £3 7s 6d; straw chaff, £2 per ton (bags extra). Pressed Straw.— Quotations : Wheaten, 455; oaten (scarce} 47s 6d per ton. " "