GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS

Otago Witness, Issue 2490, 4 December 1901, Page 18

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS

Messrs Dalgety and Co. report having held their usual weekly auction sal& on Monday before a full attendance of buyers. Bidding was fairly active, and puces obtained were fully equal to late rates. Oats. — The mark&t continues the same as lait week. Prime milling has a good inquiry, and bright heavy feed has also a fair demand, but other grades are not inquired for. We quote: Prime milling, 2s 4£d to 2s sd; good to best feed, 2s 3d to 2s Id; inferior to medium, 2s to 2s 2Jd (bags extra).

Wheat. — There is a strong inquiry for all prime samples, but there is very little offering. Medium quality is also more saleable at quotations, while fowl feed, which is very scarce, is readily sold. Prime velvet and Tuscan, 2s 9Jd to 2s lOJd; medium do, 2s 8d to 2s 9d; fowl feed (whole), 2s 7d to 2s 7id ; do (broken), 2s 5d to 2s 6d (bags in). Potatoes. — There were very few on offer and prices have advanced considerably. Fresh picked Derwents, i' 3 10s to £4 ; medium. £3 to £3 7s 6d; inferior, £2 10s to £2 17s 6d (bags in).

.Chaff.— All consignments of prime heavy oaten sheaf meet a good demand, while medium quality is <also more saleable. Prime, £3 7s 6d to £3 12s 6d ; extra heavy, X' 3 15s ; medium, £2 15s to £3 3s; inferior, £2 5s to £2 10s (bags extra).

Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report having held their usual weekly sale of gram and produce as follows : — '

Oats. — Shippers' operations are now only on a small scale, but these, with the local -demand, absorb nearly all good lines offenng. Inferior quality is more difficult to place. We quote : Prime milling, 2s 4£d to 2a sd ; good to best feed, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; inferior to medium, 2s Id to 2s 3d per bushel (sacks e-xtia). Wheat. — Prime milling quality is in good demand, but theie is practically none offering. Medium quality also meets with better inquuy. Fowl wheat is scarce, and commands ready sale. We quote.: Prime milling, 2s 9Jd to 2s 10U7; medium, 2s 8d to 2s 9d; whole fowl wheat, 2s 6d to 2s 7{,d; broken and damaged, 2s 3d to 2s 5d per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes. — The supply of good, sound, old Derwents is almost exhausted, and any sueh — free from growth— are in demand at advanced rates. We quote : Prime, S3 10s to JE4 ; medium to good, £2 10s to £3 ss; infeiior, £1 to £1 10s per ton (sacks in). Chaff. — Prime oatan sheaf has not been offering so freely, and really good quality shows an advance of about 5s per ton. Other sorts are not in request. We quote : Prime oaten sheaf, £3 10s to £3 15s ; medium to good, £2 15s to .£3 sa ; inferior, £2 to £2 10s per ton (bags extra).