DUNEDIN PRODUCE REPORT.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXIV, Issue 1221, 26 November 1897, Page 5

DUNEDIN PRODUCE REPORT.

Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report that prices ruled as under at their auction sale on Monday : — Oats.- — We submitted a small catalogue suitable to local trade requirements, but in the absence of demand the bulk was passed in. Lines of good sparrowbills suitable for shipment have to-day received more attention from buyers. We quote : Prime milling Is flsd to Is lid, good to best feed Is Bsd to Is 9d, medium Is 7d to Is 8d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— Prime milling is unchanged, only choice samples being in request. Fowl wheat was readily sold to-day at : For good whole wheat 3s 2d to 3s fid, broken 2s Gd to 3s per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes. — The market is now being supplied with early sorts, and Derwents have gone quite out of favour, being sold to-day at 20s to 30s per ton. Chaff.— We offered about 30 tons, which met with good competition and sold at : For best oaten sheaf, L3 5s to L 3 10s, medium to good, L 2 15s to LS 10s per ton (bags extra). Sheepskins. — No change in prices. Wellsaved crossbreds and halfbreds are worth 5d per Ib, extra good a shade more, best green crossbreds 4s 9d to 5s 9d, medium 3s 3d to 4s Gd. Dry merinos bring 4Jd per lb for best, medium 3sd to 4d, lambskins 4d to Is. Rabbitskins. — Prices for anything but the best are a shade easier. Quotations : Prime winter does 15Jd to lGd, do mixed bucks and does, Md to lod, medium do lid to 13Jd, winter blacks to IG^d, springs 7-|d to lOd, summers 3d to sd.