GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

Evening Star, Issue 11152, 30 January 1900, Page 1

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

Donald Reid and Co. report that prices ruled as under at their auction Bale yesterdKy : Oats. We submitted a cataloguo of feed oats in which most classes were represented. The attendance of buyers was siuull, and as there was poor competition and bidding did not reach our valuations, most of ihe loin were held over for private sale. There is steads - demand for all pood to prime short fe*d fir export. Other clastes Dot being so well compel ed for, arc not so readily placet. We quote : Prime milling, 2* Id ; pood to best feed, 2< to 2s lljd ; medium to fair. Is lOd to Is lid per bushel (backs extra). Wheat. —The market is uncharged. Prime milling sells at 2s 5d to 2s (id ; medium, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; whole fowl wheat, 2s to 2s 2d ; broken and damaged. Is 'M to Is lid per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes.—We oifervd a small quantity of kidney.;, which sold at £'2 15.s to £3 per ton (sacks in).

Chaff.—The demand is still confined to prime quality, and buyers evinre little inclination to buy otbnr sorts, even at reduced prices. We quote: Prime oaten sheaf, £3; fair to good, £2 10s to £2 15s; medium, £2 to £2 7s txl per ton (bags extia).

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Limited, report having held their usi-al weekly auction sale, when the attendance of buyers was small. Oats.—We offered a fair catalogue of medium to Rood feed, but, owing to bids not reaching our valuations, we passed in the bulk of the lots. We quote : Prime milliitg, 2s Id ; good to best feed, 2s to 2s OJd; fair to medium, Is lCd to Is IUJd ; inferior, la 9a (sacks extra). Wheat..--We have no change to report, anything but prime milling being difficult to place. Prime Tuscan velvet, 2s 5d to 2s <sd ; do, red sorts, 2s 5d ; medium and second class (nominally), 2s 3d to 2s 3Jd ; fowl feed, 2s to 2s 2d (s >cks in). Potatoes. Prime freshly-dug kidneys bring from £2 lf>R to £3 ; other sorts xlmcst unsaleable. Chaff.—Prime quality is in fair demand, but medium and inferior is slow of sain. We quote : Prime, up to £3; medium to good, £2103 to £2 15s; inferior, £2.

Messrs A. Moritzson and Co. report having held their usual weekly sale of grain and produca yeßterday morning. There was only a small attendance of buyers present, and competition wag not keen.

Oats.—These are in fair demand, best feed selling at 2s; medium and inferior from Is 8d to Is 11W ; milling, 2s Id per bushel. Wheat.—There is a fair demand for prime milling, but other sorts are quite neglected. Wo quote : Prime velvet and Tuscan, 2s di ; medium, 2s 3d to 2s sd: fowl feed, 2s to 2s 2d per bushel. Potatoes.—Good kidneys are in request and sell at £3 per ton. Chaff.-Only prime quality has any attention, and sells from £3 to £3 2a 6d per ton; medium, £2los to £2 IBs.