LATE COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star, Issue 12167, 11 April 1904, Page 4

LATE COMMERCIAL.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS. Donald Reid and Co. reportWe held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores to-day. Our catalogue was a fully representative one, but in “i 11 classes of produce medium quality bulked competition for good to prime quality, nut lower grades had not the same attention Values ruled, as under: Oats. During the past week the tendency in all classics of oats has been towards lower values, and with considerable quantities coming forward there has been some accumulation of stocks in store. Buyers of prime milling lines have been far from keen, and with a limited outlet for export of feed lots there has been nothing like steadv demand. We quote: Prime milling, Is 6d to Is 7d; good to-best feed, Is to Is s>jd; medium. Is 3d to Is 4d; inferior, tOd to Is 2d per bwhel (sacks extra). Wheat.—Millers’ requirements of prime milling wheat are being supplied almost entirely from the North, most of the Southern wheat being more or less damaged. Medium quality is almost neglected. Fowl wheat is offering plentifully, but continues to move off steadily at quotations. We

quote: Prime milling, 3s to 3s 3d; medium to good, 2.? 6d to 2s lid; whole fowl wheat, 2s 4d to 2s sd; broken and damaged, 2s to 2s 3d per bushel {sacks extra). Potatoes. —The market is fairly well supplied with prime Dements, and rather oversupplied with kidneys and other white sorts. Derwents meet a fair market at £2 to £2 7s 6d; choice to £2 ICs; white potatoes are more difficult to quit at 30s to 40s per ton (sacks in). Chuff. —Prime oaten sheaf is readily quitted on arrival, but medium and inferior qualities have no inquiry, and are extremely difficult to deal with. We quote; _ Prime oaten sheaf, £2 15s to £3; medium to good, £2 to £2 10s; inferior and light, £1 10s to £1 17s 6d per ton (bags extra).

Dalgcty and Co. report having held their weekly sale of grain and produce at their stores to-day, when'they submitted a largo catalogue to a good attendance of buyers. For most of the lines on offer there was, however, only a moderate demand, but the greater portion of the passed in lots wew sold privately. Prices ruled as under;— Oats —Prime milling has a little attention, and there is some inquiry for seed lines and A grade quality. There is little cr no demand for B grade or anything below that quality at prices now asked, and a large proportion of the oats now coming forward are being stored. Quotations: Prime milling, Is od to Is 7d ; good to best feed. Is 4Jid to Is s|d; medium, Is 3d to Is 4d; inferior, lOd to Is 2d (sacks extra). Wheat.—The market has undergone no change. Northern wheat is offering freely, but there is still a difference of from Id to 2d per bushel between buyersT and fellers’ ideas of values, and unless forced to, local millers are not operating. Fowl wheat is offering freely at late rates. Quotations : Prime milling, 3s to os 3d; i, nedium, 2s 8d to 2s lid; good whole fowl wheat. 2s 4d to 2s sd; damaged, 2b to 2s 2d (sacks extra). Potatoes.—Consignments are coming forward steadily, and prime Derwents have most inquiry. We quote: Good Derwents, £2 2s 6d to £2 7s 6d; beat, £2 10s; kidneys and other white sorts, slow of sale at 32s 6d to 37s 6d per ton (bags in). Chaff.—Prime oaten sheaf is in fair demand at last week’s rates, but medium and inferior is hard to quit. Quotations: Prime oaten sheaf, £2 12s 6d to £2 17s 6d ; extra, £3; medium, £2 5s to £2 l£s; light and straw, £1 10s to £2 (bags extra).