PRODUCE MARKETS

Feilding Star, Volume 6, Issue 1911, 23 May 1928, Page 5

PRODUCE MARKETS

CANTERB UR Y QUOTATJOXS (Per Press Association), Christchurch May 22. Th© potato market is a. shade, brighter though -there is little change in values locally. “Prompt” were sold at £5 f. 0.1)., S.l. The. basis of prices on trucks rules at about £3 15s a ton, but there is little response at this figure. The Kurow took 3200 sacks at the week-end for Auckland, and the AYaikouaiti due to leave tomorrow, will take up to 0000 sacks. Forward months are. quoted at £0 2s od to £0 OS a. ton. f.0.b., 5.1., .July- ■ September but merchants are not keen to speculate at these figures. Onions have met with a. promising price and up to. E'o JOs to £•> los hag been paid on trucks. Jhe main source is the- demand that lias set in from north and south, and also to the rise in Australian values, which has been pronounced during the neck. Pollard Ims been selling at CO Ts a ton for some weeks. A fair amount ot wheat is ottering. A ghod deal of rejected wheat is m store at Lyttelton, and tins is being sold at os od to os fid (the on-truck equivalent) ; lOj. good milling os Od. in available, and there are cases of this being exceeded by merchants. s Oats are inclined to be “sticky. ’ and values arc. a shade easier than a week ago, when the market apparently went a shade ahead of export parity. About 4s 2d f.o.b. 5.1..- is the quotation tor June. There, is some inquiry for cocksfoot, which is quoted at 12d to I2.\d for standard seed.