COMMERCIAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXI, Issue 8831, 11 July 1905, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

DUX ED IN GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET. Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report as follows—We held our weekly Bale of grain, etc., at our stores on Monday. There was a laTge attendance of buyers, and, with few exceptions, ail the lots on offer were quitted at satisfactory prices. Ruling values are as under: (} a ts. —As legards sales, the past week lias been a quiet one. There is a limited cemand for seed lots in small quantities, and prime milling lines aTe readily sold at late rates. In feed lines B grade quality has most inquiry, but at present values not many are offering either ex local store or in the country. We quote: Seed lines, Is lOd to 2s 3d; prime milling, Is Bid to Is 9d; good to best feed, Is 7d to Is 8d; inferior and medium, Is 5d to Is 6£d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. —The few milleTS at present in the market- are not disposed to buy freely, and sales are confined to small lines of choice quality, for which last week's rates are being paid. Medium quality is, however, more or less neglected. Fowl wheat continues to be in fair demand for local consumption at late rates. We quote: Prime miiiing, 3s to 3s Id; medium, 2s lOd to 2s ild; best whole fowl wheat, 2s 8d to 2s 9£d; broken and damaged, 2s 3d to 2s 7d i>cr bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. —Medium consignments came forward last week, and weTe quitted at late rates. Prime Derwents are most in demand, but the supply of these is in the meantime sufficient for requirements. We quote : Seed sorts (white), £7 to £8; prime Derwents. £6 10s to £6 15s; medium do, £5 to £6 per ton (bags in). Chaff.—Bright, heavy, well-cut oaten sheaf is not over-plentiful, and this qualitymeets with a good demand and is readily sold ex truck. Medium and discolored chaff has, however, only a moderate sale. We quote: Prime oaten sheaf, £3 to £3 2s 6d ■ extra, to £3 ss; medium do, £2 12f 6d'to £2 17s; light and discolored, £2 as to £2 10s per ton (hags extxa). Turnips.—Consignments have not been so heavy lately, and prices show a slight improvement. We quote: Best swedes, lis to 12s per ton, loose, ex truck. Straw.—The market is well supplied and prices realised show a decline on last week 6 values. We quote : Wheaten, 25s to 27s 6d: oaten, 30s to 32s 6d per ton, pressed, ex truck.

STOCK SALES. There was a fair entry of horses at Tattersall's (Christchurch) on Saturday, 'out a small sale, on account of the bad weather, although there was a fair demand for good horses. Best draughts realised up to £4O 10s, medium from £3O to £35, and aged and inferior, from £2O to £24; hacks made from £5 to £7. On Friday at the Coalgate market the entry was a small one. only 1600 sheep and lambs being penned, the wet weather of the past few days keeping back several advertised lots. In the fat peus lambs formed the bulk, mostly light unfinished sorts, and excepting one line they were in small lots. The entry of stores consisted almost wholly of aged crossbred ewes in lamb, only one small los of wethers being penned. The attendance was small, but competition was brisk and prices good considering the quality of most lots. The following are the prices : —Fat wethers 20s to 22s 7d, tegs 18s lid to 19s 2d, fat lambs 17s 6d to 18s, light sorts 16s 9d to 17s, fatcrossbred ewes 16s 9d to 18s 2d, six and eight tooth crossbred ewes in lamb 22s 7d, aged do 13s 3d to 14s Id, two-tooth crossbred wethers (small) withdrawn at 16s. A few heifers sold at market rate.