GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13386, 12 September 1905, Page 4

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Messrs Donald Rtid and Co. (Limited) report:—We held our We-dtiy auction sale of giain and produce at our s'.orcs on Monday. Thero was a. good attendance of local buyers and others interested in the trade, to whom wo submitted nit average catalogue. • For l-carly all the lines on oifer there was gaud competition, and nearly all clasps of prcduco mot a. fair sale. Prices ruled as under:—

Oats.—Thrro has ken keen demand during tho past week for r.ll milling and good shipping lira, but offerings are so small that buyers have soma difficulty in supplying their eiders. Local stocks aro in snyill compass, and in view oi present inquiries tho market will probably continue firm. Lower grades are also inquired for, but there ave no quantities offering. AYc quote: Primo miliirg, lo 10id to Is lid; £00d to 'boob fofti, Is 9Jd to lo lOd; inferior to medium, Is Get ;o Is Ocl per bushel (sacks extra). ' . Wheat.—There is no change to report, either in deniai.d or values. Prime Tuscan haa attention from millers, hut -for other torts there is litKo inquiry. Fowl wheat ia still iicarco, end orders are being generally tupplied with second milling quality. AYe quote: Primo milling, 2u Id to ,1a 2d; go:d .do, 3s; whole fowl wheat, is ]0d to 2s 1 Hd; broken and damaged, 2s 5d to is Od per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — Consignments, although not largo, are more numerous than usual, and tho market is therefore, fairly well supplied. Produce merchants report a noticeable shrinkage in the consumption at present values, and in consequence sales of whoiesule lines are not so readily elfectcd. Don Vents coiitinuo to mtot with most favour, but for nil sorts last wcolt'9 price 3 were barely maintained at Monday's salo. Wo quote: Best Bc-nvent-j,' j£ll to £11 10s; kidneys and whito sorts, £10 10.1 to £11; small potatoes anel medium quality, £8 to £10 per ton (sacks in). Chaff.—Tho local demand is almost entirely confined to prime oaten slie.if, and chaff of this class has ready W.o at £3 5s to £3 10s. Good quality has sonio inquiry for shipment, and is saleable at £3 to £3 2s 6d; but medium and inferior, at £2 103 to £2 15s per ton (bags extra), are difficult lo quit. Straw—Tbo merkct is bare, ar.d good oaten worth about 35s to 40s; ivlieaten, 30s to 35s per ton'(pressed;. Turnips.—Supplies havo slackened, and best swedes are now worth 33s per ton (loose, ex truck). Hay—Wojiavo fair inquiry for good to prime lolover and ryegrass lit £2 10s to £3 per ton (pressed).

Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report ns_ follows:—'We held our usual weekly sale oi grain! and produce at our stores 011 Monday, when we offered a fair-sized representative .logue to a good attendance of buyers. Competition was brisk throughout. l Oats.—Thero is a good inquiry for &U lines suitable for shipment, B grade, GiU'tons, and sparrowbilla being in request. Quotations snow an advance 011 last week's rates. Wo quote: Seed lines, 2s to 2s 3d; milling lines, Is lOid to Is lid; best feed,' Is Sd to Is lOd; inferior to medium, Is 7Jd lo Is BAd per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.—There is littlo change in the state ot this market to roport, and holders lire not inclined to accept- prices ruling. We quota: Seed lines, 3s 3d to 3s Gd; prime milling, 3a> let- to its 2d: good to medium, 2s lid to 3s; best whole fowl, 2s lOd to 23 lljd; broken and damaged, 2s ad to 2s 8d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.—We offered several cousignmenis of Derwents and white'sorts at Monday's sale. Tho former met with ,strong competition, but white lotatoes v.-cro hard to quit except at a reduction in prices lately ruling. Wo.quoto: Best Dora-entr, £11' ta £11 10s; best whito sorts, £10 103 to £10 }6s; small and medium quality, £9 to £10 per ton (bags' in).

Chaff— The market in fairly.well supplied. Prima oaten sheaf is in good demand at lato rates. We quote: Prime prion sli.eaf, £3 to £3 10s; good do, £2 17s Gd to £3 2s; light and discoloured, £2 10s to £2 133 per ton (bags extra).

Turnips.—The markci has been bare of supplies during tho past' -.roelr, and any consignments! now arriving tiro easily quitted at from' 12s to 13s per ton (loose, ex truck).