GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2203, 21 May 1896, Page 14

GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.

Messrs Donald Rkid and Co report that prices ruled as under at their Auction sxle ytsterday : — Outa mot with keen ronipetiiion, resulting iv a rise of about Id per bu'-hel on thosa of last week. Prime long Tartars, 2« 3d to 2s 5d ; Sutherland's; ' 2a to 2s 2d; sparrow bills—milling, Is 11}<1 ; good to best feed, Is lOJd to Is lid ; medium la 9d to 1 Is 10d per bushel (?aoks extra), Wheat —The demand was- keener than uauali and undor strong competition we bold about 65!) sacks at, for prime velveff, 3s 8H to & 9£d'; gJod 1, ' 3a 6Jd to 3i 7d; piimo Jiwcan, 3a Eid to 3s 7d ; fowl feed, 3s to 39 2d per bushel (skplcs in). Potatoes.~Go..d Derwrants, £2 12s 6i to.£2'lss ;• medium, £i7»'Cd to £2 10a per ton (snekaiu)". i Chaff.—ln moderate Bupply and keenly competed for. B .-t- Oaten sheaf, £2 15a to £3 Is me.lium, £210 ato £212s 6d per ton (bags extra). Turnips.—lv over hupnly^ Swedes (100-e), i Us per ton; best Swedes (in bugs), 12s per ton (bags extra).

' Tub Mutuat, Agency Company or New Zea- ' I land (Limitkd) vepo. t that prices ruled as under r at their weakly auction, sftlayisterday.:— (, Oats.—Market mu-t be reported again firmer III I and prices upifnlly, Id. Lirge catalogue3Wt>re.siibm'tted, but competition was keen, and everything sold. "\Ve offered about 1200 sacks, and : solrt : Long Tartars, 2s 3Jd to 2s4il (best are worth. i 2s sd); SufchfciianfK2s Id to 2s ljrf (best worth.2* 2d); sravro wbills—best Is 10H to U1 hi; gpod. Is Did ,< to Is lOHi Danish (small lot me Hum) at 2s; medinm and inferior feed, lasl to Is9d; Wheat.—Competition wm baiter, and' price 3' wore distinctly iirmer. Any lots clean and nt for seed lealibed an advance on later ptea We sold. , wlvet up to 3s 6Jd (exlra prime is worth up to 3- 9itl); Tusran to 3b 74 (top price); fowls' feed atLlslOJil t0352i.l Barley.—Market dull We sold two lota at 2s lid to 2s -Id. P. tutoes.—Market firmer, and pvicps'incline-l to advance. Be3t, £2 lCs; good, £2 12s fad to £2 .15s. Chaff.—Market bare, and prices advanced 2s 6d to ss. Btst is worth up to £'3. We bold one truck 'at £2 16s 61. ' Turnips.—On truck (loose) at lla.

. The Farmers' Agency Company (Limitkd) report that prices ruled as follows at th- grain audvproduce «al s held yesterday :— Oats—These met with very keea competition, and prices showed o fmther riss (especially for prime Rutheriands) of Jd to Id pe»' bush'l r.n last ■week's quotations Prime SuHierhnds sold from 2s to 2>> 2-i; prime sparrowbills fiotn Is 10M 1o Is lid; medium, Is 9d to la lOd per buslu'l (sicks extja) j Wheat.—Market firmer: prices showing an advance of Id per bushel. Piime velvet; told from :Ji 8d to 3i 9Jd ; meHium, 3a 6d to 3* 7id; other sorts, from 3s 5d to 3s 7d per bushel (sucks in). Potatoes — Prime Oamarus bvouglit £i 17s 6<l; othorsfrtm £2 12s 6-i to £2 )si; medium, £2 7s 6d to £2 Wi per ton (naclw in). Chaff.—The demand was very keen, and prices phowed an advance of 5s per ton. Prime oaten ; b ought £2 15s to £3 ; medium, £1 10s to £2 l?s fad per ton (b»gs extra).