GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2274, 30 September 1897, Page 15

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report that prices ruled as under at their auction sale on Monday : —

Oats.— We offered medium to good feed, which sold at Is 10£ dto Is Hid per bushel. A fair demand exists for good feed lines suitable for shipment. Medium and discoloured lots are plentiful, and not in-request. We quote : Seed linss, 28 2d to 2s 6d ; prime milling, 2s Id to 2s 3d ; good to best feed, Is lid to 2s ; medium, Is lOd to Is 10id per bushel (s*eks extra). Wheat.— No change in value to reuort. We Fold several lines of fowl wheat at 3s 3d to 3s 6d per bushel.

Potatoes — "We offered a few truclts, chiefly good to prime Oamaru Derwents. Bidding was slack.

and best lots sold at £2 12a 6d to £2 153 ; medium to good, j£2 5s to £-2 10s per ton (bags in).

Chaff. — The market was over-supplied to-day. We offered- about 60 tons, medium to prime quality. Prime'quality was fairly well competed for and values for this class were almost on a par with late quotations. Medium quality, however, was not in request, and could only be quitted at a reduction. "We quote : Best oaten sheaf, £'i 12s td to jC3 17s 6d : medium to good, £3 to £3 10s per ton (bags extra).

Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report having held tneir usual weekly auction sale, when prices ruled as under :—

O-*tß. — The demand still limited, and pripps remain unchanged. We quote : Prime milling up to 2s 3d ; good feed, Is lid to Is II Jd ; medium, Is lOd to Is 10£ d. Wheat. —Mai ket. unchanged. We offered some small Hues of fowl wheat, which sold at from 3s 3d to 3s 6d.

Potatoes — We offei'ed several lots, but were hard to place. We quote : Prime northerns from £2 10s to £-2 15s ; southerns, £2 5s to £2 10<. Chaff. — In consequence of heavy arrivals during/ the week the market is much easier, especially for inferior and medium quality, the bulk of the chaff offering being of that description We qnote : Really prime cbaff to .£3 17s 6d ; medium, £3 5s to £3 10s; inferior (no demand), £2' ss to .£2 1&.