GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2320, 18 August 1898, Page 15

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

Donald Reid and Co. report that prices ruled as under at, their auction sale on Monday : — Oats. — We offered a catalogue of medium to good feed. Competition being weak, we passed the bulk in tor private sale. We quote: Prime milling, 2s 2d .to 2s 4£d , good to best feed, 2s Id to 2s ljd ; medium, Is lOd to 2s per bushel extra). Wheat. — We sold good whole fowl wheat ut 3s to 3s 2d; inferior, at 2s to 2s 6d per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes. — We offered a good selection, which met with fair competition, but at slightly x>duced valuo. Best Dcrwents sold at £6 10s to £6 16s; others, £5 to £6 5s per ton (sacks in). Chaff. — The market is over supplied. We offered 60 tons, which sold at, for best oaten •sheaf, £3 7s 6d to £3 10s, medium to good, £3 to £3 5s per ton (bags extra). Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report having held their usual weekly auction sple. Oats. — The demand was again slack, with values about on a par with those ruling last week. Good to best feed, 2s Id to 23 ljd; fair to medium, Is lid to 2s; inienor, Is 7Jd to Is 10d. Wheat. —We offered several lines of fowl feed, which sold up to 3s Id. Chaff. — The market is overstocked with light and inferior, which is vpry hard to place. Prime, however, still meets with good demand at from £3 7s Gd to £3 12s 6d ; fail to medium £3 to £-3 ss. Potatoes. — The market is still well supplied, and prices to-day showed a further decline. Prime Northerns sold at from £6 12s 6d to £6 16s; Southern*, from £0 to £6 7s 6d.