GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2399, 22 February 1900, Page 15

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

good, £2 7s 6cl to £2 12s Gd; medium, £2 to £2 5s per ton (bags extra). Me^rs Drilgety and Co. (Limited) leport havirg held th?ir weekly auction sale on Monday, when the attendance of buyers was fair. Oats. —Pimie feed and ni'llmg meet with good demand, and are readily saleable; medium and inferior are more difficult to place. Prime milling, up to 2s Id; good to best feed, 2s to 2s (Hd; fair to medium, Is 9d to Is lOd; mfeiior. Is 6d to Is 8d; blacks, Js lOd (sacks extra). Wheat. —The only demand is for prime velvet and Tv atari, which biing from -a 5d to 23 Gd ; medium and second class (nom<naHy), 2s 3d, good whole fowl feed, 2s Id to -2a 2d, bioken and inferior, Is 9d (sacks in). Potatoes. —Stocks forward are fully up to requirements, but really prime aic almost unsaleable. We quote. Prime, fre«h:y-clu^ kidneys, £2 7s Gd to £2 10s. CliaH. —Prime quality meets v:it!i aoocl demand ?t fiom £2 17s 6d to £3; fan- to medium, £2 7s 6d to £2 12s 6cl; 'nferior, £2. Messrs A. Montzson and Co. icport having held their usual weekly sale of gram and produce on Monday moruirg. Prices lultcT as follows: — Oat,s. —There is a steady demand,-and prices are firm at late quotations, which aie: Prime milling, 2s Id; best feed, to 2s o_,d, medium and inferior, fiom Is 8d io Is Hid per bushel. Wheat. —Theic is a good demand for prime milling, but other sorts.have no attention. We quote • Prime velvet and Tuscan, 2s Gd to 2-j 7d; medium, 2s 3d to 2s sd; fowl feed, 2s to Qs Id per bu=hel. Potatoes. —The nwrket is a little easier, ?nd the top price is novv &1 15s per ton. Chaff. —The demand is not so keen, and prices are 2s 6d per ton lower. Top price on Monday was £1 17s 6d; medium and inferior sold from £2 Ss to £2 12s 6d per ton.

ilessis Donald Reid and Co. report that pries ruled as under at their aiiction sale on > Monday. — J Oats.—Only medium quality was catalogued, 1 and for this class there \veie very few buyers ' piesent. Good tc prime sparrowbills aie in demand for export, at prices fully equal to late quotations. We quote: Prime milliug, to 2s Id; good to best teed, 2s to 2s 0)d; medium, Is lOd to Is lid , inferior, Is Sd to If- OUI per bushel (sacks extra). ' "Wheat.—Prime milling quality is ai fair demand at late values. Medium quality is not wanted, except as fowl feed, for which theie is steady demand. We quote: Prime milling, 2s 5d to 2s 6d; medium, 2s 3d to 2s 4d; whole fowl wheat, 2s to 2s 2rl; broken and damaged, Is 9d to Is lid pel bushel (sacks in). ! Potatoes.—The market i& well supplied, and only ripe, freshly-dug lots are in favour with buyer?. We quote: Best kidneys, £2 10s; others, £2 io £2 7d Gd per ton (sucks in). Chaff.—Prime quality continues to ba in most deraard, and i<= readily saleable at quotations. We craote: Best oaten sheaf, £2 las to £3; ACeclitViti 'i& not wanted, and difficult to place.