GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2436, 21 November 1900, Page 16

GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.

Dalgety and Co. (Limbed) report having held their usuil weakly auction sale on Monday", when there was a good attendance of buyers, and bidding was fahly active. Oats.—Tbe market has hardened slightly during the past week, especially for good, bright feed sorts suilpble for shipment. We quote: Prime milling, Is ed to Is 6jd ; good to best feed, Is 5d to Is 6d ; medium," Is 3?id to Is 4Jd (bags extra). Wheat. — The market remains quiet. Prime milling has fair inquiry, but medium quality is neglected, and is only saleable as fowl feed. Prime velvet and "Tuscan, 2s Cd to 2s 7d; medium do, 2s 2d to 2s 4d; fowl feed, 2s to 2s Id (bags in). Potatoes. — Owing to low prices ruling last week, growers stopped sending consignments, and accordingly prices have advanced about 10s a ton. Prime northern Derwents are worth £2 ss; other sorts, to J-2 (bags in). Chaff. — Prime oaten sheaf is in good demand, and met a ready sale at from £2 lOs to £2 12s 6d ; extra heavy, £2 lls. Medium quality is in over-supply, and consequently hard to sell at from £2 to £2' ss. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report having held their weekly auction sale of grain and produce at their stores on Monday. There was a good attendance of buyers, and, with fair competition, the bulk of the catalogue was cleared at the following values : — Or.ts. — During the past weok, m consequence of the prospect of an order for the Imperial Government, the market has fumed to the extent of about Id to lid per bushel. We. quote: Prime milling, Is 6Jd to Is 7d; good to best feed. Is s£d to Is 6|d ; medium, Is 4d to Is od per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — The demand for milling wheat is quiet at late quotations, prime quality being still in moat favour with buyer?. "Fowl wheat is not over-plentiful, and commands ready sale. We quote: Prime nulling, 2s 6d io 2s 7d; medium, 2j3 2d to 2s sd ; whole fowl wh?at, 2s to 2s Id; broken, etc., Is 8d to Is lid per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes. — The heavy supplies recently to hand have row been quitted, and to-day there was fair inquiry for good Derwents. We quote: Prime Derwents, 40s to 50s; others, 30s to 35s per ton (sacks in). Chaff. — Prime quality is in fair demand, with small supplies. Medium and inferior lots are out of favour, and difficult to place. Wo quote: Best oaten sheaf, £2 7s 6d to .-62 10s; medium, £1 15 ato £2 5s jer ton (bags extra) Messrs A. Moritzson and Co. report having held their usual weekly sale of grain and produce on Monday morning. Prices ruled as follows : — Oats. — These were in mt.ch better demand than of late, and prices are fmner. We soldbe3t feed from Is 5d to Is rAd; medium and inferior, from Is 2d to Is 4Jcl. Wheat. — There is a steady sale for prime qualities, but medium and inferior sorts are very hard to place. We quote: Prime velvet and Tuscan. 2s 6d to 2s 7d; medium and inferior, 2s 2d to 2s sd; fowl feed, 2s to 2s Id per bushel. Potatoes. — Arrivals having eased off, prices are considerably firmer. We sold prime fresh picked Oamaru Derwents fiom £2 to £2 5s per ton. Chaff. — There is a brisk demand for prime qualities, and for such prices show an improvement of 5^ per ton. We sold prime oaten sheaf from £2 10s to £2 15s ; medium and inferior, from £1 15s to £2 7s 6d per ton. DUNEDIN HORSE SALE /AHDS. Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as follows : — There was a large entry of horses for our sale last Saturday, but the attendance of buyers was rather disappointing. We put this down to the severe weather, and tflso to the large sale of horses held in Oarnaru on the same date. The New South Wales horses wero a fair show, and some of them weie keenly competed for. Mr Hegarty always brings the proper stamp of horses to Dunedin, and, what is more, he brings them here for unreserved sale, which is always an encouragement to people who want to buy. His draft of horses last Saturday were useful sorts, and sold at from £22 10s to £38. There were several very useful mares and peldings from Gore, but the vendors had rather high ideas of values, and we only managed to place three of them at up to £47 10s. There were very few light horses forward, and none of more than ordinary merit. We quote: Superior young dratighi geldings, £45 to JESS; extra good prize horses, £55 to £70; medium draught mares and geldings, £35 :to £44 ; aged do, J2B to £32 ; upstanding carriage horses, £25 to £35 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £60 to £80; strong spring van horses, £25 to £33 ; milk cart and butchers' order cart i horses, £16 to £22; tram horses, £14 to £20; light hacks, £11 to £14; extra- good hacks, £18 to £25; weedy and aged hacks and harness horses, £2 to £5.