GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS. Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report having held their usual weekly auction sale of grain and produce at their stores on Monday. There was a good attendance of buyers, and thfe bulk of the catalogue offered was cleared at prices fully up to late.,values. Prices ruled as under: — . ' Oats.—The market has been much quieter during the past week, there being very little inquiry from shippers. Stocks of good, sound oats, however, are light, and all consignments coming forward aie aold on arrival. Prime milling are in fair demand, but medium and inferior lines are hard to quit. Quotations: Prime milling, 2s 8d to 2s 9d; good to best feed, 2s 7d to 2s 8d; medium to good, 2s 4d to 2a 6d; inferior,-2s to 2s 3d (sacks extra). Wheat.—The market is very firm, and there is a strong demand for all lines of prime milling. Medium quality and whole fowl feed are also in good demand at quotations. Quotations: Prime milling, 4s 3d to 4s 8d; medium qu.-lity, 4s to 4s 3d; whole fowl wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 10d. Potatoes.—Stocks, of Derwents are exhausted, and, in- the absence of consignments, quotations are merely nominal. Quotations: Prime Derwents, £5 to £5 -10s; medium to good, £4 to £4 15s. Chaff.—Consignments of good and medium quality are coming forward fairly freely, but prime quality is still scarce. Prices.remain unaltered. Quotations: Prime oaten sheaf, £5 to £5 ss; medium to good,- £i to £4 15s; inferior, £3 to £3 15s. Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report:—We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday. The attendance of buyers was rather below the average, but competition generally was fairly good. Prices ruled as under: — ' Oats.—Prime milling and feed lines arc in good demand at late values, but for medium and inferior oats there is little de-; mand. Shippers in most cases decline to take the risk of the latter quality, and most of taeir orders are for bright, sound feed. Quotations: Prime milling, 2s 8d to 2s 9d; best feed, 2s 7d to 2s 8d; medium to good, 2s 4d to 2s 6d; inferior, 2s to 2s 3d per bushel (sacks extra).' " Wheat. The market is excited, and all classes have hardened considerably. Local stocks are, for the mcst part confined to medium milling qualities, which have, for soms time past, been purchased in many cases for fowl wheat^ xn consequence of the scarcity of the latter. Prime milling is in strong demand, and medium sorts have experienced a :ise of aboat Gd per bushel. The market is bare of fowl wheat, which sells at record prices for the season. Quotations: Prime milling, 4s 6d to 4s 9d; medium, 4s to 4s 3d; whole fowl wheat, 3s 6d to 3s lOd; damaged, 3s to 3s 4d per DU3hel (sacks extra). Potatoes.—Local stocks are exhausted, and in view of small supplies coming forward prices have undergone a sharp advance In the absence of representative qualities, the quotations are nominal. Quotations: Best Derwents, £5 to £5 10s; medium, £4 -to £4 15s" per ton (bag's in). " Chaff.—Prime oaten sheaf is scarce, and meets with ready sale at satisfactory prices. Medium to good quality is more plentiful, and readily realises late values. Quotations: Prime oaten sheaf, £5 to £5 ss; medium to good, £4 5s to £4 15s; inferior and straw chaff, £2 5s to £3 15s per ton (bags extra).
GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORTS.
Otago Witness, Issue 2541, 26 November 1902, Page 17
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