GRAIN AND PRODUCE SALES

Otago Witness, Issue 2664, 5 April 1905, Page 22

GRAIN AND PRODUCE SALES

Messrs Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report: — We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday: Theie was a good attendance of buyers, and 1 , with the exception of oats, foi which there was not niuch competition, most of the lotst on offer were quitted at valuations. Prices;' ruled as under • —

Oats. — The deliveries of new season's oatrf have not been so laige as might have been/ expected. Most of the threshing plants in! adjacent districts have been occupied ins thie=ihirig wheat, and on this acount a large quantity of oats is being put into stack. Al? lota ffifcrsiMC^ed to date show that the quality

is much superior to last year's crop, and find ready quittance at quotations. Lines of old oats, both B grade and " fair average" quality, •are also in good demand. We quote: Prime milling, Is B£d to Is 9d; good to best feed. Is 7d to Is B<3; inferior and medium, Is 3d to Is 6d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— lt is satisfactory to note that nearly all the southern wheat now threshed has» turned out in excellent condition. Millers have a preference for choice lines of northern "wheat, and these alone realise top quotations. 3?owl wheat is not so plentiful, and has fair inquiry. We quote: Prime milling, 3s 3d to 33 sd; medium to good, 3s to 3s 2Jd; best ■whole fowl wheat, 2s lOd to 2s lldf broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 2s 9d per bushel (sacks extra).

Barley. — All sorts^are in, fair demand, with no great quantity offering^ We quote: Prime malting, 3s 6d to 4s; medium do and milling, 2s lOd to 3s 3d ; feed, 2s 3d to 2s 9d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — A large proportion of the Derwents now arriving are in bad condition, and these have to be quitted at prices which cannot be satisfactory to the vendors. White sorts are generally in much better condition, and are more readily saleable. We quote: Kidneys, TJp-to-Dates, and other white sorts, £5 10s" to £6; medium, £i 15s to £5 ss; best Berwents, £4 10s to £5; medium to good, £3. to £4; inferior, £1 to £2 per ton (bags in). Chaff. — Prime old oaten sheaf, bright, heavy, and "-well-cut, has good inquiry at late values, hut anything not answering this description is' not readily placed, except in the case of choice lines of new chaff- We quote : Prime old oaten sheaf, £3 10s to £3 12s 6d; medium do, and new chaff. £3 to £3 ss; inferior and medium-, £2 5s to £2 15s per ton (bags extra). • Pressed Straw.— Oaten, 37s 6d to 40s; ■whealen, 30s to 32s 6d per ton.

Messrs Dalgety-^and Co. (Limitec!) report as follows: — We held our weekly sale of grain and produce at our stores on Monday, when we submitted a small catalogue to the usual number of buyers. Bidding was not by any v means brisk, an-d only a small proportion of •the lots on offer was quitted at auction. Values ruled as under: — Oats. — Very few oats are at present offering, and it Is -with, considerable difficulty that shippers are able to fulfil their orders. Owing to the small stock on hand prices for good scund lines have advanced, but the probability is that prices will ease again as soon as the new crop begins to come forward freely. We quotes Prime milling, Is B|d to Is 9d; good to best feed, Is 7^d to Is Sd; inferior and medium, Is 4d to Is 6d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat. — During the past week local millers have been holding off, and have reduced their limits 'for northern wheat. A few lines of Ta-ieri wheat were placed during the week, ■orices ranging^ from 3s Id to 3s 3d on trucks. Fowl wheat is in fair demand, and late values axe well maintained. We quote: Prime milling, 3s 3d to 3s sd; medium, 3s Id to 3s 2d; whole fowl wheat. 2s. IOcB- to 2s lid ; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 2s -8d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — The market continues to be well supplied with Derwents, a considerable- portion of which sh"ow signs of blight. These are slow of sale at a reduction on last week's rates, while sorts of good quality are in request and meet with a iea3y sale. We quote: Best white sorts, £5 lOs to~£6-; I>est Der.w«nts, £i 10s to £5; medium, £4 to £4-33 per 'ton (baps in). Chaff. — The market is fairly well supplied. Prim© old oaten sheaf is in fair demand at late rates, but for medium quality and new chaff the -demand is limited. We quote : Prime eaten slipaf, old. £3 10s to £3 12s 6d ; do new and medium old, £3 to £3 5s per ton (bags extra}. v Straw. — The market is now better supplied, and prices are slightly easier. We quote : Best opten, 35s to 40s, and best wheaten 30s to 32s 6d per ton (pressed, ex truck).